Innovate in Greece by SEV & Endeavor Greece |
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The online conference “Reinventing Greece through Investments in Innovation” organized by SEV and Innovative Greeks on December 1st, offered valuable insight on how Greece can attract more international investments in the country. Twenty-seven global entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders shared their thoughts, explained Greece’s appealing characteristics, and discussed improving the investment environment. Notable participants include the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ participation in a discussion along with Prem Watsa, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd and Marco Veremis, Chairman, Upstream, Partner BigPi. |
Advantis, secures FFDA clearance for Advantis brain MRI solution, which will further their efforts in making medical image analysis more quantitative, accessible and automated. |
BillFront, has rebranded adopting a new name; Vane. Vane has also raised €50m in a multi-currency asset-backed financing from Fasanara Capital. |
Finloup raises EUR 1 million from Velocity. Partners, TECS Capital, EveryPay, and angel investors to expand to the Southeast European markets. |
Geekbot, a platform that automates standups, retrospectives, and surveys has now launched in MSTeams. |
Green Panda accelerates their mission of becoming the most convenient trade-in channel for smartphones globally, by partnering with WIND Hellas,and Plaisio. |
Hellenic Federation of Enterprises signs three MoUs (memorandum of understanding) with Athens University of Economics and Business, the National Technical University of Athens, and the National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos” to strengthen the collaboration links between industry and research. |
Found.ation, in collaboration with EIT Digital (part of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology), published an Extensive report for 2021/2022 to record funding opportunities and the profile of startups in Greece. |
As investors recognize Greece’s investment potential, the country aims to raise its profile as a preferred investment destination. But the journey is only at the beginning. Read the full report of the “Reinventing Greece through Investments in Innovation” conference. |
Atomico, in partnership with Slush, summarizes the developments of the European innovation ecosystem in their most recent report on the State of the European Tech 2021. |
OT (Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος) highlights the most recent developments and outlook of the Greek innovation ecosystem. Which sectors attract the most funding capital, and which companies stand out. [article in Greek]. |
 | Marco Veremis, outlines Greece’s potential in value creation through innovation and extends a call to action to allow Greece to participate in the global innovation revolution. [article in Greek] |
 | Mrs Dapnhe Vitsikounaki, Secretary of economic and commercial affairs at Hellenic Consulate in San Francisco, summarizes international initiatives of digital diplomacy and discusses recommendations for the Greek case. [corrected link to article] |
 | Every time a smartwatch is being bought, it is very likely that there is a graphics card designed by the Greek startup Think Silicon hidden inside it. When George Sidiripoulos and Iakovos Stamoulis founded their company, they essentially created a new market from scratch. The company specializes in designing high-performance ultra-low energy graphics processing units for wearables and portable devices, such as smartwatches. Moreover, it has been acquired by the American multinational company, Applied Materials, which is a world leader in the technology materials market. For more information, click here. |
 | It took about a decade for the Greek market to reach Omilia’s vision, as he explains to Outliers, the podcast of Endeavor Greece, the founder and CEO, Dimitris Vassos. The technology company is active in the automation of customer service based on artificial intelligence and when it was founded in 2002 there was no mature ecosystem of startups in the world, except in Silicon Valley which at that time was something distant and unknown. For more information, click here. |
 | Save the date for the Innovation Ready workshop on Smart Infrastructures for sustainable living. A matchmaking event between the industry and 11 leading Greek startups. For more information, click here.
Organized by SEV on the 19th of January 2021. |
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Tell us what you want us to cover in the next issue, who to interview or invite to speak in one of our next events. Get in touch at info@innovativegreeks.gr |
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