# George Dimopoulos

> George Dimopoulos is a seed investor at VentureFriends (Athens) backing FinTech and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VentureFriends](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturefriends)
- Location: Athens, Greece
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 78%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-dimopoulos
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GDimopoulosVF
- Website: https://x.com/GDimopoulosVF

George Dimopoulos is a seed investor at VentureFriends in Athens focused on FinTech and Software. George has been an angel investor for the last 5 years investing in Greek and foreign tech companies, including Taxibeat. He has a rich finance/deal structuring experience stemming from his 4 year tenure with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London where he was involved in numerous transactions with total EV valuation of c. €17bn acrossmultiple geographies. George holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 22% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Greece | 2 | 22% |
| Finland | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 11% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Capalo AI | Capalo AI offers a state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence platform for the energy industry. | $13M | Series A | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| Capalo AI | Capalo AI offers a state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence platform for the energy industry. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| Almacena Platform | Almacena Platform is a B2B Marketplace for agricultural products that creates traceability and transparency, shortens the supply chain, and bring more value and bargaining power to the origin exporters and end-market buyers. | $3.4M | Seed | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Spotawheel | Spotawheel is a tech-driven used cars dealership platform that takes customer trust to a whole new level Spotawheel was founded in 2015 in Athens, Greece, currently operating in Greece and Poland | $109.7M |  | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Spotawheel | Spotawheel is a tech-driven used cars dealership platform that takes customer trust to a whole new level Spotawheel was founded in 2015 in Athens, Greece, currently operating in Greece and Poland | $109.7M | Series B | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Spotawheel | Spotawheel is a tech-driven used cars dealership platform that takes customer trust to a whole new level Spotawheel was founded in 2015 in Athens, Greece, currently operating in Greece and Poland | $105.5M | Series B | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Proportunity | Proportunity is a technology-driven mortgage lender. The company pushes the edge on real estate data-driven investment insights. It uses machine learning to accurately forecast house prices and up-and-coming areas, providing loans to buyers looking to purchase homes in forecasted high-growing areas.Vadim Toader and Stefan Boronea startedProportunity in 2016, which is headquartered in London, England. | $7M | Series A | Sep 29, 2021 |  |
| Huspy | Huspy is a proptech based in Dubai redefining the home financing process through a user friendly digital experience that puts the buyer first. | $10M | Seed | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| BibeCoffee | BibeCoffee is an IoT real-time monitoring solution that transforms every professional coffee machine to a smart connected terminal minimizing revenue Loss and safeguarding brand quality image | $1.3M | Seed | Oct 05, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adevinta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adevinta-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Collective Spark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collective-spark) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Rockaway Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockaway-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [UNIQA Ventures GmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniqa-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About VentureFriends

VC Fund · Athens, Greece

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.

5 contacts available at VentureFriends.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| George Dimopoulos | Partner and co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-dimopoulos |
| Lily Joo | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lily-joo |
| Alistair Owen | Principal; Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alistair-owen |
| Apostolos Apostolakis | Partner and co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apostolos-apostolakis |
| George Karabelas | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-karabelas |

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## FAQ

### What does George Dimopoulos invest in?

George Dimopoulos invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Greece. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did George Dimopoulos last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for George Dimopoulos closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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