FABA 2025 - 10th EDITION - SAN FRANCISCO
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Thank you to the members of the Jurys and the Advisory Board who shared their expertise
and time to select the FABA 2025 laureates.


Jury deliberations took place over the course of one week early April.
​Find out who the winners are on May 29th, at the FABA ceremony! 

ADVISory board members 2025

Kevin Andre, Sales Director North America, Diam France
Eric Buatois, General Partner, BGV
Lisa Brown, ​Co-Founder, The Wine Marathon - Napa Edition
Patrick Consorti, Managing Partner, Bridge2
Marylene Delbourg Delphis, Serial Technology CEO, Board Member and Advisor
Olivier Delerm, Founder & CEO, A6 Group
Audrey Duet, ​Head, Data & AI Innovation, World Economic Forum 
Jean-Noël Fourmeaux, Owner & Winemaker, VGS Chateau Potelle
Jean-Bernard Guerree, President & CEO, WIC Group
Bastien Lucas, Winemaker, BL Winemaking 
Emmanuelle Pauliac Vaujour, Attachée for Science and Technology, Consulate General of France in San Francisco 
Romain Serman, Director Bpifrance USA
Frederic Seve, VP Strtegic Partnerships North America, CEA
Matthieu Soulé, Partner, Head of C.Lab, Cathay Innovation
Ludovic Ulrich, Principal PM | Clipchamp & Video | Office Media Group, Microsoft

jury MEMBERS 2025

Startup of the year

Arnaud Auger, Director, Deputy Head of C.Lab, Cathay Innovation 
John Banner, Founder & CEO, Respaid 
Eric Buatois, General Partner, BGV 
Raphael Michel, President and CEO, Stealth Startup  
Candice Mueller, Co-Founder & Fractional Go-to-Market Advisor, Real Growth Collective 
Luke Nixon, VP & Lead, Product Growth for Research & Innovation, SAP 
Karine Sarkissian, Managing Partner, Tamar Ventures and Founding Partner, Tamar Capital 
Thierry Schang, Executive in Residence, Plug and Play Tech Center 

Tech Growth

Brittany Bir, Senior Program Manager, Platform Programs and Operations, Salesforce
Laurent Farci, Chief Information Officer, Monks
Cedric Hutchings, Co-founder and CEO, Outsight
Laurent Lefouet, Chief Strategy Officer, Aera Technology
SC Moatti, Managing Partner, Mighty Capital
Olivier Sureau, Partner, USAFrance Financials Group
Emilie Viasnoff, Head of Optical Solutions, GM, Synopsys


​Tech Innovation

Ludovic Copere, Senior Investment Director, Sony Ventures
Thomas Cottereau, CEO & Founder, SightCall
Claire Gourdain, 
Global Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management| Transformation|Start-Up Advisor|
Benoit Goyens, COO & CRO, Aerendir Mobile Inc.
Ghadi Hobeika, Managing Partner, Artefact USA 
Helene Labriet-Gross, Sr Manager, Technical Program Management - Globalization, Pinterest


Aerospace & Aeronautics

Lucas Bremond, Chief Software Architect, Loft Orbital Solutions Inc.
Florent Francois, CEO & Co-Founder, C-981
Maxime Gariel, Autonomy Lead, Joby Aviation
Franck Marchis, 
Director of Citizen Science @SETI Institute, CEO&Co-founder @SkyMapper, CSO&Co-founder @Unistellar 
Jerome de Truchis, Chief Executive Officer, Align Aerospace
Paige Wilson, Chief Development Officer, Acubed, an Airbus Innovation Center


Climate Resilience

Nathalie Birac, VP, Managing Director West Coast & US General Counsel, Laketricity USA Inc.
Claude Dardant, Chief Operating Officer, Autajon Packaging Thoro
Lucie Gouanelle, Group VP Finance and Operations, Scality
Christine Hourcade Hoefliger, Partner, Sheppard Mullin
Pascal Joly, Sustainability Consultant
Vanessa Lotoux Macias, 
Co-Publisher, MerciSF
Amandine Richard, Founder & Sustainable Design Specialist @recurvence
Chloé Soroquere, CEO, VeraVista Solutions
 
Entertainment - Leader of the year

Clement Anthonioz Blanc, CEO, Winnovation - Bouygues innovation US
Manuel Briand, Lead Streaming Engineer - Media Delivery team, Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
Vincent Cevalte, VP Global Media and Strategy, RTL AdAlliance
François Cottin, Head of Strategy, 3D, Adobe
Julie Duhautbedos, Founder and CEO, Julinks
Isabelle Marcus, CEO, Columbus Consulting Group 


Food - Company of the year

Sabrina Bot, Co-founder, MerciSF
Nicolas Delaroque, Owner & Chef, Maison Nico
Lamia Spohn, Owner & Founder, Lamia Cuisine Baking
Aurore Martinez, Owner, Cocotte
Claude le Tohic, Executive Chef, One65

Wine - Personality of the year
​

Kevin Andre, Sales Director North America, Diam France
Frederick Boelen, ​
General Manager at Handwritten Wines and Owner at La Cave
Lisa Brown, Co-Founder, The Wine Marathon - Napa Edition
Tiffany Eicholz, Global Sales Director, Tonnelerie Berger
Jean Hoefliger, Winemaking & Business Consultant, JH Wine Consulting
Bastien Lucas, Winemaker, BL Winemaking 
Alexandre Remy, Chief Marketing Officer, Atlas
Claire Weinkauf, 
Owner, Winemaker, Picayune Cellars


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