Candice Ammori

Founder @ The Climate Vine

Candice Ammori is the founder of Climate Vine, where she brings together her 10+ years of experience across climate and entrepreneurship. Before Climate Vine, she was the founding Director of the On Deck Climate Tech Fellowship which brought together 650+ people across the climate ecosystem in multiple cohorts. Fellows raised a combined $350M+ in venture funding, more than two dozen companies emerged, and hundreds of emerging contributors transitioned to the climate innovation space. She maintains deep vertical knowledge as an active investor and advisor to emerging climate tech companies. Previously, she worked across industries in places ranging from Cambodia to Singapore and London.

Raphaele Leyendecker

Managing Director @ Techstars Sustainability Paris

Raphaele Leyendecker is the Managing Director of Techstars Sustainability Paris. Raphaele is a sustainability and digital entrepreneur, startup board member and early stage investor in over 50 startups. She is also versed in strategic innovation and venture building, working with 55+ corporations such as Engie, Suez, Schneider Electric, L’Oreal or Nespresso over the years.

Tessa Clarke

Co-Founder of OLIO, the neighbour-to-neighbour food sharing app

Tessa is Co-Founder & CEO of Olio, an app tackling the climate crisis by solving the problem of waste in the home & local community. Olio does this by connecting people with their local community so they can give, get, buy, sell, lend and borrow pre-loved items, as well as give away surplus food. They also have over 100,000 trained volunteers who collect unsold food from local businesses and redistribute it to the community via the Olio app. Olio has grown to over 7 million users in 63 countries and its impact has been widely recognised, most notably by the United Nations who highlighted Olio as a "beacon” for the world, and by Vivatech who awarded Olio "Next European Unicorn". Tessa has raised over $50 million from investors to date.

Matt Gray

Co-Founder & CEO @ TransitionZero

Matt Gray is the Co-founder and CEO of TransitionZero. He is an energy market analyst with more than a decade of sell-side and consulting experience. Prior to founding TransitionZero, Matt worked at American investment bank Jefferies where he was head of European carbon and power research. Matt was also a consultant to the International Energy Agency and a managing director of the power & utilities team at Carbon Tracker. Matt holds a BAppSci in Environmental Science from Otago University and an MSc in Environmental Governance from the University of Manchester.

Daniel Salinas

Co-Founder

Daniel Salinas is a 20-year-old serial eco-preneur who has made a significant impact in the field of sustainability and environmentalism. He was chosen as one of the Innovators Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review, and has achieved significant success in his young career, including the sale of his first startup which had thousands of users and more than 200 companies as clients. He has a TEDXBoston and loves being at MIT. Daniel is a well-known and respected figure in the sustainability community, having spoken at the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos and Climate Week at the United Nations climate change week. He has also been featured in Forbes and other prominent publications. In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Daniel is also a professor at Platzi (YC15) and an advisor at Crimson (Series C). Currently, Daniel is particularly interested in the intersection of AI and climate, exploring how advanced technologies can be leveraged to address the urgent challenges of global warming and environmental degradation. As an investor, Daniel has a keen interest in tech companies that are working to address the challenges of climate change and promote sustainable development, particularly in Latin America. He is the creator of the Latitud VC Climate Report, which provides valuable insights and analysis on the state of the industry.

Max Gruenig

Senior Policy Advisor @ E3G

Max Gruenig is a Senior Policy Advisor at the E3G Washington Office, focusing on US-EU climate diplomacy in a global context. Max is primarily connecting the dots in the areas of climate, trade and development. In these three fields, Max supports the Climate Diplomacy team at E3G in setting up transatlantic dialogues between various entities: governments, legislators and civil society. From 2007 until 2020, Max worked with the Ecologic Institute, first in Berlin and from 2014 on in Washington DC. Max is a trained economist with a focus on emissions trading and game theory. Outside of work, he enjoys gardening and experimental cooking & baking.

Michal Nachmany

Founder & CEO @ Climate Policy Radar

Dr Michal Nachmany is the founder and CEO of Climate Policy Radar, a not-for-profit AI startup on a mission to organise, analyse and democratise data on global climate law and policy.Before founding Climate Policy Radar, she spent a decade at the Grantham Research Institute, LSE, where she led the work on the Institute’s structured datasets and tools, building evidence-based decision-making tools for national legislation and policy and low-carbon investment. She led the team at the Transition Pathway Initiative, and served as an advisor to Climate Action 100+, an investor coalition with over $68 trillion AUM.Michal holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, as well as an MA in Energy Policy and Management, LLB in Law, and MBA specialising in finance.

Lubomila Jordanova

Co-Founder & CEO @ Plan A

Lubomila Jordanova is the co-founder and CEO of Plan A, a leading corporate carbon accounting, decarbonisation, and ESG reporting software solutions provider. Lubomila is also co-founder of the Greentech Alliance, a community of more than 2,000 startups connected to more than 500 advisors from VC, media, and business. She serves as an Advisory Board Member to the Sustainability Board at Chloé. Prior to Plan A, she worked in investment banking and venture capital as well as the fintech industry in Asia and Europe. She has been recognised as Obama Leader Europe 2022, MIT Innovator Under 35 Europe 2022, Marshall Fund Fellow 2022, Top 50 Women in Tech in Germany 2021 (Handelsblatt) and 30 under 30 (Forbes), among others.

Karolina Attspodina

Co-Founder & CEO @ We do Solar

Karolina Attspodina, a Ukrainian-born serial with over 12 years in the tech industry. She is Europe's first female founder of a solar startup and has successfully established three companies before founding We Do Solar. Karolina serves on the Board of Advisors for Greentech Alliance and is the innovator behind Europe's inaugural self-installable balcony solar panels, which garnered 1,500 orders within a month of We Do Solar's launch.

Kelvin Muriuki

Founder @Taka Earth

Kelvin Muriuki, a Kenyan innovator, and entrepreneur, commenced his career at Cellulant in 2011, creating digital content. He later contributed to African streaming expansion at Mdundo while pursuing a Bachelor's in Communication Studies. At Radio Africa Group, he led content innovation for the Songa app. In 2021, he co-founded climate tech start-up Taka Earth with Bob Mwangi, aiming to document climate action through data-driven sustainable waste management, combating climate change effects and potentially revolutionizing emission-heavy sectors.​

Karl Brown

Founder of Curv

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Tomas van der Heijden

Co-Founder & CEO @ Briink

Co-founder and CEO of Briink. A startup based in Berlin building the AI toolbox for sustainable finance teams. Briink's technology helps asset managers and corporates leverage generative AI for ESG due diligence, regulatory analysis, and policy screening

Sven Schubert

Co-Founder & CEO @ Envoria

I am the Co-Founder and CEO of Envoria, an ESG software provider enabling companies to analyze, optimize, and report their sustainability performance.

Tim Schumacher

Co-Founder @ World Fund & Ecosia

Tim Schumacher is a Managing Partner at World Fund. He is a recognised entrepreneur and climate investor.Alongside founding World Fund, Tim has previously co-founded the world’s largest domain marketplace Sedo.com in 2001 before founding Eyeo - the makers of Adblock Plus.He has also invested in companies such as Ecosia, gridX, Zolar, Pachama and CarbonCloud and was awarded ‘Best Male Investor’ at the German Startups Association Awards in 2020.

Daria Saharova

Founding & Managing Partner @ World Fund

Daria Saharova is a Founding and Managing Partner at World Fund. She has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and investor. Daria was awarded ‘Best Female Investor’ at the German Startups Association Awards in 2020.Daria is also an expert advisor to the European Commission and maintains a close relationship with international tech industry thought leaders as co-founder of the think tank 1E9 Denkfabrik.She serves the boards of Customcells, IQM, Juicy Marbles, Space Forge and Planet A Foods.

Andrea Canepa

Director & CTO at Net Zero Insights

I am the co-founder and CTO of Net Zero Insights - the largest database of ClimateTech startups and SMEs.

Romain Diaz

General Partner of Satgana, early-stage Climate Tech VC firm

Romain Diaz is the Founder and General Partner of Satgana, an early-stage Climate Tech Venture Capital firm investing in purpose-driven founders building the Future of Earth. He has a track record of over 10 years as a founder and investor in early-stage impact startups across Europe and Africa.

Brittany Salas [PITCHER]

Co-founder & CEO @ NyxCarbon

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Hemanth Setty [PITCHER]

Founder @ ZeroCircle.eco

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