Global Finals Judges
Co-Founder, Extreme Tech Challenge Partner Emeritus, Charles River Ventures
Founding Partner,
AME Cloud Ventures
Co-founder & Former CEO,
Yahoo!
AME Cloud Ventures
Chief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President,
NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors
Managing Partner,
FMZ Ventures
FMZ Ventures
President and CEO,
Wellcome Leap
Wellcome Leap
Co-Founder, XTC. Chairman of the Board, HARMAN International. Founding Managing Partner, Walden Catalyst.
Evaluators
Senior Private Sector Specialist
UN FAO, Partnerships & UN Collaboration Div.
Investment Associate
54Collective (Africa)
Coordination and Outreach Specialist
UN FAO, Partnerships & UN Collaboration Div.
Head of Asia Pacific Regional Hub
UN Global Pulse
Senior Investment Associate
AgFunder
Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
University of California Health System (UC Health)
Circular Economy Lab
Samsung Electronics
General Manager
QING Food Automation
Director of Innovation Programs,
SVG Thrive
Managing Director - Climate, Environmental & Natural Resources
Chemonics International
Project Manager Entrepreneurship
European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)
Co-Founder & Partner
Diligence Africa
Director, Halving Global Violence
NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC)
CEO and Founder
GoodOps
Investment Analyst
Mercy Corps Ventures
Founder and CEO
Seeding the Future Foundation
Lecturer: Innovation and Enterpreneurship
University of Lincoln
Chief Innovation Officer
Oxfam America
Partner and lead on Deeptech IP
Kilburn & Strode
Chief Commercialization Office & Director
Department of Energy, Office of Technology Transitions
Director of Investments & Product Strategy
Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund
Researcher
Private Sector Partnerships Specialist
UN FAO, Partnerships & UN Collaboration Div.
Senior Vice President of West and Central Africa and Haiti region
Chemonics International
Investment Officer (Digital Agriculture)
UN FAO, Investment Centre Div.
Innovation Partnerships
UN World Food Programme
Innovation Specialist
UN FAO, Office of Innovation
Associate Director, Head of Advisory
EBRD
Executive President
Global Climate Innovation Coalition
Founder & CEO
FortyGuard
Founder & CEO
FortyGuard
Food and Market Systems Consultant
International Finance Corp., World Bank
Independent consultant
Co-Founder and Head of Community Engagement
Bridge for Billions
Founding Partner
non sibi ventures
Ag/Food Tech Portfolio Manager
Our Crowd
Partnership Officer
UN FAO, Partnerships & UN Collaboration Div.
Senior Investment Director
Sony Ventures
Agri-Finance Africa Practice Lead
IFC, International Finance Corporation
Assitant Clinical Professor and EIR at College of Agricultural Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
Director of Executive Masters Program
IMD Business School
Director of IP Affairs Division
Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn)
Natural Resources Officer
UN FAO
Founder and Principal
EcoAgTech
Agri & Climate Tech Venture Builder Expert
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Digital Agriculture and Innovation Specialist
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Programme Management and Implementation Specialist
Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, UN FAO
Economist
FAO, Investment Centre
Managing Director
Food-Processing Initiative e.V.
Honorary Member / Head of Krakow Branch
Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) / ELEKS
Gender and Development Officer
FAO, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division
Head of Outreach
SOSV Indie Bio
Investment Manager
54Collective (Africa)
Founder & CEO
Securing Safe Food Corp. (SSF)
Partner in the Chemistry & Life Sciences practice
Kilburn & Strode
Chief Investment Officer
Mercy Corps Ventures
Specialist, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
University of California Office of the President
Chairman
Smart Sensors 4 Agri-food
Private Sector for development and advancing innovation Specialist FAO RNE
UN FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa
Entrepreneurship Programme Accelerator Manager
Rome Business School
Sr Technical Advisor and Retired CPG Innovation Vice President
Partners in Food Solutions
MD
Retina Consultants of Michigan
Head of Finland Office
UN Global Pulse
Business Development Associate
Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF)
