Bettine is a believer in the unharnessed potential of female founders. To this end she has set up the Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund as founding partner. She previously worked as a strategy consultant, product manager, accelerated nearly 100 companies at Axel Springer Plug and play and has made nearly 20 angel investments. A trained mathematician, Tine loves to crunch numbers, preferably in her weekly focus sessions.

Barbra Gago is the Founder and CEO at Pando, the first employee progression platform. She was formerly the CMO at Miro where she led the re-brand from RealtimeBoard to Miro in 2018, and scaled from $3 to $50m revenue in just under 2 years. As a VP of Marketing, Barbra also brought both Culture Amp and Greenhouse to market and initial scale. Having worked at the intersection of people tech and future of work for over 10 years she’s expert at scaling high performing teams and businesses.

Julia is the co-founder of Tidal Impact, an impact advisory and investment holding firm catalyzing companies driven by social, environmental and financial returns. She also serves as an executive board member of the Sigma Squared Society, a global community of 800+ of the world’s most ambitious founders in their early 20s, previously known as the Kairos Society.

Dr. Lisa Smith is co-founder and managing director of Prewave, an AI startup making tomorrow’s supply chains more transparent, resilient, and sustainable. Lisa developed the technology behind Prewave in her PhD at the Vienna University of Technology. Together with her team, she transformed it into a leading supply chain intelligence platform. Prewave has more than 100 employees and serves companies with large supply chain networks such as Lufthansa, VW, BMW, Dr. Oetker, and many others.

Stuart is the CEO and founder of the UHLALA Group and has been involved in various professional projects for LGBT+ in the working world for more than 10 years. Since 2009, the UHLALA Group has been committed to the networking, further education and promotion of LGBT+ people in their professional lives worldwide, and bringing them in contact with LGBT+ friendly companies and organizations.

Stuart truly believes in diversity & inclusion in all its dimensions and thus his engagement is not limited to LGBT+ visibility, but also the promotion of women in management positions: with his PANDA Women Leadership Network, which he co-founded in 2012 together with Isabelle Hoyer.

Peter was a consultant at McKinsey for several years, advising large marketplaces and e-commerce companies in Europe. Before that he studied business administration in Vienna, Hong Kong, Shanghai & San Francisco. He comes from Upper Austria and has been living in Vienna for almost 10 years.

Refurbed is a marketplace for refurbished products. These are completely refurbished phones, laptops and tablets that look and work like new. Customers save up to 40%, get a guarantee of at least 12 months and the products are 100% sustainable. The combination of sustainability and cheaper products is particularly attractive to many people. The company’s goal is to bring a refurbished product into every household.

With more than 15 years of entrepreneurial experience in the mobile and internet industries and 10 years as co-founder of Speedinvest, Oliver is a leading expert in Europe’s technology startup scene to Austria and secured €10M from private investors to found Speedinvest. As of 2023, the early-stage venture capital fund has more than €1B in AuM, +250 portfolio companies, six offices across Europe, and is routinely ranked as one of Europe’s most-active investors

Deepali joined Speedinvest as a Partner in 2022 with a focus on finding and funding investment in underrepresented founders. Previously, she co-founded Alma Angels, a community for female angels and invested in and mentored multiple female-founded companies.

Originally from Kolkata, India with a background in investment banking, private equity, and operations, Deepali has a keen interest in technologies solving society’s large problems in sectors such as Digital Health, Femtech, and Climate Tech

Gazelle is a Content Creator on TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn, where she discusses being trans, using pronouns and inclusive language at the workplace. She tells her stories from a humorous but nonetheless educational and empowering point of view. For ten years, she has been making a career in Recruiting and corporate D&I work.