from silicon valley and london...

Dr. Elsa Solaris is a Swiss former venture capital investor, who helped finance and launch over two dozen startups at SOSV, the world's most active early-stage fund.

Her insights have been featured by TEDx, New Statesman, deVolkskrant, Arab News, RedBull Media, and Silicon Republic has named her as one of top 20 leading voices in her field.

She has earned a dual PhD in synthetic biology from Imperial College London and the University of Hong Kong for developing cancer-fighting 'nano-bots' at the intersection of code and biology.

Today, Elsa has skin in the game as managing partner at a family office, focused on high-growth technology and deep tech sectors.

She delivers keynotes for leaders including Invesco, MSD, Gilead Sciences or SBM Offshore and has consulted for a leading Chinese ICT company and the WHO.

...to sci-fi storytelling

To explore future worlds, she follows her creative passion — storytelling.

Her work has hit the Amazon bestseller list and earned literary recognition from Writers of the Future in L.A. and the international Young Storyteller Award. She has written for Singularity Hub and O'Reilly's BioCoder and has contributed to an award-winning BBC Sci-Fi Drama.

Elsa believes the greatest impact comes from bridging the gap between business reality and the human questions that define our future.

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topics 2026

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AI

From Payroll to Compute: What's Left for Humanity?

Technology once replaced muscle, now it's replacing thought. A remarkable reversal...

Chip Wars: The Age of Distrust

What is still real — and who decides? Chips, fragmented supply chains, deepfakes, AI-generated disinformation, bioweapons by algorithm....

energy

Energy 2050: Hydrogen, Energy Lockdowns and Data Centers on the Moon?

Sounds like science fiction — but it isn't. A massive energy trilemma is taking shape...

healthcare, life sciences, pharma

Future of Healthcare: An Industry Is Being Rewritten

Your phone sends you a message telling you to stay home — even though you have no symptoms yet. Your health insurance locks the fridge when...

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