The Best of Biotech evaluation team comprises experts in science, technology assessment, patents, financing, and commercialization within the life sciences field. Their role is to assess the submitted projects and to provide each team with written feedback on their business idea. Each project is evaluated by three different reviewers.
Following this assessment, the top three teams in each category (a total of 12 teams) will be announced as finalists and invited to present their projects to a top-class jury.
All evaluators are required to sign a strict confidentiality agreement.
Holger Bock
Startup Consultant, University of Innsbruck
Astrid Hoebertz
Expert for European funding, Austrian National Contact Point for Health Programs in Horizon Europe
Gernot Faustmann
Technology Transfer Officer, Deputy Director of the Office of Research Management and Service, Director of Communication and Transfer of the FWF Cluster of Excellence MetAGE- Metabolic Control of Aging and Disease, University of Graz
Birgit Polster
Founder and Start-up Specialist, Erste Bank
Elvira Welzig
CEO Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft
Matthias Brunner
Partner, SONN Patentanwälte GmbH & Co KG
Selma Mautner
Research Development Professional and Innovation Facilitator, Medical University of Graz
Christian Laurer
Senior Investment Manager, tecnet Equity St. Pölten
Agnes Bugajska-Schretter
Corporate Strategy, Medical Development, Business Intelligence Expert in Biotech and Pharma, Vienna, Austria
Manfred Lampl
IP Manager, aws
Elvira Kainersdorfer
Cluster Manager, LISAvienna
Gerda Redl
Patent and Trademark Attorney, European Patent Attorney, REDL-Life Science Patent Attorneys
Nadine Leitner
Partner, CERHA HEMPEL Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Agnes Mlekusch
IP Manager, aws
Johannes Martinek
Program Director Bachelor Biomedical Engineering and Master Healthcare and Rehabilitation Technology, FH Technikum Wien
Cornelia Radlinger
IP Manager, aws
Arnold Reikersdorfer
Investment Manager Life Sciences, aws
Helga Kroschewski
Deputy Head of Technology Transfer Office, Medical University of Vienna
Bernhard Weber
CEO Unicorn Start-up & Innovation Hub, ZWI Zentrum für Wissens- und Innovationstransfer, Graz
Angela Siegling
IP Manager, aws
Petra Stöckl
Senior Project Manager, Health Hub Tirol
Julia Wilflingseder
Investment Manager Life Sciences, aws
Philipp Weinzinger
Partner, SONN Patentanwälte GmbH & Co KG
Anna Weihs
Investment Manager Life Sciences, aws
Cornelia Habacher
Investment Manager Life Sciences, aws
Tina Trofer
Management Consulting, Coaching, Mediation, CEO Geradeheraus Beratung
Regina Weinmüllner
Investment Manager Life Sciences, aws