Global Finals Judges
Co-Founder
Rethink Value
Senior Scientific Manager
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Founding Partner
IgniteXL Venture
Ventures Partner
IgniteXL Ventures
Co-Founder, XTC. Chairman of the Board, HARMAN International. Founding Managing Partner, Walden Catalyst.
Co-Founder, Extreme Tech Challenge Partner Emeritus, Charles River Ventures
President and CEO,
Wellcome Leap
Wellcome Leap
Chief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President,
NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors
Founding Partner,
AME Cloud Ventures
Co-founder & Former CEO,
Yahoo!
AME Cloud Ventures
Managing Partner,
FMZ Ventures
FMZ Ventures
Evaluators
Partner, Blue Angels Investment Group
Head of Innovation Lab, UNIDO
Director of Strategy - CTO Integrated Solutions, NXP Semiconductors
Investment Principal, Samsung Catalyst Fund
Sr. Investment Director, Qualcomm Ventures
Investment Officer, Chemonics International
Senior Director & Partner, SOSV
Director, Strategic Partnerships - Software & Cloud, Magic Leap
Director Innovation Norway San Francisco and Palo Alto, Innovation Norway
Director of Social Impact, OneValley
Co-Founder and Partner , Jawara Ventures
Technical Operations Manager , Ford Motor Company
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, ACTAI Ventures
Managing Director, Wanxiang Health Investments
Director of Sustainability EMEA, ADM
Investment Manager - Energy , Emerald Technology Ventures
Partner, R42 Group
Venture Analyst - Emerging Opportunities Portfolio, Wilhelmsen Group
Investment Director, TDK Ventures, Inc.
Executive Vice President, Pasudeco
Principal, SOSV / HAX
Project Officer, UNIDO
Founder and Managing General Partner, Big Idea Ventures
Founding Partner, LUMO Labs
Managing Partner, Kejora Ventures
Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures
Senior Investment Associate, AgFunder
Senior Associate, Hitachi Ventures
Executive Manager, Company Creation, CSIRO
Senior Director, Automotive Product Marketing, HARMAN International
Investment Manager, Katapult Ocean
Innovation Strategist, UNIDO
Head, Environmental, Social & Governance, Quest Ventures
SVP and Business Group Head, Tech Mahindra
Partner, Mayfield
Chief of Staff to the CEO , Arena
Researcher, Independent Technology Consultant
Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California Health System (UC Health)
Principal, Strategic Investments & Venture Partnerships at Honda Xcelerator Ventures, Honda Innovations
Chairman, EQ Capital Partners
Venture Advisor, LUMO Labs
Co-Founder, Sangha Capital
Deputy Director-General, UN FAO
Partner, Pegasus Ventures
Co-Founder, Extreme Tech Challenge Partner Emeritus, Charles River Ventures
Circular Economy Lab, Samsung Electronics
General Manager, QING Forward Engineering
Managing Director | | Global Head of NEXT Investments - Venture Capital , Samsung Next Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner, Collide Capital
Team Lead System Innovations, NXP Semiconductors
Strategic Investment Analytics, Meta
Head of Community, DTU Science Park
Director of Corporate Programs, SVG Ventures
Managing Director - Climate, Environmental & Natural Resources, Chemonics International
Director, Plug and Play Tech Center
Co-founder, Sangha Capital
Senior Associate, AI Fund
Manager, Innovation & Design , Bain & Company
CEO, Sovereign Nature Initiative
Head of Impact & Sustainability, Pitango Venture Capital
Project Manager Entrepreneurship, EIT Food
Thematics Portfolio Manager, BlackRock
Senior Scientific Manager, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Investment Director/Principal, Samsung Catalyst Fund
Managing Partner, Blue Startups LLC
Principal, Strategy Capital
Managing Partner, AMYP Ventures AG
Business Accelerator & Investment Manager, Accelerace
General Partner, J2 Ventures
Former VP, Head of West Coast Open Innovation Center, Former Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Private Investor , Self-Employed
Founding Partner, IgniteXL Venture
, Harman International
Business Mentor, Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute
Director, Division of Food Systems & Food Safety, UN FAO
Partner, INKEF
Founder & Partner, Digigence Africa
Head of Marketing, Woven Capital
Investment Manager, 3M
Senior Associate, Xerox Ventures
Director, Halving Global Violence, NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC)
Principal, Going VC Partners
Founder & Chair, NextMed Health
Executive Director, Stanford Seed, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Executive Director, Stanford Seed, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Associate, VisVires New Protein (VVNP)
VP of Public Affairs, HARMAN International
Director, Agrifood Economics and Policy Devision, UN FAO
Principal, Wave Financial
Senior Associate, ISS ESG
Managing Director, Intel Capital
Partner, Xerox Ventures, Xerox
Managing Partner, GSV Ventures
VP & Managing Director, Samsung Catalyst Fund
VP & Managing Director, Head of the Fund, Samsung Catalyst Fund
Managing Director - Tech Clients, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Next Director of Mirakle Lab, Mae Kyong Media Group
ADAS Project Manager, FORD GFL
VP, Head of Architecture, Wipro
GHG, ETS Management, Samsung Electronics