Tech Tour Photonics 2021

Riccardo Aimerito

Co-founder & Partner

ERA Kapital (Italy)

Sofie Baeten

Managing Partner
Qbic (Belgium)

Gernot Berger

Senior Investment Manager
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) (Germany)

Gregory Bernstein

Executive-in-Residence
EQT Ventures (Sweden)

Ivo Blij

Director Corporate Lending
NIBC Bank N.V. (Netherlands)

Alvise Bonivento

Partner
Indaco Venture Partners (Italy)

Daniel Carew

Principal
IQ Capital Partners (United Kingdom)

Nuno Carvalho

Investment Director
KBC Focus Fund (Belgium)

Richard Clarke

Finance Director
PowerPhotonic Ltd (United Kingdom)

Joachim de Sterke

CFO
PhotonDelta (Netherlands)

Stephan Decher

Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Francois-Xavier Dedde

Partner
Omnes Capital (France)

Miguel Del Canizo

Partner
Bullnet Capital (Spain)

Friedhelm Dorsch

Principal Expert Technology Scouting
TRUMPF GmbH (Germany)

Peter Doyle

Business Coach, VUB as coordinator of PhotonHub Europe
ACTPHAST 4.0 (Belgium)

Alberto Emprin

General Partner
3LB Seed Capital (Italy)

Johan Feenstra

CEO
SMART Photonics B.V. (Netherlands)

Sergi Ferrando

Business Development
ICFO - Institute of Photonic Sciences (Spain)

Panagiotis Georgiadis

Head Of Business Development
Alpes Lasers SA (Switzerland)

Paul Gillespie

Partner
SH Gillamor Stephens (United Kingdom)

Tonino Greco

Senior Chief Technology Analyst
Sony Innovation Fund (United Kingdom)

Jose Guerreiro de Sousa

Partner
Armilar Venture Partners (Portugal)

Jose Luis Gómez

Analyst
Bullnet Capital (Spain)

Thomas Hessler

CEO
LIGENTEC (Switzerland)

Eoghan Hickey

Principal & Head of Research
Jolt Capital (France)

Oliver Kahl

Principal
MIG Capital AG (Germany)

Erhan Kilicozlu

Managing Partner
ACT Venture Partners (Turkiye)

Simon King

Partner
Octopus Ventures (United Kingdom)

Petri Laine

Managing Partner
Innovestor Ventures (Finland)

Carlos Lee

Director General
EPIC - European Photonics Industry Consortium (Belgium)

Jan Meise

CEO
AMS Technologies AG (Germany)

Novica Mrdovic-Vianello

General Manager & Founder
Star Tech Ventures (Italy)

Paul Phelan

Independent Consultant
Paul Phelan Consulting (Ireland)

Zhigang Qian

Director
Wuxi Capital (China)

Julian Riebartsch

Associate
btov Partners (Germany)

Santiago Royo

Secretariat
Fotónica21 (Spain)

Edward Schneider

Founder & Managing Director
Quan Technology Fund (Switzerland)

Karsten Scholz

Corporate Development Manager at L&L Products
Karsten Scholz (Germany)

Audra Shallal

Managing Director
BOSS Consulting (France)

Wojtek Smolinski

Managing Partner
VIGO Ventures (Poland)

Mark Smyth

Tyndall National Institute (Ireland)

Sebastian Stamm

Investment Manager
Fluxunit - ams OSRAM Ventures (Germany)

Antonio Teixeira

Founder
PICadvanced S.A. (Portugal)

Matthias Trinker

Chief Financial Officer
ficonTEC (Germany)

Peter Vanbekbergen

Partner
imec.xpand (Belgium)

Torsten Wipiejewski

Business Development Manager
Huawei Technologies (Germany)

Aleksey Yerpylov

Project Manager
United Metallurgical Company (AO OMK) (Russian Federation)