The Launchpad
To have a significant positive impact, new technologies need to scale – and they need to scale quickly. We will see some of the most successful European companies that have managed to drive their technologies into markets and reached the next level of growth.



Moderator: Fabian Sacharowitz | Investment Director | EIT InnoEnergy
Fabian Sacharowitz, a graduate physicist and fully qualified lawyer, initially founded the 3S Antriebe GmbH together with his brothers and developed it for seven years into a globally active manufacturer of unique, fully decentralised actuators for valves in (waste) water, gas and district heating pipes. Subsequently, Fabian worked for five years at KPMG in the field of energy consulting and auditing. After a one-year secondment at the World Economic Forum as part of the “Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation” project, Fabian joined InnoEnergy as Business Creation Officer and took over the management of the early-stage investment division for the DACH region. InnoEnergy is a European innovation engine and one of the world’s largest early-stage investors in the field of sustainable energy innovations with over 200 investments.
Till Stenzel | Venture Partner | SET Ventures
Till Stenzel currently acts as Managing Director at Funkelfeuer, a sustainability and climate strategy consultancy, as well as Venture Partner at SET Ventures, an energy-focused venture fund. He has almost 20 years of experience working on the energy transition and digital transformation, as investor, entrepreneur, consultant and executive. His previous roles included managing a digital-economy-focused investment fund at DTCP, as well as executive and advisory roles at E.ON, Hazel Capital and the UK Government. He was also a co-founder of TuNur, the first large-scale solar projects developer in Tunisia.
Linus Froböse | COO | Skeleton Technolgies
Frank Siebke | SVP Strategic Business Development & Founder | NexWafe
Kees van de Kerk | Managing Director | Volterion GmbH