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Marina Hatsopoulos: The pioneer of 3D printing and "guardian angel" of the Greeks of Boston

Marina Hatsopoulos no longer enters meetings where she has nothing to offer unless she has something to learn! She studied math and music (!) at Brown, worked at Chase, and when she realized she had a gap in her knowledge, she studied mechanical engineering at MIT.

She created Z Corporation and pioneered 3D printing technology back in 1994. Her team's goal at the time was to help astronauts print necessary spare parts in space.

With Marco Veremis, they discuss the meaning of life, her journey into entrepreneurship, the meetings she chooses to... not attend and her father, George Hatsopoulos, who was the inventor of the artificial heart.

We'd like to thank Eurobank and Grant Thornton for supporting the production of the Innovative Greeks Talks series, via Growth Awards, the leading initiative for Business Excellence.

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Seven innovative companies in the Greek food industry held 28 B2B meetings with 14 startups and university spin-offs to explore synergies and discuss partnerships at SEV's 12th Innovation Ready thematic workshop “Sustainable agri-food technologies for Greek industry”.

Connectly, a leader in conversational commerce, has announced a successful $7.85M in a bid to to accelerate AI-powered conversational commerce. The funding round was led by Volpe Capital, and also received support from RX Ventures and Saurabh Gupta, managing partner of DST Global. The company of Greek origin announced that it plans to create a development center in Greece.

Desquared, the leading Digital Product Partner in the Greek market, announced the entry of Deutsche Telekom as a strategic investor in the company. Deutsche Telekom values Desquared at more than EUR 20 million and acquires a stake of approximately 20% in the company.

Cyprus-originated startup Threedium, market leader in 3D/AR high-fidelity assets that's changing the face of e-commerce on web and mobile, announces the close of its Series A funding with $11 million investment. The round was led by Interpublic Group and Olma Partners with additional support from Mesh Consensys, Reflexive Capital, Nirvana Family Office, Lyra Ventures, Edenbase, and Kinisis Venture Fund I.

The Greek Ministry of Defence, announced that a bill is expected to be submitted for consultation next week, which will launch a company / innovation center to allow the armed forces to purchase indigenous defense technology in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and software production, without unnecessarily burdening the budget with imports. The Ministry expects that this initiative will play a key role to actively connect with the Greek startup ecosystem.

Aristos Doxiadis, partner at Big Pi Ventures and vice president at the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation – NCRTI, argues in his latest article “Γιατί όχι πρωτοπόροι;” at Kathimerini that Greece needs to select a few fields where there will be significant funding from national resources with a long-term horizon and with freedom for researchers, to become a global technology innovator.

Pharmathen announced today the acquisition of CBL Patras, a vertically integrated, high-tech peptide manufacturing company approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The acquisition of CBL confirms Pharmathen's commitment to innovation and its dedication to long-term growth, further strengthening its position in the global therapeutic peptides market, which is currently valued at €38 billion and is expected to reach €100 billion by 2033.

Danish Teracloud is creating a research centre in Athens. Teracloud was founded in 2015 and employs 400 people worldwide. It has a presence in Malmö, Sweden; Stuttgart, Germany; Yerevan, Armenia; Perth, Australia; and Boston, USA, developing complex technology applications that enable businesses to digitise their processes and become more competitive.

Isidoros Sideridis is the CEO and co-founder of Pobuca, the customer experience company. He has been driving forward the vision, strategy, and growth of the business since 2016. His mission in life, as he puts it is to empower businesses to succeed in sales, marketing, and customer service by using cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights. We met with Isidoros to discuss Pobuca and his own lessons from his long and successful journey. Here's what he told us.

Hellenic Federation of Enterprises – SEV is launching an awareness campaign on cybersecurity readiness in December. The campaign includes a dedicated “Playbook on Cybersecurity for Business” and a series of discussions with cybersecurity experts and policymakers. The next event on “Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation”, is scheduled for December 20. You may contact us for more information.

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