My mission is to scour the globe for technologies that can transform the Lufthansa Group airlines towards a more sustainable future operation, and then implement them into our organization. The CleanTech Hub focuses on scaling and commercializing homegrown tech from within the group companies and establishing partnerships with startups and corporates in the areas of aircraft retrofits, SAF and alternative fuels, digital solutions, waste and circular economy, and everything between and beyond, comprising new powertrains, hydrogen, electric, hybrid, etc. I have a background in logistics, aviation, IT, and have lived and worked in 6 countries.

Marie has over 15 years of professionals experience in the brand and comms space. Over the last decade she has worked with some of the most renowned international VC investors, founders, tech unicorns and market leaders. She has built and led Comms, PR and IR teams and programs globally.

Carsten Menke is the head of Bank Julius Baer’s Next Generation Research team, which strives to provide thought leading insights into the long-term structural trends which are shaping the world around us. He has a special focus on the future of cities, analysing the economical, societal and environmental impact of urbanisation and related themes. Carsten joined Julius Baer in 2009 as a commodity strategist with a focus on industrial and precious metals. Prior to that, he was with Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie. in Cologne, where he was a member of the Alternative Investments Group and set up the Commodity Research unit.

Originally from Germany, Stephan studied abroad and worked in investment banking and as head of finance of a growth-stage proptech startup in Los Angeles. He returned to Germany to join the World Fund investment team in autumn 2021.

I am Daniel, Senior Investment Manager at seed & speed Ventures. seed & speed is a seed stage VC with focus on B2B Software across different verticals such as Fintech, Insurtech, Healthcare, Cleantech, HR, amongst others. On the Cleantech side we have, for example, invested in Carbonfuture and Thermosphr.

Prior to seed & speed I have been more than nine years in early stage financing with IBB Ventures. Some of their cleantech deals included emmy, Nuventure and Lumenaza. And prior to IBB Ventures I was with the M&A advisory at EY and finished my diploma studies in Economics.

Born and raised in Frankfurt. Studied in Heidelberg, Chile, France and Singapore. In the VC industry for the last 10 years now. Broad industry focus. Not so broad geographical focus (Germany, Switzerland and France). Even narrower personal interest focus: SG Eintracht Frankfurt.

Azadeh is the director at the SAP.iO Foundry Berlin where she works with startups and innovators outside SAP to bring them into SAP’s partner ecosystem. The SAP.iO Foundries are SAP’s global network of equity-free startup accelerators that help promising startups integrate with SAP solutions and accelerate their entry into a curated, inclusive ecosystem whose offerings can be easily accessed and deployed by SAP customers.

Part of the investment team at the Environmental Technologies Fund since 2021. Prior was an Investment Banking Analyst in M&A at Goldman Sachs in London. Graduated valedictorian from Hampton University in the USA, where I had a scholarship for sailing.

Frank Tepper-Sawicki, EMBA, is a Partner in the Corporate practice of Denton’s Düsseldorf and Munich offices. He advises German and international clients on corporate law/mergers and acquisitions. He focuses on advising national and international companies and investors on M&A transactions, corporate restructuring and reorganization. His clients include private equity and venture capital investors as well as (multi-)national companies and emerging growth companies. His work focuses on advising companies and investors in the field of technology and regulated industries (energy). He advises, for instance, companies in the IT industry as well as in the biotechnology and automotive sectors, and also advises groups and emerging growth companies on the implementation of innovative digital business models (including the use of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology).