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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 […]

Diaspora

Virtual accelerators: An opportunity to connect the Greek tech ecosystem with the Hellenic diaspora

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 30 March 2021 3 mins read

What are the major challenges the Hellenic startup ecosystem is facing? Similar to most founders […]

Ecosystem

Hellenic Development Bank of Investments launches a new fund aimed at technology transfer and startups

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 24 March 2021 3 mins read

The Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI) officially announced the coming into existence of a […]

Startups

The potential of mixed reality in the maritime shipping industry and Greece as a sandbox for innovation in the sector

By The Recursive 23 March 2021 6 mins read

Maritime shipping is one of the cornerstones of the global economy, with the total goods […]