Athens 130 articles

Fintech

Europe’s Fintech Unicorn Klarna Takes Over Greece With the Buy-Now-Pay-Later Model

By Elena Vrabie 1 July 2022 3 mins read

  • Klarna has bought a one-way ticket for a Hellenic holiday this summer! The […]

Startups

20+ M&A Deals from Southeast Europe in 2022 So Far

By Kristiana Kuneva 30 June 2022 8 mins read

We’re at the 2022 midpoint and we have an impressive list of exciting mergers and […]

Travel Tech

Ferryhopper Raises €5M to Accelerate the Digitalization of Sea Travel. This Is How They Plan to Do It

By Bojan Stojkovski 28 June 2022 3 mins read

 • Greek online ferry booking platform Ferryhopper raised €5 million in a new investment round. […]

Agritech

Wikifarmer raises a large seed round from world-class investors to empower farmers to innovate

By Kristiana Kuneva 27 June 2022 2 mins read

•    Wikifarmer, the global platform empowering farmers through education and open access to the […]

Leadership

Fast and Focused: Spotawheel’s CEO Explains the Future of Used Cars in Europe

By Elena Vrabie 23 June 2022 7 mins read

In 2016, Charis Arvanitis, founder and CEO of Spotawheel, wanted to buy a second-hand car […]

Sustainability

This Greek Startup Is Building a Farming Encyclopedia

By Kristiana Kuneva 16 June 2022 7 mins read

Imagine yourself being a farmer who has built their whole life around growing a sustainable […]

Podcasts

Innovation Can Come From Anywhere with Dimitris Dimosiaris from Founderhood

By Viktoriya Ikonomova 14 June 2022 2 mins read

Our next guest is an engineer by profession and a community builder by heart. Dimitris Dimiosiaris […]

Ecosystem

Catch up with the start-up world: €34M for Greek startups and a merger in grocery e-commerce

By Ivana Stoyanova 14 June 2022 5 mins read

Being busy is a part of our routine. But if you are having FOMO because […]

Future of Work

Greek AI platform Bryq with $4M, uses science to remove bias from hiring screening

By Bojan Stojkovski 9 June 2022 2 mins read

• Greek AI-enabled hiring platform Bryq raised $4M in a pre-Series A round, with No […]

Podcasts

People are driving the change in the way we work with Athina Polina Dova from Owiwi

By The Recursive 31 May 2022 2 mins read

Next stop for The Recursive podcast is Athens, where we meet Athina Polina Dova, co-founder of […]

Deals

Ocado acquires Greek robotics startup Myrmex for €10M to accelerate automation in retail

By Bojan Stojkovski 26 May 2022 3 mins read

UK tech company Ocado Group announced that it is acquiring Greek robotics start-up Myrmex in […]

Mobility

Greek FlexCar raises record €210M to become a global leader in the mobility market

By Bojan Stojkovski 20 May 2022 3 mins read

•  In a record investment for the Greek ecosystem, car-as-a-service startup FlexCar announced that it […]