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

Alfred Boediman

Co-Founder and Partner
Jawara Ventures

Allison Stusick

Technical Operations Manager
Ford Motor Company

Amanda Terry

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
ACTAI Ventures

Amit Aysola

Managing Director
Wanxiang Health Investments

Ankesh Madan

Senior Associate
Hitachi Ventures

Arvind Gupta

Partner
Mayfield

Ash Tutika

Chief of Staff to the CEO
Arena

Barry Palte

Chairman
EQ Capital Partners

Beth Bechdol

Deputy Director-General
United Nations FAO

Bill Reichert

Partner
Pegasus Ventures

Brendon Kim

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

Carolin Wais

Director
Plug and Play Tech Center

Catherina Wang

Manager, Innovation & Design
Bain & Company

Catherine Bischoff

CEO
Sovereign Nature Initiative

Cecile Blilious

Head of Impact & Sustainability
Pitango Venture Capital

Charles Lilford

Thematics Portfolio Manager
BlackRock

Christopher Chu

Private Investor
Self-Employed

Constantine Demetriou

Business Mentor
Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

Darius Teter

Executive Director
Stanford Seed, Stanford Graduate School of Business

David Roebuck

Principal
Wave Financial

David Laszlo

Senior Associate
ISS ESG

Deborah Quazzo

Managing Partner
GSV Ventures

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

Dragos Maciuca

Director Systems Engineering
Meta

Edoardo Caovilla

Founder
Enea VC

Eric Buatois

General Partner
BGV

Fran Baker

Director, Sustainability & Social Impact
Arm

Frank Schirrmeister

Vice President Solutions & Business Development
Arteris

Giancarlo Savini

Investment Principal - Climate Tech
Future Energy Ventures

Gregg Scharfstein

Head of Sales
PiKNiK

Hamid Hadibeik

Senior Product Manager
Walmart

Hannah Bailey

Emerging Technologies Integration Engineer
Ford Motor Company

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

Jay Onda

Director Venture Investments
Marubeni Ventures Inc.

Jay C Kim

Technology Business Development
Ford Motor Company

Jeff Cunningham

Advanced Technology Director, Automotive
NXP Semiconductor

Jennifer Hebets

Sr. Director Responsible Sourcing
Kellogg Company

Joshua Sopeth

Senior Director, Business Development
Truepill

JP Gehrmann

Vice President Marketing, Advanced Analog
NXP Semiconductors

Julien Nguyen

General Partner
IT Farm

Jun Ho Bae

Principal
APAC Investments

Kathy Chen

Partner
Ulu Ventures

Kellie Chan

Assistant Director, Investments, Corporate Engagement
SGInnovate

Kevin Lockett

Partner/CFO
Fulcrum Global Capital

Kookai Chaimahawong

ESG Partner
UpperStage.Capital

Léonie Weerakoon

Angel Investor
Kinetik

Liam Ahn

Principal
Samsung Ventures

Liat Sverdlov

Partner, Investments
OurCrowd

Lior Elkan

Managing Partner
M-Fund Club

Lisa Andrews

CEO / Community Member
Ignite Alliance / ACTAI Global

Luis Dearo

Founding Partner
Ducato Capital

Mark Cunningham

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

Marlene Grenon

Director of Digital Health/AI
UCSF Innovation Ventures

Matthew Biancuzzo

Principal, Open Innovation
Accenture

Melina Sánchez Montañés

Investment Principal & VP Impact
AENU

Michelle Zhou

Investment Manager
Hyundai CRADLE

Michelle Yi

Senior Director, Applied Artificial Intelligence
relationalAI

Miki Sode

Lecturer
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford

Monique Mrazek

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

Nathan Sundheimer

Head, US Healthcare & Partnerships
Plug and Play Tech Center

Olga Afanasyeva

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

Ornit Shinar

Global Head of External Innovation & Venture Investing
Citi Innovation Lab

Pablo Gomez-Trenor

Co-Founder
The Lab Ventures

Rachel Stillman

Vice President
7wireVentures

Radhika Malik

Principal
Dell Technologies Capital

Ray Johnson

Chief Executive Officer
Technology Innovation Institute

Richard Irving

Chairman and CEO
Fluence Corporation

Robert Li

General Manager Driver & Energy Systems
NXP Semiconductors

Rohit Gupta

Chief of Staff
Merkle Science

Ross Kozarsky

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

Sacha Michaud

Co-founder
Glovo

Sangduk Lee

Director of Mirakle Lab
Mae Kyong Media Group

Sarah Benhamou

Principal
BGV

Scott Armanini

Professor, Disruptive Innovation
University of Southern California

Secorro Green

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

Shannon Atkeson

Principal Investment Officer, Edtech Sector Lead
International Finance Corporation

Shinya Kasuga

Vice President
IT-Farm

Stella Yoo

Managing Director
Evercore Partners

Sumito Sugata

Senior Director
Fujitsu

Sung Hoon Yang

Head of Semiconductor Investment, VP
Samsung Ventures

Tess Manning

Head of Sales
Ethena

Tim VanGoethem

VP Automotive Product Management
HARMAN

Tony Adamson

Marketing Director
NXP Semiconductors

Victor Tan

Chief Investment Officer
Mighty Jaxx

Vinay Kameswaran

Managing Director
Evercore

Will Fung

Investment Principal
Woven Capital, LP

Zach Lasiuk

Staff Solutions Designer, AI Ethics Committee
Arm

Zach Poll

Innovation Ecosystem Principal
VSP Global