Serial entrepreneur with over 11 years of experience in establishing and growing businesses and entering new global markets.
Co-founder of Bidease, Rocket10, Data.ai, Betastage Capital and Cashsquare. Forbes columnist, Official member of the Forbes Technology Council.
One of the most influential leaders in the mobile advertising industry in 2022 according to Business of Apps and MobileAppDaily.–
Dr. Samson (Soso) Pkhakadze is the President of Wissol Group and President of the Business
Association of Georgia.
Wissol Group is one of the largest business groups in Georgia involved in different sectors of the
local economy, such as real estate, energy, retail, fast-food chains, outdoor advertising, etc.
Business Association of Georgia (BAG) is by far the largest NGO in Georgia, representing
interests of private businesses. BAG members account for over 75% of Georgian GDP.
Samson Pkhakadze is the graduate of Harvard and Georgetown Universities (USA); Moscow
State University (Russia) and Tbilisi State University (Georgia). Samson Pkhakadze holds PhD
in economics.
Victor is an esteemed expert in the field of dietary supplements with a deep understanding of the probiotic industry. With several years of experience in this sector, Victor has been actively involved in promoting the importance of the microbiome for human development, immunity, and nutrition and recognizes its crucial role in maintaining a healthy gut and its implications for longevity and quality of life. The Team of SlimBiotics believe that harnessing the potential of probiotics and optimizing the microbiome can contribute to enhanced vitality and longevity.
SlimBiotics was founded in 2018 with the goal of pioneering plant based biotic weight management. The company is developing plant-derived, clinically-backed biotics and making them available to consumers aiming to maintain a healthy weight, improve body shape and support overall metabolic wellbeing. With offices in Vienna and San Francisco SlimBiotics is bringing a new class of biotic offerings to international markets.
Davide is a founding partner of Korify Capital Fund ONE, a VC fund focusing on investing in longevity and mental health. Before that, he co-founded Korify Capital AG to invest in opportunities in venture capital and special situations. He has a background in life science consulting.
Mark is the founder and CEO of Time Partners. He has been involved in the private equity industry, working as an adviser to private equity groups and investors for 35 years. At Time Partners, he specialises in advising institutions and families in purpose, strategy, private capital and long term investing, with a focus on building and scaling PE fund investment portfolios to create rolling portfolios with compounding capital gains over time.
Mark is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics, Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute, King’s College, London, and a Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD, lecturing on private capital markets and impact investing.
Mark was a member of the Prime Minister’s G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force, and the founding Chairman of B Corps in Europe . He was Governor for England at the BBC, where he led a new approach to purpose-led reporting and was Chair of the BBC Service Review for England. He was on the board of the UK Home Office from 2018-2020. He co-founded a number of think tanks including The Centre for Social Justice. Mark speaks across the world on “The Next 30 Years”.
Mark co-founded the private equity firm 8Miles alongside Bob Geldof and Kofi Annan, to invest in businesses in Africa. Mark joined the European private equity firm, Doughty Hanson, in 2001 and was involved in investing in and developing portfolio companies including The Priory, RHM, Tumi and LM Glasfiber (the world’s largest wind blade manufacturer). In 1992, Mark was the co-founder and CEO of the merchant banking group, Maizels Westerberg, which was ranked the number one M&A firm in Europe (1998, 1999) amongst independent firms.
Andreas is Director at Deloitte Financial Advisory, the leading M&A advisor in Austria and CEE. He has more than 13 years of corporate finance experience, focusing on M&A transactions, equity and debt raising as well as financial restructuring. In his role as Private Equity Leader, he advises Funds and Family Offices throughout the entire deal lifecycle, including investment / portfolio strategy, origination, deal execution, value creation and exit. Prior to joining Deloitte, Andreas worked in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley in London, Frankfurt and Dubai.
Heiner A. Weber is a largely hands-on investor in growth companies through Katalysen Ventures, Stockholm, is also on the board of several Fintech companies and of the business intelligence consultancy Alaco (Suisse). He started his career in electronic options trading, as co-founder and managing partner at a pan-European options trading company, and was later responsible for teams covering semi-institutional clients at Swiss banks. Other assignments included being the managing partner of a start-up boutique investment bank mainly focusing on frontier markets and leading the financing strategy in a mega real estate project in Spain. Heiner has a CAIA, PRM and CQF, studied at EPFL and IMD.
Ben Ruschin is Co-Founder & Managing of the M&A advisory firm Big Cheese Ventures, Co-Founder & shareholder of the HR scaleup WeAreDevelopers, an active angel investor and runs his own family office focused on VC & real-estate (UK & DACH). Ben is a “Forbes 30 Under 30” list-maker, former European Digital Leader of the World Economic Forum and holds a variety of private & public sector board seats.
Charly immigrated from Austria to Silicon Valley, where he had a spectacular career as a high technology executive. He worked with Steve Jobs and was the Chief Technology officer at Ariba. For the last 20 years, Charly has been leading the deep impact investing movement, which is not only treating the symptoms of our failing economic system, but its root causes. He believes that the real meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet.
Oksana is Head of Fund and Co-Investments at Lennertz & Co., a multi-family office with a
strong alternative investment platform based in Hamburg. She focuses on the manager
selection of US and European private equity, venture capital and blockchain venture
managers, co-investments and overall fund of funds portfolio construction. Ms. Tiedt has
over 20 years of private equity and venture investing experience having worked at Bain
Capital, Velocitas Partners and Swift Capital Partners. She started her career at Goldman
Sachs. Ms. Tiedt received her MA from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS) and her BA from Willamette University.
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