Beau-Anne Chilla is a Partner at FORWARD.one, investing in industrial technology, climate tech and advanced hardware across Europe. She backs founders building the computational power, automation and energy systems that will define Europe’s competitiveness and climate resilience. Recognised as FD Talent 2025 and one of the Top 50 Women in Sustainable Finance, she serves on the boards of QuantWare, Nuventura and Milieu Centraal, and is a leading voice on Europe’s industrial and climate-driven tech renaissance.

I believe that technical innovation is the fastest way for us as a society to tackle our world's biggest challenges like climate change or geopolitical threats. And we cannot solve these issues with software alone, we need hardware, deeptech, and industrial solutions. Europe can boost its competitiveness, sustainability and productivity by commercializing these technical innovations. Changing our future for the positive is what drove me into Venture Capital.

if you’re planning a segment on/industrial tech/Europe’s tech renaissance, climate hardware or the future of compute, Beau-Anne has a front-row view.

