2019-2022 Evaluation Committee

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

Young Sohn

Young Sohn

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

Bill Tai

Bill Tai

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

Regina Dugan

Regina Dugan

President and CEO, Wellcome Leap
Wellcome Leap

Lars Reger

Lars Reger

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

Jerry Yang

Jerry Yang

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

Michael Zeisser

Michael Zeisser

Managing Partner, FMZ Ventures
FMZ Ventures

Evaluators

Adam de Sola Pool

Adam de Sola Pool

Partner, Blue Angels Investment Group

Adrian Hernandez

Adrian Hernandez

Director of Strategy - CTO Integrated Solutions, NXP Semiconductors

Adry Elmilady

Investment Principal, Samsung Catalyst Fund

Alessandro Zago

Alessandro Zago

Investment Officer, Chemonics International

Alexander Bergo

Alexander Bergo

Director Innovation Norway San Francisco and Palo Alto, Innovation Norway

Alexander Fang

Director of Social Impact, OneValley

Alfred Boediman

Alfred Boediman

Co-Founder and Partner , Jawara Ventures

Allison Stusick

Allison Stusick

Technical Operations Manager , Ford Motor Company

Amanda Terry

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, ACTAI Ventures

Amit Aysola

Managing Director, Wanxiang Health Investments

Anandhi Gokhale

Anandhi Gokhale

Investment Manager - Energy , Emerald Technology Ventures

Anders Vartdal

Venture Analyst - Emerging Opportunities Portfolio, Wilhelmsen Group

Andrew Maywah

Investment Director, TDK Ventures, Inc.

Andy Kau

Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures

Andy Zain

Managing Partner, Kejora Ventures

Andy Lurling

Founding Partner, LUMO Labs

Angela Tay

Senior Investment Associate, AgFunder

Ankesh Madan

Senior Associate, Hitachi Ventures

Anne Campbell

Senior Director, Automotive Product Marketing, HARMAN International

Anthony Bellafiore

Anthony Bellafiore

Investment Manager, Katapult Ocean

Arunav Roy

SVP and Business Group Head, Tech Mahindra

Arvind Gupta

Partner, Mayfield

Ash Tutika

Chief of Staff to the CEO , Arena

Ateet Bhalla, Ph.D.

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

Bastiaan den Braber

Bastiaan den Braber

Venture Advisor, LUMO Labs

Berta Casas Forga

Berta Casas Forga

Co-Founder, Sangha Capital

Beth Bechdol

Deputy Director General, United Nations FAO

Bill Reichert

Partner, Pegasus Ventures

Bill Tai

Bill Tai

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

Brendon Kim

Managing Director | | Global Head of NEXT Investments - Venture Capital , Samsung Next Ventures

Caleb Li

Strategic Investment Analytics, Meta

Carin Gerhardt

Director of Corporate Programs, SVG Ventures

Carolin Wais

Director, Plug and Play Tech Center

Carolina Casas Forga

Carolina Casas Forga

Co-founder, Sangha Capital

Caroline Duffy

Senior Associate, AI Fund

Catherina Wang

Manager, Innovation & Design , Bain & Company

Catherine Bischoff

Catherine Bischoff

CEO, Sovereign Nature Initiative

Cecile Blilious

Cecile Blilious

Head of Impact & Sustainability, Pitango Venture Capital

Charles Lilford

Charles Lilford

Thematics Portfolio Manager, BlackRock

Chen Zhou

Investment Director/Principal, Samsung Catalyst Fund

Chenoa Farnsworth

Chenoa Farnsworth

Managing Partner, Blue Startups LLC

Chenyi Shi

Principal, Strategy Capital

Chris Rynning

Managing Partner, AMYP Ventures AG

Christopher Chu

Christopher Chu

Private Investor , Self-Employed

Clare Hunter

ESG Strategist, Samsung Electronics

Constantine Demetriou

Constantine Demetriou

Business Mentor, Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

Corne Jansen

Partner, INKEF

Daniel Kraft, MD

Daniel Kraft, MD

Founder & Chair, NextMed Health

Daniel Yoo

Head of Marketing, Woven Capital

Daniel Kriozere

Daniel Kriozere

Principal, Going VC Partners

Darius Teter

Executive Director, Stanford Seed, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Darren Leong

Associate, VisVires New Protein (VVNP)

David Johnson

Managing Director, Intel Capital

David Roebuck

Principal, Wave Financial

David Laszlo

Senior Associate, ISS ESG

Dean Mai

Partner, Xerox Ventures, Xerox

Deborah Quazzo

Managing Partner, GSV Ventures

Dede Goldschmidt

Dede Goldschmidt

VP & Managing Director, Samsung Catalyst Fund

Dennis Liu

Managing Director - Tech Clients, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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

Dr Carina Tyrrell

Dr Carina Tyrrell

Investor and Chief of Staff, Walden Catalyst Ventures

Dr. John Lee Allen

Dr. John Lee Allen

Managing Partner, RYSE Asset Management

Dragos Maciuca

Director Systems Engineering, Meta

Edoardo Caovilla

Edoardo Caovilla

Founder, Enea Capital

Edua Eboigbe

Senior Associate, Global Health Division, Chemonics International

Elisabeth Øvstebø

Elisabeth Øvstebø

Investment Director/Co-Founder, Link Capital

Emma Kelley

Business Development Director, Chemonics International

Emmanuel Onyema

Emmanuel Onyema

Automotive Customer Program Manager, NXP Semiconductors

Eric Buatois

General Partner, BGV

Fergus Hay

Founder and CEO, Elysian Fields

Fran Baker

Director, Sustainability & Social Impact, Arm

Francis Ho

Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures

Francis Ho

Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures

Frank Schirrmeister

Frank Schirrmeister

Vice President Solutions & Business Development, Arteris

Fredrik Harloff

Fredrik Harloff

Chief Innovation Officer, GC Rieber

Giancarlo Savini

Giancarlo Savini

Investment Principal - Climate Tech, Future Energy Ventures

Gil Arazi

Founder and Managing Partner, FinTLV

Gorm Jørgensen

Gorm Jørgensen

Senior Director, Innovation, EPIC, Car Audio, HARMAN Automotive, HARMAN International

Greg Wagenhoffer

Greg Wagenhoffer

VP, Cadence Design Systems

Gregg Scharfstein

Gregg Scharfstein

Head of Sales, PiKNiK

Hamid Hadibeik

Senior Product Manager, Walmart

Hanisha Vaswani

Hanisha Vaswani

Managing Partner, Majority

Hannah Bailey

Emerging Technologies Integration Engineer, Ford Motor Company

Hilde Holdhus

Partner, Sarsia Seed

Ho Wai Wong-Lam

Ho Wai Wong-Lam

VP Strategy, NXP Semiconductors

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

Ignas Bolsakovas

Principal Engineer, Evergreen Energy

Ikkei Matsuda

Director, Melody International, Ltd.

Ingrid Maurstad

Ingrid Maurstad

Investment Manager, Katapult Ocean

Jake Harrison

Technology Scouting and Open Innovation, Braskem

Jake Sager

Director, HARMAN International

James Baker

Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners

Jan-Konrad Bremer

Jan-Konrad Bremer

Senior Product Marketing Manager, NXP Semiconductors

Jan-Philipp Gehrmann

Jan-Philipp Gehrmann

Vice President Marketing - Advanced Analog, NXP Semiconductors