Tech Tour Circular 2024[5]

Expert Jury

Alejandro Diaz Horstmann

Investment Analyst

ETF Partners (United Kingdom)

Alexander Blockhuys

Comate (Belgium)

Andrew Shannon

Partner
Circularity Capital LLP (United Kingdom)

Annick Verween

head of biotope
Biotope Ventures (Belgium)

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Arianna Savini

Henkel Tech Ventures (Germany)

Arnout Dijkhuizen

Investment Principal
Astanor Ventures (Belgium)

Brigitte MOULIGNEAU

Circular Flanders, OVAM (Belgium)

Bruno Rudnik

Managing Partner
SEF Ventures (Germany)

Burkhard Ohs

Long Term Development Renewable Polymers and Chemicals
Neste (Finland)

Daria Batukhtina

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

Frank Heessels

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

Henri Jacobs

Airborn (Belgium)

Water Loops

Feed, Food, Fork

Bioeconomy

Ilse Christiaens

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

Jasmine Versyck

B2BE facilitator (Belgium)

Jens Busse

Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Jens Uhlemann

Partnership Manager Envu
Bayer (Germany)

Jerusa Roeder

Braskem (Germany)

Johan Keppens

Senior Investment Manager
PMV (Belgium)

Joost Waeterloos

European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow (Belgium)

Jérôme Penot

Partner
Zebra Impact Ventures (Switzerland)

Kai Baldenius

Baldenius Biotech Consulting (Germany)

Klaus Wohnig

Atmedio GmbH (Germany)

Koen Iterbeke

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
anacura (Belgium)

Lorenzo De Angeli

Principal
Matterwave Ventures (Germany)

Maarten Lambert

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

Marc Leduc

Investment Manager
BASF Venture Capital GmbH (Germany)

Masaki Yano

Investor
Energy & Environment Investment (Japan)

Michinori Muraoka

Investment Manager
Asahi Kasei Corporate Venture Capital (Germany)

Miquel Albareda

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

Mridul Pareek

European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) (Germany)

Feed, Food, Fork

Nathan De Geyter

Bussiness developer EoW in bioeconomy
Ghent University (Belgium)

Nele Ameloot

Business developer biomolecules
Ghent University (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)

Patrick Muller

Equity Partner
HEUKING (Germany)

Patrick van der Meer

Business Development
Brightlands Chemelot Campus (Netherlands)

Pelin Yilmaz

Investment Director
ICIG Ventures (Germany)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Water Loops

Peter Vanlaeke

Investment Manager
SOLVAY S.A. (Belgium)

Peter van Gelderen

General Partner
Icos Capital (Netherlands)

Quentin Dupraz

Principal
Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (Luxembourg)

Chemistry & Plastics

Manufacturing & Materials

Feed, Food, Fork

Ruben Decoster

Investment Associate
Finindus NV (Belgium)

Saurabh Tak

Senior Advisor, Growth and Strategy
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Sebastian Peck

Partner
KOMPAS VC (Denmark)

Simon De Corte

Kickstart manager valorisation in water
Ghent University (Belgium)

Stefan Weber

Project Lead Ecosystem & Partnering
chemstars.nrw (Germany)

Stephan Decher

Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Stuart Askew

Senior Director Open Innovation
Procter & Gamble (Belgium)

Svenja Nentwig

Investment Manager
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners (Germany)

Tatjana Schwabe - Markovic

Senior Project Manager
Cluster Industrial Biotechnology CLIB (Germany)

Timothy Wallace

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

Wouter Van de Putte

Investment Director
Capricorn Partners (Belgium)

Zhigang Qian

Managing Director
Boxing Venture (China)

Manufacturing & Materials

Feed, Food, Fork

Construction & Infrastructure