01Ventures

Correy Voo is a technologist with an engineering background and around 20 years in senior executive roles, including CTO positions at large multinational organizations, where he has worked as both a builder and buyer of enterprise technology. He focuses on core technologies such as cryptography, cybersecurity, and quantum computing. He advises and sits on the boards of several startups in Europe.

Eeswaran Navaratnam is an aeronautical engineer and entrepreneur who focuses on helping businesses scale and expand internationally, working with companies ranging from global oil firms to early-stage startups. He has a particular interest in machine intelligence and is a recognized voice on AI investment in Europe. He also mentors at the Mayor of London's International Business Programme and at ZCube, Zambon Group's open innovation programme.

Eiso Vaandrager is a private equity and venture capital investor with entrepreneurial experience in Europe and the US. He was part of the team that built the first Dutch solar car, which won the World Solar Challenge in 2001, founded Project March at Delft University (an exoskeleton project using AI and robotics), and served as shareholder and Commercial Director of Formula Zero, a hydrogen fuel cell racing company. He is also a shareholder in Aigency, a platform bringing AI solutions to corporates.

Christian Giannini specializes in emerging markets, with experience helping businesses navigate financial and regulatory environments to expand. He began his career at Robertson Stephens Investment Bank in San Francisco and later worked at ChinaVest Merchant Bank in Shanghai under Jenny Hsui and Robert Theleen. Since relocating to Amsterdam in 2010, he has concentrated on impact investing across the Arab and Muslim world. He holds an undergraduate degree in international business from the University of San Francisco and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Diane Henry Lepart is a Board Advisor to 01 Ventures, overseeing finance, audit, investment due-diligence, governance and risk management, drawing on more than 20 years in investment banking. She founded FEND Capital, which offers strategic advice and investment in exponential technologies and scalable projects across agriculture, water and renewable energy. Previously she spent 17 years at Lazard, where she was Vice President and European Head of Asset Management Audit, advising senior leadership and serving on Group Compliance and audit committees.

Elizabeth Lawler is an angel investor at XXAngels, a firm she founded with Zoe Barry to support women entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of company formation, and advises several Boston-based startups. She previously served as Vice President of DevOps Security at CyberArk, having earlier been CEO and co-founder of Conjur, a DevOps security company acquired by CyberArk. Before that she was Chief Data Officer of Generation Health (acquired by CVS Caremark) and held research leadership roles at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Kunal Sood is the founder of X Fellows and a Partner at X-Impact Group, focusing on social impact work tied to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He founded Novus, a social impact summit and network held during UNGA Week, and has worked with organizations including the X Prize Foundation, Singularity University, and the United Nations. He holds an M.B.A. from Kellogg and an MA in Positive Psychology from Penn, and is a graduate of Singularity University's GSP, a TED Resident, and a CCARE Fellow at Stanford.