Extroversion and Expansion in Greek Tech

$89.5M total was raised in funding from our portfolio companies, milestone events in London, and hosting our Retail Innovation Day & Rise Up Innovation Program Graduation / Welcome event.?

Greeking Out in London ???? hosted by Endeavor Greece & The Hellenic Initiative

We had a tremendous turnout of over 250 attendees at our Greeking out in London event , co-hosted with The Hellenic Initiative. We welcomed high-level founders and investors, including Dr. Maria C. Dunford (Lifebit ), George Hadjigeorgiou (ZOE ), Nicky Goulimis (Tunic), Theodore N. Sotiriou (MishiPay ), Elena Pantazi Read (Northzone ), Nikolas Choulakis (J.P. Morgan 's Payments Innovation Lab), Konstantine Buhler (Sequoia Capital ), Stelios Elia (BC Partners ), Stavros Mercouris (KKR ), and Panagiotis Karampinis (Endeavor Greece ). They engaged in insightful conversations on lessons learned in Emerging Europe, the obstacles in investing outside tech hubs, and the challenges and opportunities of founding a company abroad.

What the Endeavor Network is Up To ??

• Nova Credit ?raises $45 million in Series C funding
• TileDB ?raises $34M in Series B funding
• Hack The Box ?will support the cybersecurity strategy under the Biden-Harris administration
• HarborLab ?Recognized as one of the Best Workplaces in Greece in Tech
• HotelBrain Group ?becomes the largest hospitality provider in the country
• InstaShop ?Greece Team Wins Gold Supermarket Award for 2023
• Aibuild ?raises?$8.5M Series A funding?led by IQ Capital
• LANGaware , raises?$2 million in a Seed round?led by Eleven Ventures
• DeepSea Technologies is a finalist for the?'Marine Technology Award' at the upcoming SeaTrade Maritime Awards?in China.
• iCOMAT ?collaborates with Solvay
• thymia 's?CEO and Co-Founder Emilia Molimpakis, spoke at at the Sifted Summit?in London
• instacar 's?founder & CEO Antonis Samothrakis ?spoke in a panel at Fortune Greece's Power of Innovation Event
• Simpler. announces their partnership with?DesignDrops ?&?Klaoudatos
• OKTO ?announces the?acquisition of Flexia Payments
• inne ’s?CEO & Founder, Eirini Rapti , talks to?NAFTEMPORIKI
• OQ Technology ,?announces that its low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite, MACSAT, successfully launched aboard Arianespace’s Vega.
• Two becomes part of the?CB Insights’ sixth-annual Fintech 100?List of 2023.
• Vimachem - IIoT Pharma 4.0 AI Platform ?is recognized within the?Top 6 Best Workplaces Hellas in mid-sized Tech list for 2023.
• Finclude (fka. Verge.Capital) is?collaborating with tbi bank, a mobile-centric challenger bank in Southeast Europe
• Bryq ?partners with?iMocha ?and?Carahsoft ?& joins the finalists in two of the categories at this year's?TIARA Talent Tech Star Awards .
• Flexfin ?receives the Rising Star Award of the?Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Middle East & Cyprus program, 2023

Endeavor Retail Innovation Day

Over 80 participants, including RetailTech, FinTech companies, major Greek retailers, and banks, gathered for our Retail Innovation Day . The event began with a fireside chat between Panagiotis Karampinis ?and Odysseas Ntotsikas , Founder and Managing Partner at TDG (ThinkDigital Group) , followed by a dynamic panel featuring Raji Behal from Klarna , Kubilay S. from Insider. , and moderated by Nikos Petrakis from Visa . They explored trends like BNPL, AI, personalization, and e-commerce.?

Rise Up Innovation Program Graduation and Welcome Event?

?? Endeavor Greece Updates

• Andreas Stavropoulos Vice Chairman of Endeavor Greece joins the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee for AI ?
• Antonis Malaxianakis , Founder & CEO of HarborLab , an Endeavor Entrepreneur breaking numerous barriers, took part in the fireside chat “Dream Bigger, Scale Faster” with Panagiotis Karampinis , MD at Endeavor Greece, at the Power of Innovation event hosted by Fortune Greece
• 8 Endeavor Entrepreneurs, and 8 ScaleUp portfolio Entrepreneurs were recognized for their innovative approaches to developing new technologies and sustainable strategies in Fortune's 40 under 40 list
• We will be at Slush in Finland, Helsinki hosting a side event within the Slush called "The Disruptive Power of Outliers in New Markets" featuring Loreanne Garcia, Co-founder & CHRO at Kavak.

That's all, we'll be back next month for more exciting updates ??