Chiara has over 10 years of experience in entrepreneurship, particularly in impact investing and ecosystem building. She has worked with TechBBQ, Seedcamp, and Katapult Foundation, lately focusing on climate adaptation, biodiversity, and regenerative thinking. Chiara is also educated in entrepreneurial management, with a master's thesis on gender-blindness in entrepreneurship.

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Sissel Hansen is the founder of Startup Guide, co-founder of Impact the Future, Kaospilot+ Berlin, and Future Club, and has served on various boards, including the government's green entrepreneurship council and the Danish Tech Startups association. Her achievements include recognition as one of Europe's influential women in the startup and venture capital field by EU-Startups.

Andreas Nielsen is co-founder of Impact the Future and co-founder and Strategic Director at Culture Works. With a strong focus on connecting culture and entrepreneurship in the Nordics, Andreas works to enable the commerce potential of culture, entrepreneurship, and innovation through community building.

Joana Carvalho is a Designer based in Lisbon with 12 years of experience in Product and Communication Design. She collaborated with different multidisciplinary teams designing from concept to final deliverables, in fields like Branding, Editorial, Exhibition, Event, and Web & Digital Products. She joined the Startup Guide team end of 2017.

Catarina Serafim was born in London and moved to Portugal at the age of six. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon with a BA in Design Communication in 2017. Since 2018, she has been working as a graphic designer for Startup Guide, focusing on impact-driven projects. In her leisure time, she enjoys illustration and sketching.

With an education in communication and a 7-year-history of having her own brand, Simone is responsible for building and rethinking Impact the Future's brand across all social media platforms.