Connor Murphy

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.

Dr. Sabine Wiesmüller

Sabine Wiesmüller, PhD, currently serves as the Director of the AI ​​Competence Center Europe at Start2Group (formerly German Entrepreneurship), a premier startup ecosystem platform serving as the ultimate destination for growth-oriented startups, corporations, investors, and governments to shape and scale ventures with growth potential. In addition, she continues as Managing Director of the Bodensee Innovation Cluster, which she has co-founded in 2018. Sabine is also an associated senior researcher and lecturer at Zeppelin University, teaching and conducting research about digital entrepreneurship, responsible innovation, AI governance & AI ethics.

Andreas Klinger

Andreas Klinger is a globally-active first-check/first-round investor having participated in 90+ deals including Remote.com, Lumalabs, Fly.io, and Acquire. Previously he was founding team & CTO of Product Hunt, VPE of CoinList, Head of Remote at AngelList, and CTO at On Deck.

Mali M. Baum

Mali is the CEO of WLOUNGE and MAGDA GROUP, and Board Member at the European Innovation Council (EIC) at the European Commission. Mali brings over 20 years of entrepreneurial expertise, having founded multiple successful ventures. As a seasoned serial entrepreneur, Mali launched her first venture in 2007, specializing in global educational toys. On 2024 Mali was elected as a Board Member of the European innovation Council, EIC, European Commission and the EIC fund. Since 2019 she has been an active expert and Jury member at the European Commission EIC fund, involved in the EIC Green-Dealas a Jury. In addition, she is also an ambassador for the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises for StartUp Asia Berlin (SUAB) and Asia-Pacific Week Berlin (APW).

Niko Woischnik

Niko is the Founder & CEO of TOA, Europe’s leading Frontier Tech Festival. More than 100,000 people have attended TOA events in IRL. He is also the co-founder of Ahoy! Berlin and Openers. Before becoming a founder Niko worked as a Business Development Manager EMEA at Amazon Web Services and in educational publishing.

Mick Halsband

Levin Bunz

Partner in Heartcore Capital, a pioneering early-stage fund specializing in technology and software investments. With a distinguished 16-year history, Heartcore has successfully managed over €750M in assets across five fund generations.

Chris Mirabile

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. NOVOS tackles aging's 12 causes with validated formulations, tests, and digital tools, offering groundbreaking results in addressing aging.

Kate Whyte

Kate Whyte is the Head of Product Operations at Urban Sports Club (Europe's leading platform for sports and wellness) that just closed their latest financing of €95 million led by Verdane at the end of 2023.

Dejan Hvetkovic

Senior engineering leader with ~20 years of experience in the software engineering world. Ex mountain rescue instructor and team lead. Team first.

Francesco Perticarari

Francesco is a computer scientist and angel investor who founded Silicon Roundabout Ventures, a fund investing in European Deeptech. Leveraging a community of 15,000, they've launched 33 startups valued over £6 billion. The fund, backed by Molten Ventures, focuses on infrastructure technologies in Computing, Climate, and Defence.

Inka Mero

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.

Nancy Brito

Nancy has over 15 years of experience in early-stage ventures, creating and investing in over 20. She serves on various startup boards and advocates for women in tech. Currently, she is the General Partner of Ground Capital, a Lisbon-based venture fund.

Tilo Bonow

Tilo is the Founder of PIABO, Europe’s leading growth communications agency. The world’s most innovative companies and their investors rely on PIABO for impact-driven communication services that attract and engage customers, investors, and the talent required to lead the market. His passion is helping entrepreneurs get global exposure to their technologies, ideas, and impacts. As an ambassador for innovation and a value-adding investor, he drives global market leadership for challenger brands.

Yair Levy

Yair Levy is the Co-founder & CEO of brain.space, the startup pioneering the integration of Human Intelligence & Machine Learning. With $12M in total funding, brain.space is creating proprietary Brain-Data-as-a-Service AI models, revolutionizing neuroscience and digital health systems for personalized mental well-being.

Björn Ognibeni

Björn Ognibeni is a digital advisor, leads the online think tank ChinaBriefs.io and is co-founder of XRLab@MCM at the University of Münster. He has been advising well-known companies and brands on digitalisation for many years.

Maria-Liisa Bruckert

Maria-Liisa Bruckert is the founder and CPO of the AI start-up IQONIC.AI. The company offers AI-based skin and hair analyses as SaaS solutions for brands and retailers in beauty and health. Prior to founding the company, Maria-Liisa had a successful career at Siemens, where she also contributed to the company's global digitalization strategy. For her technological expertise and her work with IQONIC.AI, she was named one of the "Top 20 Women in AI Germany" by RE•WORK 2022.

Oliver Smykacz

Oliver is the CEO and Co-Founder of BE LIGHT, a Berlin-based company enhancing mental health through Audiovisual Brainwave Entrainment Technology, integrating applications, metaverse experiences, and workshops. Previously an international management consultant, Oliver shifted focus following a near burnout, leading to a seven-year exploration of holistic practices and science. BE LIGHT, with a mission to make mental health and meditation widely accessible, leverages science-based techniques to support mental and emotional well-being.

Saki Honda

Saki, the co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer, lives in Tokyo and is raising her 4-year-old son. Her life has been marked by international experiences from her childhood to her university years, having lived in cities such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Chicago, and Dresden. An accomplished essayist with a previously published book, Saki also excels as a web and Python programmer. Viewing life in Japan through an international lens, she harbors a deep commitment to progress while preserving the essence of the Japanese spirit. This passion has propelled her to establish a startup and launch a DAO platform, pioneering innovative ways of working.

Martina Silov

Martina, the President of CroAI and Head of Partnerships at Mindsmiths, has a distinguished track record of developing impactful tech communities and initiatives. While at CroAI, she launched the Heroes project and established specialized communities across Croatia, significantly boosting AI knowledge and accessibility. Now at Mindsmiths, she continues to drive innovation by connecting companies and startups with MIndsmiths AI technologies, nurturing the growth of future tech leaders.

Nicolas Q. Wolikow

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.

Paul Müller

A prominent angel investor, Paul is the co-founder of Adjust, a company that achieved a €1.2B exit and powers thousands of apps with built-in intelligence and automation, backed by responsive global customer support. In addition to his entrepreneurial success, he is also an avid race car enthusiast.

Tim Seithe

Tim studied medicine at Charité in Berlin and co-founded his first venture while still in university. He built a successful B2B SaaS company, later sold to Unzer with KKR's backing. Tim has angel-invested in over 20 companies, including Buycycle and BestSmile, achieving a nine-digit exit with the latter. He is committed to proactive health and biohacking, exploring innovative ways to enhance human health and performance.

Bobby Healy

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.

Alessandro Leone

Alessandro Leone, a mathematician at heart, leads Nyris’ synthetic data team, harnessing GenAI for enterprise visual search. Since its founding in 2015, Nyris has raised €20M and serves customers in <50 countries. Leone is passionate about the potential of synthetic data to revolutionise training and indexing, currently generating over 1 million synthetic images daily in the most sustainable way.