📅 Tuesday, 6th of June

⏰ 17.30 Athens time zone

Want a more sustainable footprint?

Join our next webinar to learn how to track your sustainability performance with ESG Tracker HDB's new platform.

Learn how to:

✅ measure

✅ report

✅ act

👉  Register now!

Events

Join our next InnoAgora Talk on Thursday, 11th of May at 17:30 where experts will present how to protect your networks and data from potential cyber threats, which companies are more vulnerable to cyber attacks and what strategy you should follow to stay protected.

Register now!

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Join our coming “Impact driven enterprises - benefits and challenges” InnoAgora Talk, on Wednesday May the 3rd at 17.30.

Our distinguished guest speakers will present their experiences in researching, building, and financing impact driven enterprises.

More specifically, the panel will consist of:

• Haris Doukas, Professor at the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens
• Helena Stamou, Co-Founder, Head of Brand, Communications & Engagement at Swaplanet
• Andrei Geica, Co-Founder & Partner responsible for Impact and EU Public Policy in Sporos Platform

💡 Register now!

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Join our next InnoAgora Talk on Wednesday the 3rd of May where we will deep dive into impact driven enterprises.

We will discuss what are their benefits and how they can overcome potential challenges they might face, from an academic, an investor and an entrepreneur point of view!

💡 Register now!

We are excited to announce the staging of two more pitching sessions before the summer vacations.

On Tuesday May the 30th we are organising a pitching focusing on Agrifood companies and on Wednesday July the 5th on Deeptech companies.

If you are looking for funding and would like to participate, send us your pitch deck at innovation@hdb.gr by Friday 28/04/2023 EOD!

📢 Are you a startup working towards sustainability, climate tech or blue economy? Don't miss the opportunity to apply for the 2023 Tideline Startup Challenge!🚀

This challenge aims to bring startups, cities and stakeholders together to address critical challenges facing coastal cities, such as sea level rise, global warming, air pollution, and more.

By participating, you'll have the chance to pitch your solution at the Waves of Change Forum in Biarritz from June 5-7, find new partners, and win opportunities to accelerate your business. 💼

Apply before April 21st through this link for free registration and more details!⏰

We would like to wish you a Happy Easter and to have a wonderful time with you loved ones!

Also, since shortly after Easter we are organising the first Roadshow together with V-next of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, we would like to take this opportunity to remind you to send us your pitch deck.

If you are a green tech Greek start-up, looking for funding and are interested in building connections with the Chinese market send us an email at innovation@hdb.gr by Tuesday 18/04/2023 EOD!

Enjoy the days off and see you soon!

We are excited to announce the staging of the first Roadshow for Greek companies raising capital, co-organised with V-next of Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Sounds intriguing? You can participate, if you:

• are looking for funding
• are a green tech Greek start-up
• are interested in building connections with the Chinese market

👉 Send us your pitch deck at innovation@hdb.gr by Tuesday 18/04/2023 EOD!

Greece's startup ecosystem is thriving with innovative startups in fintech, ag-tech, and health tech verticals due to a supportive government, strategic location, and a talented workforce.

Read the full article posted at seedblink.com to find out more on the following topics:

• Greece’s key strong pillars
• The Greek startup ecosystem is maturing
• Greece has a strong diaspora community
• Athens & Thessaloniki - key startup communities
• A snapshot of the startup funding landscape in Greece
• Greek venture capital funds & angel investors
• Unicorns & soonicorns of Greece

📅 30/03/2023

⏰ 17.00 EET

Join our next InnoAgora Talk on Thursday the 30th of March at 17.00, where we will discuss ways to support female-led businesses and how to overcome potential obstacles that might appear.

💡 Register now!

🔷 Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce today's InnoAgora webinar, co-organized by HDB - Hellenic Development Bank SA and Bpifrance on "Why to invest in Innovative Greek startups & early scale-ups?" 🚀

👉 Join us today, the 15th of March, at 4:00 PM CET to hear from industry experts and entrepreneurs who will share their insights on the high potential of Greek startups and early scale-ups, and why investing in them can be truly a game-changer for your portfolio.

💡 This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the latest innovation trends in the Greek startup scene and get connected with like-minded individuals who are passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation.

Click here to register 👉 https://lnkd.in/d_6qg_Pm

We are excited to announce the staging of the first InnoAgora Investing Day of the year on the 4th of April at 18.00 EET. We are delighted to co-organise this virtual event together with Bpifrance, thus we will have both Greek and French companies pitching. 

👉 If you are an innovative Greek start-up and you are interested in participating in the Franco-Greek pitching, send us your pitch deck at innovation@hdb.gr by Friday 3/3/2023 EOD!

💡 In the 6 previous pitching events we have already achieved more than 28 matchmakings intros with investors, therefore we highly encourage you to secure your position ASAP!

Events

📅 23/02/2023

⏰ 18.00

 

What will we discuss?

Join us in the next InnoAgora Talk on the 23^rd of February at 18.00

We will hold a deep diving panel discussion into the different ways & timing a company can get equity or debt financing. We have invited a panel of distinguished speakers, representing a Greek bank, a Venture Capital and a Private Equity firm. 
 

• What is the best way to finance my business?
• Loan or equity?
• How much equity should I give up? 
   

  Meet the Speakers

  Alexandros Garias Head Customer Segments of Optima Bank , Yorgos Mousmoulas Partner at Metavallon.vc , Takis Solomos Partner & Co-founder at Elikonos Capital Partners.
  
   

  Click here to register !

   

Μη χάσετε το νέο webinar του InnoAgora με θέμα: "Διαθέσιμα χρηματοδοτικά εργαλεία για την ανάπτυξη των επιχειρήσεων στην Ελλάδα"

Ημερομηνία: 9 Φεβρουαρίου, 17.00

Ομιλητές:

• Γιώργος Τσαγκαράκης, Διευθυντής Διεύθυνση Δανείων και Εγγυήσεων, HDB
• Γιώργος Παπασταματίου, Εποπτεύων Υποδιεύθυνσης Ανάπτυξης Πιστοδοτικών & Χρηματοδοτικών Προϊόντων & Υπηρεσιών, Διεύθυνση Ανάπτυξης και Στήριξης Εργασιών Εταιρικής & Επενδυτικής Τραπεζικής,, National Bank of Greece
• Σωκράτης Παλαιοκρασσάς, Υπεύθυνος Χρηματοδοτικών Προγραμμάτων Μεγάλων Έργων-Υποδομών, National Bank of Greece

Σύνδεσμος για εγγραφή 👉 https://lnkd.in/dkeSeWUU

📅 20/12/2022

⏰ 16:00 (EET)

HDB would like to wish you all Merry Christmas and we hope you enjoy the Holidays! 🎄

On that note, we would like to invite all new InnoAgora members to participate in our InnoAgora Onboarding Webinar & Christmas Networking on the 20th of December at 16:00.

As per usual, a panel of HDB’s team will welcome all the new members and share information on EuroQuity and InnoAgora.

👉 Our team will guide you and give you information to:

• learn how to make the most out of the EuroQuity platform
• learn how to fill your profile to be more visible and attractive to partners and investors
• meet the InnoAgora team and get your questions answered

We suggest that you prepare a short intro so that the other InnoAgora members will get to know you. ​

📝Subscribe and get to know us by clicking here.

📅 08/12/2022

⏰ 16.00 

* the event will be held in Greek

The National Documentaion Center together with HDB is organising the "Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Research Purposes" webinar on the 8th of December at 16.00. Distinguished guests from diffrente scientific fields will present and analyse the possibilities offered by AI in research and how can Greek companies leverage AI to gain competitive advantage.

👉 Book your spot asap by clicking here!
 

To find out more follow this link:⬇️
https://lnkd.in/dkmXGZfN

Events

As promised, InnoAgora is keeping up with the series of webinars! 

On Tuesday 22nd of November at 15.00 we are organising the webinar

Customer experience powered by technology

The featured speaker is:

Dimitris Alevizopoulos, Digital Product Manager at Coca-Cola

Some of the points that will be discussed during the webinar are:

•           Between disruption + Innovation

•           Technology: an exotic fruit or essential ingredient?

•           Is there a Golden recipe?

•           360 Digital Transformation

There will also be a representative from Genesys, Mrs Eleni Poulimenea (Senior Solutions Consultant) who will answer any technical question that might arise.

Book your spot asap 👇

Register at the event

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Pleased to announce!

One more InnoAgora Talk just around the corner.

On Wednesday 16th of November at 16.00 we are organising the webinar

Lean startup and Agile methodologies for Business

The featured speakers are:

Antonis Livieratos, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, National Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

Konstantinos Zanetopoulos,  Head of CSR activities and strategy consulting, Accenture

Book your spot asap 👇

Register at the event

Events

We are excited to announce that we will be organising one more “InnoAgora Investing Days” until the end of the year.  For this pitching event we will be focusing on the Health/Biotech sector.

The scheduled date is the 14th of December.

We are excited to invite all Greek entrepreneurs looking for investors in Health/Biotech sector, to send us a pitch deck at innovation@hdb.gr by Monday 7/11/2022 EOD!

💡 In the 5 previous pitching events we have already achieved more than 20 matchmakings intros with investors, therefore we highly encourage you to secure your position ASAP!

October is on fire in terms of events! We have one more InnoAgora Talk just around the corner. On Tuesday 18th of October at 15.00 we are organising the "International Business Development Strategies" webinar

The featured speaker is:

⭐ George Gatos, the Chief Revenue Officer of Epignosis - Pioneers in learning technology learning technologies

George has extensive experience in revenue growth, and he will present in a short and crispy way how to build a successful strategy to go international.

👉 Book your spot asap by clicking here!

📅 13/10/2022

⏰ 16.00 (EET)

We are excited to announce yet another super interesting InnoAgora Talk!

The hot topic that will be discussed is Fundraising Tips but this time from the founder’s point of view. We are delighted to co-organise this event together with Endeavor Greece.

The featured speakers are:

• Bill Gianoukos, the Founder & CEO of Goodpath
• Apostolos Atsalakis, the Co-founder & CRO of PNOE

Both of the speakers have great experience in the topic as they have both raised millions from major funds and they are keen to sharing their knowledge and experience with you.

Register to the webinar asap using this link!

Submission deadline: 19/10/2022

Eligible companies: Members of Elevate Greece

HDB in collaboration with Elevate Greece is organising for the second consecutive year an HDB Innovation Challenge.

This year the challenge requests the creation of a funding wizard platform.

The goal of the platform is to automatically collect all the online data regarding funding opportunities and create personalised suggestions for each company or entrepreneur regarding their optimal funding opportunities. The platform will be an aggregator which will be constantly updated and will include grants, co-financing schemes and guarantee instruments and their possible combinations based on the profile of each user.

👉Find out more information & participate here!

We are glad to extend to you a special invite for the European Angel Investment Summit, the annual conference where early stage investors, entrepreneurs, and change-makers gather to fuel Europe's growth. 

EAIS will allow participants a glimpse into the future, a chance to influence the course of tomorrow and a unique opportunity to connect meaningfully with other international colleagues that enable innovations to come to life. During the 2022 edition of the Summit, we will be discussing topics that go from how startups and investors can leverage science to build global companies, to what angel investors can do to foster more interconnected and inclusive innovation communities. 

Register Now

As  EuroQuity is an EBAN partner, you can use EBANXEQ22 for 20% off your tickets!

We are excited to announce that we will be organising two more “InnoAgora Investing Days” until the end of the year.  For these two pitching events we will be focusing on the ICT and the Health/Biotech sectors.

The scheduled dates are the 26^th of October for the ICT sector and the 14^th of December for the Health/Biotech sector.

We are excited to invite all Greek entrepreneurs looking for investors in either of these two sectors, to send us a pitch deck at innovation@hdb.gr by Friday 16/09/2022 EOD!

​💡 In only 4 previous pitching events we have already achieved more than 20 matchmakings intros with investors, therefore we highly encourage you to secure your position ASAP!

Bpifrance and CDC Croissance are organising this hybrid event  on Wednesday, 28^th September, 10:00-11:00 CEST, in order to address the topical issue of the listing capacity of small and mid tech companies in Europe.

The European VC industry has become much more mature over the years resulting in a boom of technology companies in Europe. These small and mid-cap tech companies play a key role in the economic and industrial renewal of the continent and therefore present a key economic, strategic and sovereignty asset.

However, the anchoring of future unicorns and decacorns in EU countries is threatened by an underperforming stock market listing capacity and a greater attractiveness of stock markets in other continents.

Bpifrance and CDC Croissance have drawn up a report containing 6 recommendations to promote the listing of small and mid-cap tech companies in Europe. This session aims to present these proposals and discuss them with the audience.

👉 Register here.

Breaking news in the blue economy community: BlueInvest is back to business!

A new call for applications is now open for Investment Readiness Assistance Cycle 1.

Sustainable EU start-ups & SMEs will be selected to benefit from tailored coaching to reach their fundraising goals.

💻 Learn more and apply by 9 September 2022: https://lnkd.in/e8AN_j6c

Dear InnoAgora member,

We are so happy and would like to thank you deeply for joining InnoAgora and helping us support the Greek innovative ecosystem!

It has already been 7 months and we would love to hear your opinion about the first Greek matchmaking community.

For that reason, we have created a super short survey to ask your opinion on the platform, the webinars and pitching events.

We highly urge you to participate in the survey and help us improve the InnoAgora services (deadline 22/07).

👉To complete the survey click here.

Looking forward to receiving your valuable feedback!

Events

Endeavor Greece is hosting a special Innovation tonight (14/7) at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, to celebrate 10 years of supporting high-impact entrepreneurship in Greece. 

All details and registrations to attend in the link below 

Celebrating High-Impact Entrepreneurship - Endeavor Greece’s 10-Year Anniversary (eventora.com)

Reaching the end of the first semester of running the InnoAgora community, we are happy to share with you some of the results of the 4 Investing Days – Pitching events we have organised so far!

• 28 high-potential innovative Greek companies have pitched their funding case
• In total the Greek companies have been seeking more than 100 ml Euros
• More than 90 Greek & foreign investors have participated
• 23 matchmaking intros have been achieved with investors or other companies that have led to follow up discussions

We would like to wholeheartedly thank all the companies and investors that have participated. As well as our partners that actively support us in this endeavor.

Stay tuned as many more exciting opportunities will follow from September onwards!

📅 28/06/2022

⏰ 16.00 (EET)

  (the event will be held in Greek)

HDB in collaboration with EKT-National Documentation Centre are organising a free hybrid event for all the members of the InnoAgora and EEN Networks.

A panel of distinguished guests will tackle the question “Capable of Digital Transformation? Policies, Trends and Practices".

The panel consists of:

• Ioanna Lytrivi, Managing Director, National Organization for Certification of Qualifications and Career Guidance
• Konstantinos Kintzios, Business Development Director, ReGeneration
• Theodoros Panagiotopoulos, Founder & Senior HR Consultant
• Panagiotis Kampylis, Digital Transformation Policy and Data Analyst

📌Subscribe to the webinar by clicking here.

📅 21/06/2022

⏰ 15.30 (EET)

We are excited to announce one more free digital InnoAgora Talk, taking place on the 21^st of June 2022, at 15.30. The topic of this webinar is the The importance of Marketing Strategy.

We are delighted to host Nikolas Kalaskanis a Principal Consultant at Ogilvy, the strongest and most awarded marketing agency in Greece. 

Some of the hot topics that will be covered are:

• Know Thy Customer
• From product features to value proposition
• Your brand is your more important IP

📌Subscribe to the webinar by clicking here.

We are excited that Innovation Loan, the new financial instrument supporting Innovation and Sustainability has gone live! 

Click here to learn everything about the selection criteria and the procedure that needs to be followed (so far only in greek).

The loan amounts varies between 25K – 400K Euros with an 80% guarantee rate reducing the interest rate as also any collateral if required to only a max of 20% of the loan amount.

Additionally, up to 20% of the loan amount is provided as capital rebate by meeting specific Innovation and ESG criteria within the first 3 years from first disbursement, repaying automatically the loan residual value.

The HDB team is ready to welcome and answer any potential questions or concerns you might have.

HDB launches the new financial instrument supporting Innovation tomorrow (7.6.2022)!

It is the first hybrid guaranteed loan for innovative entrepreneurship and we are sure that most InnoAgora members would be interested to know more. In a nutshell:  

• Loan applications through the local banks    
• Loan amounts from 25K – 400 K Euros
• 80% Guarantee rate reducing the interest rate as also any collateral if required to only a max of 20% of the loan amount
• Up to 20% of the loan amount is provided as capital rebate by meeting specific Innovation and ESG criteria within the first 3 years from first disbursement, repaying automatically the loan residual value
• 1-10 years duration with up to 3 years of grace period
• State Aid Deminimis scheme  

Stay tuned for the official announcement and we are here as HDB team to respond to your questions.

Exclusive direct access for all InnoAgora members. 

Events

We are excited to continue the successful InnoAgora Investing Days. At the previous three Investing Days, 20 innovative Greek companies have pitched in front of more than 70 Greek and international investors. The investing days have led to 22 matchmaking intros for 1to1 calls for further discussions with investors.

We are delighted to give to even more start-ups the opportunity to present their funding cases – therefore we invite you to our 4^th Investing Day pitching event which will take place during the first week of July.

For this Investing Day we are looking for AI-related business models in a Series A funding stage.

Secure your position by sending us your pitches until the 6th of June at innovation@hdb.gr.

The session will have the typical structure of 5-min pitch/5-min Q&A with a panel of Greek and foreign investors.​

​HDB offers pre-pitching mentoring to support the selected companies and will prepare relevant pre- and post-pitching material for the investors.​

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📅 26/05/2022

⏰ 16.00 (EET)

We are excited to annouce one more free hybrid InnoAgora Talk taking place on the 26^th of May 2022, at 16.00. The topic of this event is IP and Trademark Protection.

Legal experts and representatives from the Greek Secretary General of Commerce of the Ministry of Development and Investments, will deep dive into:

👉 how you can protect your trademark

👉 copyright of new products and services and

👉 how trademarks can become an intangible capital for business development

Prepare your questions and join us for another interesting Talk!

This event will be held in Greek.

📌 Subscribe to the webinar by clicking here.

Events

Join us at on the 16th of May at 15.00-16.30, to discuss business sustainability and the ESG criteria.

We are excited that this event will be held on the premises of EBEA (Amerikis 8, Athens) and digitally over Teams.

A panel of Greek VCs will share their expertise and offer you tips on how to create an ESG based Strategy, the importance of materiality to ESG and how to measure and report based on ESG criteria.

The panel will consist of representatives from Ernst & Young Greece, EKT-National Documentation Centre and ResNoave.

📍 We strongly urge you to join us in person and have the unique opportunity to get your questions answered and interact with a panel of renowned experts on the issue as well as with the HDB team.

📌 Subscribe to the webinar by clicking here.

📅 16/05/2022

⏰ 15.00 (EET)

We are excited to invite all InnoAgora members to attend our latest free InnoAgora hybrid event ‘’Demystifying ESG’’, which is taking place on Monday the 16th of May at 15.00, at the premises of EBEA-ACCI (Amerikis 8, Athina) or online through Teams.

The panel consists of representatives from Ernst & Young Greece, EKT-National Documentation Centre and ResNoave.

The agenda of this webinar includes:

• how to create an ESG based Strategy
• the importance of materiality to ESG
• how to measure and report based on ESG criteria

This event will be held in Greek.

📌 Subscribe to the webinar by clicking here.

Events

EIC Scaling Up and the European Investment Bank are proud to invite you to an exclusive webinar on Wednesday 18 May 2022 at 10am CEST

🚀 Meet the European Investment Bank in a dedicated session.

EIB will give you information about EIB Venture Debt. An opportunity for you to ask all of your questions and connect with them directly!

Register here

📅 28/4/2022

⏰ 15:30 (EET)

HDB would like to wish to our Orthodox members Happy Easter and we hope you enjoy the days off!

Furthermore, we would like to invite all new InnoAgora members to participate in our fourth Onboarding Webinar on the 5^th of April at 15:30.

As per usual, a panel of HDB’s team will welcome all the new members and share information on EuroQuity and InnoAgora.

👉 Our team will guide you and give you information to:

• learn how to make the most out of the EuroQuity platform
• learn how to fill your profile to be more visible and attractive to partners and investors
• meet the InnoAgora team and get your questions answered

We would suggest that you prepare a short intro so that the other InnoAgora members will get to know you. ​

📝Subscribe and get to know us by clicking here.

We invite Greek startups to participate in the test phase of two interesting PoCs we are currently running.

To support the entrepreneurial ecosystem, HDB aims at expanding companies' bankability by incorporating ESG and innovation criteria in the process. To achieve that, in October 2021 we co-organised with Elevate Greece a challenge that offered two PoCs aiming at creating digital platforms that will incorporate these criteria for SME assessment.

We ask you to act as a test-user for the beta versions of the platforms providing us with your feedback regarding your experience!

This will be your contribution to this initiative, and you will receive some interesting scoring for your company!

Only prerequisite? To employ less than 10 employees!

Interested? If you want to participate, please send us an email at innovation@hdb.gr (state interest in ESG or innovation scoring).

We can’t wait to challenge the current SME bankability boundaries with you!

The first hybrid InnoAgora pitching was organized during the Growing Together event and took place last Monday, on April 4^th, 2022 at Zappeion Megaro in Athens. Growing together was a gathering of the driving forces of our territories that was co-produced by HDB, HDBI and Bpifrance.

Eight high-potential companies, all members of InnoAgora powered by HDB, participated in the pitch session in front of more than 30 investors on site and online, seeking to raise more than €35 million: BibeCoffee, Brite Solar, Centaur Analytics, InSyBio, Loctio P.C, PaloServices, PD Neurotechnology and RTsafe.

We are very much looking forward for the next pitching events.

Stay tuned for more!

Are you an European startup with an innovative digital solution? Do you want to gain visibility and pitch your idea in front of European investors?

🖊️ Create your profile now on https://ec.europa.eu/investeu-portal/myportal/event/EUROQUITY_DIGITAL and apply for the InvestEU Portal e-pitch session – Digital –  that will take place on the April 26^th at 02:00 pm CEST.

🤝 Following the epitch session, investors will be invited to schedule one-on-one meetings with companies.

📅 Applications are open until 31/03/2022.

You can write to EC-INVESTEU-PORTAL@ec.europa.eu for further details  and/or questions.

📅 29/03/22 

⏰ 15.30 (EET)

We are excited to invite all InnoAgora members to the 4^th InnoAgora Talk of 2022. The topic of this webinar is ‘’Patent Strategies’’ and we are delighted to co-organise it together with SEV - Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, on the 29th of March at 15.30.

The agenda of this webinar includes:

• Business perspective & successful strategies to approach patents
• Patent acquisition process
• International perspectives (US & European)
• Dos and don’ts in the process

A panel of two patent experts, Michael Tzannes (Technology Entrepreneur) and Dimitris Kouzelis (European Patent Attorney) will lead the webinar and share their experience and knowledge.

📌Subscribe to the webinar by clicking here.

Are you an innovative European startup tackling cybersecurity issues? 

European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) together with Cyber Ireland and Enterprise Ireland have the pleasure of inviting you to the 11 th edition of the Cyber Investor Days, scheduled on 26th -27th April 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.

Apply now and you will have a chance to pitch your innovative cybersecurity solutions and hold B2B meetings with the leading investors and corporates from Europe and beyond. 

The 11 th Cyber Investor Days will be organised as an in-person event. 

Learn more and apply here : ECSO - European Cyber Security Organisation (ecs-org.eu)

DEADLINE: Monday, 14th March 2022, midnight CE

We are excited to invite all Greek entrepreneurs looking for investors to join our upcoming InnoAgora Investing Days - pitching events. ​

​

The session will have the typical structure of 5-min pitch / 5-min Q&A with a panel of Greek  and foreign investors and the opportunity for one-to-one meeting afterwards.   ​

HDB offers pre-pitching mentoring to support the selected companies and will prepare relevant pre- and post-pitching material to the investors.​

​

Secure your position at the InnoAgora Investing Days by sending us your pitch at innovation@hdb.gr by Monday 14/03/2022 EOD ! 

📅 10/03/22

⏰ 11:00 – 16:30

Business Innovation Greece launches the 3rd and final open call for project proposals on green industry innovation, ICT and Blue Growth, with more than 8.5 million euro available. The Business Innovation Programme in Greece is funded under the EEA Grants (2014-2021) and operated by Innovation Norway.

On this note, Innovation Norway is organizing an online Information Session and Matchmaking event on the 10th of March, to inform prospective applicants about the Call and the application process as well as to provide guidance and answer questions.

The event is digital, will start with the webinar at 11:00 and will continue at 12.30 with the matchmaking session which will last for 4 hours.

📌Click here to register and find the full agenda.

📅 10/03/22

⏰ 12:30 – 15:00

The National Documentation Center-EKT is organising on the 10^th of March, at 12.30 the webinar “Horizon Europe: Opportunities for the future of Smart Manufacturing and Digital Technologies”.

Join the event to watch a panel of renowned speakers from the European Commission present the open funding programs for Cluster 4 of the HorizonEU. Additionally, distinguished representatives of Greek businesses and research organizations from the digital and industry sectors, will analyze the opportunities that will arise in the near future for business and research activity, excellence and innovation.

👉 Meet some of the speakers:

• Nicholas Deliyanakis, Policy Officer in DG RTD, European Commission
• Evangelia Markidou, DG CNECT, European Commission
• Mara Chachamidou, National Representative of Cluster 4, GSR

📌Register to attend.

🖥️Find the full agenda here.

The event will be held in Greek.

Events

📅08/03/22

⏰ 16:30 – 17:30 (EET)

We are excited to continue the - so far - very successful InnoAgora talks initiative. We invite all InnoAgora members to join the “Data Science and Use of Analytics” webinar on Tuesday the 3^rd of March at 16.30 (EET).

Two experts from the ecosystem will introduce you to the Data Science universe and focus on how to create a data-driven culture and get a sense of current industry trends.

Other topics that will be covered are:

• The hidden value of information when managing big data
• The value of big data and analytics for the modern enterprise
• The use of analytics and cloud capabilities
• Common mistakes to avoid and used cases

📌Do not miss out on this great opportunity! Subscribe to the webinar by clicking here. ​

Events

We are super excited about the first InnoAgora Investing Day this Thursday! 

6 high-potential Greek companies (ICT, MarTech, AgriFood sectors) will pitch to tens of investors from all over Europe, exhibiting the dynamism of the Greek ecosystem. The total amount of funding asked is 18 mln Euro. 

Bpifrance team has been a great partner to organize dry runs with the companies and attract the right investors. 

We will organize more Investing Days in the coming months for all the top-level pitches we received during our first call... so stay tuned! 

Mark your calendars for 17 March and 4 April (especially this date:) !

It was a pleasure e-meeting many of the InnoAgora members and, together with our guests, clarifying issues regarding pitching and fundraising.

Some of the main takeaways are:

👉Preparation is key! Do your homework to know your audience and understand the differences between investor types.

👉Seek warm intros, they are better than cold e-mailing - do your best to find ways to approach investors. You have to show emerge and passion.

👉Describe which problem you are going to solve, express user’s needs, and describe your solution by pointing out your competitive advantage.

👉Focus on your unique selling point.

👉Have a scale-up plan and make sure your plan has an exit.

Click the video below to watch all the webinar and benefit from the unique insights shared!

Events

Join us at the 2nd InnoAgora Talk of 2022 on the 15th of February at 15.30-16.15, discussing Fundraising & Pitching Tips.

A panel of Greek VCs will share their expertise and offer you tips on how to excel in creating your pitch deck, raising funding and get insights on what investors expect from you.

The panel will consist of representatives from Big Pi Ventures, Velocity Partners VC, Metavallon VC and Uni.fund.

📍Save the date and do not miss this unique opportunity to get your questions answered and interact with a panel of renowned investors.

Register at the webinar by clicking here. 

Events

📅 15/02/22

⏰ 15:30 – 16:15 (EET)

 We are excited to invite all InnoAgora members to the second InnoAgora Talk of 2022. The topic of this webinar is "Fundraising & Pitching Tips" and will take place on the 15th of February at 15.30-16.15. ​

 A distinguished panel of Greek VCs will share their expertise and offer tips on:

• how to raise funds,
• how to create a winner’s pitch deck, and
• what investors usually expect from entrepreneurs

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The investors will be happy to answer any relevant questions from the participants during the session. ​

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📌Subscribe to the webinar by clicking here. ​

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Stay tuned as more exciting opportunities are coming! ​

Events

We are pleased to announce that due to the great interest shown by the InnoAgora members, we extend the application deadline for the 1st InnoAgora Investing Day.​

Secure your position by sending us your pitch at innovation@hdb.gr by Monday 07/02/2022 EOD!​

Do not miss out this unique opportunity to attract the desired funding for your enterprise!

Events

📅 03/02/2022​

​⏰ 16:30am ​

Calling all new InnoAgora members to participate in our third Onboarding Webinar on the 3rd of February at 16.30.

​It will be a pleasure to get to know you better, especially the new members, and share information about EuroQuity and InnoAgora. We will guide you with some tips on how to become more visible and attractive to investors and partners. ​

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The InnoAgora team will be there to discuss with you and answer your questions. ​

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We would suggest that you prepare a short presentation so that the other members of InnoAgora can get to know you. ​

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Looking forward to meeting you all!

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📌Subscribe to the webinar, by clicking here.​

Events

📅 24/02/2022​

​⏰ 11:00am ​

Secure your position at the 1st InnoAgora Investing Day by sending us your pitch at innovation@hdb.gr by Monday 31/1/2022 EOD! 

Our first e-pitching event will be held virtually on Thursday 24/2/2022, at 11:00am GR time (Save the date!) 

​The session will have the typical structure of 5-min pitch / 5-min Q&A with a panel of Greek VCs and foreign investors from EuroQuity and the opportunity for one-to-one meetings in break-out rooms.   ​

​HDB offers pre-pitching mentoring to support the selected companies and will prepare relevant pre- and post-pitching material for the investors.​

Plus there are more news coming up for another pitching session in April so stay tuned and spread the word! 

Many opportunities are coming from InnoAgora ... 

Open call until 30/01/2022!

Alpha Bank is actively pursuing innovative solutions with a value proposition for its clients or its own operation. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to accept this challenge and participate in the third international digital innovation programme FinQuest by Alpha Bank. 

This year's domains are: ​

• Open Banking: Innovative B2B and B2C solutions that exploit open banking data and functionalities to offer an improved experience for their clients, embedded services for their partners, or new services that can be monetized. ​
• ESG: Play a key role in building a sustainable future through data analytics and reporting solutions for benchmarking, profiling and scoring of corporate clients/partners. ​

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For more information ands regitration please visit FinQuest. 

Events

Last chance to register to the 1st InnoAgora talk in collaboration with HBio "Discussing the challenges and pathways for SMEs to Access Innovation Funding".

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The event will take place on the 20th of January at 15.30-17.00. ​

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Two bio cluster representatives - Est Diestia and E-nios - will have a panel discussion regarding their needs, challenges, and success stories. ​

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Additionally, HDB will discuss current funding opportunities for SMEs and the new HDB product called ‘’Innovation loan’’ ​

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To register follow this link​

Events

📅 24/02/2022​

​⏰ 11:00am ​

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We are pleased to invite all entrepreneurs looking for investors to join our first e-pitching event on Thursday 24/2/2022, at 11:00am GR time. ​

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The session will have the typical structure of 5-min pitch / 5-min Q&A with a panel of Greek VCs and foreign investors from EuroQuity and the opportunity for one-to-one meetings in break-out rooms.   ​

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HDB offers pre-pitching mentoring to support the selected companies and will prepare relevant pre- and post-pitching material for the investors.​

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Secure your position at the 1st InnoAgora Investing Day by sending us your pitch at innovation@hdb.gr by Monday 31/1/2022 EOD ! 

Events

📅 20/01/22

⏰ 15:30 – 17:00 (EET)

We are delighted to invite you to the first InnoAgora Talk of 2022. HDB in collaboration with HBio organise the webinar "Pathways for SMEs to Access Innovation Funding".

The session will include

• presentation from the BioCluster members discussing their needs, challenges and success stories, and
• a panel discussion from members of the HDB team that will present current funding opportunities for SMEs & a new Innovation Loan

📌We are looking forward to e-meeting you all at the event! To register follow this link.

Morning! 

Here are some insights from the early deck of Transferwise (now Wise and one of the largest EU FinTechs).

• First and foremost, pitch decks are all about the narrative. Focus on telling a compelling story and make it both clear and concise. Use analogies where possible and share numbers if you have them.
• Understand your business model well, but don’t focus on it too much as you can always pivot.
• Do unscalable things to scale.
• Create FOMO so that investors would be so excited they couldn’t do anything else but invest in your business.
• The Team is crucial. Focus not only on having the best team members possible but also on those that are particularly well        suited to solving your problem.

Full article: https://linas.substack.com/p/wisepitchdeck

Do you have any other inspiring reference case to share? 

We will explore more this topic in one of our upcoming webinars. 

Events

Register link HERE - Financial analysis for decision making: Business Modelling - A Practical Approach for Start-ups

This webinar will explore an essential financial tool for decision making within a start-up: business modelling. 

We will especially address the importance of business modelling and stress testing for refining the figures of your company and get it financed.

About the speaker:

John Brennan, CEO WestBIC, the Business & Innovation Centre for the West/North West Region of Ireland, is a graduate of the Marketing Institute of Ireland and holds an ACCA Certified Diploma in Finance. John has accumulated over 20 years experience working with high-growth startups and specialises in the provision of financial modelling support to startups and scaleups seeking investment funding to grow their business.

SEV – Hellenic Federation of enterprises is organizing an online conference on "Reinventing Greece through Investments in Innovation" to explore ways to favorably position Greece within the global innovation and investment ecosystem. Global entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders will share insights from their own international corporate investments’ experience, explain what made Greece appealing to them, and discuss ways to further improve the investment environment.

Key questions:

• What are the social and economic factors that influence investment decisions?
• What are the experiences of investors in Greece?
• What needs to be done to advance FDI in Greece?
• Which industries drive Greece's investment appeal?

View speakers and full event agenda and join us on Dec 1st: https://lnkd.in/eYbK-tAc

 * Watch the conference live on YouTube here

** Conference proceedings will be in English.

Are you raising a serie A invesment ? Is your startup developing a Life science solution? 🧬

We are calling European MedTech companies raising series A & B. EuroQuity is organizing a webinar, on November 10th at 5:00 p.m CET, with TVM Capital, a Venture Capital.

TVM Capital is a truly transatlantic VC focusing exclusively on life science investments. They support promising science, companies and entrepreneurs with a dual investment focus:

• They finance new, innovative early-stage therapeutics in an asset-centric approach
• They provide funding for promising late-stage opportunities across Life Science subsectors.

📝 Click here to register

Events

🗓 01/12/21

⏰ 14:30 – 18:30 (EET)

Global entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders will share their insights from their own international corporate investments' experience.

Key questions that will be addressed:

• What are the social and economic factors that influence investment decisions?
• What are the experiences from investors in Greece?
• What needs to be done to advance FDI in Greece?
• Which industries drive Greece's investment appeal?

You can find the agenda of the event here.

🖥️ For more information and registration click here.

Katapult Ocean will bring 9 innovative and high potential companies from their portfolio to pitch their blue sustainable solutions to potential co-investors and partners.

If you are an investor active in or interested in the blue economy, register now and stay tuned! More information about the pitching start-ups will be coming soon.

Register here: https://bit.ly/31ebE3y

SolarDuck Evoy BioFeyn Brayfoil Technologies Gazelle Wind Power Limited Hyperion Robotics Connected Energy GKinetic Energy Ltd Aquammodate

Learn more about the BlueInvest community here.

Bpifrance is organizing on the 7^th of October BIG Business Angels Day as part of Bpifrance Inno Génération. The event will highlight the action of business angels to support the early-stage ecosystem. Particularly, the participants will have the opportunity to join different workshops and learn more on the Business Angels ecosystem in Europe and Africa, as well as hear the testimonials of entrepreneurs who have become Business Angels.

To register to one of the workshops click here https://lnkd.in/eCt4tGWT.

Welcome to our community and happy to e-meet you!

We are confident that this new digital community powered by HDB will fulfill your expectations by offering new collaboration and funding opportunities.

Posts, topics for discussion, announcements for webinars and other events will be published soon. In the meantime, we suggest you browse EuroQuity to familiarize yourself with the platform and get the most out of it. We will also share some quick guides and videos on how to better leverage its capabilities.

Stay tuned for more insightful content in this discussion flow and stay connected!