Arthur Madrid is the Co-founder and CEO of The Sandbox ($1.2B market cap), CEO of Pixowl (US), Advisor of Animoca Brands (AUS) and a longtime social-gaming entrepreneur with 3 personal exits. Angel investor (30 active and 2 exits), Arthur began his career building a Video On Demand delivery platform for Media companies, and developed Social Games for the last 15 years. Now, he is focusing on Blockchain Gaming to build the next generation of Gamers with Digital Ownership, Play to Earn and Digital Governance.
CEO
Sandbox
Brett is managing partner of Initialized Capital, a seed stage VC firm with $3.2B assets under management, a portfolio with 175+ companies including Coinbase, Flexport, Instacart, and Rippling, and 25 companies valued at $1B or more. Brett is a software engineer, a 4x founder, and investor. Previously he co-founded blog platforms Posthaven and Posterous (acquired by Twitter) and later joined Y Combinator where he wrote their internal software systems.
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Managing Partner
Initialized Capital
Chema Alonso is Chief Digital Officer of Telefónica, CEO of Telefónica Innovación Digital and member of Telefonica S.A. Executive Committee since 2016. He oversees Innovation, Data, Platforms and Digital Product & Services leading the strategy for the digitalisation of sales processes and customer communication channels of the company. He holds a PhD in Computer Security and a Technical Engineering degree in Computer Systems from Universidad Politécnica Madrid. The latter institution named him Honorary Ambassador of the University School of Information Technology in 2012. Chema was also recognized during 14 years as Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).
Chief Digital Officer
Telefónica
Veteran technology entrepreneur and investor, Yat Siu is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, a global leader in blockchain and gaming that is working to provide property rights for virtual assets via NFTs and related technologies, with a current valuation of $6B. Yat began his career at Atari Germany in 1990. In 1995 he established Hong Kong Cybercity/Freenation, the first free web page and email provider in Asia. In 1998 he set up Outblaze, an award-winning pioneer of multilingual white label web services. In 2009, he sold Outblaze’s messaging unit to IBM, and pivoted Outblaze to become an incubator of projects and companies to develop digital entertainment services and products. One of those incubated projects is Animoca Brands, created in 2014.
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Animoca Brands Limited
Qasar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, currently valued at $6B after its Series E. Before that, Younis was a Partner and COO of Y Combinator. Younis founded a technology firm, which was later acquired by Google, and worked as an automotive engineer at General Motors and Bosch.
CEO
Applied Intuition
Joyce holds the distinguished role of Group Head of Corporate Affairs at Springer Nature, a leading global science communications company, where she not only contributes to the Executive Team but also spearheads sustainability initiatives. Beyond her corporate endeavors, she has chaired the esteemed London-based business alliance, Urban Partners, and serves as a trustee for the esteemed Marine Conservation Society. Before her tenure at Springer Nature, Joyce amassed extensive experience in senior communications and marketing positions with renowned global brands. Her professional journey uniquely weaves together corporate leadership with entrepreneurial ventures, including a foray into travel technology and the establishment of her own communications consultancy startup.
Group Head of Corporate Affairs
Springer Nature
João Graça is the Co-Founder & CTO of Unbabel, an AI human translation platform that has raised close to $100 million to date. João has a Ph.D. in Natural Language Processing and was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also one of the co-founders of the Lisbon Machine Learning Summer School (LxMLS) and has authored several papers in machine learning with side information, unsupervised learning and machine translation.
Co-Founder & CTO
Unbabel
Helene is Co-Founder & CEO at The Exploration Company, a space tech startup whose mission is to democratize space exploration, making it affordable, sustainable, and open. The Exploration Company develops, manufactures, and operates spaceships that serve the logistic needs of the space stations around the Earth and the Moon, a market forecasted to grow by 400% in the next 8 years. The startup was co-founded in July 2021 by an experienced team coming from Airbus and ArianeGroup who worked already together on major programs (Orion-ESM, ATV, etc.). Today, The Exploration Company gathers 50 people, +500 years of space experience, has raised 50 million USD and mixes space veterans’ and young aerospace engineers’ profiles. The first capsule vehicle flight is planned for 2023.
CEO
Exploration Company
William is a general partner of SOSV, a venture capital fund of over $1B, and founder of the SOSV Momentum Pre-accelerator program. Bill’s current focus is Health & Longevity as Chair of the SENS board and Chair to the Te Tiroroa Fund. Co-founder of the CoderDojo movement and of Weforest, his career in tech and business encompasses two unicorn companies and launching the world’s first bio-tech accelerator.
General Partner
SOSV
Amanda is the Founder and CEO of Serotonin, previously she was CMO at ConsenSys (2016-19), and played a pivotal role in Ethereum's narrative. She led ConsenSys' marketing, contributing to its global reach and the success of products like MetaMask, Infura, Truffle, and Gitcoin. Recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, Amanda is the author of the first Web3 marketing book.
Founder & CEO
Serotonin
Jared Ficklin is a designer and technologist with two decades of experience creating products and visions for major companies. An innovator by nature, he is always exploring new means for technological interaction and has a passion for unique interaction models—especially those involving interesting inputs and outputs like touch, multi-touch, voice, gesture, sensing, and projection. His philosophy is "Think by Making, Deliver by Demo", and he employs user experience simulation as a method for quickly bringing products to life.
Founding Partner & Chief Creative Technologist
argodesign
Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss is Founder & CEO at Dance, an e-bike subscription service founded with the purpose of having a positive impact on health, sustainability and livable cities. Prior Eric founded SoundCloud in 2007 and served as CPO for 12 years.
Founder
Soundcloud / Dance
Nevşah Fidan Karamehmet is a multifaceted coach expert, renowned as a teacher, speaker, best-selling author, investor, philanthropist, and serial entrepreneur. With over two decades of expertise as a behavior expert, she has earned global recognition as the foremost authority on self-mastery formulas for women. Her impactful work has transcended borders, engaging with prestigious clients such as HSBC, ING Bank, Pfizer, and Vodafone, alongside notable celebrities and athletes. Nevsah's overarching mission is to empower women to lead masterful lives through accessible products and courses, delivered via workshops, seminars, online platforms, and personalized coaching. Her profound impact extends to having positively influenced over 40,000 individuals and certifying over 2000 coaches worldwide.
Founder & CEO
Breath Hub and Nevsah Institute
Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University and a bestselling author (in lists of the New York Times,Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, L'Express and more). He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative (1983-1988), and was subsequently a long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1988-1993). Loeb has written 8 books, including most recently, Extraterrestrial (HarperCollins, 2022) and Interstellar (HarperCollins, 2023) and nearly a thousand papers (with h-index of 126 and i10-index of 589) on a wide range of topics, including black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe. Loeb is the Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , and also serves as the Head of the Galileo Project (2021-present). He had been the longest serving Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy (2011-2020) and the Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative (2016-2021). He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. Loeb is a former member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White House, a former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies (2018-2021) and a current member of the Advisory Board for "Einstein: Visualize the Impossible" of the Hebrew University. He chaired the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative (2015-2024) and served as the Science Theory Director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. In 2012, TIME magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space.
Professor, Director Institute for Theory & Computation
Harvard University
Stéphanie is a Partner in Bootstrap Europe. Prior to co-founding the Swiss venture debt firm that successfully closed a €130 million fund in 2023 to empower groundbreaking tech enterprises, Stéphanie cultivated a distinguished career marked by founding, developing, and serving on the boards of numerous thriving technology and financial firms in Zurich and London. Notable among these ventures is the award-winning fintech startup Fractal Labs. Leveraging her firsthand experiences as a founder, Stéphanie offers pragmatic and compassionate guidance to Bootstrap Europe's portfolio founders. The firm's ethos of providing debt financing for growth companies was incubated during Stéphanie's tenure as managing partner at Cape Capital AG between 2008 and 2012. In this capacity, she oversaw the private equity assets of the Zurich-based multi-asset manager and family office, investing across a spectrum of companies from startups to established enterprises.
Partner
Bootstrap Europe
Laura Fernandez Gimenez is the CEO of allWomen, a global platform dedicated to empowering women in tech through transformative training, she has cultivated a thriving community exceeding 50K members. As a visionary Impact Founder, staunch advocate for Gender Diversity, and dedicated Community Builder over the span of five years, Laura has personally mentored over +1K women, fostered collaborations with more than 100 corporate partners, and established a robust network comprising over 100 female industry experts. Notably, all of her endeavors have been self-funded, reflecting her unwavering commitment to bootstrap startups and drive meaningful change in the tech industry.
CEO
allWomen
Dr. Nadine Geiser, a Principal at World Fund, brings a wealth of experience from her tenure at esteemed organizations such as Merck KGaA's corporate venture fund, M Ventures, and Redalpine, a Swiss VC fund. Renowned for her expertise in sustainability strategy, she has made impactful investments in companies like Umiami, Better Dairy, Mushlabs, and Uncommon Bio. Additionally, Nadine serves on the advisory board of the Bioinnovation Institute - Novo Nordisk Foundation. With a PhD in Biotechnology from ETH Zurich and a rich academic background from the Technical University of Munich and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Nadine embodies a blend of academic excellence and practical insight in her endeavors.
Investor
World Fund
Bobby is the CEO of Manna Drone Delivery, a business whose mission is to improve the world by making lightning-fast suburban deliveries affordable, green and safe. He began his career building video games for Nintendo, founded Eland which he sold to SITA, built CarTrawler and led two successful LBOs for the business.
CEO
Manna Drone Delivery
As Founder of Thought For Food, Christine has built the largest and most diverse innovator community in food and agriculture, reaching 30,000 next-gen talents in 180+ countries. She has incubated 100+ science-and-technology-based startups which have gone on to raise over $300mm in venture capital and has worked extensively with Fortune 500 companies and international organizations.
Founder
Thought for Food
Joe is the Founder and Managing Partner of Isomer Capital, a prestigious private investment firm headquartered in the UK who in 2023 revealed the inaugural closing of its groundbreaking €250 million III fund, marking a significant milestone in the firm's trajectory. Joe has 25 years’ experience working as an LP, GP and technology operations executive. Prior to Isomer he was MD for Business Development at Pomona Capital, a leading global secondaries firm, and earlier at Cambridge Associates responsible for advising institutional investors on venture capital and private equity investments.
Managing Partner
Isomer Capital
Inka Mero stands as the visionary Founder and Managing Partner of Voima Ventures, a trailblazing venture capital firm that, in 2023, unveiled its third fund, securing an initial closing of €90 million with a final target of €120 million, focusing on nurturing early-stage startups spanning the breadth of scientific innovation. Inka Mero's indomitable presence in entrepreneurship and deeptech venture capital is exemplified by her stewardship of investments in Nordic and Baltic deep tech startups, catalyzing innovation and global impact. With a distinguished career spanning 25 years, she brings a profound reservoir of expertise cultivated through founding companies and stewarding established corporations as a seasoned board member.
Founder & Managing Partner
Voima Ventures
Maricel Saenz is a Costa Rican entrepreneur with a strong passion for sustainability and innovation. She is the founder and CEO of Compound Foods, a food-tech startup that aims to reduce supply chains and food waste while creating sustainable and valuable products through fermentation. The company's first product, Minus, uses a beanless approach to reduce the negative environmental impact of coffee production and ensure a sustainable supply for the future. Minus has so far raised $4.5M. Maricel holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and attended Singularity University's Global Solutions Program in 2017.
Founder & CEO
Minus
Sebastian Pollok is Founding Partner of Visionaries Club, an early stage VC which has raised nearly $600M to date and is a fund backed by leading European digital founders and family business entrepreneurs. Prior, Sebastian co-founded and ran AMORELIE, which he successfully grew to > USD 60m revenue, >20% EBITDA and a team of 100 employees. AMORELIE was sold to ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE in2018 at a valuation > USD 100m. Prior to AMORELIE, Sebastian worked as a VC for e.ventures in San Francisco and studied at WHU, St. Gallen, HKUST and Kellogg School of Management. Sebastian is a business angel in startups such as Ree Technology, Choco, Sunshine Smile and Lillydoo and a limited partner in funds such as Cherry Ventures, Project A and La Famiglia. He also sits on the board of Cherry Ventures and Founders Pledge.
Founding Partner
Visionaries Club
David Bennett, CEO of Mimic Productions, has over 30 years of experience in VFX, performance capture, gaming and VR. His pioneering work in facial motion capture led to successes such as Avatar and many other blockbusters. In 2012, he founded Mimic Productions, a leading studio that creates the world's most realistic digital characters for over 500 projects in multiple industries. Currently, David is focused on building AI-empowered avatars through his latest brand Mimic Minds.
CEO
MP Mimic Productions GmbH
Shivram is a Partner at EQT Ventures, a sector-agnostic early-stage investment fund investing out of its third fund of €1.1B. EQT is part of the EQT Group which is one of the World's largest investment funds with over €230B under management. He is an engineer and was previously the Founder & CEO of a scale-up acquired by Delivery Hero, and before that an investor in India and Singapore.
Partner
EQT Ventures
Olaf serves as the Managing Partner at Capnamic Ventures, leveraging more than 25 years of diverse experience as a manager, entrepreneur, and investor. Since 2007, he has been actively involved in venture capital investments, supporting emerging tech entrepreneurs. Prior to his venture capital endeavors, Olaf founded and successfully established multiple startups between 1999 and 2007, culminating in several lucrative exits.
Managing Partner
Capnamic
Ang Li is the CEO of Simular, an AI technology company, whose mission is to build lifelong autonomous agents that understand and react to our digital world. Ang has conducted a wide range of AI research over a decade at industry-leading institutions such as Google DeepMind, Facebook AI research, Apple, Baidu, etc. He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park.
CEO
Simular
Dr Leif-Nissen Lundbæk is the Co-founder and CEO of the next genAI company Xayn and FORBES 30Under30 Listmaker. Xayn has raised a total of €19.6M and is the European startup that unlocks genAI for large organizations and develops Noxtua, Europe’s first sovereign Legal AI. Prior to founding Xayn, Leif-Nissen worked at Daimler AG and IBM. He holds an MSc with Distinction in Software Engineering from Oxford University and a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London.
Co-Founder & CEO
Xayn
Francielly, an Oceanographer & Data Scientist from Rio, leads Benthos.ai, leveraging technology for ocean conservation. Backed by the Berlin Startup Scholarship and enriched through the ClimateX program at the Berlin Innovation Agency, her startup empowers communities with essential tools to protect marine ecosystems. She also heads the Sustainable Ocean Alliance Germany, advocating globally for our oceans’ health and sustainability.
Founder
Benthos.ai
Sasan Hashemi is the Co-Founder of Tset, a pioneering software firm specializing in SaaS enterprise solutions for product cost and CO2 emission estimation, having secured approximately €13 million in funding. With a distinguished career marked by proficiency in data analysis, entrepreneurship, and technology, he spearheads research and development initiatives in digitized production systems. Sasan's multifaceted expertise encompasses data analysis, strategic business planning, and proficient programming skills.
Co-Founder
Tset
Daria Stepanova, an aerospace engineer, founder, and CEO of AIRMO GmbH, a Munich-based startup dedicated to building a constellation of small satellites for tracking greenhouse gas emissions. With 9 years in the space sector, Daria has led 12 missions covering Earth Observation, IoT, and tech demonstrations, showcasing her expertise across satellite lifecycle stages. At AIRMO, her leadership emphasizes rapid aerospace innovation and the sector's dynamism.
Founder & CEO
AIRMO
As a Co-Founder of Smalt, I am on a mission to revolutionize talent supply and productivity in the blue collar workforce to empower the clean energy transition across Europe. With over 15 years of experience in new business development, product leadership, and ed-tech, I have co-created and scaled innovative solutions that have transformed education, work, and society. Prior to Smalt, I was the Chief Product Officer at Sharpist, a personalized, impact-driven ed-tech platform that grew from less than 1 million to 5-10 million EUR in annual recurring revenue under my direction. I also co-founded and served as the COO of ALU, a Fast Company Top 50 most innovative company that reimagined higher education in Africa. I am a Stanford Alum, an Ex McKinsey Associate Partner, a Forbes Contributor, and a Techstars Mentor, with a passion for lifelong learning and social impact.
Co-Founder & MD
smalt.eu
Jenny Saft is CEO and Co-Founder at Apryl, a Berlin-based fertility benefits platform helping companies across Europe offer staff access to inclusive fertility and family-forming services - everything from egg freezing through to adoption and IVF. She is also an Angel investor, investing through the Atomico Angel Programme, which she's been a part of since 2021. Before founding Apryl, Jenny worked in project management and Business Development at the likes of Adyen and Fyber, spending a couple of years living and working in San Francisco.
Co-Founder & CEO
Apryl GmbH
Nick Johnson is the visionary behind ENS Lab Limited, a Singapore-based non-profit organization driving the core software development of ENS. With an engineering journey that commenced in New Zealand in 2001, Nick honed his skills during a distinguished tenure at Google spanning over seven years across two periods. In 2016, he transitioned to a pivotal role within Ethereum, where he continues to make significant contributions. Notably, Nick is the mastermind behind Ethereum Name Service, a groundbreaking platform facilitating decentralized naming for wallets and addresses in the Web3 ecosystem. ENS boasts a myriad of applications, including streamlining user experiences in cryptocurrency transactions and serving as a repository for avatars and profile information.
Founder
ENS Labs Limited
Christian is a General Partner with Paris-based Ventech and based in Berlin. He looks back on 25 years of hands-on innovation financing and has personally managed VC-investments into 27 start-ups with an aggregated investment of more than €150m. 15 of which have been profitably exited while 6 companies are still successfully pursuing their growth strategies. Moreover, Christian has actively participated in raising 5 Venture Capital funds totaling of AUM €800m and has developed a profound understanding of organizing and running Venture Capital Management organizations. He currently represents Ventech in the boards of Ventech’s portfolio companies Picanova, Speexx, Codasip, TrustYou and Microoled. Prior to joining the VC Industry in 1998, Christian spent 10 years in Europe's Telecommunications Industry and holds an EE MSc. with the Technical University of Karlsruhe (D), University of Essex (Colchester/UK) and Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique (Paris/F).
General Partner
Ventech
Fabian J. G. Westerheide, a leading AI expert in Germany, aims to make Europe a major player in the global AI arena. As an investor and entrepreneur, he has influenced numerous companies and institutions. He is the CEO of AI for Humans GmbH, advising governments and major companies, and hosts the "Rise of AI" conference. A founding partner of the AI Fund and investor through Asgard Capital since 2014, he also authored "The AI Nation," exploring AI's future societal impacts. Fabian holds a Master's from the University of St. Gallen and a Bachelor's from the University of Münster.
CEO | Partner
Rise of AI | AI.Fund
Caitlin Begg is a distinguished sociological researcher, acclaimed for her role as the founder of Authentic Social, where she specializes in sociotechnical systems strategy. Additionally, she hosts the insightful "Progression to Analog" podcast. Leveraging her groundbreaking 2016 Harvard thesis on digital communication, Caitlin is a sought-after speaker and presenter across the U.S. and Europe, with recent engagements including the Responsible AI Forum at TUM. Her impactful work has been prominently featured in notable publications such as Forbes, Mashable, Yahoo! News, and others.
Founder and Sociological Researcher
Authentic Social
Magnus leads as the Founder and CEO of CEEZER, an esteemed enterprise platform pioneering the screening, procurement, and management of negative emissions. Driven by a passion for innovation at the crossroads of technology, sustainability, and business, Magnus is committed to crafting novel solutions to address global challenges. His academic foundation in chemistry and business from TU Munich, coupled with advanced studies in Business and Sustainable Development from HEC Paris, underpins his strategic approach. Prior engagements at prestigious entities such as Boston Consulting Group and the digital services joint venture YOUR NOW by Daimler and BMW attest to his versatile expertise and leadership prowess.
Founder & CEO
Ceezer
Max Orgeldinger has helped build up TLGG Consulting over the past five years. Today, he manages the business and answers the big digital questions. Born in Berlin in 1989, he joined TLGG in 2011 after studying at the European Business School. Since then, he has been analysing changing market conditions and developing strategic and organizational solutions for clients such as E.ON, Lufthansa and Mercedes.
Co-Founder
TLGG
Annu Nieminen is the founder of The Upright Project, a Helsinki-based data company building a new type of a quantification to measure the net impact of companies. Upright hosts the world's largest open-access database on company impact, openly distributing science-based impact data on 10,000+ companies and 50,000+ funds. Upright's proprietary data model identifies causal product/impact relations in 200M+ scientific publications and summarises the findings into common sense net impact profiles.
Founder
Upright
Hendrik Kramer is the Co-Founder and CEO of FERNRIDE, that offers a scalable solution for autonomous, electric trucking. He co-founded FERNRIDE in 2019 with Dr. Maximilian Fisser and Jean-Michael Georg in Munich. Before launching Fernride, he specialized in Entrepreneurship and Autonomous Driving in his Master's program at TU Munich and Stanford University. He started his first company already at the age of 16 and scaled it to a successful international business.
Co-founder and CEO
FERNRIDE GmbH
Tom Hoy is a Partner at Stripe Partners. He has spent 15 years advising some of the world’s leading organisations on strategy and innovation. Tom’s expertise lies in applying social science theory to unlock concrete business and product challenges. The frameworks and concepts developed by Tom’s teams guide the activity of clients including Apple, Google and Spotify. His work has been covered by the “Financial Times” and “The Guardian.” Prior to co-founding Stripe Partners, Tom was a leader in the social innovation field, growing a hackathon network in South London to several hundred members to address local causes.
Co-founder and Partner
Stripe Partner
Barthélémy Kiss is the CEO and Co-founder of Powder, which builds best-in-class AI clipping technology for gaming streamers to grow faster and smarter. Since 2013, Barthélémy has co-led three startups, which went on to raise $28M, including creating Europe’s most impactful Deep Tech conference (Hello Tomorrow) and the world’s first Creative AI automating 3D content creation -Artomatix, acquired by Unity.
Co-Founder & CEO
Powder
Thomas, a second-time founder in the carbon removal space, has successfully raised USD 1.3 million for Cotierra’s pre-seed round. As Cotierra’s CEO, he’s steering the company towards its goal of reducing and removing 10 million tons of CO2 emissions from agricultural supply chains while improving the livelihoods of 1 million smallholder farmers. Cotierra focuses on transforming coffee plantation waste into biochar, a valuable soil improver that permanently captures carbon in the soil.
Co-Founder & CEO
Cotierra AG
Benjamin is a founding partner at Carbon Removal Partners, a Zurich based VC investing into Carbon Removal tech companies globally. His background is in Mathematics and tech Company Building - and he is passionate about Carbon Removal at scale being able to create a physical price of carbon in the future.
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Founding Partner
Carbon Removal Partners
Chris Mirabile is the Founder and CEO of NOVOS, the leading consumer longevity platform. He founded the company after being cured of a brain tumor and having a vision to make longevity accessible and achievable for all – not just the ultra wealthy. In TOA24, Chris will be discussing what longevity is and why it's important for all of us, with an emphasis on the need of a pragmatic approach to slowing down the rate of biological aging.
Founder & CEO
NOVOS
Christoph is a theoretical physicist, former core-dev of Ethereum (2014/15), co-founder of slock.it, author of TheDAO, business angel, and today co-founder and CEO of Tokenize.it. His wealth of experience, vision, and understanding of Ethereum is dedicated to building the next generation of web3 products.
CEO
Tokenize.it
Nicolas Wolikow is a French entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Cure51. Since March 2022, Nicolas has been fully dedicated to Cure51 that has just raised a €15 million seed round to harness the natural power of cancer survivors and contribute to cure this life threatening disease. After graduating from Sciences Po and HEC, he pursued roles in marketing and international development within major French groups, like L'Oréal and Sodexo, before transitioning to technology, co-founding Talkway and later Dailymotion. He then ventured into the healthcare sector, serving in leadership positions at International SOS Group and co-founding Qare, eventually joining Ipsen as Chief Digital Officer after the sale of Qare in 2020.
Founder & CEO
Cure51
Pacifico Biolabs is a fermentation startup in Berlin, developing next-generation seafood replacement products through biotechnology! In the first year, Pacifico developed best-in-class fish prototypes and a highly-optimised fermentation process, enabling their $3.3m Pre-Seed round, led by FoodLabs and Simon Capital. Prior to founding Pacifico, Zac was a Strategy Consultant at McKinsey in London, Assistant Director in the British Government Covid Taskforce, and Head of Special Projects at Razor Group in Berlin.
Co-Founder & CEO
Pacifico Biolabs GmbH
Martin Pentenrieder is the Co-founder and Managing Director of IQONIC.AI. In 2021, he was recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and won the SET Award. Martin is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience as he has had the pleasure of founding several deep-tech companies operating in the US, Europe and China.
Founder
IQONIC.AI
Jonathan is an Associate at FoodLabs, investing at early-stage and building companies in Food-, Bio-, Ag- and ClimateTech. In the FoodLabs Studio, Jonathan supports mission-driven founders tackling the most pressing challenges around global food system, planetary and human health, enabling the bold & imaginative to go from zero to one.
VC
FoodLabs
Megan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Franklin, a tax compliant hybrid cash & crypto payroll service. With a background in accounting and product management, Megan has held leadership positions at Web3-native firms since 2016. She is a Crypto Accountant with experience from working with the likes of ConsenSys, DriveWealth, and most recently Serotonin, a Web3 marketing firm and product studio, where Megan served as VP of Finance.
Co-Founder & CEO
Franklin Payroll
Sondre is the CEO and Co-Founder of Naer, a mixed-reality workplace app for focused, high-energy brainstorming that helps teams be more creative, build stronger relationships and supercharge productivity in remote and hybrid work. Despite having never been available to the public, Naer was one of the few selected apps to launch exclusively with Meta’s Quest 3.
Co-founder & CEO
Naer
Lois Kainhuber is a Berlin-based entrepreneur and Creative Director in the field of immersive brand experiences and strategic communication. After completing his film studies in 2006, he co-founded MONOMANGO; a creative media and production agency which collaborates with global brands in tech, mobility, lifestyle, medical and sports. In 2022 he established HOLON sub-brand immersive instruments, which offers a portfolio of haptic control interfaces and software solutions for immersive experiences.
Founder & Head of Creation
MONOMANGO GmbH | Immersive Instruments | HOLON
Connor is the CEO of Bridge Your Network and has an interdisciplinary background in Computer Science, Startups, Venture Capital, and Management Consulting, as he has invested in 30 pre-seed technology ventures that have an enterprise value > $1B. He was previously CEO and Founder of Datahug which exited to Nasdaq listed Callidus Cloud (Nasdaq:CALD) and is now part of SAP. Prior to Datahug, Connor worked with PA Consulting Group in London, New York and Washington DC. Connor was previously MD of the Techstars SAP.iO program in Berlin.
CEO
Bridge Your Network
Lasse is the founding partner of 1kx, an early-stage token fund with a mission to be the most founder-friendly and helpful source of early-stage capital for tokenised projects. He started out as a software entrepreneur and through exploring, curiosity and making an early leap from Bitcoin to Ethereum, he’s a key player in the crypto industry. 1kx has made multiple investments in soon-to-be key players, for instance, Kiln ($17M) or Modulus ($6.3M).
Founding Partner
1kx Capital
