Philipp Herrmann is the Founder & CEO of BRYCK, a Germany-based deep tech innovation hub that’s focused on solving critical challenges and building a resilient future.

Eka VC announced the final close of its second fund at $107 million (£80 million). This milestone cements Eka’s position as the UK’s largest early-stage impact investor focused on the intersection of health, wellbeing, and sustainability.

Julia Minici is the Founder of Afterwind, a Swedish deep-tech impact company that helps asset owners and industrial manufacturers recover and reuse end-of-life and byproduct materials. By recycling glass fiber assets into circular advanced materials with full traceability, the startup aims to preserve natural resources while solving a mounting industrial waste crisis.

Michal Sikyta is a Managing Partner at Soulmates Ventures, a VC fund and accelerator investing in sustainable innovations across Europe.

neuroClues announces a €10 million Series A to accelerate one of the fastest clinical rollouts in European neurotech, while concurrently securing additional non-dilutive funding, bringing the total capital raised by neuroClues to €25 million.

Pisa-based startup Wearable Robotics has raised €5 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate international growth and advance its wearable robotics solutions for neuromotor rehabilitation.

‍Wallis van Oorschot Grant is a Social Impact Delivery Lead at Climate-KIC, where she focuses on supporting startup founders, innovators, and leaders to embed inclusivity and diversity into their businesses, investments, and programmes.

Enkei is a Swedish startup founded by Lovisa Sunnerholm and Miriam Bichsel, to turn construction and ceramic waste into new, high-quality materials that can be used in architecture and interior design.