Tech Tour Growth Sustainability 2023[10]

Onsite Event Participants

Adiari Vazquez

Manager, The Climate Pledge Fund

Amazon (United Kingdom)

Adrian Griffiths

Business Developer
Gazelle Wind Power Limited (Ireland)

Adrian Stefanel Cirja

Investment Analyst
LG Chem Europe GmbH (Germany)

Alejandro Samaniego Miracle

CEO
Titanum Technology (Spain)

Alexander van der Kleij

CEO
SolarDew (Netherlands)

Alexander van Os

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

Alexander Fromm

Member of the Executive Board
BRYCK (Germany)

Amy Adinnu

Front Desk Manager
BRYCK (Germany)

Andre Boschem

CEO
Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany)

Andreas Kunsmann

Managing Director, Co-CEO
Polycare Research Technology GmbH (Germany)

CCU

Andreas Bremen

Co-reactive (Germany)

Andrey Shigaev

Managing Director
Geyser Batteries Oy (Finland)

Anke Gratz

Senior Associate
DTCF | DeepTech & Climate Fonds (Germany)

Ankit Chouhan

CEO
Klimashift (Netherlands)

Ann-Cathrin Sieren

Senior Creative Concept Developer
BRYCK (Germany)

Annegret Schewe

Startup Manager
Deutsche Telekom (Germany)

Anthony Viellevoije

Investment Manager
StartGreen Capital (Netherlands)

Antonia Nörthemann

Project Manager Venture Center & Early-Stage Financing
NRW Bank (Germany)

Ariane Bauer

Head of Communications
Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany)

Arndt-Hendrik Zinn

Zolitron - The Internet of Things Company GmbH (Germany)

Arvin Khanchandani

Investment Manager
Warsaw Equity Group (Poland)

Astrid Gulba

CEO
BIORoxx GmbH (Germany)

Renewables

Aylin Girgin Ozbilis

Investment Director
Vinci Venture Capital (Netherlands)

Bas van den Brande

Chief of Staff
Carbon Equity (Netherlands)

Berkan Mifleh

Co-Founder
Malty Foods (Turkiye)

Bernhard Mohr

Managing Director
Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Britta Lange

Director Global Ecosystem
Global Entrepreneurship Centre (GEC) (Germany)

Bruno Rudnik

Managing Partner
SEF Ventures (Germany)

Burkhard Ohs

Manager
Neste (Finland)

Carlos Esteban

Partner
Faber (Portugal)

Carolin Althoff

General Partner, Investor & Head of ESG
Cusp Capital (Germany)

Carsten Brueckner

Senior Investment Manager
Wintershall Dea Technology Ventures GmbH (Germany)

Carsten Puschmann

CEO & Co-Founder
Scale Now (Germany)

Christian Lüdtke

CEO
BRYCK (Germany)

Christian Chudoba

CEO
Lumenaza GmbH (Germany)

Renewables

Christian Schütte

Angel Investor
Christian Schütte (Germany)

Christian Lenges

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

Christoph Seibel

Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland GmbH (Germany)

Christoph Bueth

Managing Director and Head of Equity Financing
NRW Bank (Germany)

Christophe Berlo

Resortecs, Recycling Made Easy (Belgium)

Christophe Pompee

Investment Director
Aperam Ventures (Luxembourg)

Christopher Burgahn

fronyx GmbH (Germany)

Christopher Kong

Co-Founder & Business Development
Better Nature Tempeh (United Kingdom)

Ciro Del Core

Event Manager
BRYCK (Germany)

Claas Heise

Executive Director
NRW Bank (Germany)

Claudio De Giacomi

Joulia SA (Switzerland)

Claudio Picchi

CTO
Electrogenos (United Kingdom)

Crispin Leick

Managing Director
EnBW New Ventures (Germany)

Cristina Pierro

Business Consultant
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Cédric Vanhoeck

CEO
Resortecs, Recycling Made Easy (Belgium)

CCU

Daniel Dehghanian

Partner
Hogan Lovells (United Kingdom)

Daniela Muendler

CEO
samplistick GmbH (Germany)

Daria Batukhtina

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

Declan Lynch

CEO
Peregerine Technologies (Holding) Limited (Ireland)

Dennis Nasrun

metiundo GmbH (Germany)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Dieter Kraft

TRUMPF Venture (Germany)

Dietmar Schlößer

Director Digitalization & Innovation
TÜV NORD GROUP (Germany)

Dietrich Gulba

Chief Doctor
BIORoxx GmbH (Germany)

Renewables

Dörte Hirschberg

General Partner
Climentum Capital (Denmark)

Elisabeth Springer

Corporate Banking, Clean Energy Transition EMEA
Citi (Germany)

Endre Grønmyr

COO and Board member
Infinigrid AS (Norway)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Erick Petit

Entrepreneur
MagREEsource (France)

Renewables

Ewelina Kuna

Principal, Sustainable Industry
Icos Capital (Netherlands)

Fabian Haxter

Managing Director
Solar Energy Niederrhein GmbH (Germany)

Fabrice Testa

Co-founder & CFO
Maana Electric (Luxembourg)

Renewables

Fabricia Beltramini

Senior Manager Digitalisation & Innovation
TÜV NORD GROUP (Germany)

Falk Mueller-Veerse

Partner & Head of DACH
Bryan, Garnier & Co (Germany)

Felix Klatt

PR & Communications Manager
BRYCK (Germany)

Florian Schlehuber

Business Development Manager
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Florin Ungureanu

Project Manager | VC Analyst
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Frank Barz

Senior Partnermanager
Deutsche Telekom (Germany)

Frank Speer

Head of Internationalisation & Location Marketing
Business Metropole Ruhr GmbH (Germany)

Frank Schreurs

Co-founder /CEO
GAFT - Green Air Fuel Technology (Netherlands)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Fred van Beuningen

Managing Partner
Chrysalix Venture Capital (Netherlands)

Frederic Brodach

Managing Director
RSI Capital GmbH (Germany)

Fridolin Franke

Co-Founder/Business Development, Operations & Finance
SOLAR MATERIALS GmbH (Germany)

Renewables

Friedrich Barth

CEO
Global Entrepreneurship Centre (GEC) (Germany)

Frédéric Klung

Founders Associate
Green Flash GmbH (Germany)

Gang Xin

Chief Technology Officer and co-founder
WAI Environmental Solutions AS (Norway)

CCU

Giacomo Zenoni

Daze (Italy)

Energy Efficiency

Gonzalo Izquierdo

Co-CEO & Shareholder
BluePlasma Power SL (Spain)

Renewables

CCU

Hakan Atmali

Senior Associate M&A | Investment Banking
Bryan, Garnier & Co (United Kingdom)

Hank Han

Head of CMF
LOGITECH International SA (Switzerland)

Hannah Geistert

Project Manager Innovation and Digitization
Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany)

Hans van Klink

Director Project Development
Dutch Sustainable Development BV (Netherlands)

Hans Cool

Senior Investment Manager
Eneco Ventures (Netherlands)

Hao Yin

CEO
TEGnology (Denmark)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Henk DeBoer

Strohm B.V. (Netherlands)

Renewables

Henri Beranek

Head of Strategy, Marketing and Sustainability
carbonauten GmbH (Germany)

Henrik Ørskov Pedersen

Group Vice President, Head of Technology Innovation
Grundfos (Denmark)

Iana Dobreva-Faria

COO
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Ides Vandorpe

Investment Analyst Energy
Korys (Belgium)

Illara Rubini

Investment Officer - Cleantech Equity and Growth Capital
European Investment Bank (Luxembourg)

Ines Kolmsee

Partner
Matterwave Ventures (Germany)

Ines Bergmann-Nolting

Managing Partner
Greencode Ventures (Finland)

Irina Fiegenbaum

Senior Manager Digitalisation & Innovation
TÜV NORD GROUP (Germany)

Itaru Shiraishi

Venture Capital
Energy & Environment Investment (Japan)

Ivan Albino

Venture Capitalist
NRW Bank (Germany)

Jacob Bossaer

BOSAQ (Belgium)

Renewables

Jan Gräfe

Managing Director
Gründerfonds Ruhr (Germany)

Jan Westerink

Board Room Advisor
Applied Business Solutions (Netherlands)

Jan Palasinski

Partner
Future Energy Ventures (Germany)

Janne Pottonen

CFO
Aurelia Turbines Oy (Finland)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Jason Grüninger

Investment Manager
Capnamic Ventures (Germany)

Jay Marathe

Managing Director
Bryan, Garnier & Co (Germany)

Jean-Philippe Gibaud

CEO
GEOLITH (France)

Energy Efficiency

CCU

Jeanette Pankow

People and Culture Manager
BRYCK (Germany)

Jens Busse

Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Jens Bischoff

Head of Business Development
Enapter (Germany)

Jens Uhlemann

Partnership Manager Envu
Bayer (Germany)

Jim Totty

Managing Director
Viridis Capital (United Kingdom)

Joep Gorgels

EST-Floattech (Netherlands)

Renewables

Johann Barlach

Variolytics (Germany)

Johann Böker

CEO and founder
Green Flash GmbH (Germany)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Johann Liebeton

Business Development @BioHalo
BioHalo Aps (Denmark)

Johannes Velling

Director General "Digitalization and Startups"
NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs,Industry,Climate Action & Energy (Germany)

Jon Boles

Electrochaea GmbH (Germany)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Jonathan Wasner

Corporate customer advisor
thyssenkrupp (Germany)

Joost Waeterloos

European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow (Belgium)

Joris Kil

Investment Manager
Rotterdam Port Fund (Netherlands)

José Abós

Head of Unit. Cleantech Equity & Growth Capital Division
European Investment Bank (Luxembourg)

Julia Wagener

Investment Manager
Bitstone Capital (Germany)

Julian Wessing

BRYCK (Germany)

Julian Gallardo

New Business Development Manager
MONDRAGON Ventures (Spain)

Justus Beike

Business Development
BRYCK (Germany)

Jürgen Fryges

Senior Business Development/M&A Manager
ENGIE (Belgium)

Kai Bonnen

Head of Corporate Services
Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany)

Kai Martin

Investment Manager - Shell Ventures
Shell Ventures (Germany)

Kai Lipsius Lipsius

Head of Green Capital Agency
City of Essen (Germany)

Kai-Arne Jordan

Senior Investment Advisor
Global Entrepreneurship Centre (GEC) (Germany)

Kajsa Olsson

Marketing Manager
Nordic SeaFarm (Sweden)

Kajsa Hammar

Investment Manager
ETF Partners (United Kingdom)

Kathy Liu

Senior Manager, CP&G Sustainability Engineering
LOGITECH International SA (Switzerland)

Kevin Kessler

Network & Ecosystem Manager
BRYCK (Germany)

Konrad Wysmulek

Senior Investment Analyst
ORLEN VC (Poland)

Korstiaan Zandvliet

Venture Partner
Urban Impact Ventures (Netherlands)

Kotaro Kodama

Senior Open Innovation Manager
AGC Inc (Germany)

Krzysztof Wróblewski

CONTEC SA (Poland)

Renewables

Larissa Gajewski

Startup Program Managerin
BRYCK (Germany)

Lars Zoellner

Carbon-Clean Technologies GmbH (Germany)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Lars Bohnisch

Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Lars Havighorst

Managing Director
blue activity GmbH (Germany)

Lars Gussen

Senior Investment Manager
TechVision Fonds (Germany)

Laura Kohler

Director Startup Business
BRYCK (Germany)

Leandro Santos

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

Lech Kaniuk

Co-Founder & CEO
SunRoof (Sweden)

Renewables

Lena Sanvoisin

VC Analyst
ETF Partners (United Kingdom)

Leon Rizzi

CEO
Jolt Solutions srl (Spain)

Energy Efficiency

CCU

Lisette Fortanier-Weege

Global Sustainability Manager
Global Entrepreneurship Centre (GEC) (Germany)

Lucille Bonnet

Managing Director
Alantra Energy Transition (United Kingdom)

Luigi Pugliano

Project Manager
BluePlasma Power SL (Spain)

Luis Sperr

Managing Partner
kopa ventures (Germany)

Lukasz Polkowski

Senior Investment Analyst
ORLEN VC (Poland)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Lutz Berwanger

Co-Founder
Krauts & Sprouts (Germany)

Lyubomir Yanchev

Chief Executive Officer
MClimate (Bulgaria)

Maarten Campman

TripleW (Israel)

Maciej Bialy

Corporate Research Specialist
Quemetica (Poland)

Maike Seelhoefer

Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Malte Wittig

TÜV NORD GROUP (Germany)

Mami Fleck

Mitsui & Co. Deutschland (Germany)

Manuel Milliery

Papkot™ (France)

Renewables

Marc Verelst

Supply Chain Innovation Director
Procter & Gamble (Belgium)

Marc Leduc

Investment Manager
BASF Venture Capital GmbH (Germany)

Marco Nissen

Business Development Manager
Celsia (Norway)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Marek Romanowski

Investment Manager
Quemetica (Poland)

Mariano Oto

NUCAPS Nanotechnology (Spain)

Marie Hurtgen

Senior Manager
SABIC Ventures B.V. (Netherlands)

Marie Geneste

Chief Marketing Officer
Everimpact (France)

Mario Araya

TECHNOLOGIST
BluePlasma Power SL (Spain)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Marius Wenning

Omnivore Recycling (Germany)

CCU

Mark Leman

Director of Global Strategy & Business Development
Neara Software (United Kingdom)

Energy Efficiency

Mark Shif

Head of Marketing
Regli Energy Systems (Switzerland)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Markus Paduschek

Managing Director
CoCo Finance GmbH (Germany)

Markus Glatthaar

Co-Founder
PV2+ GmbH (Germany)

Martin Bellof

Lead Ventures & Partnering
chemstars.nrw (Germany)

Martin Andersen

Ezone Energy (Norway)

Energy Efficiency

Martina Ecker

Managing Director at Citi | EMEA Clean Energy Transition Team
Citi (Germany)

Martina Lartey

Startup Program Manager
BRYCK (Germany)

María Francisca Garrido

Venture Developer
Global Entrepreneurship Centre (GEC) (Germany)

Mashrukh Talukder

Business Developer
Tech Tour (Belgium)

Matt Gilmour

Associate
Silverpeak (United Kingdom)

Matthias Vaterrodt

Manager Digitalization & Innovation + Project Lead Venture Clienting
TÜV NORD GROUP (Germany)

Matthias Engel

Managing Partner Vireo Ventures
Vireo Ventures (Germany)

Matthias Stier

CEO
Variolytics (Germany)

Maximilian Erb

Associate Director
NRW Bank (Germany)

Maximilian Hartmann

Co-Founder & CFO
vGreens Holding GmbH (Germany)

Mevin Kistnassamy

Founding Partner
Blue Pelican Capital (France)

Michael Claes

Director Technology
SABIC Ventures B.V. (Netherlands)

Michael Boot

Co-Founder & CEO
Vertoro BV (Netherlands)

Renewables

Michael Tegtmeier

Founder & CEO
Turbit Systems GmbH (Germany)

Michael Schatzschneider

creapaper GmbH (Germany)

Michinori Muraoka

Investment Manager
Asahi Kasei Corporate Venture Capital (Germany)

Mike Bierwas

Start-up Ecosystem Manager Essen
Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany)

Milena Garthley

Project Manager, Innovation Programmes
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Monika Hauck

Repair Rebels GmbH (Germany)

Moritz Glettenberg

Head Start-up Ecosystem Development
H2UB (Germany)

Moritz Kaschub

Project Manager Venture Center and early-stage financing at NRW.BANK
NRW.BANK (Germany)

Nicholas Simmons

CFO and Co-founder
Naked Energy Ltd. (United Kingdom)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Nick Stokman

Operating Partner Energy Transition
Rabobank International (Netherlands)

Nicolas Olberg

IT Investor & Managing Director
Twip Impact Ventures (Germany)

Nicolas Berner Wolf

TGN Energy AS (Norway)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Nicole Keating

Visiting Impact Analyst
World Fund (Germany)

Niklas Hagenbeck

Venture Building & Investment
Stealth Mode (Germany)

Nikola Vuckovic

Co-Working Space & Community
BRYCK (Germany)

Nikolaj Klebert

Investment Manager
BonVenture (Germany)

Nils Lohmann

socialbnb GmbH (Germany)

Noah Vladimir Hirsch Trembovolsky

ETB Global B.V. (Netherlands)

Nora Oberländer

Head of Business Development
STOFF2 GmbH (Germany)

Renewables

Nuno Carvalho

Investment Director
KBC Focus Fund (Belgium)

Oliver Weimann

CEO & Co-Founder
Scale Now (Germany)

Olivier Gillot

Finance Department In charge of fund raising
Sakowin (France)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Orianna Bretschger

Aquacycl (Netherlands)

Oscar de Laubier

Analyst
Utenda Capital (France)

Patrick Dodds

Hexigone Inhibitors Ltd (United Kingdom)

Energy Efficiency

CCU

Patrick Muller

Equity Partner
HEUKING (Germany)

Patrick Pauwels

Communication
Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany)

Paul Gillespie

Managing Director
Sheffield Haworth (United Kingdom)

Paul Appel

Co-Founder & CEO
ECO2GROW (Germany)

Pelin Yilmaz

Investment Director
ICIG Ventures (Germany)

Per Arne Jensen

Senior Advisor
Silverpeak (United Kingdom)

Peter Rost

Conscious Investor, Systemic Consultant and 13Leaders Coach
CON ENT - Conscious Entrepreneurship (Germany)

Philip Rams

Intern
BRYCK (Germany)

Philipp Leidig

Director - Venture Capital
NRW.BANK (Germany)

Philipp Behrendt

Photographer
Fotojob Philipp (Germany)

Philipp Herrmann

CEO
BRYCK (Germany)

Philippa Köhnk

BRYCK (Germany)

Philippe Maes

Co-Founder & CEO
Wizata (Luxembourg)

Energy Efficiency

Pierre-Louis Auzel

Managing Director - Energy transition and low carbon solutions
Société Générale Investment Banking (France)

Pieter Hack

CEO
REDstack BV (Netherlands)

Renewables

Ralph Marquardt

Chief Innovation Officer
Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Rebecca Großmann

Project Manager Internationalisation & Location Marketing
Business Metropole Ruhr GmbH (Germany)

Robert Pfab

COO
Carbon-Clean Technologies GmbH (Germany)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Roderick Ruinard

Investment Manager
Invesdor ltd (Germany)

Roland Ballus

Innovation Product Manager
thyssenkrupp (Germany)

Rubem Silva

Social Media & Online Marketing Specialist
BRYCK (Germany)

Ruben Decoster

Investment Associate
Finindus NV (Belgium)

Rubina Singh

Principal & Deeptech Fund Manager
Octopus Ventures (United Kingdom)

Ruggero Recchioni

Head of Innovation Intelligence and Ventures
Terna SpA (Italy)

Sarah Wurzer

Communication & Branding
BRYCK (Germany)

Seb Leaper

Watercycle Technologies (United Kingdom)

Sebastian Smerat

Head of Customer Innovation Tribe and COO Digital Services at thyssenkrupp
thyssenkrupp (Germany)

Sebastian Porkert

ECOFARIO GmbH (Germany)

Sebastian Sipp

STOFF2 GmbH (Germany)

Sebastien Marang

Climate Tech Investor
Zürcher Kantonalbank (Switzerland)

Sergey Donskoy

sergey@firstimagine.com
First Imagine! Ventures (United Kingdom)

SHUSAKU WAKASHIMA

CFO
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan)

Siham Bahkani

TÜV NORD GROUP (Germany)

Sinan Goekcen

Consultant
CoCo Finance GmbH (Germany)

Slawomir Wojcik

Corporate Research Manager
Quemetica (Poland)

Sophie Nadler

Marketing Assistant
BRYCK (Germany)

Staf Wynants

Founder
Investor Sphere (Belgium)

Stanislava Merdzhanova

Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Stefan Weber

Project Lead Ecosystem & Partnering
chemstars.nrw (Germany)

Stefan Radlmayr

Fibers365 GmbH (Germany)

Steffen Gerlach

eeden GmbH (Germany)

Stephan Decher

Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Sumanta Pal

Senior Innovation Product Manager
thyssenkrupp (Germany)

Svenja Nentwig

Investment Manager
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners (Germany)

Taha Adnan

Deal Scout
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Takenori Kumagai

Tech scouting
JX Advanced Metals Corporation (Germany)

Tanja Rosendahl

Managing Partner
F-LOG Ventures (Germany)

Tero Sarkkinen

Founder & CEO at Basemark
Basemark (Finland)

Energy Efficiency

Teun Wagenaar

ClearVue (Australia)

Thiago Figueiredo

1s1 Energy (United States)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

Thomas Kufen

Lord Mayor
City of Essen (Germany)

Till Rösnick

Investment Manager
WEPA Ventures (Germany)

Tim Jungblut

Venture Partner
EURAZEO (France)

Tim Schumacher

General Partner
World Fund (Germany)

Tobias Weissgerber

Investment Manager
DTCF | DeepTech & Climate Fonds (Germany)

Tobias Schmitt

Startup Advisory & Investments
TS Impact Ventures (Germany)

Tobias Grün

Member of the Executive Board
BRYCK (Germany)

Tommy Bønsnæs

CEO & Founder
TGN Energy AS (Norway)

Energy Efficiency

Renewables

CCU

Tony Callaghan

SomaTech (Ireland)

Trygve Mongstad

Founder & CEO
Over Easy Solar (Norway)

Renewables

Vanya Avramova

Junior Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Viktoria Pavlova

Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Virginia Gardiner

Founder and CEO
Loowatt (United Kingdom)

William Stevens

Group Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe (Belgium)

Xandra Weinbeck

Senior Business Development Manager Circular Economy
Invest-NL (Netherlands)

Xavier Kohll

CO-FOUNDER & CTO
Circu Li-ion (Luxembourg)

Yoana Todorova

Senior Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Yoichi Yoshizawa

Manager
Mitsui & Co. Deutschland (Germany)

Yoshiki Maeda

Hamamatsu (Japan)

Yulia Druzhnikova

FIXAR Global (Latvia)

Energy Efficiency

CCU