Ieva Šūmakarytė
Ieva Šūmakarytė
Events and Pre-accelerator Manager at Startup Lithuania
Mentor
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Dr. Nerijus Nika
Dr. Nerijus Nika
Head of Fisheries and Aquaculture laboratory of Marine Research Institute at Klaipėda University
Mentor
Dr. Nerijus Nika is the head of Fisheries and Aquaculture laboratory of Marine Research Institute (Klaipeda University). His expertise covers fish biology, fishery management and conservation, while recent involvement is mostly related to aquaculture and blue bioeconomy sector development.
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Dr. Ramunė Vanagaitė
Dr. Ramunė Vanagaitė
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Agrotechnology at University of Applied Sciences
Expert & mentor
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Augustas Alešiūnas
Augustas Alešiūnas
CEO at ART 21
Expert & mentor
Augustas Alešiūnas is the founder and the CEO of ART21. He is a serial entrepreneur and a business angel in FoodTech and AgTech businesses. Also, he was the first one in Lithuania who managed to attract VC financing for the AgriFood Tech sector. Starting from 2008, investments in companies managed by him have grown to more than 10 million EUR. Augustas Alešiūnas’ company provides precise farming and grain management AgroSmart solutions for more than 85% of Baltic market. He actively invests into AgriFood Tech solutions based on Raman spectrometry, AI and blockchain technologies. Last year, ART21 represented Lithuania in the World Summit Awards in the category of Environment and Green Energy. Also, the company was included in the list of Lithuanian TOP startups by European technology news platform Sifted supported by the Financial Times.