Heilbronn Slush'D 2025 - Speaker Line-Up

Heilbronn Slush´D 2025 Speakers.

Get inspired by keynotes and panels from global technology leaders, ambitious founders and forward-thinkers.

Full lineup will be published soon. Stay tuned.

Agate Freimane

Founding General Partner at Norrsken VC

Europe’s largest impact venture capital fund, helping solve some of the world’s greatest challenges.

Henning Löser

Head of P-Lab at Audi AG

Working on Audis future vision of the Smart Factory

Petter Made

Partner at EWOR, Co-Founder of SumUp

Running the founder fellowship that is harder to access than Y Combinator.

Evan Floden

CEO & Co-Founder at Seqera

Computational biologist powering global advances in genomics and life sciences

Sophia Rödinger

CMO at 1KOMMA5°

Driving transformation in the energy and mobility sectors with strategic innovation.

Akansha Dimri

Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Tech Funding News

Covering the global startup and tech funding landscape

Agata Hidalgo

European Affairs Lead at France Digitale

International advocacy for the largest startup and investor association in Europe.

Dr. Anita Puppe

Chief Medical Officer at BrainTrip, ex-IBM iX

Advancing healthcare at the intersection of corporate and startup ecosystems.

Henrike Luszick

CEO at Bridgemaker

Germany’s leading independent corporate venture builder.

Clarissa Corrêa da Silva

Main Stage Host

Presenter, author, speaker, and podcaster in the field of knowledge and education.

Stephan-Daniel Gravert

CPO at mimic robotics

Scaling AI-driven robotic systems for complex manipulation tasks

Daniel Abbou

Managing Director at the German AI Association

Standing by the side of AI entrepreneurs by representing their interests towards politics, business and media.

Andres Kõljalg

Agur Jõgi

CTO at Pipedrive

Executive level (CIO, CTO, COO) experience in the IT, Banking and Telecom sectors.

Ilma Bojadzic

Co-Founder & Head of Strategy at encore | DB

Bridging the gap between corporate structures and startup innovation

Timo Gessmann

Paving the way for a resource-efficient and automated future

Sophia Escheu

Investor at Speedinvest

There where AI collides with hard tech, all while driving forward Europe's sovereignty.

Francesco Perticarari

GP at Silicon Roundabout Ventures

Building Europe’s first community-driven VC firm for deeptech

Katharina Unger

Founder & CEO at Livin Farms

Turning organic waste into high-value protein using insects.

Sebastian Klaus

CEO & Co-Founder at Atmos Space Cargo

Aerospace engineer building a a sustainable return logistics platform for space

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Francesco Mazzotta

Director of Creative Destruction Lab Berlin

Fostering a European environment for scientists to create companies with impactful goals

Nico Blier-Silvestri

Partner - Founder Enablement at Dreamcraft Ventures

Operator turned founder turned investor

Stefan Reuther

Founder at Venta AI (YC S23)

Developing sovereign AI Employees for Europe

Fabian Veit

CEO at make.com

Scaling Celonis from a small team to thousands, focusing on global expansion.

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