Innovate in Greece by SEV & Endeavor Greece
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Marily Nika: What is AI really about?
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Dr. Marily Nika left Greece for 9 months to pursue a Master's degree at the Imperial College in London. Today, 12 years later, she’s already spent 8 years in London and moved to San Francisco. She worked for Google for 8 years and now works at Meta.
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She has experienced the growth of artificial intelligence from within, as she has been working in the field since 2013, long before Google Home, Alexa and, of course, Chat-GPT or DALL-E became a reality. In fact, she has contributed to their development, directly or indirectly.
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With Marco Veremis, they discuss the true nature of Artificial Intelligence, the changes it will bring to our daily lives, the solutions it promises, where it outperforms humans, as well as its disadvantages.
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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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Innovation across the board: a prerequisite for survival & success
A video recording of the panel "Innovation across the board: a prerequisite for survival & success" held at the Delphi Economic Forum, moderated by Marcos Veremis, chairman of SEV's Innovation Committee - with Peggy Antonakou/Google, George Margonis/Papastratos, Theodosis Michalopoulos/Microsoft, and Spyros Magiatis/Workable.
Find the video here.
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Perceptual Robotics lands substantial pre-Series A investment to fuel its international growth. The company will use the pre-Series A round to plan its expansion into North America and Latin America, as well as double its team.
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SMPnet, raises $1.4 million from Marathon Venture Capital and angel investors, including Ian Marchant. The firm says its 'cutting-edge technology revolutionises how power grids are managed across all voltage levels'. Funds will fuel its expansion to the US and Europe.
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Caroo, the Greek car-sharing startup, has secured its first round of funding with investors HEBAN, LBAN and Anthology Ventures. The company is now starting pilot operations in the municipalities of Athens, Byron and Pagrati.
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Greek startup Advantis Medical Imaging, a leading medical software development company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to Advantis Platform, its advanced Brain and Prostate MRI Analysis Software, for commercial distribution.
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Theramir, a Cypriot biotech startup, receives EUR 1.2 million from ASBIS and Lanitis Group to help fuel its growth and expand its portfolio of stem cell and microRNA-based technologies to develop microRNA therapeutics
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instacar, the first fully digital vehicle rental service in Greece, announced the acquisition of Kineo, the leading subscription-based rental service for electric bikes and scooters in the country. Instacar aims to diversify to the micro-mobility market in Greece.
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The collaboration of the Greek startup ecosystem with the country's industries is a priority for SEV. Through the Business Days program, start-up companies meet with some of the leading companies that have "Greek DNA" or are active in the domestic market. The aim is to cultivate and consolidate a culture of innovation and cooperation.
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In an interview at the Delphi Economic Forum, Marcos Veremis talks about the need to adapt educational systems to new global circumstances and to change the mentality that "pushes" children towards professions with little future. He explained that reskilling and acquiring new skills should be a priority for the state and businesses.
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Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems (Sunlight Group) announces the launch of the innovative ReLiFe lithium battery recycling project. According to an announcement, the project was developed in collaboration with partners and received funding of approximately €3.6 million from EIT RawMaterials, while the ReLiFe partners are also contributing €1.5 million in equity.
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The investments of the Greek pharmaceutical industry, which make the sector a "local champion", was the topic of discussion at the round table moderated by the Director General of the IOBE, Nikos Vettas, in the framework of the 8th Delphi Economic Forum.
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Unisystems shows great interest for acquisitions in the areas of cloud, cybersecurity, analytics, manage services, customer experience. In addition the company implements an ambitious plan to develop technology hubs across Greece and abroad, with Patras as the first stop. The aim is to become "incubators" of new talent.
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Wikifarmer is a global platform with the mission of empowering farmers through educating them and offering them access to the open market to sell their products at fair prices. Today we met with Ilias Sousis, CEO and co-founder. Here's what he told us.
Here is what he told us.
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Innovative Greeks support Hellenic BioCluster 3rd Forum on the subject of “Supporting disruptive innovation to maximize the economic and social impact of the bio-industry sector.”
The forum is scheduled to be held between 15 - 17 June 2023 at Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, Athens, Greece.
Find more here.
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