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Startups

Car-as-a-service startup FlexCar closes €50M in the biggest round in the Greek ecosystem

By Elena Ivanova 30 June 2021 3 mins read

The mobility startup FlexCar received a record investment for the Greek ecosystem with the closing […]

Startups

A Greek academic spin-off that aims to build a better internet backbone with new $1.5M

By Elena Ivanova 23 June 2021 3 mins read

Code BGP, which develops commercial solutions for network operators, has raised a $1.5M seed investment […]

Diaspora

The Greek YC graduate Terra raises $2.8M to unify health and fitness data

By Elena Ivanova 11 June 2021 3 mins read

Last month, The Recursive told the story of  Kyriakos Eleftheriou and his exciting entrepreneurial journey […]

Startups

Greek Venture Friends expands its investments to Latin America

By Elena Ivanova 2 June 2021 3 mins read

Founded in 2016 by the serial entrepreneurs and angel investors Apostolos Apostolakis and George Dimopoulos, […]

Startups

The Greek Causaly raises $17M to help medical experts get through mountains of data

By Elena Ivanova 21 May 2021 2 mins read

The Greek ML startup Causaly just raised $17M in Series A in a round led […]

Diaspora

150 pitches: the long run of API startup Terra and its Greek founder to Y Combinator

By Elena Ivanova 20 May 2021 6 mins read

Before being a founder, Kyriakos Eleftheriou was a commando in the special forces, a weight […]

Startups

Greek Startup Universe wraps up with tech founders all set to grow and scale

By Antoanela Ionita 18 May 2021 3 mins read

It’s a wrap-up for the Greek Startup Universe online program. The tech ecosystem in Greece […]

Fintech

Greek neobank for SMEs Viva Wallet with an $80m round and a vision to unify the fragmented European payments market

By Etien Yovchev 30 April 2021 6 mins read

Just a few days ago, Viva Wallet, a Greek cloud-based neobank focusing on European SME […]

Investors

Inside the Greek startup and VC ecosystem with Apostolos Apostolakis, co-founder and partner at VentureFriends

By Irina Obushtarova 29 April 2021 < 1 mins read

VentureFriends (VF) had the first 100% private venture capital fund in Greece. Launched in 2016 […]

Startups

The Greek cybersecurity training platform Hack the Box raises $10.6M to replace certification with gamification

By Elena Ivanova 13 April 2021 3 mins read

Everything can be made easily understandable and captivating with gamification – even training in cybersecurity, […]

Health

The Greek “Alexa” of molecular diagnostics closes a €1.45М seed round  

By Elena Ivanova 7 April 2021 7 mins read

Due to the necessity and the high public awareness for early infectious disease diagnostics, the […]

Ecosystem

Lessons from Greece: University incubators bridge the gap between research and business

By Elena Ivanova 1 April 2021 3 mins read

Examples of successful ventures that have started as academic research spin-offs prove that entrepreneurship and […]