OUR JUDGES
Together with our jury of venture capitalists, successful founders, and leading academic and industry partners, we bring the best startups to success.
Interested in joining us as a judge for an upcoming 42PLUS1? Simply fill out the form below.
Interested in participating in DxPx EU 2026 as a judge?
Fill out the form below to submit your application and our team will be in touch.
Thank You to Our Judges at DxPx EU ‘25:
Sebastian Swienty
Senior Director, Corporate Business Development Licensing
Dr. Bernd Goergen
Partner
Louise Warme
Head of We Venture Capital
Joey Mason
Co-Founder & Partner
Dave Whelan
Managing Director
Craig Cooper
Partner
Meet the online evaluators who will join DxPx in-person:
Sascha Alilovic
Managing Partner
Dominic Andrada
Senior Manager
Gary Antonius
Business Development
Dr. Sascha Berger
General Partner
Nils Bottler
Principal
William Byrne, Ph.D.
Associate
Dr. Cihat Cengiz
Principal
Kevin Coker
Founder & Principal
Lorena Dagallier
Incubator Manager
Yaron Daniely
General Partner
Zixin (Zoe) Deng
Manager
Christian Ford
Senior Manager
Markus Geiser
Director
David Hawks
SVP Business Development and Strategy
Christina Hertel
Head of Asset Mgmt
Lukas Hoffmann
Innovation Lead
Ehsan Jabbarzadeh
Venture Partner
Amy Kao
Assistant
Benedikt Kläs
Investment Manager
Markus Krückemeier
Investor
Karel Kubias
Partner
Christoph Kuppe
Senior Physician
Paul Kurz
Health Tech Venture Capital
MyPhuong Le, Ph.D
President & Co-founder
Florian Leiss
Business Development
Robert Lugowski
Founder and Managing Partner
Marcel Maier
Investment Director
Amine Marouf
Principal
Severin Matten
Director
Reinhard Meier
Founding Partner and Managing Director
Peter Mintun, Ph.D
Associate
Jiří Moos
CEO
Rabab Nasrallah
Investment Team
Dr. Benjamin Niestroj
Professor
Paweł Nowicki
Founder & CEO
Dr. Gregor Obernosterer, MBA
Business Development
Andrea Ottavis
VC Analyst
Anthony Vallance-Owen
Senior Investment Manager
Thomas Pingel
VP Business Development
Pieter Rhemrev
Senior Investment Manager
Robert Riht
Managing Director
Dr. Frank Schäfer
Founder and Managing Partner
Joanna Soroka, PhD
Principal
Daniela Schardinger
Advisor
Hendrik Steenfadt
Analyst
Joshua Swift
Senior Associate
Zeki Emre Tekin
U.S. Country Advisor
Dr. Fei Tian
Principal
Mona Wood, MD PhD FCAP
Physician Director
Julian Zachmann
Investment Manager
