Programme Participants

Meet the experts driving this programme forward

Expert Panel

Alicia Abendroth Vosloo

Senior Partnership Manager - Strategic Alliances, Food and Agriculture
EIT Food

Marie Ammann

Senior Startup & Innovation Manager
BayWa AG

Cornelia Bähr

Senior investment manager
b.value AG

Barbara Berckmans

Investment Manager
Agri Investment Fund

Günther Bogenrieder

Senior Investment Manager
DTCF - DeepTech & Climate Fonds

Peter Dorfner

Partner
Green Generation Fund

Geoffroy Dubus

Partner
Demea Sustainable Investment

Victoire Dumas

Investment Principal
Sparkfood

Adrian Friederich

Principal
Foodlabs

Nemanja Grgić

Associate Director, Food and Agribusiness / Corporate Sector Advisory
EBRD

Bjorn Heinz

Venture capital for climate positive solutions
Yara International ASA

Anne Helfer

Start-up support manager
Biotope Ventures

Rosemari Herrero

Senior Investment Manager
PINC (Paulig incubator)

Hakan Karan

Associate
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund

Oleksandr Kiktenko

Senior EU Program Evaluator
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)

Michael Krel

Partner
Sofinnova Partners

Theis Malmborg

General Partner
NOON Ventures

Bruno Meireles de Sousa

Operating Partner
Bidra Innovation Ventures

Marion Meyer

Senior Advisor
SVG Ventures

Pierre Poublan-Couzardot

Strategic Development - Partnership Europe
Kubota Holdings Europe

Peter Risser

Head of the Kirschgartshausen Experimental Farm
Suedzucker Group

Katrien Swerts

Executive Director Rabo Investments
Rabobank

Bart van Hooland

Managing Partner
Thia Ventures

Carolina Villa

Principal
Nucleus Capital

Kim Wagenaar

Investment Director
Future Food Fund