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Greek Startups Market to Be Created by the Athens Stock Εxchange

Greek startups blossomed in 2022 and their total value is estimated at eight billion euros ($8.5 billion), which is the second highest amount in the region of Southeastern Europe after Romania. Deals of several million were made in the startup...

“Brain Gain Momentum Builds Up In Greece”

Greece is seeing its brain drain reversed into a "brain gain," a new trend triggered by the pandemic crisis and colossal investments.

Ten Startups that Show the Innovative Spirit of Greeks

The Anglo-Saxon motto "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" could be paraphrased in Greece's economic drama as "When the going gets tough, innovative minds get going." Since the onset of the debilitating economic crisis in 2009, many...

Heavy Taxation Discourages New Entrepreneurs in Greece – Report

Fewer entrepreneurs started new businesses this year, apparently due to uncertainty in the Greek market and to heavy taxation of the self-employed, said the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), in its annual report on entrepreneurship that was...

Economy Ministry Preparing Bill to Support Startups Based on the Italian Model

The ministry of economy and development is working on a new draft bill to help startups grow, based on the Italian model, Economy Minister Dimitri Papadimitriou said, during a visit at the Alexander Innovation Zone (AIZ) in Thessaloniki, Greece. Papadimitriou...

Twenty Thousand Scientists Left Greece in Five Years; Startups Funded by Parents

About 20,000 scientists left Greece to work abroad in the 2009-2014 period, while 83.5 percent of startups are funded by home savings, said Deputy Minister of Research and Technology Costas Fotakis. The deputy spoke at the opening of the fourth...

Bloomberg: Tsipras' Tax Hikes May Dampen Start-Up Economy

Bloomberg's article, titled "Greek Startups Say Tsipras' Taxes Are One More Reason to Leave," states that a new round of tax increases may be "the last straw for fledgling companies with dreams of making it big." The article interviews a...

Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award 2016 Winners: Three Innovative Winners

At a ceremony held at the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens on Wednesday, Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos presented trophies to the three winners of this year’s Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award (HEA). This brings the total number of winners to 14...

Startup Weekend Piraeus Blue Growth To Take Place in May

The Startup Weekend Blue Growth Piraeus, a workshop focusing on maritime-related startups, will take place at Chamber of Piraeus, as part the European Maritime Day event, from May 29 to 31. The Startup Weekend Blue Growth Piraeus is part of the Startup...

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...