Business incubators

Recognizing the need to highlight entrepreneurial ideas that can transform our country into a productive, extroverted, and competitive economy and aiming to provide comprehensive support to innovative scientists, research teams, and start-up entrepreneurial efforts to realize their potential and their vision, the National Bank of Greece has been implementing for 15 years a holistic program to s

İTÜ ARI Teknokent has announced it is taking the Big Bang Startup Challenge event, which showcases Türkiye's top startups and facilitates their meetings with investors, to the global stage.

The first of these events, Big Bang London Demo Day, will take place in London on Sept. 26, Teknokent said in a statement.

The Ministry of National Economy and Finance is preparing significant tax relief measures aimed at spurring cooperation between larger companies and startups in research and technology products.

In just one month Greek-owned startups have raised more than $60 million, taking the sum since the start of the year to over $214 million, according to data gathered by Marathon Venture Capital.

Hedepy, a Czech company providing rapid access to online psychotherapy, was chosen the best startup at an international business conference in Maribor on 17 May in a competition of 135 startups from 18 countries.

Greece's Demokritos National Center for Scientific Research is preparing to receive deep-tech startups from NATO countries at its business accelerator in Agia Paraskevi, northern Athens, within the next year.

According to her, the announcements are the result of the first day of talks she had in New York with representatives of U.S. companies.

The Innovathens Business Accelerator is holding two SMATH Open Days on Tuesday and on Wednesday addressing creative professionals, corporations and startups as well as anyone involved in or wishing to enter the sectors of creative and cultural industries.

To find out more, visit athens-technopolis.gr.

Startups in Greece are faced with a harsh reality as the coronavirus contraction will not only bring their turnover down to zero for some time but also threaten their very sustainability.

Just a tiny fraction of Greek startups have managed to attract the interest of domestic investors and secure funds and breathing space. According to estimates by the venture capital funds involved in the Equifund initiative, only 1-2 percent of proposals assessed this year have secured any funding.