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Mi Terro

Mi Terro

  • Country: United States
  • Round: Post Seed
  • Area: New Materials

Mi Terro is a venture-backed synthetic biology and advanced material company that engineers biomass waste into compostable biomaterials to end microplastic – this is a first-of-its-kind approach. We are excited to see such a significant leap forward in our ability to manipulate nature’s most diverse and abundant building blocks.

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Porotech

Porotech

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Round: Round A
  • Area: New Materials

MicroLED is the next major leap forward for displays on large panel TVs, smartwatches and VR/AR headsets. However, achieving the necessary high-efficiency, ultra-fine-pitch full-color pixels has proved a challenge at material, device and system levels. Porotech’s world’s first commercial microLED epi-wafer based on PoroGaN® and DPTTM technology provides an entirely new engineered material platform to build microdisplay on. Thanks to its superior material properties and functionalities, it enables all three primary colours, especially the difficult Red for conventional technology, to be made with the same GaN material and integrated on a single wafer, or even on a single pixel by totally eliminating sub-pixels from microdisplay architecture. Not only it offers scalability for mass production, and flexibility for process upgradation, but also simplicity for system integration, and resilience for supply chain.

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Elephant in a Box

Elephant in a Box

  • Country: United States
  • Round: Pre seed
  • Area: New Materials

We are a material innovation company specialized on honeycomb structures for furniture and construction. Our patented technology has been used in furniture through our brand Elephant in a Box for 3 years and is about to be adopted by major furniture brands. Our first construction product patent will be filed before end of the year. We are creating the Gore-Tex for furniture and construction.

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The Jury

Dr. Plamen Russev Host
Dr. Plamen Russev

Webital Investment Network

Fund size
Evergreen 
Average ticket
€500K to €2.5M 

Dr. Plamen Russev

Executive Chairman
Webital Investment Network

Fund size Evergreen 
Average ticket€500K to €2.5M 

Dr. Plamen Russev is the initiator and focal connector of one of the world’s largest impact networks and curator of the global Webit community, reaching out to over 800,000 digerati, policy makers, innovators and media. His success stories include creating the global Webit brand from scratch, supporting founders and brands in establishing and growing a successful marketing strategy, creating meaningful relations with potential partners, customers and media. Plamen supports causes which impact the achievement of the UN’ SDGs.

He is an investor, philanthropist and serial entrepreneur and proven success record in developing business ventures in multicultural and challenging business environments.

Plamen Russev is B.Sc in Marketing and Management, M.Sc in Electronic Education/Mathematics and Physics, and Ph.D in Healthcare Management.

Plamen Russev has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Digital Affairs of his home country – Republic of Bulgaria and a member of European Commission’ BOF.

Dr. Russev’ work and impact have been recognised and awarded by governments, associations and NGOs along with 2 honorary doctorates from Universities in Europe and South America. Plamen Russev is featured in hundreds of international and local media including The Economist, Bloomberg, CNBCe, Forbes, Venture Beat, CNN to name a few.

Dr. Russev is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Webit Foundation and host of Webit Virtual. He is happily married to the most wonderful girl in the world and father of 2 boys.

Dr. Marcel Kloosterman
Dr. Marcel Kloosterman

Brightlands Venture Partners

Fund size
€123M 
Average ticket
€4M 

Dr. Marcel Kloosterman

Managing Partner
Brightlands Venture Partners

Fund size €123M 
Average ticket€4M 

Managing partner at Brightlands venture Partners who has 20 years of experience in venture capital and holds a PhD in chemistry.

Kurt Kaltenegger
Kurt Kaltenegger

ABB Technology Ventures

Fund size
€300M 
Average ticket
$10M 

Kurt Kaltenegger

Head of ABB Technology Ventures (Europe, Israel & China Investments)
ABB Technology Ventures

Fund size €300M 
Average ticket$10M 

Kurt is Head of ABB Technology Ventures and has been investing in breakthrough technologies for ABB since 2010

Philipp Thurn und Taxis
Philipp Thurn und Taxis

CNB Capital

Fund size
Evergreen 
Average ticket
€3M 

Philipp Thurn und Taxis

Founder & CEO
CNB Capital

Fund size Evergreen 
Average ticket€3M 

Former Entrepreneur, Consultant, Manager working and living across Europe and now Investor based in Vienna. He is a Founders & CEO of CNB Capital

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