Lukas Zörner has been Managing Director Germany of Qonto, the European market leader in financial management for SMEs, since October 2022. Lukas is also a member of Qonto's Global Executive Committee and Managing Director of Penta. In late 2017, Lukas joined Penta as Chief Product Officer and helped build up the company. Previously, he founded Mespo, an AI-driven fintech based in London. The UK capital is also where Lukas began his career at the investment bank Morgan Stanley in 2014. Lukas completed his studies at the University of Mannheim and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

Tilo Bonow is the founder and CEO of PIABO Communications, Europe's leading communications partner and growth platform. The world's most innovative companies rely on PIABO for impact-driven communications services that attract and engage customers, investors and the talent they need to lead the market. He founded PIABO with a mission to support ambitious global tech entrepreneurs and actively identify opportunities to achieve their growth objectives. Tech heavyweights such as Google, GitHub, Stripe and Shopify rely on his advice. Tilo is a keynote speaker at international tech conferences such as NOAH, DLD and MWC, as well as a passionate and active supporter of the digital industry as a mentor at Plug & Play and Microsoft Ventures, among others. As a value-adding investor in over 50 VC funds worldwide, he accelerates the growth of emerging business stars.

Tommaso Migliore is the CEO and Co-founder of MDOTM Ltd, the global provider of AI-driven investment solutions for institutional investors. MDOTM Ltd was the only European fintech company selected by Google for Entrepreneurs to take part in its accelerator program in Silicon Valley. Tommaso obtained a master’s degree in Finance from UCSC Milan and a Global Management certificate from Stanford University. He played ice hockey at a professional level for 10 years, representing Hockey Club Milano and the Italian National Team as Captain.

Andreas Lukic, business angel and chairman of Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e.V., BA Mittelhessen e.V., BA Palatina Rhein-Neckar e.V., is co-founder and managing director of ValueNet Capital Partners GmbH, Frankfurt/Munich, a private investment and consulting company founded in 2000 that carries out investments, financing and M&A transactions in management buy-outs/buy-ins as well as company successions, occasionally participates in growth-oriented companies from the corporate, medium-sized and startup sectors and supports their corporate development. Mr. Lukic is a member of several advisory boards, chairman of the board of the Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e.V., the Business Angels Mittelhessen e.V., the Business Angels Palatina Rhein-Neckar e.V. and has been active as a business angel since 1999. Mr. Lukic previously worked at Bain (London, Munich) in the private equity group, in the area of buyouts and growth financing, as well as venture capital. He began his career at Mitchell Madison Group (New York, Frankfurt) in investment advisory. He has a master´s degree in chemical engineering and economics as well as applied cultural studies. He is married and has a daughter. Mr. Lukic is a Frankfurter by choice and prefers Frankfurt to other places in his life in the USA, UK and Munich and was and is privately involved in a number of local startups. In addition, Lukic supports the professional development of the startup financing chain in the FFM financial center by chairing the business angels associations of the FRM metropolitan region, and provides leadership support for other initiatives, for example in the area of artificial intelligence or corporate/startups coop, the EY Startup Academy, the Frankfurter Sprungfeder of the MCF, and has also initiated and managed formats such as the FintechGermany Award. He is co-author of the “Practical Handbook of Financing Innovations”. In regular cooperation with cities and municipalities, the state of Hesse and the federal government, Andreas Lukic participates in various committees, e.g. in the circle of state chancelleries of the metropolitan region FRM, in FrankfurtForward, at the FFM financial center strategy, the “Financing Chain/VC” and others.

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Thomas is Founding Partner at Yttrium. Thomas focuses on software investments in the cybersecurity sectors (Industrial Tech) and chairs the Investment Committee. His investment and board experience at Yttrium includes VMray, LogPoint, and FTAPI. Prior to Yttrium, Thomas spent 13 years of his career in leadership positions at Permira, also running their chemical industry practice and Sirona Dental Systems, a company Thomas led as a Permira investment and later as Chairman. Prior to Permira, Thomas held positions at JP Morgan and McKinsey. Thomas earned a PhD and an MBA from the University of Saarbrücken.

Ertan is a venture capital fund of funds pioneer in Europe, and Founder and Managing Partner of Multiple Capital. He has a combined 20 years of experience in the fund of funds, Venture Capital, asset management, and information technology operating roles. In 2013 he launched Multiple Capital, Europe’s first tech-focused fund of micro funds, which is building a portfolio of over 1000 companies. His driving ambition is to democratise diversified access to early-stage tech funds from all over the continent. He is an unorthodox and influential investor, keynote speaker and lecturer. Ertan completed an International Finance and Law degree in Frankfurt and London and has an MBA from ESCP in Paris.

Alexander has been working in various Position at KfW group since 1996, having held senior positions since 2002. He has business policy and operational experience in SME finance as well as in structured finance activities. Together with Jörg Goschin, he set-up and manages KfW Capital as Co-CEO since its start in 2018.

Benjamin is Managing Director and Partner at Futury Capital and currently manages two funds investing in early and later stage technology driven companies. Focus sectors include fintech, SaaS, deep tech and technology enabled B2B startups. Prior to Futury Capital Benjamin was heading the Venture Capital investments of a German family office with a portfolio of 20 companies and various fund of fund investments. He gained experiences in fintech building the fintech department of Fidelity International while setting up a robo-advisory platform. Further, Benjamin was partner at private wealth management company Romulus Investment, founded by former Goldman Sachs partners. In addition, he gained experiences in TMT Investment Banking at Viscardi/Jupiter Capital (now Drake Star Partners) and in Private Equity at AXA Private Equity (now Ardian). Benjamin holds a diploma in Business from accadis International School, a BSc. in Entrepreneurship from East Carolina University and gained experiences as entrepreneur building and selling his own company.

Lutz Knappmann, born 1977, is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Börsen-Zeitung in Frankfurt am Main since April 2021. Previously, he was Head of Digital and member of the editorial board of WirtschaftsWoche in Düsseldorf. From 2011 to the end of 2017, as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of SZ.de, he drove the digital transformation at Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich, where as Head of Editorial Innovation he was responsible for building up new digital products. Lutz has grown up in Dortmund, studied journalism and trained at the German School of Journalism in Munich. He held positions at Abendzeitung and Börse Online in Munich, later as financial editor at manager-magazin.de in Hamburg, and as page-editor and media reporter at Financial Times Deutschland.

Stefanie Söhnchen, Vice President Strategy / Lead Digital at PIABO Communications, has been an expert in digital communication strategies for over 10 years. From corporate ambassador concepts to social media strategies, newsletters, app and website design and content, SEO and storytelling - everything that involves strategic communication on the web crosses her desk at PIABO. As a trained multimedia journalist, she is adept at both creating and marketing targeted content. During her career, she has successfully advised the insurance and financial sector, the automotive industry, energy companies, airlines, household appliance manufacturers, beauty groups, technology companies and healthcare providers on their brand positioning on the internet, giving her a broad insight into German and international success factors for digital corporate communications. Outside digital strategy, Stefanie is a Food saver and an active advocate for sustainability, equality and diversity at work and in her free time.

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Colin is Managing Director at GFT Germany, where he is leading a consulting division with major focus on capital market projects at financial institutions. Before joining GFT, Colin held different senior roles in the capital market divisions at global consulting firms and investment banks (PwC, Lehman Brothers, Nomura). His core consulting expertise is in markets regulation and (post-) trade processes. Colin graduated from Technical University of Munich (Dipl.-Kfm) and holds a CFA charter from the CFA institute.