JURY ON THE PITCH STAGE
Christine Rittner
Business Angel
Greenforce
Dr. Johannes Velling
Director General “Digitalization and Startups”, NRW
MWIKE
Jan Rombolotto
Director Group Digital Strategy and Transformation
Vaillant Group
Katharina Neuhaus
VC Investor
Vorwerk Ventures
Thorsten Heldt
Senior Investmentmanager
NRW.BANK
Viktoria Lindner
CEO and Co-Founder
Bloom
OUT OF THE BOX.NRW PITCH HOSTS
Farina Schurzfeld
Managing Partner
AndRobin
Jan Thomas
CEO
Startup Insider
Our pool of experts
The panel of experts consists of startup specialists from the NRW startup ecosystem. In addition to the public, they have also evaluated the TOP 24 startups based on their expertise. Their evaluation will be combined with the results of the public vote to determine the TOP 10.
Christian Lüdtke
Co-Founder & CEO
BRYCK
Ella Gemünd
Geschäftsführerin
TechHub.K67
Ingmar Stock
Leiter
Startup Village
Markus Gick
Managing Partner
x deck ventures
Martin Bellof
Lead Ventures & Partnering
chemstars.nrw
Maurice Reinhard
Projektmanager
Werk X
Michelle Twardzik
Projektkoordinatorin
WORLDFCATORY Start-up Center
Photo: © RUB, Katja Marquard
Peter Hornik
Geschäftsführer
Digital Innovation Hub Düsseldorf/Rheinland GmbH
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiesel
Professor für Marketing / Vorstand des Executive Board & Gründer
REACH – EUREGIO Start-up Center
Sebastian Köffer
CEO
Digital Hub münsterLAND
Sophia Tran
Founder & CEO
Spotlight Ventures / Tech Influencer
Vera Zimmermann
Vorstand & Co-Ceo
Digitalhub.de