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Benedict Rodenstock ASTUTIA
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Benedict Rodenstock
is founder and CEO of ASTUTIA. He is an expert for the development of start up companies. In his professional carreer, he worked as a consultant for corporations and assisted the development of new businesses on company side and on investor’s side. Amongst others he worked for Hubert Burda Media, WEB.DE and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Benedict Rodenstock got his MBA at the University St. Gallen; he studied internet technologies at New York University, and at the University Bologna he aquired a degree in history.

Daniel Kahn Red Bridge
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Daniel is the founder of Red Bridge, a Luxembourg based organization, dedicated to building business and investment bridges between people, companies, and investors, in and between Europe/Israel, China and America.
Prior to that, he started in 1988 a well respected international business law firm focused on the tech sector, based in Paris (then called Kahn & Associés, which was counting over 30 practicing lawyers).

Oriol Juncosa
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Mats Venndahl VENNDAHL
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Frank Kelcz DN Capital
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Mr. Kelcz is Founder of Excelerance Limited and serves as its President. He has been an Advisor to the Venture Capital Unit of the Department of UK Trade and Investment, advising and supporting UK originated venture-backed companies to internationally investing VCs in the United States.
“We always invest with the exit in mind, and we begin the grooming process at least one year prior. ”

Greg Mortenson CAI / Three Cups of Tea
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Greg Mortenson is the co-founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute www.ikat.org , founder of Pennies For Peace www.penniesforpeace.org , and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea www.threecupsoftea.com , and author of the bestsellerStones into Schools www.stonesintoschools.com .

Jane Gideon Incendio International
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With over 20 years experience in communications, Jane Gideon currently serves as CEO of Incendio International, which she founded in 1994.

Toby Lewis Global Corporate Venturing
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Toby Lewis is the chief executive of Novum Insights, a data business focusing on complex areas of technology investment and strategy, specializing in fintech and cybersecurity. He has spoken at numerous international technology and venture capital events including those held by the NVCA, the Global Technology Symposium, Global Corporate Venturing, Tech Tour, White Bull and International Business Forum. He was previously the chief analytics officer of Global Corporate Venturing, managing the development of its GCV Analytics platform.

Christopher Pommerening Active Venture Partners
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Christopher Pommerening started his professional career in Spain in 1998 co-founding AutoScout24 Spain as CEO and member of the Board of Directors. Autoscout24 is part of the Scout24 Group, Europe’s leading operator of virtual market places. Christopher was appointed Managing Director of Scout24 Spain in 2001. While preparing the internationalisation of the Scout24 Group, he also set up B24 Networks, a Europe wide on-line market place for the yachting sector.
