Mahir Sahin brings more than two decades of leadership in global technology and venture investing. He spent over 16 years at Google, serving in executive roles across Europe, Asia, and North America, where he supported the spin-out of Taara from X, the Moonshot Factory (Alphabet), and advised on GTM, partnerships, and technology strategy. He has invested in 16 companies, served as a Strategic Advisor to the Airbus Executive Committee, and acts as an LP and advisor to several deep-tech funds. His work sits at the intersection of frontier technology, corporate innovation, and early-stage company building.
Katrin Wilking combines legal, economic, and venture capital expertise in her investment work, informed by her background in M&A, capital markets, and venture advisory at Taylor Wessing. She has built a strong network across the European sustainability ecosystem and frequently leads technical and commercial diligence on industrial infrastructure and green-tech opportunities. Katrin’s multidisciplinary perspective enables her to bridge complex regulatory, strategic, and financial considerations in assessing early-stage companie.
Jane Choi is an investment professional with deep expertise spanning aerospace, financial infrastructure, and venture capital. She has orchestrated and operated satellite deployments in LEO, overseeing more than 600 satellites and acquiring 36 new satellites across two launch periods. Jane has modelled the cloud and infrastructure economics required for high-performance compute initiatives and has led technical due diligence efforts for compute and AI-driven infrastructure investments. She brings a rare blend of engineering precision and commercial insight to evaluating complex technical systems.
Scott Beaumont is a global technology leader with an extensive track record scaling organisations across Asia and Europe. He previously served as President of Google Asia-Pacific and EVP at T-Mobile, and earlier founded and grew a successful mobile software startup. His experience spans hypergrowth operations, large-scale commercial leadership, and navigating complex international markets.
Chris Krischning is a serial entrepreneur and investor with a strong foundation in ad-tech and digital operations. He founded and exited an ad-tech company before serving as a senior Google Account Executive, advising major global clients on digital strategy. Chris remains an active early-stage investor and operator across software and applied technology ventures.
Kate Prebble is a quantum physicist and deep-tech investor with a multidisciplinary background that bridges advanced research and strategic consulting. She has served as a board observer in several leading quantum computing companies and brings rigorous scientific insight paired with business expertise to frontier-technology evaluation.
Julia Holze is a deep-tech venture builder with more than 25 years of leadership experience across startups, academia, DAX 30 companies, and strategic consulting. She has led multidisciplinary teams across emerging technologies and industrial innovation, and continues to support founders and corporates navigating complex technical and organisational challenges.
Jong Sang Choi is a deep-tech investor with leadership experience across global corporates and institutional capital. He led deep-tech investments at Legal & General and previously served as Head of Europe Investments at Samsung. His investment focus covers frontier technologies, semiconductor ecosystems, and large-scale industrial innovation.
Dr. Barbara Stampf brings more than 25 years of experience in the technology sector, having held senior HR leadership roles at Philips and NXP. She has deep expertise in executive search, organisational development, and go-to-market talent strategy, and has advised a wide range of high-growth technology companies on scaling globally.
Ehsanul Islam is an accomplished engineering and telecom leader, currently serving as VP of Engineering at Qualcomm and Managing Director of Qualcomm Asia. His previous leadership roles at NTT Docomo and Vodafone give him extensive perspective across mobile networks, large-scale infrastructure, and next-generation connectivity technologies.
Teju Ajani is a global business leader with over 15 years of executive experience across North America, Europe, and Africa. She has held senior roles at Apple, Google, VMware, and Oracle, bringing a rich mix of product, operations, and regional leadership expertise. Her work focuses on building high-performance teams and scaling global technology ecosystems.
Neil Ventura has spent over 30 years at De Beers in diverse executive roles, culminating in senior advisory and board positions. He is a former expert advisor at BCG and actively mentors deep-tech founders through Antler. His experience spans complex supply chains, industrial innovation, and strategic transformation in global organisations.
Arnaud Frade is a seasoned advisor with more than two decades of executive experience across global multinationals. He previously served as Head of Asia at Nielsen and held senior positions at American Express Europe and Accenture. Arnaud specialises in commercial strategy, data-driven business transformation, and scaling international operations.
Eric Braune is a senior technology leader with over two decades of experience in deep tech and software platforms. He previously served as Google’s Director for Android and has since become an active investor and strategic advisor to early-stage deep-tech companies. His expertise spans mobile ecosystems, platform strategy, and emerging compute architecture
Ted is a seasoned commercial leader with a 20-year track record of building and scaling high-performing sales teams. Having held senior leadership roles at leading hyperscalers and top-tier enterprise software companies, Ted brings deep expertise in go-to-market strategy and global revenue acceleration.
Bettina Briz is an operator-turned-investor and trusted board advisor who works hands on with early-stage founders to scale great ideas into impactful companies. A former GoPro executive and semiconductor veteran, Bettina spent 4 decades driving global tech growth before shifting her focus to investing, mentoring, and board work. Today, she advises mission-driven startups across AI, FinTech, EdTech, Deep Tech, CPG —often before they’ve raised their first dollar. Through her work with Hubble, Boardy and incubators like Plug and Play, Berkeley SkyDeck and MassChallenge, she helps founders refine strategy, accelerate traction, and prepare for fundraising.
Peter Himes is a Silicon Valley deep tech executive and angel investor with over 40 years of experience commercializing semiconductor, advanced materials, and hardware ventures across the US, Europe, and China. As a board advisor, active LP, and startup scout for Fortune 500 companies, Peter brings hands-on operational expertise and a global network to help early-stage funds identify, evaluate, and accelerate defensible deep tech investments.
Akash is an innovation and transformation specialist, with over two decades of expertise in commercialising and investing in science and technology innovations and transforming and scaling businesses ranging from early-stage ventures to large multinational corporations. He has led teams in Business and Technology Transformation, Operating Model Design and Strategy at Deloitte, the Olympics, the Ministry of Defence, KKR, Prudential, Santander and Logica. His experience spans founding and selling a pharma tech venture, acting as a senior advisor to the pharmaceutical, health and defence industries and panel contributor to central bank planning and policy matters.
Izzy is a growth and marketing leader with over 20 years of experience scaling technology-driven businesses across Europe and the US. He currently leads Growth at Teya, where he is building a growth marketing engine across owned, earned, and paid channels to drive hockey-stick customer and revenue growth. He previously held leadership roles at Google, Capital One, and Zopa, working at the intersection of data, product, and marketing to scale high-growth businesses. Izzy is also active as a venture partner and advisor to early-stage companies, supporting founders on growth strategy, go-to-market, and scaling operations. His expertise spans growth marketing, GTM strategy, and building creative and signal-driven systems that enable compounding growth.