Tech Tour Circular 2024[5]

Participants

Alejandro Diaz Horstmann

Investment Analyst

ETF Partners (United Kingdom)

Alexander Gowie

Co-founder
Heau (Belgium)

Water Loops

Construction & Infrastructure

Alexander Blockhuys

Comate (Belgium)

Alexander van Os

Co-Founder
Venture IQ B.V. (Netherlands)

Alexis Bazzanella

Head Project Management & Controlling and Director ISC3 Innovation Hub
DECHEMA (Germany)

Aline Rotzetter

Investment Manager
Emerald Technology Ventures (Switzerland)

Amrei Becker

re.solution GmbH (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Andrea De Las Heras Garcia

Business Development, Sustainability & Growth Manager
Dow (Belgium)

Andrea Mattalia

Corporate Venture Capital & Partnership
Terna SpA (Italy)

Andreas Mucke

Circular Valley (Germany)

Andreas Winter-Extra

KOMPAS VC (Denmark)

Andrew Shannon

Partner
Circularity Capital LLP (United Kingdom)

Annelies De Groote

Transactiemanager
North Sea Port (Belgium)

Annick Verween

head of biotope
Biotope Ventures (Belgium)

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Annika Schoofs

Futury (Germany)

Arianna Savini

Henkel Tech Ventures (Germany)

Arnoud Klokke

Associate
BioInnovation Institute (Denmark)

Arnout Dijkhuizen

Investment Principal
Astanor Ventures (Belgium)

Avigdor Luttinger

Electriq Global (Netherlands)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Bartlomiej Mazurkiewicz

Investment Manager
ORLEN VC (Poland)

Bianca Kerwyn Delmotte

Account manager invest
VLAIO - Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Belgium)

Bo De Pourque

Vlerick Business School (Belgium)

Bob van Schoor

Head of Industrial Energy Solutions
ENGIE (Belgium)

Bram Buydens

SMART DELTA RESOURCES FLANDERS (Belgium)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Water Loops

Brigitte MOULIGNEAU

Circular Flanders, OVAM (Belgium)

Bruno Rudnik

Managing Partner
SEF Ventures (Germany)

Burkhard Ohs

Long Term Development Renewable Polymers and Chemicals
Neste (Finland)

Carl De Maré

Director
Smart Delta Resources Flanders (Belgium)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Water Loops

Carlo Salvato

AstroBio (Italy)

Carlos Gonzalez

Investment Manager
NET ZERO VENTURES (Spain)

Carmen Ramirez

AIMPLAS - Technological Institute of Plastics (Spain)

Charles Groffils

Cresco (Belgium)

Charlotte Delaruelle

Economic Advisor
City of Ghent (Belgium)

Charlotte Struye

VITO - Flemish Institute (Vlaamse instelling voor technologisch onderzoek) (Belgium)

Chiara Guidi

B-COS (Belgium)

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Christian Laurer

Senior Investment Manager
tecnet equity GmbH (Austria)

Christian Stevens

Laboratorium voor synthese en chemie van hernieuwbare grondstoffen
Ghent University (Belgium)

Christophe Berlo

Resortecs, Recycling Made Easy (Belgium)

Daneel Geysen

Material Development Managee
Renewi (Belgium)

Daniela Arango

Lignopure (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Bioeconomy

Daria Batukhtina

Strategic BD Manager
Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. (Netherlands)

Dariusz Lewandowski

SYSTEM 3E (Poland)

Manufacturing & Materials

Construction & Infrastructure

David Dessers

Founding Partner
Cresco (Belgium)

David Strittmatter

CEO
ICODOS GmbH (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Dieter De Smedt

Manager Economic Development
City of Ghent (Belgium)

Dina Huth

CREDOXYS GmbH (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Dirk Carrez

Executive Director
Bio-based Industries Consortium (Belgium)

Dominic Laaf

Modellfabrik Papier gGmbH (Germany)

Manufacturing & Materials

Bioeconomy

Ellen Roels

Communication Invest in Ghent
City of Ghent (Belgium)

Els Pandelaere

Policy advisor Biotech at city of Ghent
City of Ghent (Belgium)

Emil Arczewski

CIECH Group / CIECH Ventures (Poland)

Emile Redant

N-Fix (Belgium)

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Erik Moens

TFN - Transition Finance Network (United Kingdom)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Water Loops

Erik Kolehmainen

VP, Corporate Venturing
Metsä Spring Ltd. (Finland)

Espen Lea

Cemonite (former Saferock) (Norway)

Manufacturing & Materials

Construction & Infrastructure

Filipa Tomé

Country Manager Portugal & Senior Innovation Consultant
PNO Innovation (Portugal) (Portugal)

Florent Héroguel

Bloom Biorenewables (Switzerland)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Water Loops

Florian Rohde

instrAction GmbH (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Water Loops

Bioeconomy

Frank Heessels

Senior Technology Manager
SABIC Ventures B.V. (Netherlands)

Frank Boerboom

Innovation Manager
FrieslandCampina (Netherlands)

Gavin Duffy

FRE Technologies (Netherlands)

Chemistry & Plastics

George Dimitriou

Advisor to the President
Alexander Innovation Zone S.A. (Greece)

Giuseppina Pavesi

Expert
down2business (Italy)

Glenn Pollefeyt

Research Scientist Circular and Renewable Solutions
Dow (Belgium)

Glenn Du Pree

Pack2Earth, S.L. (Spain)

Bioeconomy

Glenn Bijvoets

Innovation Lead
Eneco Holding N.V. (Netherlands)

Hannes Withouck

B³ET (Belgium)

Hans Bernhard Meyer

Investor and CEO
Cofimore Holdings SRL (Belgium)

Heiko Hosse

LXP Group GmbH (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Bioeconomy

Hendrik Winckler

re.solution GmbH (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Henri Jacobs

Airborn (Belgium)

Water Loops

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Hugo Delissen

Business Development Manager Startups
Brightlands Chemelot Campus (Netherlands)

Chemistry & Plastics

Ian Andrew Gee

Managing Director
Iconiq Innovation Ltd. (United Kingdom)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Bioeconomy

Ilse Christiaens

Business Developer at the department of Technology Transfer
Ghent University (Belgium)

Ilse Scheirlinck

B³ET (Belgium)

Inaoka Kaori

Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. (Netherlands)

ingmar nopens

C-Biotech (Belgium)

Manufacturing & Materials

Construction & Infrastructure

Bioeconomy

Isabell Schastok

Futury (Germany)

Jan De Merlier

The Venturi Tribe BV (Belgium)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Jan Mertens

Chief Science Officer
ENGIE (Belgium)

Jan Arends

Smart Delta Resources Flanders (Belgium)

Water Loops

Bioeconomy

Janina Zippel

Senior Scientist Corporate Venture Capital
Beiersdorf (Germany)

Janne Kindt

Ecosystem Expert Startup.Flanders
Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) (Belgium)

Jasmine Versyck

B2BE facilitator (Belgium)

Jasper Bloemen

MycaNova (Belgium)

Manufacturing & Materials

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Jean-Patrick Corso

CEO
CLHYNN (France)

Manufacturing & Materials

Jens Busse

Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Jens Uhlemann

Partnership Manager Envu
Bayer (Germany)

Jeroen Glansdorp

Chief Executive Officer
Veridis (Netherlands)

Chemistry & Plastics

Jerusa Roeder

Braskem (Germany)

Jody Paulus

Optitune Oy (Finland)

Johan Keppens

Senior Investment Manager
PMV (Belgium)

Johan Seijmer

Chromafora (Sweden)

Water Loops

Jonathan De Grande

Sustainability Connector
Vlerick Business School (Belgium)

Joost Waeterloos

European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow (Belgium)

Joppe Schepers

TFN - Transition Finance Network (United Kingdom)

Jorden D'Hulster

TheGreenRevolution (Belgium)

Julie Finne-Ipsen

Novonesis A/S (Denmark)

Justin Guest

Partner
Archipelago Eco Investors (United Kingdom)

Jérôme Penot

Partner
Zebra Impact Ventures (Switzerland)

Kai Baldenius

Baldenius Biotech Consulting (Germany)

Karaan Mehrottra

Atlas Ventures (United Kingdom)

Karen Polfliet

North Sea Port (Belgium)

Katrien Molders

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (Belgium)

Klaas de Boer

Chairman, Board of Directors
QFWventures (United Kingdom)

Klaudia Konska

CONTEC SA (Poland)

Chemistry & Plastics

Klaus Wohnig

Atmedio GmbH (Germany)

Koen van Engelen

Founder
Venture IQ B.V. (Netherlands)

Koen Mols

Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships
ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg)

Koen Iterbeke

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
anacura (Belgium)

Feed, Food, Fork

Konrad Wysmulek

Senior Investment Analyst
ORLEN VC (Poland)

Kris Castelein

Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) (Belgium)

Kristof Verbeeck

Support Manager Steelanol | Coking plant
ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg)

Krzysztof Wróblewski

CONTEC SA (Poland)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Laura Savoca

Otto Krahn New Business GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

Lays da Cruz

Amsterdam Chemistry Network (Netherlands)

Leandro Santos

Strategic Developer
Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. (Netherlands)

Lena Sanvoisin

VC Analyst
ETF Partners (United Kingdom)

Lex Westbroek

Investment Manager
Brightlands Venture Partners (Netherlands)

Long Lin

WAI Environmental Solutions AS (Norway)

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Lorenzo De Angeli

Principal
Matterwave Ventures (Germany)

Luke Duffy

FRE Technologies (Netherlands)

Lydia Simon

Managing Partner
SEF Ventures (Germany)

Maaike Perneel

Business developer Cropfit
Ghent University (Belgium)

Maarten Den Dekker

chief sustainability oficer
North Sea Port (Belgium)

Maarten Lambert

Science & Technology Counselor
Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) (Belgium)

Marc Leduc

Investment Manager
BASF Venture Capital GmbH (Germany)

Marcel Oogink

Business Developer
Oost NL (Netherlands)

Marco Tibaldi

Chemistry for Energy and Sustainability | Innovation | Business Development
Amsterdam Chemistry Network (Netherlands)

Marco Rupp

Public Affairs & Sustainability
Bio-based Industries Consortium (Belgium)

Maria Abad Molina

EIT Food (Belgium)

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Mariam Cherifi

Associate
Sofinnova Partners (France)

Marie Hurtgen

Senior Investment Manager
SABIC Ventures B.V. (Netherlands)

Mario Maia

Managing Partner
Cogent Venture Partners (Denmark)

Martin Bellof

Project Lead Ventures & Partnering
chemstars.nrw (Germany)

Masaki Yano

Investor
Energy & Environment Investment (Japan)

Mateusz Wielopolski

Co-Founder
Better Building Initiative (Germany)

Mattias Van Vooren

Director Economic and Entrepreneurial Support Service
City of Ghent (Belgium)

Maxime Van Peel

Senior Investment Manager, Equity Investments
PMV (Belgium)

Michael Claes

Director Technology
SABIC Ventures B.V. (Netherlands)

Michinori Muraoka

Investment Manager
Asahi Kasei Corporate Venture Capital (Germany)

Mikko Paananen

Aisti Corporation Oy (Finland)

Manufacturing & Materials

Miquel Albareda

Corporate Development Associate
Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. (Netherlands)

Mirko Zago

AstroBio (Italy)

Mridul Pareek

European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) (Germany)

Feed, Food, Fork

Naim Zeneli

Grants Leader
FI Group (Spain)

Nathalie De Coensel

Ghent University (Belgium)

Nathalie Cogghe

Commercial Manager
North Sea Port (Belgium)

Nathan De Geyter

Bussiness developer EoW in bioeconomy
Ghent University (Belgium)

Nele Ameloot

Business developer biomolecules
Ghent University (Belgium)

Nelo Emerencia

Bio-based Industries Consortium (Belgium)

Nicolas Olberg

IT Investor & Managing Director
Twip Impact Ventures (Germany)

Manufacturing & Materials

Water Loops

Feed, Food, Fork

Nikolaus Raupp

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

Nils Wuytens

Program Director VITO4STARTERS
VITO - Flemish Institute (Vlaamse instelling voor technologisch onderzoek) (Belgium)

Nish Kotecha

Co-Founder and Chair
Finboot VC (United Kingdom)

Oliver Thimm

Global Innovation Lead
Royal Agrifirm Group (Netherlands)

Olivier Van Orshoven

Director Global Startup Acquisitions
Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) (Belgium)

Olivier Van Raemdonck

Managing Partner
Cresco (Belgium)

Patrick van der Meer

Business Development
Brightlands Chemelot Campus (Netherlands)

Patrick Muller

Equity Partner
HEUKING (Germany)

Pelin Yilmaz

Investment Director
ICIG Ventures (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Water Loops

Pepijn Kops

Technology Consultant
Venture IQ B.V. (Netherlands)

Peter van Gelderen

General Partner
Icos Capital (Netherlands)

Peter Vanlaeke

Investment Manager
SOLVAY S.A. (Belgium)

Pierre Gielen

redacteur / editor
Performis (Netherlands)

Piet Renson

Investment Manager- Venture & Growth Capital
PMV (Belgium)

Pieter Nachtergaele

Ghent University (Belgium)

Pieterjan Neirynck

De Tijd (Belgium)

Quentin Dupraz

Principal
Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (Luxembourg)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Feed, Food, Fork

Rene Reijtenbagh

Founder, CEO
Business Angels Connect (Netherlands)

Riccardo Aimerito

Co-founder & Partner
ERA Kapital (Italy)

Richard Clarke

Finance Director
PowerPhotonic Ltd (United Kingdom)

Richard Uchrin

Business Strategy Advisor – Energy & Sustainability
Freelance (Hungary)

Rob Beekers

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

Roel Callebaut

Investment Manager
Finindus NV (Belgium)

Manufacturing & Materials

Construction & Infrastructure

Roger Ottenheym

Mevaldi b.v. (Netherlands)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Roman Plewka

Formo (Germany)

Ruben Decoster

Investment Associate
Finindus NV (Belgium)

Samira Aissi

Investment Manager
SEB (Sweden)

Samuele Ambrosetti

Bio-based Industries Consortium (Belgium)

Sandra Demey

North Sea Port (Belgium)

Saurabh Tak

Senior Advisor, Growth and Strategy
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Sebastian Peck

Partner
KOMPAS VC (Denmark)

Seth Spoelders

Energy Solutions Manager
ENGIE (Belgium)

Shailendra Vyakarnam

TerraWaste Holding BV (Netherlands)

Chemistry & Plastics

Simon De Corte

Kickstart manager valorisation in water
Ghent University (Belgium)

Simon Yzerbyt

simon.yzerbyt@renewi.com
Renewi (Belgium)

Slawomir Wojcik

CIECH Group / CIECH Ventures (Poland)

Sofie Bracke

Alderman for Economy, Trade, Port, Sport, Digitalisation and Public Affairs
City of Ghent (Belgium)

Sofie Baeten

Managing Partner
Qbic (Belgium)

Sophie Roelants

COO
AmphiStar (Belgium)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Bioeconomy

Sophie Manigart

Professor in Entrepreneurial Finance
Vlerick Business School (Belgium)

Stef Denayer

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (Belgium)

Stefan Wall-Qvist

Chromafora (Sweden)

Water Loops

Stefan Weber

Project Lead Ecosystem & Partnering
chemstars.nrw (Germany)

Stefan Mård

General Partner at Climentum Capital
Climentum Capital (Denmark)

Stephan Decher

Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Steve Stevens

Founder
StudentStartups Europe (Belgium)

steven Spittaels

Circular Textiles (Belgium)

Manufacturing & Materials

Stuart Askew

Senior Director Open Innovation
Procter & Gamble (Belgium)

Sven Wydra

Coordinator of Business Unit "Bioeconomy & Life Sciences"
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Germany)

Svenja Nentwig

Investment Manager
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners (Germany)

Tanja Meyer

European Project Coordinator
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (Belgium)

Tatjana Schwabe - Markovic

Senior Project Manager
Cluster Industrial Biotechnology CLIB (Germany)

Theis Malmborg

Noon Ventures (Denmark)

THOMAS PETITHUGUENIN

CEO
C2CA Technology (Netherlands)

Manufacturing & Materials

Construction & Infrastructure

Thomas Desnijder

project manager
North Sea Port (Belgium)

Timothy Wallace

Head, Corporate Scouting & Investments
Novozymes A/S (Denmark)

Toni Luomaranta

Origin by Ocean (Finland)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Feed, Food, Fork

Toon Van der Ven

Triodos Bank (Netherlands)

Valerie Franck

Business Support & HR Manager
Cresco (Belgium)

Valter Darbe

Managing Director
IGC SRL (Italy)

Vicki O'Brien

Director
Strategic Allies (United Kingdom)

Virginie Versavel

Founder & Circular Economy Officer (CEO)
CIRCULIFE (Belgium)

Viviane Verbiest

Crelan (Belgium)

Ward Verwaeren

Managing Associate
Cresco (Belgium)

William Stevens

Group Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe (Belgium)

Wim Pappaert

Account Manager Startup.Flanders
Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) (Belgium)

Wim Soetaert

Professor Industrial Biotechnology
Ghent University (Belgium)

Winfried Weigel

Managing Director
Clean Tech Capital (Switzerland)

Wouter Demeester

B-COS (Belgium)

Manufacturing & Materials

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

wouter vos

Commercial Manager
North Sea Port (Belgium)

Wouter Van de Putte

Investment Director
Capricorn Partners (Belgium)

Wouter Antheunis

Policy Advisor Cleantech
City of Ghent (Belgium)

Xandra Weinbeck

Invest-NL (Netherlands)

Younes Caro

Business Development Manager
FI Group (Spain)

Yulia Bashirova

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

Zhigang Qian

Managing Director
Boxing Venture (China)

Manufacturing & Materials

Feed, Food, Fork

Construction & Infrastructure