Alpha Summit Americas by Allocator One

Michael Ströck is a co-founder of Allocator One. With extensive experience in tech and entrepreneurship, he has co-founded multiple companies and venture funds, including Candidately (YC S17), First Circle Capital, and Calm/Storm Ventures.

Felix Staeritz is a co-founder of Allocator One. He has successfully built and exited several companies, and is passionate about backing new fund talent and high-potential ventures, bringing an extensive network and deep experience in scaling businesses to the investment community.

Marc Thom is Corporate Vice President and Head of Henkel Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Henkel. He was named CVC of the Year at the 2025 EUVC Awards for his work building the fund, and was featured on Global Corporate Venturing’s 2026 Powerlist.

Yukiko Kato is Director and Executive Officer at SBI Investment, leading its Corporate Venture Capital Department. She was ranked No. 1 on Forbes Japan’s Midas List in 2015 and has over 22 years of venture investment experience.

Josh Featherby is a Managing Director in Cambridge Associates’ Private Client Practice in London. He joined the firm in 2010 and manages private investment allocations across private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate and infrastructure for pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and family offices, on both discretionary and advisory mandates. He co-founded the firm’s London-based Sustainable & Impact Investing team.

Anjana Sasidharan is the Founder and General Partner of Asthrum Capital, an growth stage consumer and healthcare fund-focused venture fund. She previously led India investments as a Partner at L Catterton and spent nearly a decade at Sequoia Capital India.

Niko Bonatsos is a Managing Director at Verdict Capital, where he focuses on first-money investing in technical founders building in emerging categories. He was previously a Managing Director at General Catalyst, backing early-stage consumer and technology companies, and holds a graduate degree from Stanford University.

Kelly Chen is the founder of Physical World, an early stage venture fund backing physical AI founders across labor and critical infrastructure. She was previously a Partner at DCVC in Silicon Valley, leading industrials and robotics, and a Founding Partner at the $1B NATO Innovation Fund.

Pan is co-founder of Unrest, a pre-seed and seed fund backing mission-driven consumer businesses. Unrest started life as an accelerator in 2021 and, since then, has backed 60 brands across consumer goods and consumer tech. Previously, Pan was Head of Fund & Global Operations at Entrepreneurs First, where he managed over £120m of funds.

With a background spanning institutional capital at Man Group/GLG, venture ecosystems, and founder-led businesses, Jacqueline bridges technical platforms with commercial execution — translating complex infrastructure into clear, investable narratives and scalable growth.

Michael Brennan is a Director at Allocator One, where he helps shape the next generation of GP talent in the digital economy. With a career spanning senior compliance and advisory roles at Henley Investment Management, Octopus Investments, and Nivaura, as well as time as a freelance consultant, Michael brings deep expertise in financial regulation, governance, and operational strategy. He is known for bridging regulatory rigor with entrepreneurial innovation, guiding investment firms through complex landscapes while enabling them to scale with confidence.

Martin Varsavsky is a 5x unicorn founder who has built more than ten companies across telecoms, renewable energy, biotech, fertility medicine, and AI, including Viatel, Ya.com, Jazztel, and Eolia. He is now Founder and CEO of Certuma.ai, an autonomous clinical AI company backed by 8VC, and Chairman of Inception Fertility (formerly Prelude Fertility), the largest IVF network in the United States, Overture Life, and Gameto.

Paul Müller co-founded Adjust in 2012 and led it as CTO and later CEO, scaling it into a mobile marketing analytics leader that was acquired by AppLovin in 2021. He remains a Key Advisor to Adjust’s CEO and is also a Partner at EWOR.

Renaud Visage co-founded Eventbrite in 2006 and served as CTO, scaling it into a unicorn-valued, self-service ticketing platform that went public on the NYSE in 2018. He is now General Partner and Co-Founder of SlateVC, a climate-focused growth fund backing entrepreneurs building a more efficient, resilient, low-carbon economy.

Daniel Dippold is Co-Founder and CEO of EWOR, a fellowship backing exceptional entrepreneurs. He previously built and sold Unlimitix and co-founded New Now Group, and has made more than 50 angel investments, including seven unicorns. He studied theoretical mathematics and machine learning at the University of Cambridge and founded the Sigma Squared Society.

Noa Khamallah is the solo General Partner of Don’t Quit Ventures, backing AI-native founders worldwide. He was Lime’s first employee in Europe, scaling it to 50+ cities in eight months, and co-founded Charge, which exited for $17.5M and is now Nasdaq-listed. Four years of angel investing followed, returning 6.68x MOIC across 15+ startups. Fund I is performing well ahead of benchmark, with several portfolio companies now valued above $1B and capital already returned to LPs.

Jens Hilgers is a pioneer in the gaming and esports industry, currently serving as the Founding General Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures, a global investment platform with $830 million in assets under management, focusing on gaming, esports, and Web3 technologies. He co-founded ESL (Electronic Sports League), G2 Esports, and Bayes, and is known for his role in leading the first unicorn exit in Germany’s gaming industry, with ESL’s acquisition by Saudi Arabia’s SAVVY Games Group for $1.05 billion. Through BITKRAFT, Hilgers continues to invest in and shape the future of gaming and interactive entertainment.

Charles Cheng is a seasoned financier with over 25 years of leadership across investment banking, commercial banking, and corporate management, having served as Chairman of Société Générale (China), President of BYTON, and in senior investment banking roles at Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered China. He has led equity, debt, and cross-border M&A transactions exceeding $22 billion globally and was named one of China’s “Top Ten Outstanding Financial Talents” by CCTV.

Junaid Jafar is the Chief Investment Officer at Almuhaidib Group, with nearly three decades of experience in investment banking and investment management at firms including J.P. Morgan and Henderson Global Investors. His investment mandate covers both international private markets as well as local and international public markets and he has invested in private equity, venture, private credit, infrastructure and real estate investments across emerging and developed markets.

Larry Sullivan is the founder of Leo Lion Limited, a serial tech entrepreneur who has built and scaled software companies across the UK, USA, Poland, and Russia. He co-founded Stepping Stones School, the Widad Centre, and Pathways Education, and leads the Leo Lion Foundation, which backs purpose-driven ventures across tech, health, AI, and green innovation.

Ravé Mehta is the founder of Flow Capital, a pioneering investment firm backing space and frontier technologies, and the founder and CEO of Rise Space, a human spaceflight company which brings people to the edge of space to experience “Overview Effect”. A bestselling author, engineer, investor, and award-winning concert pianist, he has spent his career building infrastructure, investing in breakthrough technologies, and creating experiences that expand human potential. Recipient of the Tesla Vision Award, Ravé believes the next great leap for civilization won’t come from advancing technology alone, but from a profound shift in human perspective.

Dr. Céline Chi Hae Wong is a strategic finance professional spanning investment banking, digital innovation and regulatory transformation across Europe and Asia. She is the former Head of Digital Assets at VP Bank and an ex-BCG consultant. Raised in a multinational entrepreneurial family with businesses in renewable solar energy and real estate, she is a globally recognised next-gen voice in philanthropy.