The Entrepreneurship Sounding Board is a group of Europe-born, Silicon Valley-based high-level managers, entrepreneurs, and investors available and interested in supporting EU policymakers on policies regarding the Digital Single Market and the scaling up of EU Startup Ecosystem. One of the key activities of the Entrepreneurship Sounding Board is to meet EU commissioners, officials, and MEP’s from Member States visiting Silicon Valley.
The inputs and recommendations from the meetings organized during SEC2SV are published in the SEP Policy Briefs that have been presented to the European Commission.
The Entrepreneurship Sounding Board is open to new members based on the criteria below:
- US residents of European origin and/or with in-depth knowledge of the European ecosystem.
- Leading experience as entrepreneurs, managers, and investors in the tech and digital space
- Commitment to participate in meetings in Silicon Valley with EU policy makers.
If you are interested to participate in the Sounding Board, please contact [email protected].

Lars Johansson
Partner, K&L; Gates LLP

Nicholas Heller
Non Executive Director, SVC2UK

Fabrizio Capobianco
CEO, Tok.tv

Peter Arvai
CEO and Co-Founder, Prezi

Adeyemi Ajao
Workday, Tuenti

Matteo Daste
Partner, Orrick

Ouriel Ohayon
Founder, ISAI, Appsfire

Ebba Blitz
President, Alertsec

Vittorio Viarengo
CMO, Skyhigh Networks

Jeff Clavier
Founder and Managing Partner, SoftTech VC

Andrew J. Scott
Founding Partner, 7percent Ventures

Julian Green
Group Product Manager, Google X

Melissa Blaustein
Founder, Allied for Startups

Marko Turpeinen
Director, EIT Digital Silicon Valley Hub

Giovanni Iachello
Product-Video in Emerging Market, Facebook

Nuno Goncalves Pedro
Partner, Delta Partners Group

Michel Wendell
Partner, Nexit Ventures

Stephan Morais
CEO, Caixa Capital

George Tilesch
US Managing Partner, Innomine Group

Rudy Burger
Managing Partner, Woodside Capital

Boris Hageney
Director, Global Founders Capital

Carl Fritjofsson
Principal, Creandum Ventures

Andrea La Mesa
Director of Operations, Airbnb Trips

Luca Prasso
VR Daydream, Google

Julien Uhlig
CEO, Entrade

Marko Ruusinen
Founder, Silmu.IO

Frédéric Plais
CEO, Platform.sh

Carlos Diaz
Startup entrepreneur, Co-founder and General Partner, The Refiners Seed Fund

Reza Malekzadeh
Investor, Entrepreneur, Marketing / Go To Market expert