Massimo Portincaso
Massimo Portincaso
Massimo Portincaso
Speaker · SCLF 2026
Massimo Portincaso
Massimo Portincaso
CEO & Co-Founder, Arsenale Bioyards
CEO & Co-Founder, Arsenale Bioyards
We are proud to welcome Massimo Portincaso, Co-Founder and CEO of Arsenale Bioyards, as a speaker at the Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum 2026.
We are proud to welcome Massimo Portincaso, Co-Founder and CEO of Arsenale Bioyards, as a speaker at the Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum 2026.
Massimo is working at the frontier where biology, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing converge. Arsenale Bioyards is developing industrial biological AI, creating the data and manufacturing engine needed to take precision fermentation from scientific promise to industrial scale.
Massimo is working at the frontier where biology, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing converge. Arsenale Bioyards is developing industrial biological AI, creating the data and manufacturing engine needed to take precision fermentation from scientific promise to industrial scale.
He is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Deepwave Ventures; a board member of Officinae Bio, which he co-founded and exited; an Advisory Board member of Zero Farms; and an advisor to several venture funds. He previously served as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Hello Tomorrow and as a Managing Director and Partner at BCG.
He is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Deepwave Ventures; a board member of Officinae Bio, which he co-founded and exited; an Advisory Board member of Zero Farms; and an advisor to several venture funds. He previously served as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Hello Tomorrow and as a Managing Director and Partner at BCG.
A renowned author and international speaker on deep tech, Massimo’s work has been featured in Sifted and the Financial Times, Fast Company, Bloomberg, Harvard Business Review and Consulting Magazine.
A renowned author and international speaker on deep tech, Massimo’s work has been featured in Sifted and the Financial Times, Fast Company, Bloomberg, Harvard Business Review and Consulting Magazine.
At SCLF 2026
At SCLF 2026, Massimo will address one of Europe’s most consequential challenges:
At SCLF 2026, Massimo will address one of Europe’s most consequential challenges:
How can Europe transform scientific excellence into industrial capability, scale breakthrough technologies and retain the production knowledge essential to its future sovereignty?
How can Europe transform scientific excellence into industrial capability, scale breakthrough technologies and retain the production knowledge essential to its future sovereignty?
His perspective will be central to our exploration of climate adaptation, AI, industrial resilience and the global race for technological sovereignty.
His perspective will be central to our exploration of climate adaptation, AI, industrial resilience and the global race for technological sovereignty.
Join us on 7 October 2026, when business leaders, scientists, investors and policymakers will gather at a private castle outside Stockholm to examine the capabilities Europe must build, scale and never allow to disappear.
Join us on 7 October 2026, when business leaders, scientists, investors and policymakers will gather at a private castle outside Stockholm to examine the capabilities Europe must build, scale and never allow to disappear.
The 2026 Forum
On 7 October 2026, business leaders, scientists, investors, policymakers and industrialists gather at a private castle outside Stockholm around the central theme: AI, Climate Adaptation, and the Ripple Effects Reshaping the Global Economy, Infrastructure, and National Security. The Forum is invitation-only.
On 7 October 2026, business leaders, scientists, investors, policymakers and industrialists gather at a private castle outside Stockholm around the central theme: AI, Climate Adaptation, and the Ripple Effects Reshaping the Global Economy, Infrastructure, and National Security. The Forum is invitation-only.