A Sincere Thank You to Our Jury

Behind every selected team is the insight and care of our expert jury. We’re grateful to our core panel (Dr. Olaf Joeressen (High-Tech Gründerfonds), Stephan Schulze (IBB Ventures), Prof. Frank Fitzek (TU Dresden), and Katharina Heinrich (Science & Startups)) as well as to our subject matter experts for sharing their time and expertise.

Your thoughtful evaluations ensure that our program remains rigorous, relevant, and ready to support the next generation of telecommunications innovation.

The xG-Jury

  • Olaf Joeressen

    Olaf Joeressen

    VC@HTGF | Pre-Seed & Seed Investor | Deep-Tech | Industrial-Tech

  • Katharina Heinrich

    Katharina Heinrich

    Enabling pre-seed science based startups

  • Stephan Schulze

    Stephan Schulze

    Prokurist and Investment Director at IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH

  • Frank Fitzek

    Frank Fitzek

    Deutsche Telekom Chair at TU Dresden

Our Subject-Matter Experts

  • Patrick Agostini (Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut)

  • Dr. Igor Bjelakovic (TU Berlin)

  • Dr. Christian Berth (TU Berlin)

  • Dr. Michal Dunaj (T-Labs)

  • Berkan Kilic (Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut)

  • Peter Pogrzeba (Deutsche Telekom)

  • Mathis Schmieder (Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut)

  • Dr.-Ing. Julius Schulz-Zander (Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut)