Our jury
Our jury
In 2019, 42plus1 was launched to support the best entrepreneurial talents and help to secure funding. Together with our jury of venture capitalists, successful founders, and leading academic and industry partners, we bring the best startups to success.
Our confirmed jurors from past 42PLUS1 Pitch Award finals:
The finalists will pitch in front of a jury of at least 8 VCs from around the world – and a live audience of several 100 industry experts.

Bernd Goergen
Partner, High-Tech Gründerfonds

Rainer Christine
Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital

Wouter Meuleman
Partner, Illumina Ventures

Tom Miller
Founder & Managing Partner, Greybird Ventures

Sebastian Stamm
Principal, FluxUnit

Tobias Silberzahn
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Douwe Jippes
Founder & Managing Partner, Healthy Capital

Sascha Fritz
Investment Principal, Bosch

Dr. Jens Baas
CEO, Techniker Krankenkasse

Dr. Mirko Stange
Initator of DxPx, lino Biotech

Dirk Voelkel
Vice President Innovation, Cytiva

André Zimmermann
Partner, SHS Capital
More jurors will be posted prior the event.