Global Finals Judges

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

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

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

Founder and General Partner, Big Idea Ventures

Senior Investment Associate, AgFunder

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

Principal, Strategic Investments & Venture Partnerships at Honda Xcelerator Ventures, Honda Innovations

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

Circular Economy Lab, Samsung Electronics

General Manager, QING Food Automation

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

Director of Innovation Programs,, SVG Thrive

Managing Director - Climate, Environmental & Natural Resources, Chemonics International

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

Former VP, Head of West Coast Open Innovation Center, Former Bayer Pharmaceuticals

Co-Founder & Partner, Diligence Africa

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

















































































