50 To Watch Expert Panel
The 50 To Watch Expert Panel is made up of 20+ early-stage innovation experts from five continents. Diverse in geography, gender, age and background, women are in the majority. First, we asked the panel to nominate the companies that most impressed them with their early-stage high-impact solutions. We combined that with our own nominations and research on public early-stage awards. We then put this group of companies through qualitative and impact filters. We weighted all nominations by relevance trying to keep a sectoral and geographic balance. A shortlist of 140 companies was reviewed and scored to reach the final 50.
Valentina Araya-Hernandez
Start-up Chile
Central/South America
Freerk Bisschop
Rockstart Accelerator
Europe & Israel
Wade Bitaraf
Plug and Play
North America
Qiyong Cao
Asian Development Bank
Asia Pacific
Alexandra Clunies-Ross
Artesian
Asia Pacific
Marine Glon
Supernova Invest
Europe & Israel
Dan Goldman
Clean Energy Ventures
North America
Tyler Hamilton
MaRS
North America
Alexandra Harbour
Powerhouse
North America
Louisa Hasse
Peak Zone
Europe & Israel
Mitch Jacobson
Austin Technology Incubator
North America
Jerome Joaug
Aster
Europe & Israel
Andrew Johnson
Frontier IP
Europe & Israel
Florian Kolb
Innogy
Europe & Israel
Maureen Le Baud
Demeter IM
Europe & Israel
Stephanie Morisset
Paris & Co
Europe & Israel
Victor Ndiege
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
Africa
Pat Sapinsley
NYC-ACRE
North America
Johanne Sévigny
EcoFuel Accelerator
North America
Miki Yokoyama
TechFounders
Europe & Israel
Beth Zonis
Cleantech Open East
North America