Andreas von Bechtolsheim
Founder Sun Microsystems, Arista Networks
Hakan Koç
Co-Founder AUTO1
Esther Wojcicki
"Godmother of Silicon Valley"
Andreas Goeldi
Partner b2venture
Young Sohn
Ex-President Samsung & Founding Managing Partner Walden Catalyst
Ijad Madisch
Co-Founder & CEO ResearchGate
Tina Müller
Supervisory Board Douglas
Steve Jurvetson
MD & Founder Future Ventures; Board Member SpaceX
Jerry Murdock
Co-Founder Insight Partners
Carlos Espinal
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Seth Pierrepont
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Katharina Wilhelm
Partner Index Ventures
Mario Götze
Professional Athlete & Business Angel
Philipp Hildebrand
Vice Chairman Blackrock
Christian Angermayer
Founder Apeiron Investment Group
Severin Hacker
Co-Founder, CTO & Board Director Duolingo
Jenny von Podewils
Founder Leapsome
Julian Teicke
Founder & CEO wefox
Lena Jüngst
Founder & Chief Evangelist AirUp
Christian Miele
General Partner Headline & Chairman Bundesverband Deutscher Startups
Alex Stöckl
Founder Wingman Ventures
Peter Wuffli
Founder & Chairman elea
Simon Schmincke
General Partner Creandum
Harry Stebbings
Founder 20VC
Verena Pausder
Founder & Investor Pausder Ventures
Mark Kornfilt
President Vimeo
Sebastian Pollok
Founding Partner Visionaries Club
Zoé Fabian
MD Eurazeo
Erik Podzuweit
Co-Founder & Co-CEO Scalable Capital
Fred Destin
Founder Stride.VC
Christophe Maire
Founder & Managing Partner Atlantic Labs & FoodLabs
David Rosskamp
Managing Partner Magnetic
Jonas Diezun
CEO & Co-Founder Beam
Frank Brown
Ex-MD & COO General Atlantic
Daniel Khachab
Co-Founder & CEO Choco
Daniel Gutenberg
Super Angel
Stefan Jeschonnek
Co-Founder sumup; Founding Partner Discovery Ventures
Sylvie Mutschler-v.Specht
Board Member & Manager Mutschler-Ventures AG
Ivan Osmak
CEO & Co-Founder Quantive
Florian Reichert
Managing Director & Partner Picus Capital
Alex Ilic
Co-Founder & Executive Director ETH AI Center
Andy Yen
Founder & CEO Proton
Zeynep Yavuz
Partner General Catalyst
Antonia Albert
Principal Wingman Ventures
Adrian Locher
Founder & CEO Merantix
Philipp Westermeyer
Founder OMR
Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss
Founder & CEO Dance
Alex Schmitt
Partner Lightspeed Ventures
Sahar Meghani
Partner Visionaries Club
Florian Reuter
Ex-CEO Volocopter
Franz Purucker
Co-Founder & Managing Director Hive
Yaron Valler
Founder & Partner Target Global
Filip Dames
Founding Partner Cherry Ventures
Bettina Hein
Founder & CEO juli
Alexander Giesecke
Co-Founder & CEO simpleclub
Nicolai Schork
Co-Founder & CEO simpleclub
Ole Tillmann
Professional Presenter, Executive Coach, Strategic Designer, Author
Paula Hübner
Principal La Famiglia
Silvan Krähenbühl
MD Swisspreneur
Finn Hänsel
Founder & Managing Director Sanity Group
Amalie Proost
Board Member Fondation Botnar
Jochen Gutbrod
Executive Chairman & Partner b2venture
Robin Haak
Founder Robin Capital
Ted Persson
Partner EQT Ventures
Eloa Guillotin
Founder & CEO Beyond Aero
Nicolaus Schefenacker
Co-Founder & Managing Director Sennder
Raphael Güller
Co-Founder Sweep
Maja Markowitz
Investment Manager b2venture
Dr. Otto Bruderer
Board Member Fondation Botnar
Roger Dudler
Founder & CEO Frontify
Philip Specht
Partner Speedinvest
Lea von Bidder
Founder Ava
Adam Kostyal
Senior Vice President NASDAQ
Fridtjof Detzner
Co-Founder & General Partner Planet A Ventures, Jimdo
Anna Bosch
Investment Manager b2venture
Monique Höll
Founder & Investor Walter Phoenix Capital
Paul Meeusen
VP of Finance DFINITY
Nikolai Schröder
Co-Founder & COO FINN
Felix Haas
Founding Partner 10x Founders
Raphael Kappeler
Founder & CEO REWORTH
Lea Frank
Co-Founder & CEO Anybill
Dr. Jens Wohltorf
Co-founder & CEO Blacklane
Lisa Gradow
Founder & CEO Fides
Benedikt Sauter
Founder & CEO Xentral
Miriam Wohlfarth
Founder & CEO Banxware & Ratepay
Marcelo Lebre
COO & Co-Founder Remote
Guido Houben
Director of Administration Transmutex
Peter Grosskopf
Co-Founder & CTO Unstoppable Finance
Dr. Andreas Böhm
Leiter Kompetenzzentrum Uni St. Gallen
Jenny Saft
Co-Founder Apryl
Tim Wagner
Founder Patronus
Gesa Miczaika
General Partner Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund
Robert Gerlach
Co-Founder & CEO Klim
Julian Senoner
Co-Founder & CEO EthonAI
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grichnik
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Institute of Technology Management HSG
Jan Miczaika
Partner HV Capital
Dr. Andre Retterath
Partner Earlybird Venture Capital
Lilith Brockhaus
Co-Founder VisualMakers
Micah Smurthwaite
Partner Next47
Irene Klemm
Co-Founder Edurino
Steve Salom
Partner Ace & Company
Jonas Janssen
Investment Partner Magnetic
Jenny Dreier
Investor EQT Ventures
Laurin Class
Investment Team Earlybird Venture Capital
Anselm Dannecker
Senior Fellow - Negotiation & Conflict Resolution Collaboratory Harvard Kennedy School
Philipp Povel
Co-Founder & Co-CEO Mondu
Patrick Thelen
CEO & Co-Founder Procuros
Pascal Bieri
Founder Planted
Mathis Büchi
Founder Smallpdf, Taxfix & Genova.ai
Martin Janicki
Partner Cavalry Ventures
Patrick Hennig
Co-Founder & CEO luca
Jonas Andrulis
Founder & CEO Aleph Alpha
Nico Wittenborn
Founder Adjacent
Gustavo Mariozzi
COO Beep Saude
Rouven Dresselhaus
Managing Partner Cavalry Ventures
Léa Miggiano
Co-Founder & CMO Carvolution
Samir El-alami
Founder & CEO Doctorly
Isabella Iglesias-Musachio
Founder & CEO Bosque Foods
Julius Bachmann
Executive Coach to Founders JBachman
Jennifer Dussileck
Co-Founder & Managing Director finway
Simon Brunner
Senior Associate Flagship Pioneering
Matthias Henze
Co-Founder & CEO Jimdo
David Löwe
Founder Everdrop
Hélène Huby
Co-Founder & CEO The Exploration Company
Gloria Baeuerlein
Angel Investor
Louis Buys
Founder & CEO The Delta
Ori Goshen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO Ai21 Labs
Fredrik Björk
Founder & CEO Grafbase
Jörg Landsch
Head of CVC Deutsche Bank
Dr. Patrick Nathen
Co-Founder & Flight Mechanics Engineer Lilium
Niels Grabbert
Co-Founder & CEO Stenon
Emily J Ryan
Head of Customer Engineering, Digital Natives North Google
Benedict Kurz
CEO & Co-Founder Knowunity
Amir Bohnenkamp
Co-Founder & CEO HeyFlow
Can Toygar
Senior Managing Director CVC Capital Partners
Emilia Theye
Co-Founder clare&me
Christoph Klink
Partner Antler
Shikha Ahluwalia
Principal Balderton Capital
Niklas Tauch
Co-Founder & CEO Liefergrün
Lorena Ramirez
Founder & CEO Blusink
Patrick Haede
Co-Founder Mapify
Gülsah Wilke
Co-Founder & Managing Director 2hearts
Thilo Winter
Operating Partner Atlantic Labs & FoodLabs
Nico Hribernik
Co-Founder Wellster Healthtech Group
Katharina Jünger
Co-Founder & CEO Teleclinic
Sebastian Becker
Partner Redalpine
Andreas Aepli
CFO Climeworks
Torben Schulz
Co-Founder & COO Rows
Maite Muñiz Telleria
Co-Founder Truora
Nicola Plain
CEO Aktionariat
David de Picciotto
Co-Founder Pledge
Daniel Seidel
Founder & CEO LiveEO
Selcuk Aciner
Co-Founder Wellspent
Vladimir Danila
CEO & Founder Linearity
Philip Tigges
CFO Mushlabs
Bastian Krautwald
Founder & CEO OWWN
Eva-Valérie Gfrerer
Founder & CEO Morphais VC
Jan Wilmking
Co-Founder & MD Project Eaden
Alan Frei
Entrepreneur
Maria Anselmi
Head of Startups & Next Generation Innovators Division Innosuisse
Sebastian Baier
Founder & MD buynomics
Dörte Kaschdailis
Co-Founder & Managing Partner opexxia
Christoph Falk
Head of Startups & Next Generation Innovators Division, Head of Startup Coaching InnoSuisse
Gero Keil
Co-Founder & CEO Levity
Patrick von Känel
Paraglider and Parachutist RedBull
Luise Gruner
MD Axel Springer Digital Ventures
David Gorgan
Co-Founder & CEO Nostos Genomics
Michael Hock
Partner Motive Ventures
Dr. Tobias Reichmuth
Founding Partner Maximon
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