Doors open from 2.30pm.

Welcome, Founders! We're excited to have you at Founders Alliance. Before we dive into the workshop, we kick things off with a quick introduction on Founders Alliance and enjoy the chance to connect with peer Founders Alliance members.

10-minute case presentations by each founder, led by Joachim Karthäuser—Founder of Zelk Energy and Climeon, climate investor, and Leader of Founders for the Planet at Founders Alliance.

For whom: Founders engaged in, operative or owners in Planet related companies i.e. Climate, Food, Sustainability and founders interested in raising insights into this field of company creation.

Speakers & Themes:

1. How to achieve CO2 Netzero with Robert Sabelström, Founder Climate Hero

Robert Sabelström is a serial entrepreneur, Founder Climate Hero, and a Founders Alliance Member. ClimateHero is an impact-driven startup helping businesses and individuals cut emissions. With a 5-minute carbon footprint calculator and tailored solutions, they make tracking, reducing, and offsetting emissions simple while meeting sustainability goals.

2. Sustainable Food & Ingredients systems: company creation and investments to accelerate to a sustainable Nordic Food & Ingredients systems with Kristian Bennetsen

Kristian Bennetsen, serial entrepreneur and investor, is the Co-founder of JBI Equity (Private Equity & Advisory specializing in Agribusiness and Food), a Partner at WA3RM (which utilizes waste streams from process industries to create sustainable value), and Co-founder of Hveiti Ingredients (captures the surplus sugars from Danish wheat grains and making building blocks for the pharmaceutical industry and biopolymer business). He is also a proud member of Founders Alliance.

3. How to enable Social Sustainability & Impact with Elinor Kretz, Star for Life

Elinor Kretz is Head of Relations & Events at Star for Life. Started in 2005 by Dan and Christin Olofsson, Star for Life is a social impact organization dedicated to empowering young people to make wise life decisions. The organization operates in South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Sweden, Ukraine and Jerusalem with support from thousands of companies and business leaders, including many Founders Alliance members and Founders Alliance founder Niclas Carlsson. .

Select one of the three themes led by the speakers to dive into their company cases and quests in the exchange with peer founders. 

Each Roundtable includes 5-12 founders.

1. How to achieve CO2 Netzero with Robert Sabelström, Founder Climate Hero

2. Sustainable Food & Ingredients Systems: Company Creation and Investments to accelerate to a sustainable Nordic Food & Ingredients systems, with Kristian Bennetsen

3. How to enable Social Sustainability & Impact with Ellinor Kretz, Star for Life

Key conclusions from roundtable in plenary with speakers and next steps of Founders for the Planet led by Joachim Karthäuser.

We pool together you with 3-5 founders to enjoy the exchange, to get to know and find common grounds for business prior to the networking dinner.

Come together at Founders Networking & Dine, an evening for founders to connect over simple, delicious food. Share insights, build connections, and inspire new ideas in a relaxed setting.