Hack Summit 2023 | Hack Capital | 10 May 2023 | Lausanne, Switzerland

This event brings together so many impact-driven founders and investors from across Europe, and beyond.

2023 Speakers

George Peppou
CEO and Co-Founder, Vow

Stefano Bernadi
Founder, Unruly Capital

Clea Kolster
Partner and Head of Science, Lowercarbon Capital

Eben Bayer
CEO, Ecovative

Suzana Carp
Deputy Executive Director, Cleantech for Europe

Francesco Volpe
Founder, CEO and CTO, Renaissance Fusion

Ahrum Pak
CEO and Co-Founder, WNWN Food Labs

Jim Mann
Founder and CEO, UNDO

Patrick Torbey
Co-Founder and CTO, Neoplants

Raffael Wohlgensinger
Founder and CEO, Formo

Jennifer Place
Climate Tech investor, Fifth Wall

Tong Gu
Founding Partner, Pact

Fabian Erici
Investment Manager, Norrsken VC

Jennifer Webb
Investment Director, Swisscom Ventures

Stef van Grieken
Co-Founder & CEO, Cradle

Jan Goetz
CEO and Co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers

Freya Pratty
Senior Reporter, Sifted

Pippa Gawley
Founding Partner, Zero Carbon Capital

Matt Reynolds
Senior Writer, Wired

Amy Lewin
Editor, Sifted

Elliot Hershberg
Writer, Researcher & Biotech Partner, Not Boring

Shravan Shah
Senior Associate, Synthesis Capital

Benjamin Tincq
Founding Partner, Marble

Juan Mario Michan
Director and CEO, Daphne Technology

Roya Amini-Naieni
Co-Founder and CEO, Trilobio

Broder Schmidt
Co-Founder and CSO, Prose Foods

Jonathan Gheyssens
Programme Officer, UN Environment Programme

Mark Emil Hermansen
Co-Founder, Empirical

Nora Khaldi
Founder & CEO, Nuritas

Chris Bryson
Founder and CEO, New School Foods

Gözde Şenel-Ayaz
Co-Founder and President, Tandem Repeat

Eric Archambeau
Co-Founder, Astanor Ventures

Martin Weber
Founder, one • fıve

Jonathan Shieber
Venture Partner, FootPrint Coalition

Michelle Ruiz
CEO & Co-Founder, Hyfé

Mohammad Khalil El Hajj
Co-Founder and CEO, Bright Biotech

Jessica Burley
Investor, Planet A

Richard Day
VP Medical Affairs and Clinical Development, ADM

Laura Katz
Founder and CEO, Helaina

Maria Cho
CEO, Triplebar

Alexis Caporale
Climate Investor, World Fund

Emma Bailey
Head of Content, PlasticFree.com

Joanne Rodriguez
CEO, Mycocycle

Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Editor, AgFunder

France-Emmanuelle Adil
CEO, Tiamat Sciences

Julian Englert
Co-Founder and CEO, Adaptyv Bio

Stephanie Downs
CEO and Co-Founder, Uncaged Innovations

Insa Mohr
Co-Founder, Mooji Meats

Ved Krishna
Founder, Pakka

Lauren Lentz
General Partner, Revent

Jerome Cochet
Co-Founder & MD, goodcarbon

Justin Hughes
CEO, NetZeroNitrogen

Joshua Lachter
Co-Founder, Chief Business Officer, Synonym Biotechnologies

Sotiria Mostrou
Co-Founder & CEO, Biosimo Chemicals

Wei Wu
Co-Founder, Heatrix

Marc-Henry de Jong
CO-Founder, CCO/COO, Electron Aerospace

Anand Parikh
CEO & Founder, Faeth Therapeutics

Tilen Travnik
Co-Founder and CEO, Juicy Marbles

Marie Fabiunke
Operating Partner, FoodLabs

Aureline Grange
Chief Climate Officer, Open Forest Protocol

Alexandre Bastos
Head of Front End Innovation, Givaudan

Robert Gerlach
Co-Founder and CEO, Klim

Daniel Skaven Ruben
Investor and Advisor

Erika Georget
Managing Director, ERIDIA

Christian Guba
Principal, FoodLabs

Beatriz Franco
Managing Partner, Vita Vera Ventures

Jan Wilmking
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Project Eaden

Jim Laird
CEO, ENOUGH

Mitchell Duffy
Co-Founder and CEO, Cambrium

Roee Nir
CEO and Co-Founder, Forsea

Adam Melonas
CEO, Chew

Adrian Pagès
Co-Founder, MORFO

Raya Liberman-Aloni
Co-Founder, PoLoPo

Jonathan Ho
CEO and Co-Founder, Allium Bio

Sammy Bajwa
CEO, Synphonee

Paul Mahacek
CEO and Founder, Atomo Cooling

Michael Stanton
Co-Founder and CTO, Ki Hydrogen

Karl Khalil
CEO, 2D Membranes

Sushmita Venkatraman
Director of Marketing, Ginkgo Bioworks

Monika Tomecka
CEO, Ufraction

Zac Austin
CEO, Pacifico Biolabs

Masoud Talebi Amiri
Co-Founder, Qaptis

Makoto Hamamoto Eyre
CEO, Homeostasis Systems

Marc Coloma
CEO and Co-Founder, Heura Foods

Maximilian Bade
Founder & GP, Nucleus Capital

Gil Horsky
Founding Partner, FLORA Ventures

Katelijne Bekers
Founder, MicroHarvest

Daniel MacGowan von Holstein
Founder, Kynda

Amir Zaidman
Chief Business Officer, The Kitchen Hub

Tomas Turner
Co-Founder, Cultivated Biosciences

Marina Schmidt
Host & Founder, Red to Green Solutions

Isabella Iglesias-Musachio
CEO and Founder, Bosque Foods

Erika Hombert
Venture Analyst, HackCapital

Sophie Lambertz
CSO, The Cultivated B

Christoph Jenny
Co-Founder, Planted

Hadar Sutovsky
VP External Innovation of ICL Group & GM of ICL Planet

Ori Zakin
Co-Founder and CEO, BioRaptor

Tamara Giltsoff
Director, Impact

Susana Reber
Startup Acceleration Lead, Nestlé R&D Accelerator

Eldad Arnon
Founder and CEO, Tupu

Artem Khlebnikov
Director of Bioeconomy, Food and Nutrition, Eagle Genomics

Sonalie Figueiras
Founder, Green Queen Media

Ryan Grant Little
Principal, RGL Strategic

Dejan Mitrovic
CEO, Moree

Yannick Gächter
CEO, The Cultured Hub

Etienne Cabane
Scientific Officer, Food Packaging Forum

Ofek Ron
Co-Founder & CEO, Plantish

Deniz Ficicioglu
Co-Founder, BettaF!sh

Alan Ramos
Founder and CEO, Libre Foods

Bertrand Gacon
Co-Founder and CEO, Impaakt

Arnavaz Schatten
Director of Sustainability and Impact, INFARM

Anna Grassler
Co-CEO, FELFEL

Gina Gacad
Sr Account Director, Be Good PR

Furqan Meerza
R&D Chef, BCC Innovation

Yael Alroy
Partner, Viola Ventures

2023 Partners

MAIN PARTNERS:
• Vaud Economic Promotion
• The Accelerator

KEY PARTNERS:
• Flora Ventures
• Chaseman Global
• Eagle Genomics
• Swisscom Ventures
• ERIDIA
• Cultivated B
• ICL Planet Startup Hub
• Foodbytes
• Ginkgo Bioworks
• ADM

SUPPORTERS:
• Swiss Food and Nutrition Valley
• Agropole
• EPFL

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• Vaud Economic Promotion
• Food Labs
• Givaudan

IN-KIND PARTNERS:
• Ozarka
• Redefine Meat
• Revyve
• Yasai
• Paleta Loca
• Siradis
• Planted
• Oba Glaces
• Libre
• Kynda
• Culligan
• Current Foods
• Bosque Foods
• Heura
• Bettafish
• Super Natural Club

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Sunryse
• Red Green
• Foodtech Weekly
• Green Queen