Top 5 Hardware Angel Investors in Greece in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Hardware startups based in Greece. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hardware companies from Greece. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Hardware Angel Investors in Greece in January 2026

Investor	Hardware Greece investments
Christos Makiyama	1
John Tsioris	1
Alan Rutledge	1
Panos Papadopoulos	1
Laurel Bowden	1

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Christos is the President of Silicon Planet, a venture development firm he founded in February 2001. Silicon Planet's scope is to work with technology innovators and support to identify and evaluate market opportunities and develop a sustainable and high-value business model around their technologies.During the last 20 years, Christos hasengaged and supported the venture development initiatives of various corporations such as NTT, Oki Electric, Paltek, ImageOne as well many technology startups with innovative technologies in the areas of networking and communication, semiconductors, video communications, computer vision, IoT and AI.In 2004, he joined Helic, a startup company that had developed innovative electromagnetic analysis solutions and IP for wireless and high-speed communication ICs design. Christos led the company's Japanese market development activities and, until February 2019, had closed many high-value business deals with companies in semiconductors design such as SONY, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Panasonic, SHARP, AKM, Samsung, Denso, and many others. In 2008, Christos also helped to secure a strategic investment from Fujitsu and Magma Design. Ansys, the world market leader in engineering simulation solutions, acquired Helic in February 2019. Christos had been an angel investor and Director of the Board of Think Silicon, based in Patra, Greece. Christos's journey with the company started in late 2014. He actively involved in various aspects of the strategy and business development for its innovative ultra-low power GPU and Display controller technology. Applied Materials, the world leader in the semiconductor and display engineering solutions, acquired Think Silicon in April 2020.Christos is an investor in Fieldscale and since May 2020 act as the Chief Innovation Officer, leading its business strategy and product development.Christos is a co-founder of Loctio, an IoT related technology company, and is on the advisory board of InAccel. He is a mentor with Reload Greece, a UK based non-profit organization, which aims to educate and support young entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Semiconductor, Computer Vision, Internet of Things
Seed
Greece

Portfolio highlights

Think Silicon — Think Silicon offers a range of graphics IP semiconductor modules and display processors for the Internet of Things, wearable, and broader display devices markets.The company also offers drivers and API software, SDKs including easy-to-use GUI design tools, evaluation and development kits, FPGA-based implementations, and more.Think Silicon wasfounded in 2007 and is based in Patras Science Park, Greece.

John Tsioris is the CEO at InstaShop.

Investment focus

Travel, Internet, Blockchain
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Greece, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

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Alan Rutledge

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

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Panos is a technology and product focused entrepreneur who loves to build things solve real problems. He is also an active investor & advisor in startups in USA, UK and Greece in the fields of Mobile, IoT, Identity and FinTech.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet of Things
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Greece, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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Laurel is a General Partner at 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which she joined in 2008. Her areas of focus include: software, internet and fintech. Laurel has led investments in many leading European companies, including Just Eat (LSE: JE), Qliktech (NASDAQ: QLIK) and Hybris (acquired by SAP).Her current company boards and investmentsinclude Workable, Mirakl, NotontheHighStreet, Wonga, Wandera, iZettle, BlueVine, Ebury and Investec PLC & Ltd.Laurel was previously at GE and JVP. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from INSEAD.