Experts
Achmed Junusov
Innovation, Product & Finance for Hydrogen, DAC & CCS
Alexander Schabel
Sustainable entrepreneurship, impact assessment of business models
Dr. Alexander Tunnat
Sustainable Business Development & Transformation
Andreas Gebhard
Global Markets, Growth, Category Creation
Anna Saari
VC & consultant passionate about industrial innovation, startups, and sustainable transformation.
Benjamin Birker
Growth, Fundraising, Matchmaking Sales
Bernadette Hosters
Praxis Development & Research in Nursing & Digitalization
Dr. Bettina Volkens
Business Leadership & Strategy, HR Strategy, Leadership, New Work
Björn Angenendt
Financial Business Case Modelling
Prof. Dr. Boris Hadaschik
Urology, roncology, robotics user
Carolin Kröger
User-centered innovation, team building, corporate venture building.
Christian Gaß
Financial Services, Health & Pharma
Claire Gusko
Product development, growth strategy, legal/intellectual property
Daniel Lunter
Sustainable business, energy
Daniel Ullrich
Energy, Organizational Development, Transformation, Change
Daniel Young
Commercialization, Product, Team in Digital Health & MedTech
Daria Markova
Customer Exploration & Validation, Pitch Building & Training
Dietrich Sümmermann
Sustainability, Energy Business, Future Customer Solutions, Regulations, Commercialization, Angel Investor
Fabian Hogrebe
Experienced VC investor and Investment Manager at Gründerfonds Ruhr, focused on early-stage tech ventures.
Felix Krause
Business Model Creation, Validation, B2B Sales, Venture Capital
Florian Löbermann
Business model creation, Transformation, Product strategy, (Corporate) Venture capital
Frank Barz
Senior Partner Manager at Telekom, expert in startup growth & digital transformation, passionate about AI and innovation ecosystems.
Frank Neumann
Healthcare, Market Access, Business Development
Frank Sent
Digital, Hydrogen
Franziska Bäßler
Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychiatry, Medical Education
Fritjof Nelting
Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Health Care, Psychosomatic
Dr. Germo Gericke
Drug development, Oncology, portfolio assessment, Customer perspective
Inga Bergen
Digital Health, Digital Transformation & Business Strategy
Iris Braun
Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Development Economics
Ivan Albino
Entrepreneurial start-up investor with 15 years of international experience, focused on scaling impactful innovations for a decarbonized and sustainable future.
Jan Fischer
Product Management, Scalable Product Building, Nearshoring
Dr. Jan Nils Liesebach
Future Mobility, Hydrogen, Innovation
Dr. Jana Drechsler
Digital Health (Elderly Care), Entrepreneurship, Corporate Venture Capital
Jappe Hoeben
Oil & Gas Industry, Manufacturing & Power Generation
Jens Bockstette
Prof. Dr.-Ing., Professor of Energy Conversion and Storage – Expert in Batteries and Hydrogen – Founder & Entrepreneur
Jens Nebel
Lawyer, IT & Data Protection Law, Soft IP
Joana-Marie Stolz
Innovation, People Management
Jonathan Eade
Financial Services, Impact Investments
Julian Klaiber
Impact assessment and management, Fundraising, Venture capital
Juliane Thamm
Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Sales Development
Kai Malkwitz
Founder Coaching, Strategy, Business Development
Katharina Engl
UX Design, MVP, Patient Journey, Accessibility
Dr. Katrin Schuhen
Chemistry, (Waste-)Water technology, Sustainable Process Design
Kelwin Fernandes
Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Computer Vision
Konstantin Pikal
Growth, Marketing and AI, SEO
Louise Maunoir
Market entry strategy, carbon offsetting
Ludovic Wouters
Pharmaceutical Development, Business Development, Market access
Lukas Jaworski
Strategic Communications, Investor Relations, Storytelling, Message-Market Fit
Dr. Mani Rafii
Strategy, Payer, Provider
Marc Weßling
CEO grounded GmbH
Markus Paduschek
Tax, Financial Business Case Modelling, Finance
Markus Paff
Product Manager at Carbonfuture, driving climate tech innovation with a background in B2B SaaS and entrepreneurial leadership.
Martin Schuster
Founder & consultant helping companies navigate the energy transition – from strategy to implementation.
Martin Weber
Fundraising strategy, Commercial, Operations
Martina Bootz
Pharma, Sales, Sales Strategy, Product Communication
Dr. Martina Zell
Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Qualitätsmanagementsysteme
Marvin Tekautschitz
Enterprise Sales, Growth Marketing, Product Strategy
Matthias Hoffmann
Innovation, Sustainability, Strategy
Matthias Will
Organizational Excellence, Design Thinking
Maurice Beurskens
eCommerce, Brand building, Operations
Maximilian Loessl
Vertical Farming / Sustainable food systems / Startups & Entrepreneurship
Miriam J. Hohenfeldt
Social Entrepreneurship, Sales, Leadership
Dr. Monika Gratzke
Digitalization in HealthCare
Natascha Prieß
Digital Health Strategy, Behavioral Change Design, Founder Mental Health Coaching
Nicolas Olberg
Digital Product Development, Enterprise Software
Nils Kretschmar
Hydrogen
Ole Dammann
Digital health, business model, clinical research & validation
Oliver Hilgers
Digital Health, DiGA/DiPA, CE making of software
Oliver Weimann
Business models, Marketing
Patrick Jansen
Digital Transformation, Service Management, Business Development
Paula Brandt
CEO and Founder Coach, Impact Entrepreneurship
Peter Brock
Corporate Finance, Impact Investment & Family Offices
Dr. Peter-Christian Zinn
Data Science, AI, IoT, government funding acquisition
Philip Haverkamp
Investment, Sales, Impact Measurement
Philipp Severich
Global green power, hydrogen markets, Strategy development, financial planning
Prof. Dr. Britta Böckmann
Medical informatics, Telemedicine
Prof. Dr. David Matusiewicz
Digital Health
Prof. Dr. Heiko Pohl
Gastroenterology, Sustainable Healthcare
Prof. Dr. Jens Kleesiek
AI, Informatics, Radiology
Prof. Dr. Jochen Werner
Medical Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of Essen University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Ken Herrmann
Diagnostic Imaging
Prof. Dr. med. Jan Buer
Molecular Diagnostics, Immunology, Antibiotic Resistance & Vaccination
Prof., Dr. Frank Hälsig
Expert for Pricing Excellence, E-Commerce, Digital Business
Sanne de Jongh
Venture Capital, Fundraising, Biotech
Sascha Ewert
International sales, Trading of non-ferrous metals
Sebastian Grothaus
Lean Startup & Lean Management, Sales, Marketing, Finance
Sebastian Hanny-Busch
Startup adviser for public grant programs of the EU, federal government and NRW
Sebastian Hopp
Energy industry, Venture building, Sustainability
Dr. Sebastian J.M Longreé
Lawyer, Corporate/M&A/VC, Dispute Resolution
Sebastian Koch
Startup Consulting, Digital Strategy Development
Sebastian Neumann
Sustainable Business Building, Innovation
Dr. Sebastian Schäfer
Innovation, Design Thinking
Sébastien Martin
Investment Readiness, Impact Management (SDG, ESG), Leadership
Stefan Bongartz
Growth, Fundraising, Team Building, SaaS, eCommerce
Dr. Sven Greulich
Legal & strategic adviser
Sven Lyko
Water Management, Process Engineering, Water Treatment
Sven Neumann
Financial Business Case Modelling, Validation, Sustainability
Thomas Labryga
Venture Capital, Fundraising, Energy, E-Mobility
Thorben Bonn
Venture capital investment associate with strong academic expertise in valuation and financial modeling.
Tim Schumacher
Entrepreneur, Investor