SLINGSHOT 2022 - Deeptech startup pitching competition

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Meet the SLINGSHOT 2022 Judges of the Grand and Domain Finals

SLINGSHOT is made possible with the valued guidance of our esteemed panel of judges. In 2021, our judging pool featured over 350 investors, accelerators, and corporate representatives.

Peter Ong

Chairman

Enterprise Singapore

Grand Finals
Abheek Anand

Managing Director

Sequoia Capital

Grand Finals
Carmen Yuen

General Partner

Vertex Ventures

Grand Finals
Magnus Grimeland

Founder & CEO

Antler

Grand Finals
Willson Cuaca

Co-founder and Managing Partner

East Ventures

Grand Finals
Davide Cali

CEO

Expand.hk Ltd

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Dilys Boey

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Industry Clusters

Enterprise Singapore

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Eunice Wong

Principal

Monk's Hill Ventures

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Jason Song

APAC Head of Small Business Engagement

TikTok

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
JinA Bae

Managing Partner

Abound Capital

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Karti Chandrasekhar

Head of Personal Care for Development and Emerging Markets

Unilever

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Kuan Hsu

General Partner

KK Fund

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Maureen Tay

Innovation director

Haier

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Navin Danapal

SEA Director

SOSV

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Ryan Chaw

Global Scouting Director

The Coca-Cola Company

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Shweta Shrivastava

CEO

StarWright Business Solutions Pte Ltd

Consumer Media, Goods and Services
Aditya

Managing Director

elev8

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Andre Stolz

Co-founder and Managing Director

Budding Innovations Pte Ltd

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Benny Chng

Director

Louis Dreyfus Company Ventures

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Charles Vaillant

Chief Technology Officer and Chief Digital Officer

Mann + Hummel

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Claire Pribula

Managing Director

The Yield Lab Asia Pacific

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Eileen Cai

Regional Projects Director, APAC

Alliance to End Plastic Waste

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Jai Thampi

Founder-CEO

Artha Strategies

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
John Lee

CEO

Infracrowd Capital

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Julien Mialaret

Operating Partner

Eurazeo

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Melvyn Yeo

Founder and Managing Partner

TRIREC Fund Management Pte Ltd

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Sreya Bhattacharya

Senior Program Manager

Dalberg

Environment, Energy and Green Technology
Anselm Tan

Partner, Philips Ventures

Philips

Health and Biomedical
Bernard Ng

Chief Scientific Officer

Milltrust Ventures

Health and Biomedical
Ee Bin Liew

Group Executive Director

Access-2-Healthcare

Health and Biomedical
Fong Ming Koh

Principal

LYFE Capital

Health and Biomedical
Joanne Chua

Global Head Preclinical Science and Toxicology

Philip Morris International

Health and Biomedical
Justin Leong

President, Asia and Latin America

ResMed

Health and Biomedical
Mayank Gurnani

Program Director, JUMPstart NUS

NUS Industry Liaison Office

Health and Biomedical
Pamela Neufeld Collingwood

Executive Director & Senior Counsel

Cedars Sinai Accelerator

Health and Biomedical
Pauline Erica Tay Siok Hong

Director

National Health Innovation Centre Singapore

Health and Biomedical
Sarah Chan

Head of Innovation (Applied Epigenetics)

Evonik

Health and Biomedical
Seemant Jauhari

Partner

HealthXCapital

Health and Biomedical
Sekeena Tan

Regional Director, Asia Pacific

MedTech Innovator

Health and Biomedical
Teo Cher Hwa

Senior Vice President, Health Innovation Delivery

MiRXES

Health and Biomedical
Valeria Ossovskaya

Global Head Open Innovation (Life Sciences)

Vectura Fertin Pharma

Health and Biomedical
Wai Chiew Chik

CEO & Executive Director

Heritas Capital

Health and Biomedical
Amit Mohta

VP Supply Chain, Unilever International

Unilever

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
Andy Wee

General Manager

IES-INCA

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
Claus Nehmzow

CEO

Binex

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
Desmond Rodney Lim

Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Technology)

DSO National Laboratories

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
Ethan Tan

Vice President

Pinetree Securities

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
James Ong

Principal

IMC Ventures

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
Soh Leng wan

Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturing and Engineering

Enterprise Singapore

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
Tom Ludescher

Chairman

Ludescher.org

Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
Alan Ho

Vice President of International Marketing

DataStax

Transformative Digital Technologies
Alex Sun

Executive Director

CICC

Transformative Digital Technologies
Andrea Baronchelli

Co-Founder and CEO

Aspire

Transformative Digital Technologies
Anne Lehman

Director, Product Incubation

NCS

Transformative Digital Technologies
Cindy Teoh-Cavefors

Associate Director, Investments

Golden Equator Ventures

Transformative Digital Technologies
Cizar Abughazaleh

Chief Executive Officer

Action to Action

Transformative Digital Technologies
Farhan Firdaus

Partner

Meet Ventures

Transformative Digital Technologies
Francis Goh

Digital Innovation Leader

AWS

Transformative Digital Technologies
Jayotika Mohan

Head of SMB APAC Sales

Google

Transformative Digital Technologies
Jeffrey Nah

CEO

JN Capital & Growth Advisory

Transformative Digital Technologies
Jenne Wong

Partner, Orbit Startups

SOSV

Transformative Digital Technologies
Rex Yap

Chairman

Business Angel Network (South East Asia) Ltd

Transformative Digital Technologies
Sai-Varanasi

Senior Vice President, Product and Business Marketing

Seagate

Transformative Digital Technologies

Meet the rest of SLINGSHOT 2022 Judges

Apply to become a judge/mentor here!

Aida Faizura Mohd Ghazali

Manager, Technology Accelerator

PETRONAS Ventures
Katarina Uherova Hasbani

Founder

Enrupt
Tony Gjerlufsen

Head of Technology

SPACE10
Frederic Diels

Director

Bacombe Invest AG
Tony Yeoh

Investment Manager

M Venture Partners
Jun Ho Bae

Venture Associate

Plug and Play
Shubh Karman Deep Singh

Angel Investor

Pasadena Angels
Mark DeLessio

Associate Professor

National University of Singapore
Cheryl Teo

Analyst

Moody's Corporation
Li Wen Foo

Analyst

Heritas Capital
Jordan Fletcher

Investment Lead

Innovate UK KTN
Ivan Weichean Ng

Owner | CEO

NGarde Ventures
Wye Houn Leong

Director Future Mobility & Head of Accelerator

Goldbell Investments
David Sher

Deputy Director

A*STAR
Bookyung Kim

Associate

HIVEN
Siew Jin Leow

Special Projects Lead

IMC Ventures
Wei Jie Tan

Associate Director

TRIREC
Joel Leong

Co Founder and Country Head

Aspire
Kyusik Shim

Head/IP Development

ITE
Leonard Chong

Scientific Fellow

Big Idea Ventures
Wei Liang Lim

Entrepreneurship Programme Manager

Pinnacle Learning by Golden Equator
Oriana Brine

Associate Director Sustainability

MullenLowe salt
Benjamin Pippin

Channel Director

Big Idea Ventures
Jonathan Lim

Analyst

TRIVE
Jonathan Ong

Startup Partner Manager

Amazon Web Services
Benny Liu

Founder & CEO

Matches Holdings Limited
Harikesh Pushpapathan

Investor

Stoic VC
Melissa S. Brandner

Senior Consultant Trade Promotion / Hessen Representative for Singapore and ASEAN

Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Adam Chee

Chief, Smart Health Leadership Centre

National University of Singapore
Yee Wei Goh

Innovation Manager

StartupX
Claire Cheong

Programme Head

NUS Enterprise
Karen Ng

Head - Digital Solutioning

ENGIE South East Asia
Navin Danapal

SEA Director

SOSV
Deyu Gu

Executive Director

Qifu Capital Pte Ltd
Harsh Vardhan Bajpai

Solution Ecosystem and Innovation Lead

Johnson Controls Inc
Aparna Venkatesh

Innovation Lead APAC

Buhler Group
Alex Tong

Partner

Sea Capital
Jeremy Sim

Director

Mistletoe
Ian Sikora

Executive Director

Openspace Ventures
Jacqueline Rachelle Yee

CEO of Funderbeam Exchange

Funderbeam Markets Pte Ltd
Oscar Perez

CEO

Meranti Solutions
Anurag Yadav

Chief Strategy Officer

Dana Group
Maher Santarissy

Manager

Plug and Play
Ee Bin Liew

Group Executive Director

Access-2-Healthcare
Jian Liang Low

CEO, Founder

Trabble
Valerie Lim

Head of Programmes

IoT Tribe
Ryan Wen

APAC commercial manager

SAS
Wei Cong Seah

Senior Investment Associate

ARKRAY CVC
Ser Yeng Ler

Manager

SUTD
Joy Shu Fen Ho

Investments

EDBI
Alex Hua

Executive Director

Asia-Pacific Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation
Joanna Ng

Investment Manager

Investible
Lili Jin

Head of Digital and Innovation

TotalEnergies
Angela Tay

VC Investor

AgFunder
Darren Leong

Associate

VVNP
Daniel Tan

Associate/Investor

Aera VC
Stanislav Borisov

Innovation Manager - Sustainability & Decarbonization

EcoLabs - Centre of Innovation for Energy
Amel Rigneau

Founder and CEO

DigitalMind Media
Glen Wee

Startup Lead

FundedHere
Oche Joshua

Project Manager

Erido Agro
Bo GAO

Managing Director

AI Club Asia
Ming Jin Goh

Investment Director

Golden Equator Holdings Pte Ltd
Sida Zheng

Program Director, China

500 Global
Tobias Bauer

Principal

Blockchain Founders Fund
Jeffrey Nah

CEO

JN Capital & Growth Advisory
Milena Boytchef

Global Head of Autonomous Vehicle Tech

Amazon Web Services
Shekar Nair

Partner

Upekkha
Csaba Bundik

CEO

CEEC
Mark Shmulevich

General Partner

Aloniq
MIlan Thakkar

Principal

Brinc
Andrew Wong

Associate Director

TRIREC
Metin Salt

General Manager

Vestel Ventures
Sreya Bhattacharya

Senior Program Manager

Dalberg
Lee Junior

Partner

Expara Ventures Pte Ltd
Ryan Chaw

Global Scouting Director

The Coca-Cola Company
Bernard Ng

Chief Scientific Officer

Milltrust Ventures
Jai Thampi

Founder-CEO

Artha Strategies
Vikram Upadhyaya

Founder and Chief Mentor

GHV Accelerator
Mohammad Abdussamy

Director, Corporate Strategy

ST Microelectronics
Claire Pribula

Managing Director

The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Vijay Ramachandran

Head of Ecosystems @ TCS BaNCS

Tata Consultancy Services
Manav Narang

Lead - Financial Services

Plug and Play
Peter Hlavnicka

Venture Partner

R3i Ventures Pte Ltd
Vivek Salgaocar

Director

Vimson Group
Peiyi Wang

Deputy Director, Venture Creation and Growth, Enterprise

A*STAR
Cyril Ebersweiler

General Partner

SOSV
Zainub Noor

Director - Scouting and Innovation

Halliburton Labs
Anthony Chong

Deputy Director

A*STAR
Thibaut Briere

Managing Director

Growth Marketing Studio Pte. Ltd.
Fong Ming Koh

Head of Life Sciences

Heritas Capital
Vishesh Rajaram

Managing Partner

Speciale Incept Advisors LLP
Hansen Hubert

Vice President

Alpha JWC Ventures
Felix Kues

CEO & Founder

Aurelia Ventures
Christian Kleeberg

Managing Partner

RGU Asia Pte Ltd
Benny Chng

Director

LDC Innovations
Yiqun Bo

Founder & CEO

DayDayUp
Dalal Alghawas

Program Director

Big Idea Ventures
Elaine Lee

Scientific Fellow

Big Idea Ventures
Sheila Leung

Program Manager

Starburst
Daniel Chow

Principal, Tech & Innovation Management

Arthur D Little
Swee Yong Lim

CEO

DeClout Ventures Pte. Ltd.
Dilip Krishnan

Global Lead - Digital Transformation Practice

MasterCard
Rock Oh

CEO & Managing Partner

Awesome Ventures
Damian Leach

Chief Technology Officer

Workday
Seyoon Chung

Director

Awesome Ventures
Florian Doetzer

Managing Director

TUM Venture Labs
Patrick Ng

Innovation Director

Spark Launchpad
Stephane Gervais

EVP Strategic Innovation & Smart Data

LACROIX Group
James Ong

Principal

IMC Ventures
Wilson Khoo

Director, Head of APAC excluding Mainland China

Continental Corporation co-pace
John Lim

Partner

Meet Ventures
James Ong

Founder and CEO

Origami
Fiifi Baidoo

Founder

Cloud Port Limited
Paul Mbua

Founder/CEO

Zixtech HUB
Davide Cali

CEO

www.expand.hk
Patricia Poon

Managing Partner

Belmond Capital
Henry Xu

Innovation Manager, Head of Seagate Lyve Labs Singapore

Seagate
Khairu Rejal

Principal (SE-Asia)

Investible
Anbu Srinivasan

Managing Director, Singapore and Australia Products Business

Fresenius Medical Care Singapore Pte Ltd.
Jordan Kostelac

director:PropTech@JLL\APAC

JLL
Joseph Nabila France

Director

Nabila Entrepreneurs Network
Narinder Kaur

Director

CORDI-AL Limited
Andre Stolz

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Budding Innovations Pte. Ltd.
Wael Fayyad

Angel

Angel
Justin Leong

President, Asia and Latin America

ResMed
Anthony Coles

Managing Director

H Lab Australia
Vladimir Bataev

Managing Partner

Zaz Ventures
Chee Yong Chia

Vice President, Digital Ecosystem Partnerships

UOB
Eddie Ler

Partner

Vantage Venture
Himawan Gunadhi

Head of Talent / Head of Asia

Kaliber Labs, Inc.
Remi Choong

Principal

Elev8.vc
Joyce Tay

Chief Strategy Officer

StartupX
Wynthia Goh

Senior Partner, NCS NEXT

NCS
Jeff Lin

Senior Principal

iGlobe Partners
Daniel Le

Head of Startups & SMBs Southeast Asia

Stripe
Haymon Sinapius

Investment Manager

Innoport
Marc Lepage

Principal IT Specialist

Asian Development Bank
Raymond Doraisamy

Chief Operations Officer

StartupX
Rebecca Sharpe

Accelerator Programme Manager

GROW
Jeffrey Ling

Head of Startups

Ministry of Awesome
David Wynne

Advisor and LP

Raiven Capital
Ethan Tan

Vice President (VCs/Startups)

Hanwha Investments
Karthik Sivaraman

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SCOUTING & INNOVATION

HALLIBURTON LABS
Julien Mialaret

Operating Partner

Eurazeo
Yinglan Tan

CEO AND FOUNDING MANAGING PARTNER

INSIGNIA VENTURES PARTNERS
Maren Schweizer

CEO

Schweizer World Group
Saleh Abbas

Managing Director

Flat6Labs
Edmas Neo

Founder

Accrete Innovation
Abhinav Jain

Managing Director

Prognoix Pte Ltd
Clifton Phua

Chief Technology Officer, Digital Systems

ST Engineering
Joshua Lim

General Manager

MedTech Actuator
Hongju Lee

Managing Partner

Awesome Ventures
Cizar Abughazaleh

Chief Executive Officer

Action To Action
Giulianna Crivello

Head of Ventures, GP

Draper Startup House Ventures
Moritz Kaffsack

Chief Representative

Vivy
Salma Klijn

Founder & Managing Partner

RaiseV
Michele Lemmens

Head of Business Sustainability & CTO APAC

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Chan Yip Pang

Executive Director

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
Carmen Yuen

General Partner

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
Eunice Wong

Principal

Monk's Hill Ventures
Andrew D Ive

Founder / General Managing Partner

Big Idea Ventures
Ananya Chandra

Managing Partner

Innopact
Jing Jiang

CEO

Singapore Tembusutech Innovation Pte Ltd
Sarah Chan

Head of Innovation (Applied Epigenetics)

Evonik
Joshua Agusta

Executive Director

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
Cindy Teoh-Cavefors

Associate Director, Investments

Golden Equator Ventures
Raymond Choong

Partner

FocusTech Ventures
Vishnu Nagaraj

Founder CEO

Carve Startup Labs
Samuel Chong

Investment Manager

TNB Aura
Mackenzie Chng

Investment Associate

Blockchain Founders Fund