The Jury

The TOP 10 have made it to the finals of the OUT OF THE BOX.NRW competition and will now pitch their startups live in front of an audience and this year’s jury members, who are experts from the startup scene. They need to impress them to be crowned winners.

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JURY ON THE PITCH STAGE

Claas Heise

Executive Director
NRW.BANK

Dr. Johannes Velling

Director General “Digitalization and Startups”, NRW
MWIKE

Lara Daniel

Co-Founder & CEO
Pulse Advertising

Ulrich Schmitt

Partner
HTGF

Vera Knauer

Lead Investments
Orthomol Holding

OUT OF THE BOX.NRW PITCH HOSTS

Meike Neitz

Founder & MD
embassidy

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.