Tech Tour Bio Based Industries 2024 Programme[7]

Selection Panel

Anna Belousova

Industrial Biotechnology Team

Sofinnova Partners (France)

Annick Verween

Head of biotope
VIB (Belgium)

Arianna Savini

Manager Start-up Scouting & Investments
Henkel (Germany)

Barbara Berckmans

Investment Manager
Agri Investment Fund (Belgium)

Bjorn Heinz

Investment Director
Yara Growth Ventures (Norway)

Bruno Rudnik

Managing Partner
SEF Ventures (Germany)

Burkhard Ohs

Manager
Neste (Finland)

Carmen Cheung

Investment Manager
Pioneer Point Partners (United Kingdom)

Christian Lenges

Venture Director
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) (Netherlands)

Cornelia Baehr

Senior investment manager
b.value AG (Germany)

Deanna Zhang

Director
Circularity Capital LLP (United Kingdom)

Erik Kolehmainen

VP, Corporate Venturing
Metsä Spring Ltd. (Finland)

Frank Boerboom

Senior Technologist
Danone (France)

Jaap Strengers

Impact investing food & agriculture venture capital
Future Food Fund (Netherlands)

Jens Uhlemann

Partnership Manager Envu
Bayer (Germany)

Jens Busse

Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Jerusa Roeder

Global Sustainability Innovation and Technology Manager
Braskem (Germany)

Joost Waeterloos

European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow (Belgium)

Karl Collins

Director, Open Innovation & Ecosystems EMEA
Bayer | Crop Science (Germany)

Klaas de Boer

Chairman, Board of Directors
QFWventures (United Kingdom)

Korbinian Kraemer

Program Lead API
Bayer (Germany)

Laura Schwery

Business Development Manager
CleantechAlps (Switzerland)

Manuel Brunner

Principal, Sustainable Material Innovation & Investments
Minderoo Foundation (Australia)

Marc Leduc

Investment Manager
BASF Venture Capital GmbH (Germany)

Maryam Asadi

Investment Manager
Emerald Technology Ventures (Switzerland)

Masaki Yano

Venture Partner
Energy & Environment Investment (Japan)

Nathan De Geyter

Bussiness developer EoW in bioeconomy
Ghent University (Belgium)

Nikolaus Raupp

Investment Manager
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) (Germany)

Olga Goor

Investment Manager
Brightlands Venture Partners (Netherlands)

Oliver Thimm

Global Innovation Lead
Royal Agrifirm Group (Netherlands)

Pelin Yilmaz

Investment Director
ICIG Ventures (Germany)

Peter van Gelderen

General Partner
Icos Capital (Netherlands)

Philipp Kopp

Investment Manager
bmp Ventures (Germany)

Rob Beekers

Director New Business Development
Cargill Bio-industrial Group (Netherlands)

Samuele Ambrosetti

Innovation and Programming manager
Bio-based Industries Consortium (Belgium)

Sara Vandenwijngaert

Junior Partner
Qbic (Belgium)

Stefan Mård

General Partner at Climentum Capital
Climentum Capital (Denmark)

Stephan Decher

Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Stuart Askew

Senior Director Open Innovation
Procter & Gamble (Belgium)

Sunghee Son

Head of Department Business Development TFT
LG Chem Europe GmbH (Germany)

Theis Malmborg

Co-Founder and Partner
Noon Ventures (Denmark)

Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum

Chief Scientist
Circular Valley (Germany)

Till Rösnick

Investment Manager
WEPA Ventures (Germany)

Timothy Wallace

Head, Scouting & Assessment, Ventures & External Innovation
Novonesis A/S (Denmark)

Wouter Van de Putte

Investment Director
Capricorn Partners (Belgium)

Yulia Bashirova

Open Innovation with Startups, Universities, Corporates, VCs, Ecosystems
AB InBev (Belgium)

Zhigang Qian

Managing Director
Boxing Venture (China)