Innovate in Greece by SEV & Endeavor Greece
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Ioanna Papadopoulou, the woman behind Papadopoulos biscuits
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The history of Papadopoulou biscuit factory began 100 years ago. It starts with an emigration journey to Marseilles that eventually stopped in Piraeus thanks to a cafe owner who said, "there are no cookies in Greece"!
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Ioanna Papadopoulou, President & Managing Director, talks about the evolution of the company over the years, the importance of quality in their products, as well as the difficulties she faced in searching for.. good executives, whereas she admits to being tough but fair.
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With Markos Veremis, they discussed the meaning of life, the importance of parents in raising children, and modern entrepreneurship. Finally, Ioanna Papadopoulou answers the most difficult question: What would she do if she sold the company tomorrow? Spoiler alert: she wouldn't sell.
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We'd like to thank Google for its support in producing the Innovative Greeks Talks series.
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IG@work: Find a job through a new digital platform
The digital platform IG@work that connects highly qualified and specialized people, with industries and technology companies, was launched earlier this month. The platform is designed and implemented by SEV's Innovation Committee in collaboration with Workable, within the framework of the Innovative Greeks initiative.
Read more here.
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Signal Ventures backed OilX acquired by Energy Aspects, a leading energy consultancy providing research, analysis and data of all the key energy commodities.
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Wikifarmer, an Athens-based farming marketplace, has just raised EUR 5M in seed funding — the first Greek deal for Point Nine, the Berlin-based VC that led the round. The raise follows a pre-seed round in 2022.
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ORFIUM acquires Soundmouse to unlock even more value across the entertainment landscape. By connecting creators, rights holders, and music users, ORFIUM aims at serving the entire entertainment ecosystem across mainstream and digital media, thus delivering even more value to stakeholders across the board.
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The Greek IoT real-time monitoring startup turning coffee machines into smart connected terminals,BibeCoffee raises EUR 2.1M in a post-seed round led by Eleven Ventures. The participation of the Sofia-based early-stage VC is €1.2M.
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The new real-estate management startup Billys raises EUR 800k with the aim to modernize building management and facilitate adiminstrators and residents.
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Kpler acquires MarineTraffic and FleetMon. The deal follows an earlier acquisition of FleetMon by MarineTraffic, resulting in a coordinated double acquisition for Kpler in the maritime analytics space.
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Greek Perceptual Robotics gets fresh funding to expand AI-Driven drone inspection solutions by London-based Brookstreet. The company is already backed by international investors such as TSP Ventures, Future Fund, Humble Holdings and Metavallon VC.
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Michael Dritsas, managing director at the national startup registry ELEVATE GREECE discusses the plans of the registry for the future.
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An MoU focusing on collaboration and synergies for the faster development of the Greek innovation ecosystem was signed by SEV - Hellenic Federation of Enterprises and ELEVATE GREECE.
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The French Tech Athens community begins its operation in Greece. French Tech is an initiative that aims to support synergies between the technological ecosystems of Greece and France, acting as a gateway for French start-ups that want to operate internationally through the Greek market.
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Maggie Athanassiadi explains the IG@WORK platform
Director for Industry, Growth, Technology and Innovation at SEV Maggie Athanassiadi discusses the concept, background and aims of the IG@WORK platform.
Read more here.
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Motor Oil and ΔΕΗ (Public Power Coorporation), two of the largest companies in the domestic energy market, proceeded to establish the company Hellenic Hydrogen. The company will focus on developing green hydrogen production projects in Greece.
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Deloitte launches new offices at Patras to create the «Brainzone», an Innovation Hub to accelerate the growth and successful operation of new businesses in the city.
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Alphabet spin-out SandboxAQ and Neom-owned Tonomus settle in Greece to create hubs of quantum computing and virtual reality. Erickson interested in assembling firefighting helicopters - VW discusses setting up battery factory for its electric cars.
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Satori Analytics is a specialized and fast-growing company with the exclusive aim of providing data management and analysis services to important Brands. We met with CEO Michael Georgakopoulos. Here's what he told us.
Here is what he told us.
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The globally-renowned MIT Global Startup Workshop (GSW) is coming to Athens, Greece on March 30-31, 2023 bringing together students, investors, entrepreneurs, and fundamental stakeholders.
During this two-day conference, the Startup Pitch Competition will provide a unique opportunity for innovative startups to present their venture and compete to win cash prizes and a trip to MIT. The deadline to submit your pitch is February 20, 2023.
Find more here.
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On the latest episode of Outliers Podcast, the founders of Welcome Pickups, Alexandros Trimis & Savvas Georgiou, the company that provides travelers with a personalized and holistic transportation service.
Alexandros and Savvas shared how the idea started, the challenges they faced due to covid, their future goals, and what’s next in the travel industry.
Listen to their story here.
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