Thank you, dear?Marina Hatsopoulos, for including?Solmeyea?in such a valuable and inspiring event. A heartfelt thank you as well to?Christina Karapataki?for her insightful questions and for sparking such an engaging and interactive discussion. While we have had the honor of participating in several similar events, this one truly stood out due to the?vibe, the incredible people, the passionate professionals and the genuine interest shared throughout. Wishing all participants—including?Inder Mukhopadhyay,?Nicholas Myers,?Constantinos Loizou,?Eugenia Herodotou, and?Marios Alexandrou—the very best of luck and success on their entrepreneurial journeys. Once again, thank you to?Marina?and the?Hellenic Innovation Network?for organizing such a meaningful event. It was an absolute pleasure to be part of it!
Dimitris Papalexopoulos from TITAN Cement Group and George Serafeim from Harvard Business School rocked the house last night at Hellenic Innovation Network's event at Fidelity Investments' headquarters in Boston. Thank you to Michael Vlastarakis and Roula Bachtalia from Eurobank for sponsoring the event, and to Kristen Craft at Fidelity Investments for hosting our sizable crowd. We were also honored by the presence of George Kotsiras, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Demetris Skourides, Chief Scientist of Cyprus, and our dear Stratos Efthymiou, now Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece. We also enjoyed connecting with leadership from Cyprus Seeds--Jeremy Downward, Maria Markidou Georgiadou and Anna Protopapas--and with students from Mindspace. In the afternoon before the event, members of the diaspora like Giorgos Zacharia, Michael Tzannes, Kosta Ligris, and Dean Dimizas, CFA, among others, along with friends from the Boston startup ecosystem like David Kantaros and Chris McKenna from Foley & Lardner LLP gave advice to five entrepreneurs with operations in Greece and/or Cyprus: Inder Mukhopadhyay from Aliciabots, Nicholas Myers from Phoenix Tailings, Vasilis Stenos from Solmeyea, Constantinos Loizou from Embio Diagnostics Ltd, and Eugenia Herodotou and Marios Alexandrou from EnergyIntel. Their discussion on stage was moderated by the dynamic Christina Karapataki from Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Thanks always to Symeon Tegos for support from the Greek consulate. Stay tuned for the recording of the event which will be posted shortly at hellenic.org.