Nico Rosberg is well-known as the 2016 Formula 1 World Champion. Since leaving the racing series, he is passionately committed to the issue of sustainability. As an entrepreneur and investor in green technologies and mobility startups, he represents visionary innovations that make the world a little better. In numerous projects around the world, he also contributes to the topic of environmental protection, health, equality and justice. In 2019, he co-founded the GREENTECH FESTIVAL, a global platform for pioneering sustainable ideas that takes place annually in Berlin. Since 2021, he has been competing with Rosberg X Racing in Extreme E, a racing series that aims to draw attention to the consequences of global climate change.

Eric Lee is a Senior Vice President with Aligned Climate Capital, an asset manager that invests exclusively in the companies and real assets that are decarbonizing the global economy and its infrastructure. Previously, Eric was an investment professional at TriLinc Global, a global impact investing fund manager based in Los Angeles, CA. At TriLinc, Eric led the firm’s ESG & Impact efforts across all portfolios and served as a member of TriLinc’s Credit Committee and Sustainability & Impact Committee. Prior to TriLinc, Mr. Lee worked at Sustainable Insight Capital Management, an ESG public equities fund based in New York, NY. Mr. Lee holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a M.S. in Sustainability Management with a concentration in Sustainable Finance from Columbia University.

Mr. Walti has been an entrepreneur for most of his adult life, having started eleven companies in addition to working with hundreds of entrepreneurs as EIR, mentor, consultant, and investor. He was the Founding CEO of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), one of the world’s leading clean technology centers, and is currently the CEO of the Network for Global Innovation (NGIN). NGIN assists cleantech entrepreneurs in more than two dozen countries by providing entrepreneur assistance programming, connecting them with investors/customers, and enabling local cities/states to develop their innovation ecosystem. NGIN is the Implementation Partner for UNIDO’s Global Climate Innovation Program, operating in a dozen developing nations. Mr. Walti was named to the Techweek100 as one of the most impactful technology leaders in 2014.

Paull has spent the past 15 years building online movements for social impact. Most recently as a core member of Meta’s first climate product team and also via leadership roles at Instagram, charity: water & Facebook. A native Australian, Paull lives in LA & can be found in the surf if he’s not with his two children.

Thomas is currently a Venture Partner at Expert Dojo, an International Early-Stage Investor where he is responsible for sourcing startups into the program, performing due diligence as well as overseeing all follow-on investments. Prior to Expert Dojo, Thomas worked as Venture Partner at OneTraction an Accelerator based in Palo Alto. Prior to that he founded myNexio and C3ntric as founder or Co-founder. Before, Thomas spent 13 years with Skyworks, most recently as senior director with responsibilities for business & product strategy, operations, customer support and M&A. Thomas earned an engineering degree from University of Ulm and received his business education at UCLA.

Shaun co-founded Third Sphere to help startup founders to build the world beyond climate change. He’s responsible for venture investments, founder coaching and connecting founders to the Third Sphere extended family of customers, investors and partners.

JC focuses on financing of clean technologies and large scale projects in Energy, Mobility, Water, Air and Carbon. He also advises Cleantech startups and large corporations with their Net Zero Strategy. JC is a partner of the Greentech Festival series.

Alex Mitchell if the Founder and Managing director of Full Turn Capital, an early-stage cleantech investment fund focused on the movement of people and goods via logistics, transportation, mobility and supply chain. Previously, Alex was a Senior Vice President at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI). He is also the author of the Su$tainable Mobility newsletter. He holds a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Albert is an accomplished technology professional with over 15 years of hands-on experience in planning, executing, and delivering quality end-to-end solutions. His expertise run in developing customer service solutions. Albert is a driven professional with a multi-year record of demonstrated success in
developing complex, multi-tier software utilizing the highest technology standards and best practices. Prior to founding ANIV, Albert was the CTO of “Livelook” and helped guide the team through the company’s acquisition by Oracle, one of the largest corporations in the US. Albert founded the first ever micro-mobility business in Yerevan, Armenia and has steered the
company to its current global reach.

Entrepreneurial impact investor and advisor based in LA. Former VC partner out of SF and Dubai. Board member and advisor to several high impact startups and organizations. Previously @ Zawya.com (acq by Reuters). Co-founded Tidal Impact, an impact management and investment firm supporting companies given by social and environmental performance.

Brian is the Co-Founder and Director of the Aegon Climate Capital strategy at Aegon Asset Management focusing on decarbonizing the economy through technologies across areas of the built environment, distributed energy resources and advanced materials. Brian joined Aegon in 2017 to lead the development and commercialization of numerous global investment businesses, with a specific emphasis on sustainability and climate solutions, and is the co-chair of Aegon’s US Social Responsibility Committee. Prior, Brian spent a decade at Congress Asset Management in private equity and venture capital group deploying in excess of $1 billion. Brian is a member of The Milken Institute’s Young Leaders Circle, an expert advisor at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, and a startup mentor to the gener8tor sustainability program.

Previously at Goldman Sachs and CloudKitchens, Arman has always been interested in the EV transition. Currently at Porsche Ventures, Arman focuses on all things Climate, Mobility, and Logistics across stages. Arman lives in Los Angeles and is an alumnus of NYU.