UBS Female Founder Award 2025

Location: Spain

Martin is an Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Investor with a strong track record of founding and scaling companies. He specializes in internationalization and business expansion, and is passionate about connecting people, fostering collaboration, and supporting entrepreneurs in the tech space.

Jonathan is the co-founder of Adatos, a remote sensing company that uses AI to analyze satellite data for carbon projects and agriculture. He is a former banker, he has invested in over 10 startups and founded a hedge fund focused on climate-related investments.

Location: USA

Chaitanya Hiremath is a seasoned entrepreneur with a strong focus on innovation and technology. He has led successful ventures across various industries, earning recognition from Forbes 30 Under 30 and Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 25 People in Tech for his contributions to AI-driven solutions and business leadership

Location: Europe

Anieke Lamers is an Operating Partner at Borski Fund, a gender lense VC fund based out of Amsterdam. She is a VC shapeshifter: from VC investor to founder, operator, and back into VC and VC coach. Besides being an Operating Partner at Borski Fund, a 50M fund in Amsterdam investing Seed-Series A in female founders accross Europe, she runs The VC Coach, where she coaches emerging fund managers and VCs across Europe, combining hands-on experience with sharp strategic insight. She's passionate about reshaping venture capital into a more inclusive, human-centered industry.

Andrea Fritschi is Chief Investment Officer at Tenity, a leading global FinTech venture platform. She brings over 20 years of experience spanning institutional investing, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. Andrea began her career at Swiss Re and BlackRock, focusing on private equity and VC strategies worldwide, before founding and leading startups in health tourism and FinTech ESG. At Tenity, she drives the institutional growth of the VC platform and its global FinTech footprint.

Michal is the CEO of RockawayQ, an investment division of Rockaway Capital focused on accelerating the digital and AI transformation of manufacturing companies across Europe – and globally. Previously, Michal founded a FinTech company Twisto, a “buy now, pay later” payments solutions that served over a million customers across CEE. Acquired for USD 100+ million by Zip Co in 2021. He currently serves as a non-executive director at Dodo and Malcom Finance.

Previously, he was at Roland Berger and Analysys Mason.
Dennis represents the firm as a member of the Vietnam Private Capital Agency.
He holds a CEMS Master's in International Management from the London School of Economics and HEC Paris and a Bachelor's of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

Jenny is a Co-Founder and Partner at Arcan Impact, an ecosystem enabler providing capacity building programs and strategic consulting, advisory and research on impact investing and innovation finance. Prior to Arcan Impact, Jenny co-founded Amam Ventures, a gender lens impact fund in the Middle East. She has deep experience in investment management and, she has been featured among the top  women in VC in MENA. Jenny is passionate about supporting tech-enabled companies committed to equal opportunities and empowering more women towards the front as business owners, managers, and employees. Prior to co-founding Amam, Jenny worked as an Investment Principal at Silicon Badia, a VC fund investing in tech-enabled ventures and also worked closely with BeyondCapital, a Jordanian ecosystem enabler. She also has operational experience with SMEs and tech startups. Prior to VC, Jenny was the Head of Asset Management at Awraq Investments. Jenny is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and is the Vice Chair at the microfinance institution Vitas Jordan.