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
