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Exclusive: Meeting the Greek Startup Teams at Web Summit 2014 (video)

We traveled to the Web Summit 2014 in Dublin to meet the Greek Startup teams that were invited to the largest internet & tech event in Europe. The companies from Greece that presented their projects at the Web Summit, November...

The 15 Greek Startups that Rocked Web Summit 2014

Although Greece is facing one of its toughest financial times, some of the most exciting early stage companies that exhibited at Web Summit 2014 in Dublin this past weekend were from the crisis hit country, proving that the young...

Greek Startup Discoveroom Raises 300K to Help Small Lodging Owners

In an era when online travel agencies dominate hotel bookings, there is still a broad strip of the accommodation industry that largely remains untapped by the web. Hundreds of thousands of lodgings, bnbs, inns or rooms to let -however they...

The Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award Announces 2014 Winners

The Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award has announced the four winners of the 2014 award who, in addition to sharing prize funding of up to €700,000, will be assigned an expert mentor and receive a range of business support services.

Startup Pirates to Gather in Athens, June 21-28

Startup Pirates, the week-long program that enables aspiring entrepreneurs to get inside the startup world and learn how to develop a business idea comes for the first time in Greece at The Cube Athens, June 21-28. Spreading the culture of...

TIME: Greek Start-Ups Could Be a Global Success Story

The U.S. magazine “Time” featured an extensive article on Greek tech start-up enterprises, which could be the answer to getting the country back on track during this financial crisis, as today roughly 60 percent of young people are unemployed. The...

Startup Weekend Takes Athens by Storm

The Athens Startup Weekend is taking place for the 7th time in Greece at The Cube Athens, a state of the art startup cluster and innovation space. The Startup Weekend Athens, which runs March 7-9 and is part of the global nonprofit organization aiming...

Seventh Athens Startup Weekend

The Athens Startup Weekend is scheduled to be held again for the 7th time in Athens, Greece,  following the previous successful events. The Startup Weekend (SW) is a global nonprofit organization aiming to bring together people of different backgrounds and...

7 Greek Start-Ups You Need To Know About

Did you know that it’s Greek software which allows your smartphone to access Wi-Fi hotspots? In a surprising twist to Greece’s economic story, Greek start-ups are giving the geeks of Silicon Valley a run for their money. That’s why Neelie...

The Bus That Spreads Entrepreneurship Around Greece

CampusBus is a five month campaign promoting entrepreneurship, business skills and a “startup mentality” all around Greece. The project is delivered through a training team travelling on a bus around Greece, setting up week-long training camps in larger towns and...