Innovate in Greece by SEV & Endeavor Greece |
Innovate in Greece by SEV & Endeavor Greece |
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| The Hellenic Initiative (THI) founded by the Greek Diaspora supports economic recovery and development in Greece. THI Canada, the Canadian branch of THI has achieved significant results by strengthening entrepreneurial initiatives and encouraging innovation in Greece, with its latest program being a call for technology startups to participate in the new Accelerate Greece for Startups. Read more or apply to the program. |
The Hellenic Initiative (THI) founded by the Greek Diaspora supports economic recovery and development in Greece. THI Canada, the Canadian branch of THI has achieved significant results by strengthening entrepreneurial initiatives and encouraging innovation in Greece, with its latest program being a call for technology startups to participate in the new Accelerate Greece for Startups. Read more or apply to the program. |
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The capitalization of Greek startups has reached $10 billion, up from almost zero eight years ago, demonstrating the continuous upward trend of the ecosystem, despite the difficulties of the last two years. According to a survey by the British medium Sifted, with the collaboration of Endeavor Greece, the value of acquisitions of Greek startups by foreign groups exceeds $800 million by 2021, not including the $1.2 billion BETA CAE deal in 2024. |
The capitalization of Greek startups has reached $10 billion, up from almost zero eight years ago, demonstrating the continuous upward trend of the ecosystem, despite the difficulties of the last two years. According to a survey by the British medium Sifted, with the collaboration of Endeavor Greece, the value of acquisitions of Greek startups by foreign groups exceeds $800 million by 2021, not including the $1.2 billion BETA CAE deal in 2024. |
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Reatcode Group, under the Workearly, an upskilling and reskilling service, announced EUR 1.1 million in funding with Metavallon VC leading the way. This is the first funding for the company, that is growing organically since 2019, having already trained over 17,000 professionals with 70 programs for over 200 companies with customized training programs for their staff. The funding will be used to strengthen the team, further develop the technology product and commercially expand the company to corporate clients and overseas. Athletopia, has closed a successful funding round for a total of EUR 180,000. With the latest round, the company has raised EUR 300,000 in total, since 2022. Athletopia is an innovative digital platform that transforms the one-day experience of a running race into an exciting 100-day event. SPOROS joins forces with Pandas to empower a Circular Economy for smartphones. More than 1.5 billion phones are being produced every year, but less than 20% end up in the secondary market. Pandas provides a powerful solution for trading in used mobile devices Users can trade in their devices either from home or at one of Pandas’ partner stores. Consumers will get a price quote for their device based on an accurate device check that will be performed by Pandas. |
Reatcode Group, under the Workearly, an upskilling and reskilling service, announced EUR 1.1 million in funding with Metavallon VC leading the way. This is the first funding for the company, that is growing organically since 2019, having already trained over 17,000 professionals with 70 programs for over 200 companies with customized training programs for their staff. The funding will be used to strengthen the team, further develop the technology product and commercially expand the company to corporate clients and overseas. Athletopia, has closed a successful funding round for a total of EUR 180,000. With the latest round, the company has raised EUR 300,000 in total, since 2022. Athletopia is an innovative digital platform that transforms the one-day experience of a running race into an exciting 100-day event. SPOROS joins forces with Pandas to empower a Circular Economy for smartphones. More than 1.5 billion phones are being produced every year, but less than 20% end up in the secondary market. Pandas provides a powerful solution for trading in used mobile devices Users can trade in their devices either from home or at one of Pandas’ partner stores. Consumers will get a price quote for their device based on an accurate device check that will be performed by Pandas. |
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The Ministry of Digital Governance announced the call for the Open International Tender for the project "Development of a new high performance computing system", the supercomputer "DAEDALUS". The supercomputer will be installed at the Lavrio Industrial Park, and has a total budget of EUR 41.9 million including VAT. |
The Ministry of Digital Governance announced the call for the Open International Tender for the project "Development of a new high performance computing system", the supercomputer "DAEDALUS". The supercomputer will be installed at the Lavrio Industrial Park, and has a total budget of EUR 41.9 million including VAT. |
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| SEV’s working group for the healthcare and life sciences ecosystem organized the 7th Healthcare & Life Sciences Meetup at the Association's offices on Wednesday, 3/7/2023.The subject of the meeting was the commercialization of research, a particularly topical issue as innovation has become a critical priority for Greek businesses in recent years. Read about the major conclusions of the meeting on iatronet. |
SEV’s working group for the healthcare and life sciences ecosystem organized the 7th Healthcare & Life Sciences Meetup at the Association's offices on Wednesday, 3/7/2023.The subject of the meeting was the commercialization of research, a particularly topical issue as innovation has become a critical priority for Greek businesses in recent years. Read about the major conclusions of the meeting on iatronet. |
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Seventeen innovative Greek companies exploring effective ways to integrate AI into their business operations and product innovation conducted 89 B2B meetings with 24 startups and spin-offs as part of SEV's 15th Innovation Ready matchmaking event. |
Seventeen innovative Greek companies exploring effective ways to integrate AI into their business operations and product innovation conducted 89 B2B meetings with 24 startups and spin-offs as part of SEV's 15th Innovation Ready matchmaking event. |
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| Marco Veremis, one of the central figures of the Greek innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, founder of one of the most successful Greek tech startups, Upstream, and now an investor in BigPI VC, talks to Startupper Mag about the progress of the sector, the challenges it faces, and the strategies and sectors that can lead to further growth. |
Marco Veremis, one of the central figures of the Greek innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, founder of one of the most successful Greek tech startups, Upstream, and now an investor in BigPI VC, talks to Startupper Mag about the progress of the sector, the challenges it faces, and the strategies and sectors that can lead to further growth. |
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In 2014, Titan decides to invest in an activity that no traditional industry had yet put on its radar: cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. Today, ten years later, the Greek multinational group has evolved into an international case study of digital maturity: it is the only cement company in the world (at least in the Western world) that works with artificial intelligence and machine learning. |
In 2014, Titan decides to invest in an activity that no traditional industry had yet put on its radar: cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. Today, ten years later, the Greek multinational group has evolved into an international case study of digital maturity: it is the only cement company in the world (at least in the Western world) that works with artificial intelligence and machine learning. |
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| RETHING is an IoT solution provider that focuses on energy and asset management solutions leveraging IoT technologies. We met with Costas Theodoropoulos, co-founder & CEO of the company. Costas has more than 25 years of working experience in senior and executive roles in IT and Telecoms industry, driving sustainable growth in global Enterprise Market. We talked about the company and his journey. Here’s what he told us. |
RETHING is an IoT solution provider that focuses on energy and asset management solutions leveraging IoT technologies. We met with Costas Theodoropoulos, co-founder & CEO of the company. Costas has more than 25 years of working experience in senior and executive roles in IT and Telecoms industry, driving sustainable growth in global Enterprise Market. We talked about the company and his journey. Here’s what he told us. |
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| Hellenic Federation of Enterprises in collaboration with EGG is organizing a business day with Theon Sensors on September 24. Company’s executives will meet and discuss with Greek startups and scaleups at EGG premises. To learn more about the Business Days initiative click here. |
Hellenic Federation of Enterprises in collaboration with EGG is organizing a business day with Theon Sensors on September 24. Company’s executives will meet and discuss with Greek startups and scaleups at EGG premises. To learn more about the Business Days initiative click here. |
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Interested in a job with a fast-growing Greek startup? Are you a Greek startup looking for the right people to hire? |
Interested in a job with a fast-growing Greek startup? Are you a Greek startup looking for the right people to hire? |
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Do you want to get involved in the Greek innovation ecosystem? |
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