# Alpha Ventures

> Alpha Ventures is a VC fund in Athens backing Travel and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Greece
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alpha-bank
- Website: https://x.com/alpha_bank

Alpha Ventures is a VC fund in Athens focused on Travel and SaaS. Alpha Ventures A.E. is the private equity and venture capital arm of the Alpha Bank A.E. specializing in providing growth capital, restructuring finance, seed/startup, mid venture, buyouts, turnaround, bridge financing, industry consolidation, recapitalizations, as well as early stage development and expansion capital to small to medium sizedcompanies operating in various industry sectors. The firm focuses its investments in the following sectors: finance, insurance, real estate, food and beverage, industrial products and services, Internet technology, medical and life sciences, health related, and telecommunications. It primarily invests in Greece and Europe, with a focus on Southeastern Europe. The firm seeks to exit its investments between three years and five years. Alpha Ventures A.E. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Alpha Ventures. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Alpha Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/alpha-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Tourism | 1 | 33% |
| Hardware | 1 | 33% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Greece | 1 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Steketee | Chief Yolo Architect | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-steketee |
| Christos Karabelas | Chief Executive Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christos-karabelas |
| Mohamed Mansaray | Business Consultant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohamed-mansaray |
| Nancy Schultz | Owner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nancy-schultz-25a6 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zerolook | Zerolook provides a flight-shopping API for online travel agencies, airlines, metasearch services, and AI travel applications. Its machine-learning model predicts flight prices and itineraries using historical fare data instead of recomputing every fare combination through a global distribution system or airline system. The API returns predicteditineraries, prices, and confidence scores for exploratory search, while customers route completed bookings through their existing distribution channels. Zerolook supports REST and MCP integrations and provides booking links to external airlines and online travel agencies. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Aug 11, 2026 |  |
| Toorbee | Toorbee is an international travel and tourism company that offers a wide range of services through its on-line B2B transaction system. | $1.7M | Seed | May 30, 2019 |  |
| Intelliboxes | Intellibox is a patented technology which makes it quick and easy for customers to sell their phone for cash. Customers can take their used mobile phones to an Intellibox, complete the evaluation in 5 mins and walk away with 100s of pounds. |  | Seed | Jun 25, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Openfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PJ Tech Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pj-tech-catalyst) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Playfair Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/playfair-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TLcom Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tlcom-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TrueSight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/truesight-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Velocity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/velocity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Alpha Ventures invest in?

Alpha Ventures invests primarily in Travel, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Greece. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Alpha Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Alpha Ventures?

The team at Alpha Ventures includes Brian Steketee (Chief Yolo Architect), Christos Karabelas (Chief Executive Officer) and Mohamed Mansaray (Business Consultant). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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