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

Sam Kondo Steffensen

Co-Founder
Rethink Value

Charlotte Schöller

Senior Scientific Manager
Novo Nordisk Foundation

Claire Chang

Founding Partner
IgniteXL Venture

Mitchell Weinstock

Ventures Partner
IgniteXL Ventures

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

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

Alessandro Zago

Investment Officer
Chemonics International

Amit Aysola

Managing Director
Wanxiang Health Investments

Anandhi Gokhale

Investment Manager - Energy
Emerald Technology Ventures

Andrew Maywah

Investment Director
TDK Ventures, Inc.

Angela Tay

Senior Investment Associate
AgFunder

Ash Tutika

Chief of Staff to the CEO
Arena

Ateet Bhalla, Ph.D.

Researcher, Independent Technology Consultant

Barry Palte

Chairman
EQ Capital Partners

Berta Casas Forga

Co-Founder
Sangha Capital

Beth Bechdol

Deputy Director-General
UN FAO

Brendon Kim

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

Carolina Casas Forga

Co-founder
Sangha Capital

Chenoa Farnsworth

Managing Partner
Blue Startups LLC

Corne Jansen

Partner
INKEF

Daniel Kriozere

Principal
Going VC Partners

Daniel Kraft, MD

Founder & Chair
NextMed Health

Daniel Sottosanti

Senior Associate
Xerox Ventures

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

Dean Mai

Partner
Xerox Ventures, Xerox

Dennis Liu

Managing Director - Tech Clients
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Dinesh Chahlia

VP, Head of Architecture
Wipro

Dr Carina Tyrrell

Investor and Chief of Staff
Walden Catalyst Ventures

Dr. Carina Tyrrell

Investor and Chief of Staff
Walden Catalyst Ventures

Dr. John Lee Allen

Managing Partner
RYSE Asset Management

Edoardo Caovilla

Founder
Enea VC

Edua Eboigbe

Senior Associate, Global Health Division
Chemonics International

Emmanuel Onyema

Automotive Customer Program Manager
NXP Semiconductors

Evelyn Heinbach

Sr. Dir. Strategy, Lifestyle Division
HARMAN International

Fergus Hay

Founder and CEO
Elysian Fields

Fran Baker

Director, Sustainability & Social Impact
Arm

Francis Ho

Partner
Walden Catalyst Ventures

Frank Schirrmeister

Vice President Solutions & Business Development
Arteris

Greg Wagenhoffer

VP
Cadence Design Systems

Hanisha Vaswani

Managing Partner
Majority

Hannah Bailey

Emerging Technologies Integration Engineer
Ford Motor Company

Ho Wai Wong-Lam

VP Strategy
NXP Semiconductors

Ignas Bolsakovas

Principal Engineer
Evergreen Energy

Ikkei Matsuda

Director
Melody International, Ltd.

Jake Harrison

Technology Scouting and Open Innovation
Braskem

James Baker

Partner
Amadeus Capital Partners

Jan-Konrad Bremer

Senior Product Marketing Manager
NXP Semiconductors

Jaswinder Ahuja

Corporate Vice President, International Headquarters
Cadence Design Systems

Jean-Michel Voisard

Food and Market Systems Consultant
IFC

Jeff Cunningham

Advanced Technology Director, Automotive
NXP Semiconductor

Jérôme Vasamillet

Chief Of Staff, Partner
Decisive Capital Management

John Bell

CEO
HighTechXL

José Navarro

Principal Investigator
Asian Development Bank Institute

Josef Scarantino

Head of Programs
All Raise

Juan Camilo Mira

CEO
SCP Alimentación Animal Ecológica SAS

Julien Nguyen

General Partner
IT Farm

Jun Ho Bae

Principal
APAC Investments

Keith Atom Powers

Founder
Engaged Partners

Kellie Chan

Assistant Director, Investments, Corporate Engagement
SGInnovate

Ken Sobajima

Founder and CEO
Tomorrow Access

Kevin Lockett

Partner/CFO
Fulcrum Global Capital

Lauren Behr

Senior Advisor, Innovation and Investment
Chemonics International

Lisa Andrews

CEO / Community Member
Ignite Alliance / ACTAI Global

Lisa Paglietti

Economist
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Manisha Aryal

Global Lead, Digital Development
Chemonics International

Martin Gruber

VP Corporate Strategy
NXP Semiconductors

Mia Diawara

Partner
Lowercarbon Capital

Michael Stamatinos

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Omorfi, Inc.

Michael Kimmijser

Director - Small, Medium & Corporate Business
Microsoft

Michelle Zhou

Investment Manager
Hyundai CRADLE

Michelle Milburn

Product and Test Engineering Manager
NXP Semiconductors

Michelle Ng

Director, Sustainable Impact Accelerator
Quest Ventures

Mingu Lee

Managing Partner
Cleveland Avenue

Mitchell Weinstock

Ventures Partner
IgniteXL Ventures

Mohamed Labadi

CEO/Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Singularity Computing/Frontiers Labs

Moin Ali

Head of Technology Incubation Manager
ICCBS Technology Incubation Center

Monique Mrazek

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

Nemanja Grgic

Technical Cooperation Manager, Agribusiness
EBRD

Neesha A. Tambe

Startup Battlefield Editor and Head of Community
TechCrunch

Nick Plante

General Partner
dLab

Nico Gramenz

CEO & Co-Founder
HEROFOUNDERS

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

Ning Sung

Investor
Sandhill Angels

Pablo Gomez-Trenor

Co-Founder
The Lab Ventures

Peggy Ochandarena

Director of Development Research
Chemonics International

Puay Ling Lee

Life Sciences Specialist
L.E.K. Consulting

Rene Chostner

Senior Director, Venture Investment
SK hynix America Inc.

Richard Irving

Chairman and CEO
Fluence Corporation

Romain Lenoir

Associate
BGV

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

Sarah Benhamou

Principal
BGV

Scott Armanini

Professor, Disruptive Innovation
University of Southern California

Shannon Atkeson

Principal Investment Officer, Edtech Sector Lead
International Finance Corporation

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

Sophie Mesfin

Startup Consultant
MBICircle

Steven Nitz

Recruiting Lead, Mandiant
Google

Sumito Sugata

Senior Director
Fujitsu

Tami Hutchinson

Vice President Intel Capital
Intel Corporation

Thomas Luk

Partner and Managing Director
Kearney

Thomas Puschmann

Professor
University of the Fraser Valley

Tim VanGoethem

VP Automotive Product Management
HARMAN

Tim Chiang

Partner
Xerox Ventures, Xerox

Ton van ‘t Noordende

Founder/Investor in Residence
PHX/Quantum Delta NL

Tony Adamson

Marketing Director
NXP Semiconductors

Tony Lee Luen Len

Senior Partner
Ecosis

Trevor Smith

Senior Director, Field Applications Engineering
NXP Semiconductors

Vitor Rodrigues

Staff Software Engineer
Google

Vivien de Tusch-Lec

General Partner
RYSE Asset Management

Warren Tan

Manager, Investments - Corporate Engagement
SGInnovate

Yang En Tan

Investor
Insignia Ventures Partners

Yoichiro Miwa

Investment Director
Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc.

Zach Lasiuk

Staff Solutions Designer, AI Ethics Committee
Arm