# Top 50 Startup Investors in Greece in June 2026

## VentureFriends
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 29
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce

VentureFriends is a venture capital fund that invests in tech-enabled companies. VentureFriends (VF) is a venture capital fund specialising in seed stage startups. VF seeks to invest in tech-enabled B2C and B2B startups that can develop a sustainable moat over time and have a sweet spot for PropTech, FinTech, Marketplaces, and SaaS. The fundtypically invests between €0.3M - €2.5M and can follow on up to a total of €5 - 10M. VentureFriends invests predominantly in Europe and is founded by ex-entrepreneurs and angel investors, thus having an entrepreneurial and founder-friendly philosophy.

## Openfund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 27
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Travel, SaaS

Openfund is a new seed capital venture, focusing on start-ups around software, mobile and the web. Based in Athens, Greece, the Openfund brings together an exceptional team of executives, an extensive list of advisors and a number of passionate investors to provide everything a team of entrepreneurs needs to turn ideas into products and success.

## Genesis Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 26
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

Making early-stage founders successful globally.  A coaching and angel investment platform for early-stage startups.

## Uni.Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Analytics, Big Data

Unifund We amplify the development of real ventures by fostering innovation and empowering people

## Metavallon VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Metavallon VC focuses on early stage (Pre-Seed and Seed) investments across sectors in Greece and Europe. With an affinity for B2B models, deep technology, and strong ties with Greece, we back pioneering teams and work alongside ambitious entrepreneurs operating at the forefront of business and technology innovation.

## Velocity.Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Automotive

Our mission is to fuel Greek entrepreneurs around the globe build world-class technology companies

## Marathon Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Marathon Venture Capital is a seed-stage fund, helping ambitious Greek and European founders build world-class technology companies.

## LAUNCHub Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

LAUNCHub is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe. 

## Melih Odemis
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile

Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. 
Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. 
Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally.

## TECS Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Energy

A Venture Capital Fund investing in early stage in companies with industry 4.0 technologies

## Eleven Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

We empower local heroes to build global success. Eleven is an early-stage VC investing in technology companies in Southeast Europe.

## HCVC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events.

## Zeno Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce

Zeno Capital invests in socially impactful ventures that are striving towards zero waste and zero emissions in Greece

## Apostolos Apostolakis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Beauty, Rental

Diane leads the bank's credit department, providing guidance and leadership to help maintain the quality of the loan portfolio through credit information and loan policies and procedures.

## Simanta Das
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Education

Simanta Das is a Managing Partner at Stalhmarg and Founder of Rising Stars Ventures.

## John Tsioris
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, Farming, Internet

John Tsioris is based out of Dubai and is the Founder and CEO of Re18. John previously worked at InstaShop as a Founder and CEO. John Tsioris attended the Technical University of Crete.

## Sporos Platform
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Information Technology, Apps, Coffee

SPOROS Empowering the Circular Transition Our Mission Our mission at Sporos Platform is to bridge the gap between meaningful outcomes and strong financial return

## theDOCK
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haifa, Hefa, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Logistics, Shipping, Software

theDOCK is a Maritime-Tech venture capital firm investing in startups developing technologies for Ports, Shipping and Logistics sectors. 

## EIT Urban Mobility
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Transportation, Information Technology

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.
Europe’s leading community for impact-driven start-ups and scale-ups in urban mobilityWe want to move cities toward a more sustainable future by partnering up with start-ups and scale-ups like yours. Our Impact Venturesdivision gives you access to funding and support channels to deliver financial, environmental and social impact on the urban landscapes around us. Our tools are: Funding through grants and equity investments, Knowledge and training through partner-led programmes, networking and introductions through dedicated support to our equity portfolio companiesOur investments provide you with a boost on your growth journey, and our network connects you with the right stakeholders in the public policy sector — on a regional, national and European-wide scale — to put your company on the map and bring your urban mobility services to the people who need it the most.If you’re like us and have a drive to shape the cities of our future, join our community of engaged and esteemed impactful ventures by applying for one of the many different programs we offer.

## Market One Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Market One Capital | Seed fund empowering marketplaces and network effects platforms across Europe

## PJ Tech Catalyst
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Finance, GovTech

PJ tech catalyst fund is a venture capital fund that invests in seed
stage start-up companies in Greece and supports the
development of entrepreneurship in Greece.

## Loggerhead Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, FinTech

Loggerhead Ventures is an equity fund focusing on mission-driven deep-tech firms based on regional innovation ecosystems.

## Apeiron Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Drones, Security, Software

We focus on B2B Enterprise Software & consumer-facing ventures targeting the GenZ Economy.

## Lars Rasmussen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Video

Google Maps Co-Founder / Defiance Capital Co-Founder / Angel Investor / Panathēnea Co-Founder / Kite Surfing Coffee Enthusiast

## Big Pi Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Analytics

Big Pi Ventures is a seed-stage technology fund bringing deep connections with the local talent pool and access to prominent businesses. They invest in innovative technology companies starting from Greece, aiming to be leaders in international markets. They also support teams that have developed proprietary technology in software, artificialintelligence, automation, life sciences, or other high-potential science-based fields.Big Pi Ventures was founded in 2017 and is based in Athens, Attiki, Greece.

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

## 468 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

468 Capital is an investment firm that focuses on identifying and managing opportunities in various markets. The firm employs a systematic approach to investment analysis and portfolio management. It collaborates with a range of partners to support its investment strategies. The company serves industries including technology, healthcare, andrenewable energy.

## Investing For Purpose
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Real Estate, Organic Food, Manufacturing

Investing For Purpose Impact Investing Greece Climate Environment Diversity Inclusion Education Impact Investors Impact Measurement Management Sustainable Funding Sustainability Investing for Purpose -

## Sophia Bendz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures

## Alistair Owen
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Beauty

Apostolos is a serial entrepreneur turned investor. He started his career at Boston Consulting Group where he spent 2 years consulting businesses. On his entrepreneurial path, he has co-founded e-shop.gr, Openfund, e-food, doctoranytime and was a key investor in Taxibeat. Since 2010 he has invested and supported a large number of startups with afocus on e-marketplaces and SaaS. He studied civil engineering at NTUA and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

## Panos Papadopoulos
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

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.

## SeedBlink
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

All-in-one solution for fundraising, managing and trading equity. Explore promising tech startups and flexible funding opportunities with SeedBlink.

## Helidoni Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: FinTech, Robotics, Recycling

Helidoni Group is an investment firm.

## Placeholder
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized networks and web services.

## 201 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Sensor

We're working to advance freedom and autonomy in Europe.

## Dimitrios Kourtesis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Video, Software, Marketing

Dimitrios Kourtsis is the External Expert (Technical Consultant), Joint Research Centre at European Commission. Attended The University of Sheffield.

## Protocol Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency

Protocol Labs is building the next generation of the internet.

## ETF Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Renewable Energy, Information Technology

ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience. Its funds come from institutional investors, global corporations, and family offices. The firm creates value by investing in and supporting great European companies that deliver Sustainability Through Innovation.

## dlab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, FinTech

Early-stage venture capital and resources for startups exploring new frontiers in web3, decentralization, and blockchain technology.

## Global Founders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

## Hesham Zreik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

## Philipp BRINKMANN
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Logistics, Child Care, E-Commerce

Philipp Brinkmann is the Consultant to the Management at Ferryscanner.

## Mathias Kamprad
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Energy, Sports, Internet

Mathias Kamprad

## Metaplanet
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care

an early-stage investment firm making long-term bets on contrarians and leveraging the knowledge and network across sectors. We back mission-driven founders working on positively disruptive deep technologies.

## Air Street Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Biotechnology

Air Street Capital provides venture capital funding and strategic support focused on early-stage companies that develop products based on artificial intelligence. It invests primarily at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages in firms working on AI-first technology, software infrastructure, machine-learning tools, and AI-enabled life scienceapplications. The firm pairs capital investment with advisory input on product, market, and technology strategy, and facilitates connections to its broader network of AI and technology stakeholders. Air Street Capital also shares industry insights through publications and community initiatives aimed at supporting AI and related tech ecosystems.

## Bashar Hamood
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more.
From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster.
Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together.
Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.

## Jason Manolopoulos
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Rental, Internet, Software

Jason has over 24 years of investing experience with a focus on emerging markets, both in investment banks and fund managers. Jason co-founded the fund management company Dromeus Capital in April 2008 and served as Chief Investment Officer and member of its Executive and Investment Committees. He is an active mentor of the start-up community,advising many Greek start-ups. His start-up investment activity began in 2010.

## Point Nine
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages.

## Sente Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software

Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections.

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