The top 25: Jill Smith, president and CEO, Allied Minds

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Sofie Baeten, Martin De Prycker, Jean Van Nuwenborg, managing partners, QBIC

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Isabelle de Cremoux, chief executive, Quadrivium Seed Fund 1

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Liduina Hammer, manager, Uniiq, Nienke Vledder, manager, Energiiq

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Douglas Hansen-Luke, executive chairman, Future Planet Capital

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Neil Woodford, Woodford Patient Capital Trust

Christine Gulbranson, senior vice-president, innovation and entrepreneurship, UC Ventures

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Howard Lubert, managing director, Rowan Innovation Venture Fund

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Markus Wanko, head, IST Cube

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): David Wise, director, Maryland Momentum Fund