Who’s

behind?

With the support of leading partners in technology and women-focused innovation, we have built this hackathon to be the largest FemTech hackathon in Europe and the first one in Brussels. Creating something like this takes vision, passion, and the right mix of talent. We are proud to have brought together a team that has all of that and more.

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The team

  • A woman with blonde hair giving a presentation, wearing a dark blue top and a gold necklace, using a headset microphone, gesturing with her right hand and touching her chest with her left hand.

    Kristel Vanderlinden

    FemTech Futurist, Founder Futurekind, Author ‘De Evalutie’, Cultural researcher

  • A smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a red top and earrings, outdoors with a blurred green background.

    Rein Meirte

    Founder & Managing Partner at Clusity, the #womenintech community, Innovation expert

  • Woman with shoulder-length brown hair holding a microphone, speaking at an event with a pink and white background.

    Juliette Malherbe

    Co-founder and Managing Director of HighHer, Venturing and start-up acceleration

  • A woman with long brown hair, glasses, and a white top is smiling and holding a speckled blue mug.

    Elke Kraemer

    Founder Clusity, the #womenintech community, Sales manager and Community builder

FUTUREKIND

FutureKind is a foresight business lab delivering creative strategic solutions to build a kind tomorrow. They inspire and future proof organisations with unique consumer insights & foresights, trends, lifestyles, behaviours and disruptive drivers to build future proof strategies. Read more.

CLUSITY

Clusity is the community for women in tech in Belgium. With over 3500+ women & allies in their network, and 70+ partners in the tech industry, they are at the forefront of bridging the gap between female tech talent and the IT industry. Read more.

BECENTRAL

BeCentral is a campus in the heart of Brussels that serves as a home for organisations that work on bridging the digital gap and fostering more inclusion through tech. As one of Europe’s leading tech hubs by size, impact, and diversity, it brings together 1,500 people of 72 nationalities in a continuously growing ecosystem of students and entrepreneurs. Read more.

High Her is a non-profit dedicated to reducing the gender funding gap. They aim to support female founders in their first round of funding, specifically seed- pre seed and “love money”. The project is inclusive, male founders are part of the solution, to support all founders who have a business model with a positive impact on gender equality. Read more.

HIGH HER

The coaches & jury

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    Jocelyn Darbroudi

    Ex-CIO, Founder Aixano, Board Member, Business Coach

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    Theany Bazet

    Impact Venture Capital expert, Senior Portfolio Officer EDFI MC, Finance Career Lab Director @ ESSEC Business School

  • A smiling man with glasses, a light-colored button-up shirt, and a conference badge around his neck, standing against a textured wall.

    Nersey Rastan

    CTO at The Synergist, Platform Lead IHI READI, Board Member, Advisor, Mentor

  • A woman with shoulder-length wavy brown hair, blue eyes, wearing a white collared shirt, gold earrings, and a delicate gold necklace, standing outdoors near a glass building, smiling at the camera.

    Maxence Thillaye du Boullay

    CEO & Founder of Outsight Studio, UX Expert, Figma Community Advocate

  • Woman with curly hair and glasses speaking in an office environment, gesturing with her hands, wearing a black top, with a microphone clipped to her shirt.

    Vanessa Rivera Quiñones

    Senior Data Scientist, AI Coach at Becode & AWS Re/Start Instructor, PhD in Math

  • A smiling woman with wavy red hair standing against a blue wall, wearing a sleeveless white turtleneck top.

    Emna Chaouch

    Public Speaking Expert and Sales Trainer, Owner of the “Self-Made” Business Program

  • A man with glasses, wearing a blue collared shirt and a dark blazer, smiling in an indoor setting with green walls and hanging lights.

    Jan Mendes

    Business Coach at De Cronos Groep

Category sponsors

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Supporting sponsors

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