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.

‍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.

Mikael Hietala is an Impact Associate at Feelsgood, a Croatian impact-focused venture fund supporting startups in Croatia and Slovenia that address one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Daniel Uusitalo is an investor at 4impact capital, a venture fund backing Pre-seed to Series A startups in Europe that solve problems relating to Planet & People.

Antiverse, UK-based biotech developing AI-designed therapeutic antibodies for undruggable disease targets, closed a Series A round of $9.3 million. The round was led by Soulmates Ventures with participation from Innovation Investment Capital, DOMiNO Ventures and existing investors DBW, Kadmos Capital and i&i Biotech Fund.

Yujia Du helps climate leaders drive meaningful impact authentically through coaching.

Events’ organizational structure and the way their agendas incorporate ESG topics play a crucial role in their carbon footprint and in shaping the conversations they drive within the startup ecosystem. 

Robin Saluoks is the CEO & Founder of eAgronom, an Estonian company that helps farmers generate additional revenue streams, improve soil quality, and access better financing.

Zdenek Fred Fous is a General Partner at PurposeTech, a pre-seed fund that backs founders reshaping Health, Climate, and the Future of Work. He started his entrepreneurial journey in 2005, as he felt a need to work on problems he cared about and build with purpose.