No Poverty Zero Hunger Good Health and Well-being Quality Education Gender Equality Clean Water and Sanitation Affordable and Clean Energy Decent Work and Economic Growth Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Reduced Inequalities Sustainable Cities and Communities Responsible Consumption and Production Climate Action Life Below Water Life On Land Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Partnerships for the Goals

Global Finals Judges

Bill Tai
Bill Tai

Co-Founder, Extreme Tech Challenge Partner Emeritus, Charles River Ventures

Charlotte Schöller

Senior Scientific Manager
Novo Nordisk Foundation

Claire Chang

Founding Partner
IgniteXL Venture

Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang

Founding Partner, AME Cloud Ventures Co-founder & Former CEO, Yahoo!
AME Cloud Ventures

Lars Reger
Lars Reger

Chief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President, NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors

Michael Zeisser
Michael Zeisser

Managing Partner, FMZ Ventures
FMZ Ventures

Mitchell Weinstock

Ventures Partner
IgniteXL Ventures

Regina Dugan
Regina Dugan

President and CEO, Wellcome Leap
Wellcome Leap

Sam Kondo Steffensen

Co-Founder
Rethink Value

Young Sohn

Co-Founder, XTC. Chairman of the Board, HARMAN International. Founding Managing Partner, Walden Catalyst.

Evaluators

Cataldi

Senior Private Sector Specialist
UN FAO, Partnerships & UN Collaboration Div.

Adam de Sola Pool

Partner
Blue Angels Investment Group

Adelaide Njoki Muthang’i

Investment Associate
54Collective (Africa)

Adnan Šerić

Head of Innovation Lab
UNIDO

Adrià Urso Coll

Coordination and Outreach Specialist
UN FAO, Partnerships & UN Collaboration Div.

Ahmed El-Saeed

Head of Asia Pacific Regional Hub
UN Global Pulse

Alfred Boediman

Co-Founder and Partner
Jawara Ventures

Amanda Terry

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
ACTAI Ventures

Anders Vartdal

Venture Analyst - Emerging Opportunities Portfolio
Wilhelmsen Group

Andrew Escaler

Executive Vice President
Pasudeco

Andrew Goodwin

Project Officer
UNIDO

Andrew D. Ive

Founder and Managing General Partner
Big Idea Ventures

Andy Zain

Managing Partner
Kejora Ventures

Angela Tay

Senior Investment Associate
AgFunder

Angela Tay

Senior Investment Associate
AgFunder

Ankesh Madan

Senior Associate
Hitachi Ventures

Anna Tao

Executive Manager, Company Creation
CSIRO

Anne Campbell

Senior Director, Automotive Product Marketing
HARMAN International

Anthony Bellafiore

Investment Manager
Katapult Ocean

Anzhela Movsisyan

Innovation Strategist
UNIDO

April Ong Vaño

Head, Environmental, Social & Governance
Quest Ventures

Arvind Gupta

Partner
Mayfield

Ash Tutika

Chief of Staff to the CEO
Arena

Ateet Bhalla, Ph.D.

Researcher, Independent Technology Consultant

Atul Butte

Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
University of California Health System (UC Health)

Barry Palte

Chairman
EQ Capital Partners

Berta Casas Forga

Co-Founder
Sangha Capital

Bill Reichert

Partner
Pegasus Ventures

Bongjae Lee

Circular Economy Lab
Samsung Electronics

Bram de Vrught

General Manager
QING Forward Engineering

Bram de Vrught

General Manager
QING Food Automation

Brian de Bart

Team Lead System Innovations
NXP Semiconductors

Caleb Li

Strategic Investment Analytics
Meta

Camilla Gilbro

Head of Community
DTU Science Park

Carin Gerhardt

Director of Innovation Programs,
SVG Thrive

Carlos Quintela

Managing Director - Climate, Environmental & Natural Resources
Chemonics International

Carolina Casas Forga

Co-founder
Sangha Capital

Caroline Duffy

Senior Associate
AI Fund

Catherina Wang

Manager, Innovation & Design
Bain & Company

Catherine Bischoff

CEO
Sovereign Nature Initiative

Celia Alija Pérez

Project Manager Entrepreneurship
European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)

Charlotte Schöller

Senior Scientific Manager
Novo Nordisk Foundation

Chenoa Farnsworth

Managing Partner
Blue Startups LLC

Christian Waarst

Business Accelerator & Investment Manager
Accelerace

Clare Hunter


Harman International

Constantine Demetriou

Business Mentor
Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

Corinna Hawkes

Director, Division of Food Systems & Food Safety
UN FAO

Damilola Thompson

Co-Founder & Partner
Diligence Africa

Daniel Kriozere

Principal
Going VC Partners

Daniel Seo

Investment Manager
3M

Daniel Sottosanti

Senior Associate
Xerox Ventures

Daniel Friedman

Director, Halving Global Violence
NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC)

Darius Teter

Executive Director
Stanford Seed, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Darren Leong

Associate
VisVires New Protein (VVNP)

Darrin Shewchuck

VP of Public Affairs
HARMAN International

David Johnson

Managing Director
Intel Capital

David Laborde

Director, Agrifood Economics and Policy Devision
UN FAO

Dean Mai

Partner
Xerox Ventures, Xerox

Deok-Joo Lee

Next Director of Mirakle Lab
Mae Kyong Media Group

Dewi Meza

ADAS Project Manager
FORD GFL

Dinesh Chahlia

VP, Head of Architecture
Wipro

Divya Demato

CEO and Founder
GoodOps

Doreen Muthoni Kubu

Investment Analyst
Mercy Corps Ventures

Dr. Bernhard van Lengerich

Founder and CEO
Seeding the Future Foundation

Dr Carina Tyrrell

Investor and Chief of Staff
Walden Catalyst Ventures

Dr. Carina Tyrrell

Investor and Chief of Staff
Walden Catalyst Ventures

Dr. Christian Sarfo

Lecturer: Innovation and Enterpreneurship
University of Lincoln

Dr. Jai Ganesh

CPO
Harman International

Dr. Jason (Joohwan) Noh

CEO & Founder
SDPlex

Dr. John Lee Allen

Managing Partner
RYSE Asset Management

Dr. Laté Lawson-Lartego

Chief Innovation Officer
Oxfam America

Dr. Marco Morbidini

Partner and lead on Deeptech IP
Kilburn & Strode

Dr. Stephan Peter Sonnenberg

Professor
Seoul National University School of Law

Dr. Vanessa Chan

Chief Commercialization Office & Director
Department of Energy, Office of Technology Transitions

Dragos Maciuca

Director Systems Engineering
Meta

Edoardo Caovilla

Founder
Enea VC

Edua Eboigbe

Senior Associate, Global Health Division
Chemonics International

Elias Chavarria Reyes

Investment Analyst
TDK Ventures

Elisabeth Øvstebø

Investment Director/Co-Founder
Link Capital

Elizabeth Soulé

AVP
Hanwha Asset Management

Emma Kelley

Business Development Director
Chemonics International

Emma Riemer

Associate
Deeptech Equity NL

Emmanuel Onyema

Automotive Customer Program Manager
NXP Semiconductors

Erika Basham

Director of Investments & Product Strategy
Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund

Evelyn Heinbach

Sr. Dir. Strategy, Lifestyle Division
HARMAN International

Fabian Faul

Strategy Analyst
NXP Semiconductors

Fergus Hay

Founder and CEO
Elysian Fields

Fiona Riggall

Director of Sustainability & Climate Impact
Arm

Florian Urbanek

Strategy Analyst
NXP Semiconductors

Florian Grenouilleau

Project Manager & Data Scientist
World Food Programme

Foster Xiuqi Wang


Researcher

Fran Baker

Director, Sustainability & Social Impact
Arm

Francis Ho

Partner
Walden Catalyst Ventures

Franck Saint-Martin

Environmental Impact Manager
Nestlé

Fredrik Harloff

Chief Innovation Officer
GC Rieber

Gabor Molnar

Industrial Development Officer
UNIDO

Gabriel Masset

Public Affairs Manager
Nestlé

Gabriela Martel

Private Sector Partnerships Specialist
UN FAO, Partnerships & UN Collaboration Div.

Garron Hansen

Senior Vice President of West and Central Africa and Haiti region
Chemonics International

Geoff Orazem

Partner
J2 Ventures

Gerard Sylvester

Investment Officer (Digital Agriculture)
UN FAO, Investment Centre Div.

Gil Arazi

Founder and Managing Partner
FinTLV

Hamid Hadibeik

Senior Product Manager
Walmart

Hanisha Vaswani

Managing Partner
Majority

Harry Shawyer

Innovation Partnerships
UN World Food Programme

Helena Wasserman

Co-Founder
Investors for Climate

Henrijette Richter

Managing Partner
Sofinnova Partners

Henry van Burgsteden

Innovation Specialist
UN FAO, Office of Innovation

Hetal Patel

Director, Investments
Mercy Corps Ventures

Hilde Holdhus

Partner
Sarsia Seed

Hoi Ying So

Co-Head and Global Porfolio Manager, Venture Capital
International Finance Corporation

Hsien-Hui Tong

Executive Director, Investments
SGInnovate

Ian Sikora

Executive Director
Openspace Ventures

Ignas Bolsakovas

Principal Engineer
Evergreen Energy

Ikkei Matsuda

Director
Melody International, Ltd.

Ingrid Maurstad

Investment Manager
Katapult Ocean

Iride Ceccacci

Associate Director, Head of Advisory
EBRD

Iride Ceccacci

Associate Director, Head of Advisory
EBRD

Iris Ankang Song

Executive President
Global Climate Innovation Coalition

Jake Harrison

Technology Scouting and Open Innovation
Braskem

James Baker

Partner
Amadeus Capital Partners

James Mister

Managing Director, US West
Barvarian US Offices for Economic Development

Jan-Konrad Bremer

Senior Product Marketing Manager
NXP Semiconductors

Jay Sadiq

Founder & CEO
FortyGuard

Jay Sadiq

Founder & CEO
FortyGuard

Jean-Michel Voisard

Food and Market Systems Consultant
International Finance Corp., World Bank

Jennifer Hebets

Sr. Director Responsible Sourcing
Kellogg Company

Jimmy Cheng

Chief of Staff
Synopsys

Jinhak Lee

Senior Industrial Designer
Samsung Electronics

Jinhwa Ha

Project Leader
Kakao Corp

Jon Medved

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
OurCrowd

Josephine Kant

Series A Program Manager
Y Combinator

Josh Woodard


Independent consultant

Joshua Sopeth

Senior Director, Business Development
Truepill

Julie Murat

Co-Founder and Head of Community Engagement
Bridge for Billions

Julien Nguyen

General Partner
IT Farm

Justin Bryant

Lead, Global Sandboxes Forum
Datasphere Initiative

Karanveer Anand

Technical Program Management - Leader
Google

Kathy Chen

Partner
Ulu Ventures

Kellie Chan

Assistant Director, Investments, Corporate Engagement
SGInnovate

Kent Lucas

Founding Partner
non sibi ventures

Kevin Lockett

Partner/CFO
Fulcrum Global Capital

KT Moore

VP, Corporate Marketing
Cadence Design Systems

Leeat Bar-Eyal

Ag/Food Tech Portfolio Manager
Our Crowd

Leigh Brody

Investment Manager, UCL Technology Fund
AlbionVC

Lennaert Jonkers

Managing Director
DevelopMinded

Liat Sverdlov

Partner, Investments
OurCrowd

Lindy Morris Fishburne

Managing Partner
Breakout Ventures

Lisa Paglietti

Economist
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Loreta Zdanovaite

Partnership Officer
UN FAO, Partnerships & UN Collaboration Div.

Ludovic Copéré

Senior Investment Director
Sony Ventures

Ludovic Copéré

Senior Investment Director, Sony Ventures
Sony Innovation Fund

Luis Dearo

Founding Partner
Ducato Capital

Marcelo Cabrol

Chief Scalability, Knowledge and Impact
IDB Lab

Marco Morbidini

Intellectual Property Expert and Patent Attorney
Kilburn & Strode

Marcus Remmers

Partner
Novo Holdings

Margarete Biallas

Agri-Finance Africa Practice Lead
IFC

Margarete O.	Biallas

Agri-Finance Africa Practice Lead
IFC, International Finance Corporation

Maria Theresa Spencer

Assitant Clinical Professor and EIR at College of Agricultural Sciences
Pennsylvania State University

Mariam Megally

Director of Executive Masters Program
IMD Business School

Mark Cunningham

Start-up Performance Coach / Mentor & Investor
Creative Destruction Lab

Markus Böhm

Investment Manager
Planet Ocean Fund

Marlene Grenon

Director of Digital Health/AI
UCSF Innovation Ventures

Martin Holmboe

Head of Acceleration at Futurebox
DTU Science Park

Martin Kropp

Regional President ADM Africa
ADM

Matt Barnard

Co-Founder & Director
Plenty

Maureen McDonagh

Head of Sustainability
Arm

Dr. Máximo Torero Cullen

Chief Economist
UN FAO

Maxwell Scott

Senior Program Manager, Office of Responsible AI
Microsoft

Maya Perl

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
Zorro

Melanie Yelton

Founder & CEO
Grow Big CEA Consultants

Melinda Moore

Partner
Aventura Ventures

Meryem Sghir

Industrial Development Officer
UNIDO

Michael Fenn

Head External Innovation
Dewpoint Therapeutics

Michał Siwiński

Chief Marketing Officer
Arteris

Michal Geva

Co-founder and Managing Partner
Triventures

Mick J Y Lin

Director of IP Affairs Division
Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn)

Molefi Mpheshea

Natural Resources Officer
UN FAO

Molly Stanek

Founder & Principal
EcoAg Tech

Molly Stanek

Founder and Principal
EcoAgTech

Monique Mrazek

Senior Global Health Tech Industry Specialist
World Bank Group/IFC Venture Capital

Muthoni Richards

Data Privacy & Governance Owner
Disney Parks, Experiences & Products

Nadav Klein

Co-Founder
Stealth Mode Startup Company

Naveen Nataraj

Senior Managing Director, Corporate Advisory
Evercore

Neal Okarter

Investment Manager
BASF

Neena Kadaba

Entrepreneur In Residence
Apple Tree Partners

Nekesah Wafullah

Agri & Climate Tech Venture Builder Expert
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Nelly Darlene Teta

Intern
UNDP

Nico Gramenz

CEO & Co-Founder
HEROFOUNDERS

Nicole Johnson

Global Director of Social Impact
Cadence Design Systems

Nihaar Mahatme

Technology Strategy Lead
NXP Semiconductors

Nik Steinberg

Senior Advisor
Chemonics International

Nikola Trendov

Digital Agriculture and Innovation Specialist
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Nina Feussner

VC Investor
Lakestar Capital

Nina Coates

Programme Management and Implementation Specialist
Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, UN FAO

Nina Coates

Economist
FAO, Investment Centre

Ning Sung

Investor
Sandhill Angels

Norbert Reichl

Managing Director
Food-Processing Initiative e.V.

Norbert Reichl

Managing Director
Food-Processing Initiative e.V.

Nova Choe

Strategy and Operations Manager
Samsung Ventures

Olga Afanasyeva

Honorary Member / Head of Krakow Branch
Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) / ELEKS

Oliver Risse

Investment Partner
HHLA Next

Omnia Rizk

Gender and Development Officer
FAO, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division

Pablo Gomez-Trenor

Co-Founder
The Lab Ventures

Parsa Amiri

Head of Outreach
SOSV Indie Bio

Patrick Zehil

Venture Capitalist
ZEHPA Ventures

Paul Belknap

Director, Impact Investing
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship

Peggy Ochandarena

Director of Development Research
Chemonics International

Peter Bryant

Program Director Oceans
Builders Vision

Philani Mzila

Investment Manager
54Collective (Africa)

Phoebe Wang

Investment Partner, Climate Pledge Fund
Amazon

Po Bronson

Managing Director
IndieBio

Puay Ling Lee

Life Sciences Specialist
L.E.K. Consulting

R. Miller Adams

Managing Partner, INpact Fund
Pier 70 Ventures

Rachel Brooks

Founder & CEO
Securing Safe Food Corp. (SSF)

Rama Venkatasubramanian

Sr. Group Director, Tensilica IP
Cadence Design Systems

Ray Johnson

Chief Executive Officer
Technology Innovation Institute

Rene Chostner

Senior Director, Venture Investment
SK hynix America Inc.

Rike Dekker

Intellectual Property Expert and Patent Attorney
Kilburn & Strode

Rike Dekker

Partner in the Chemistry & Life Sciences practice
Kilburn & Strode

Rita Lousa

Manager Stakeholder Relations and Partnerships, Corporate Affairs
Tetra Pak

Romain Lenoir

Associate
BGV

Ronald Tardiff

Acting Lead, Ocean Innovation
World Economic Forum

Rosie Wardle

Co-Founder and Partner
Synthesis Capital

Ross Kozarsky

Head of Strategy, M&A, and Investments - Deep Tech & Life Sciences
Samsung

Ruth Ruberwa

Strategic Partner Manager
Google

Sacha Michaud

Co-founder
Glovo

Sam Kondo Steffensen

Co-Founder
Rethink Value

Sangduk Lee

Director of Mirakle Lab
Mae Kyong Media Group

Sarvesh Agrawal

Director Corporate Strategy, Lifestyle Technology
Harman International

Scott Armanini

Professor, Disruptive Innovation
University of Southern California

Scott Onder

Chief Investment Officer
Mercy Corps Ventures

Sean Petersen

Climate Innovation
Wellington Management

Sean Kapoor

Global VP, Renue Growth, Sales & Marketing
Harman International

Secorro Green

Specialist, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
University of California Office of the President

Serhat Cicekoglu

Partner
Sente Ventures

Shankar Chandran

Partner
Walden Catalyst Ventures

Shashi Kumar

Mentor, EIR, and Director
SK Telecom

Shibani Joshi

Journalist/Moderator

Shinya Kasuga

Vice President
IT-Farm

Shiya Li

Manager, Investment - Corporate Engagement
SGInnovate

Siddhant Patil

Software Engineer II
Cadence Design Systems

Signe Ulrik Holm

Consultant
Danish Life Science Cluster

Simon Lancaster

Partner
Omni Venture Labs

Simon Maas

Chairman
Smart Sensors 4 Agri-food

Simon Maas

Chairman
Smart Sensors 4 Agri-food

Soha Amer

Private Sector for development and advancing innovation Specialist FAO RNE
UN FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

Sophie Mesfin

Startup Consultant
MBICircle

Sophie Purdom

Managing Partner
Planeteer Capital

Spencer	Belmont

Entrepreneurship Programme Accelerator Manager
Rome Business School

Staci Seibold

Sr Technical Advisor and Retired CPG Innovation Vice President
Partners in Food Solutions

Steve Goldberg

Partner
Finistere Ventures

Steven Nitz

Recruiting Lead, Mandiant
Google

Sumito Sugata

Senior Director
Fujitsu

Sung Hoon Yang

Head of Semiconductor Investment, VP
Samsung Ventures

Susan Malinowski

MD
Retina Consultants of Michigan

Svein Ove Langeland

Investment Director
Momentum Partners

Tamara Steffens

Managing Director
Thomson Reuters Ventures

Tami Hutchinson

Vice President Intel Capital
Intel Corporation

Tapio Vahtola

Head of Finland Office
UN Global Pulse

Tenika Versey Walker

Global Head of Sustainable Futures Program, NVIDIA Inception
NVIDIA

Terrance Philips

Head of Private Equity Client Coverage (Asia)
Citi Private Bank

Tess Manning

Head of Sales
Ethena

Thea Gherdan

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
The C-fit Group

Thomas Luk

Partner and Managing Director
Kearney

Thomas Puschmann

Professor
University of the Fraser Valley

Thomas Oehl

General Partner
Vsquared Ventures

Tim Chiang

Partner
Xerox Ventures, Xerox

Tim Liao

Investor
Acorn Pacific Ventures

Ton van ‘t Noordende

Founder/Investor in Residence
PHX/Quantum Delta NL

Tony Adamson

Marketing Director
NXP Semiconductors

Tony Chao

Partner
Tyche Partners

Tony Lee Luen Len

Senior Partner
Ecosis

Trevor Smith

Senior Director, Field Applications Engineering
NXP Semiconductors

Trevor Smith

Senior Director, Field Applications Engineering
NXP Semiconductors

Tunde Akinnirayne

Venture Capital
7wireVentures

Vincent Martin

Director, Office of Innovation
UN FAO

Vitalii Zakhozhyi

Digital Analyst - Thought Leadership
UNDP

Wayne Dredge

Special Advisor
Emerging ag Inc.

Will Fung

Investment Principal
Woven Capital, LP

William Hallisey

Principle
J2 Ventures

Winifred Diete-Spiff

Business Development Associate
Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF)

Zach Poll

Innovation Ecosystem Principal
VSP Global

Zach Lasiuk

Staff Solutions Designer, AI Ethics Committee
Arm