Participants
Take a look at our speakers and experts scheduled for this event
Selection Panel & Experts

Taha Adnan
DeepTech Innovation Scout
Zaz Ventures

Ivan Albino
Ecosystem & Portfolio Management
E.ON Group

Christopher Algier
Investment Manager
Saxovent Smart Eco Investments

Björn Angenendt
Project Lead Startup Support Greentech
Essen Wirtschaft

Ines Bergmann-Nolting
Managing Partner
Greencode Ventures

Lars Boehnisch
Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital

Samiro Bojarra
Project Leader International Acquisition - Greentech
Essen Wirtschaft

Matteo Bonfanti
Key Partner Venture Capital
Kairos Partners

Kai Bonnen
Head of Corporate Services
Essen Wirtschaft

Alexandre Braconnier
Chief Investment Officer
Industrya

Jogchum Brinksma
Founder - Investor Private Markets
FLOBAS Ventures

Michael Buchinger
Associate
Rethink Ventures

Willem Bulthuis
Founding Partner and CEO
Corporate Ventures AdvisoryCorporate

Fernando Casado Caneque
Co-Founder & General Partner
Inclimo Climate Tech VC Fund

Duran Cesur
Founding Partner
Atlas Ventures

Michael Claes
Director Technology
SABIC Ventures B.V.

Alex Cruz
Technology Integration Leader
Baker Hughes

Arne Dammer
Head of Innovation and Strategy
Thyssengas

Klaas de Boer
Chairman
QFWventures

Stephan Decher
Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures

Frederik Deutman
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
SevenGen Investment Partners

Geoffroy Dubus
Partner
Demeter

Elif Ecem Esenboğa Kanyılmaz
Innovation Investment Analysis Lead
Tupras

Matthias Engel
Partner and MD
Vireo Ventures

Tim Evison
Senior Vice President - Sustainability/ESG
Messer Group

Juergen Fryges
Senior Business Development/M&A Manager
ENGIE

Julian Gallardo
New Business Development Manager
Mondragon BD Centre

Aylin Girgin Ozbilis
Investment Director
Vinci Venture Capital

Mario Goebel
Project Lead SME & Startup Support - UPSCALER by EWG
Essen Wirtschaft

Matthew Graydon
Project Manager Greentech.Ruhr
Business Metropole Ruhr

Vincent Gregoir
Co-Founder & Principal at Junction Growth Investors
Junction Growth Investors

Max Hefti
Investment Director
Emerald Technology Ventures

Manfred Heid
Managing Partner
BitStone Capital

Doerte Hirschberg
General Partner
Climentum Capital

Lynn Hoendervanger
Investment Manager
Navus Ventures

Fabian Hogrebe
Investment Manager
Gründerfonds Ruhr

Jesse In 't Velt
VC Investor
InnovationQuarter

Maximilian Intrau
Investment & Asset Manager
InnoEnergy

Ralph Jansen
Senior Investment Manager VC | Energy and Cleantech
Oost NL

Jan Jeske
Principal
Neoteq ventures

Joris Kil
Investment Director
Rotterdam Port Fund

Mira Knauer
caesar

Ines Kolmsee
Partner
Matterwave Ventures

Laura Kone
Investor
Energy Impact Partners

Dieter Kraft
Venture Partner

Thomas Labryga
Partner
Vireo Ventures

Petri Laine
Managing Partner
Innovestor Ventures

Simon Lange
Corporate Strategy Director - Hydrogen & Electrochemistry Growth Office/Corporate Venturing
Cummins Inc.

Matthias Lederbogen
Investment Associate
BitStone Capital

Marc Leduc
Investment Manager
BASF Venture Capital GmbH

Maciej Lehmann
Future Energy Ventures

Hans Maenhout
Investment Director
Finindus NV

Salah Mahdy
Global Director - Hydrogen
Howden

Markus Moor
Senior Partner
Emerald Technology Ventures

Moritz Müller
Associate
SET Ventures

Svenja Nentwig
Investment Manager
eCAPITAL

Nils Nijs
Senior Investment Manager
Finindus

Jan Olsson
Investment Professional
Extantia

Tim Op 't Eyndt
Venture Development & Tech Transfer Manager
VITO

Richard Riggs
Corporate Venture Capital
Aramco Ventures

Marek Romanowski
Investment Manager
Qemetica

Bruno Rudnik
Managing Partner
SEF Ventures

Anna Saari
Consultant & Investment Manager
DnA Ventures

Florian Schlehuber
Head of Business Development (ZV West)
Zaz Ventures

Dietmar Schloesser
Director of Digitalisation & Innovation
TÜV Nord Group

Leon Schneider
Venture Partner
World Fund

Stefan Schnippering
Venture Associate
Diamond Edge Ventures

Andreas Schuler
Principal
Pioneer Point Partners

Tim Schwichtenberg
Sr. Investment Manager
Bloomhaus Ventures

Adamo Screnci
Vice President - Business Development / Market Strategy
NEXTCHEM

Can Sindirac
Innovation Coordinator
TUPRAS - TUPRAS Ventures

Oliver Smith
Consultant
Sheffield Haworth

Luis Sperr
Managing Partner
kopa ventures

Alexander Starchenko
Managing Partner
First Imagine! Ventures

Willem-Jeroen Stevens
Founder & Managing Partner
CLEAR

Hannes Tamme
Investment Associate
Ananda Impact Ventures

Jonathan Tudor
Investment Partner
Clean Growth Fund

Mehmet Tunckanat
Chief Technology Officer
Inci Holding

Hisham Uddin
Head of Strategic Growth & Venture Capital
Sungrow Europe

Peter van Gelderen
General Partner
Icos Capital

Bertrand van Leersum
Investment Director
Borski Fund

David van Loo
Investment Director
Rotterdam Port Fund

Oliver Vander Cruysse
Principal
PMV

Sebastian Vetter
Investment Manager, Hydrogen & Low Carbon fuels
Equinor

Cristina Vicini
Vicini Strategy

Anthony Viellevoije
Partner
StartGreen Capital

Florian Vincent Forster
Investment Manager
Enpulse

Joost Waeterloos
European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow

Melanie Wagenfort
Managing Director
HEIMATBOOST GmbH

Johannes Weber
Senior Investment Manager
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)

Julian Wessing
Senior Startup Program Manager
BRYCK

Till Wyszynski
Investment Director
Eneco Ventures

Pelin Yilmaz
Investment Director
ICIG Ventures

Yoichi Yoshizawa
Manager
Mitsui & Co. Deutschland

Korstiaan Zandvliet
Partner
Urban Impact Ventures
Nicholas Andruschak
Chrysalix Venture Capital

Maximilian Erb
Investment Director @ NRW.Venture
NRW Bank

Anamaria Ziaveni
Project Manager CEO
Encevo

Svetlana Sirotkina
Investment Associate
First Imagine!

Florian Schnitzler
Head of Start-up/Scale-up units
NRW.GLOBAL Business
Speakers
Presenting Companies
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