All companies attending the NRW Venture Forum will be selected by the Tech Tour. This Selection Committee is responsible for nominating 60+ NRW based companies. Tech Tour will be selecting the best 30 companies to attend and present at the Forum to qualify for the EVC Final in December. 24 NRW Finalists will attend EVC.
VP Selection Committee
Sebastian von Ribbentrop
Founder
Join Capital
(Germany)
Selection Committee
Daniel Adler
Project Manager
City of Dusseldorf
(Germany)
Aron Bahnmueller
Investment Director
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH
(Germany)
Ida Beerhalter
Co-Head
IOME
(Saudi Arabia)
Priyanshu Bhattacharya
Investment Banking
Bryan, Garnier & Co
(Germany)
Lars Bohnisch
Investment Manager
Evonik Industries AG
(Germany)
Chris Cobbold
Director, Corporate Development
Huawei Technologies
(Germany)
Jack Eadie
Siemens Venture Capital GmbH
(Germany)
Bernward Garthoff
Cluster Manager
BIO.NRW
(Germany)
Cedric Koehler
Managing Partner
Creathor Ventures
(Germany)
Florian Löbermann
Head of Corporate Venturing
ALTANA AG
(Germany)
Willi Mannheims
Managing Partner
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners
(Germany)
Marcel Niemann
Principal
Yttrium
(Germany)
Ulrich Schmitt
Investment manager
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
(Germany)
Frank Siebke
Executive Advisor
4e capital GmbH
(Germany)
Sustainability and Cleantech
Aruna Subramanian
Senior Portfolio Manager
SABIC Ventures
(Germany)
David Zimmer
Managing Director
coparion
(Germany)