Investor Panel: Climate Tech Funding Landscape
Heidi Lindvall ― Founder and General Partner, Pale Blue Dot
Ben Joffe ― Partner, SOSV
Dr. Mark Winderknecht ― Investment Manager, World Fund
Moderator: Pauliina Meskanen ― Entrepreneur in Residence, Lifeline Ventures

Panel: Why does decarbonizing supply chains matter?
Sebastian Heitmann ― Co-founder, Extantia Capital
Johannes Mella ― COO, Ignite Procurement
Therese Lundquist ― CEO & Founder, Green Little Heart
Moderator: Lasse Köhler ― Investor, Maersk Growth

Keynote: Lessons learned from 20,000 pitches
Angela Lee – VC Professor, Columbia Business School

Fireside Chat: Unicorn Founder Grilling Game-Changing Hospitality Entrepreneur
Niko Karstikko – CEO and Co-Founder, Bob W
Moderator: Elias Aalto – Co-Founder & Angel Investor, Ex-Wolt

Keynote: A day in a life of a Venture Capitalist
Adeo Ressi ― CEO, VC Lab

Panel + Q&A: Driving Returns Through Diversity
Sarah Chen-Spellings ― Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Beyond the Billion
Mohadeseh Abdullahi ― Investor, Molten
Ramzi Rafih ― Founder and General Partner , No Label Ventures
Moderator: Jan Ameri ― Executive Chairman, ArcticStartup

Panel: Purpose of Deep Tech Startup Creation
Lotta Partanen ― Manager Incubation and Acceleration VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
Anton Adamovitch ― co-director & Investor, Commercialization Reactor
Tommi Ullgren ― Angel Investor, ATRA Innovations
Moderator: Verneri Valimaa ― Event Specialist, ArcticStartup

Panel: Are you even a deep tech investor?
Tanya Horowitz ―Partner, Butterfly Ventures
Mårten Skogö― Partner, node.vc
Pontus Stråhlman ― Partner, Voima Ventures
Moderator: Michael Björnlund ― Managing Partner, Emerging Tech Fund, Rockstart

Keynote: My Intimate Relationship with Cancer
Dr. Orna Berry― Technical Director, The office of the CTO at Google Cloud

Panel: Investors Insights on Hot Trends in Health Tech
Aline Vedder ― Principal, Lakestar
Pekka Simula ― Partner, Innovestor
Moderator: Gunita Bhasin ― Investor, Unilever Ventures

Panel: Innovation to Enable Better Health and Less Medicine
Dr. Inga Deakin― Principal, Molten
Anttoni Aniebonam ― Co-founder and CEO, Veri
Moderator: Aki Koivistoinen― Ambassador, Startup Health

Fireside Chat: Behind the Scenes – Raising over $30 Million for Scaling
Darren Glenister ― Founder and CEO, Material Exchange
Moderator: Jenni Kynnös ― CEO & Co-founder, Moretime

Fireside Chat: Scaling the World’s First MaaS Operator
Sampo Hietanen ― CEO, MaaS Global Oy
Moderator: Ekaterina Gianelii ― Partner, Inventure

Fireside Chat
Kristo Ovaska ― Founder & CEO, Smartly.io
Moderator: Moaffak Ahmed ― Angel Investor

Fireside Chat: Should Nordic Startups Scale Directly to the US? 
Imran Akram ― General Partner, AXA Venture Partners
Moderator: Luke Pappas ― Principal, NEA

Investor Panel + Q&A: Investor Insights on Main Scaling Steps for Tech
Andreas Helbig ― Partner, Atomico
Maxine Rior ― Principal, Northzone
Jacob Fellman ― Principal, NGP Capital
Moderator: Claes-Mikko Nilsen ― Principal, NordicNinja VC

Panel: Early-stage Bottlenecks for Female Founders
Tessy Antony de Nassau ― ex-Princess of Luxembourg
Kaidi Ruusalepp ― Founder & CEO, Funderbeam
Anne Ravanona ― Founder and CEO, Global Invest Her
Moderator: Liina Laas ― Founding Partner, The Better Fund

Fireside Chat: Obstacles and Opportunities for Diverse Founders
Caritta Seppä ― Co-Founder, COO, Tespack
Moderator: Taneli Tikka ― Angel Investor

Wrapping up Day 1 at the Arctic15 Helsinki
Bikash Gurung ― Event Director, ArcticStartup
Verneri Valimaa ― Event Specialist, ArcticStartup

Networking event at The Plaza, Wine & Craft Beer

Location: Annanaukio 1, Helsinki.
Free event for all Artcic15 attendees bringing your wristband and badge.

Opening words for Day 2

Pitch + Q&A ― ChordChord
Pitch + Q&A ― ProppU Oy
Pitch + Q&A ― Machineric
Pitch + Q&A ― Klu

Panel: Navigating the Metaverse for Startups and Investors
Riku Seppälä ― Founder and General Partner , Icebreaker VC
Camille Zivre ― Principal, byFounders
Tarun Sharma ― COO, Nokia Ventures
Moderator: Sointu Karjalainen ― Head of Platform, FOV Ventures

Keynote: Web3 Community Building: The Art and Science of Engaging Users
Laura K. Inamedinova ― Founder, LKI Consulting

Keynote: Why mental health is the tech industry’s biggest problem, and how to solve it
Stewart Rogers ― Co-Founder, Digital Mental Health Alliance

Fireside chat: Becoming the fastest growing startup in Europe
Sami Marttinen ― Co-founder & CEO, Swappie
Anni Tuulos ― Principal, Verdane

Pitch + Q&A ― Wield VR
Pitch + Q&A ― Commu App
Pitch + Q&A ― Hotelbuddy
Pitch + Q&A ― InspectWise Oy
Pitch + Q&A ― Woamy

Panel + Q&A: Investor insights and current trends in B2B SaaS
Anton Norrman ― Venture & Growth Investor, Kinnevik
Florence Yates ― Investor, Mosaic Ventures
Martin Ericsson ― Principal, Eight Roads
David Zwagemaker ― Partner, Peak
Moderator: Alexandra Balkova ― General Partner and Head of Portfolio, Startup Wise Guys

Pitch + Q&A ― Coursy.io
Pitch + Q&A ― Audicin
Pitch + Q&A ― Infine
Pitch + Q&A ― Nanordica Medical
Pitch + Q&A ― Probiont

Fireside Chat: The Role of Happiness in building a successful company
Heikki Väänänen ― Founder and Executive VP Growth, HappyOrNot
Moderator: Yoad Mick – Founder, IMAGYM TRAINING

Keynote: Data economy driving sustainable business
Jyri Arponen ― Project Director, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Panel + Q&A: Transforming industry towards sustainability
Jacob Bro ― Partner and Co-Founder, 2150
Mikko Huumo ― Investmen Manager, SEB Greentech Venture Capital
Andreas Winter-Extra ― Partner, Kompas VC
Moderator: Annika Sjöberg ― Principal, Anthesis

Panel + Q&A: Future of proteins and beyond!
Maija Itkonen ―CEO and Co-Founder, Onego Bio
Simo Ellilä ― CEO, Co-founder, eniferBio
Keith Bonnici ― Investment Director, Tesi
Moderator: Louise Heiberg ― Senior Investment Manager, PINC

Panel + Q&A: Future fintech transformations
Helga Valfells ― Founding Partner, Crowberry Capital
Henrik Torstensson ― Partner, Alliance VC
Moderator: Magnus Bergman ― Founding and General Partner, Luminar Ventures

Fireside Chat: How startups can benefit from Generative AI
Peter Sarlin ― CEO and Co-Founder, Silo AI
Mattias Holmström ― Partner and Head of the Tech Sector, Altor

Panel + Q&A: Building, scaling and investing in AI
Reetu Kainulainen ― CEO & Co-Founder, Ultimate
Karen Bach ― Chair in Growth Tech, IX Acquisition Corp.
Herman Kienhuis ― VC, Curiosity VC
Moderator: Catherine Luckoff ― Co-founder & CEO, 20fifty

Finalist 1
Finalist 2
Finalist 3

Keynote: Mobilising entrepreneurs to work on meaningful innovation
Paula Schwarz ― CEO, StartupBoat

At The Plaza, Wine & Craft Beer

Location: Annanaukio 1, Helsinki.
Free event for all Artcic15 attendees bringing your wristband and badge.