Endeavor Greece is proud to announce the official launch of Cohort 8 of Scale Up by Endeavor Greece, the first international program out of Greece that selects and supports the most promising Rising Star founders globally, who are either linked to Greece or interested in building a relationship with the country.
We are excited to welcome the 7 high-growth, high-impact founders as the newest additions to our network and portfolio, now actively supporting 64 companies that have created more than 3400 jobs globally, with total funding surpassing $900M since inception.
Some key highlights of the new cohort:
The 7 companies have raised more than $50M to date and have created 242 jobs internationally.
The newly selected companies are headquartered across 6 different markets, Athens, San Francisco, New Mexico, Bellevue, New Zealand and London.
A broad spectrum of high-growth sectors and industries is represented, from life sciences and sportstech, to traveltech, entertainment and consumer tech.
While present in 6 markets, 5 out of 7 companies have their main HQ and a major part of their teams in Greece.
The 7 ScaleUp companies have been carefully selected out of 18 candidates that made it to this final step of the selection process, having been evaluated by 30 high impact members of the Endeavor community and network, including Endeavor Entrepreneurs such as Stavros Papadopoulos (founder of TileDB), Mohammed Azab (founder of Grinta and Endeavor Egypt Board Member), Loreanne Garcia (founder of Kavak), Fay Christodoulou (founder of Miroculus - acquired by INTEGRA), Odysseas Ntotsika (founder of Think Digital Group), and Antonis Malaxianakis (founder of HarborLab). Alongside the Endeavor Entrepreneurs of our network we were joined by many high profile network members and mentors, such as Tom Vellios (Endeavor Greece Ambassador, Chairman of the Board of Five Below), Ted Xenochristos (Founder of food conglomerate CAVA) and Dimitris Memos (Founder of MarineTraffick and hoper), among others.
Our Scale Up Director, Eliso Kotsieva, states:
“Cohort 8 of Scale Up reflects both the potential and the challenges of Greece’s innovation ecosystem. In 2024, Greek-based startups (with over 20% of employees in Greece) raised $390M across 57 rounds - just a fraction of the total $1.316B raised by Greek-founded startups globally. This mirrors broader European challenges like fewer global tech leaders compared to the US, lower R&D investment, and a trend of unicorns relocating abroad, highlighting the urgent need for greater competitiveness, connectivity and extroversion. The 7 Scale Up companies combine strong local roots, international ambition, and a global footprint, with 5 of them maintaining a significant presence in Greece. Together, they showcase how Greece can take the lead in bridging local talent with global opportunities and strengthen its position as a destination but also a launchpad for innovation, investment and talent.”
Acumino
Acumino is a Robotics / AI company that has developed a next generation breakthrough platform that enables robots to perform high-functioning, dexterous tasks in unstructured environments with near-human precision. Acumino’s General Robotic Intelligence is hardware agnostic, and can be deployed in a fast, scalable, and cost efficient manner that delivers unprecedented productivity and real ROI.
Co-Founders: Minas Liarokapis, Tom White, Patrick Jarvis
Circular Genomics
Circular Genomics is a pioneering precision psychiatric and neurologic medicine biotechnology company, using advanced technology and proprietary data to uncover insights for personalized care. The company focuses on circular RNA biomarkers to diagnose and treat psychiatric and neurological disorders, empowering individuals to better understand their mental and brain health and find optimal treatments.
Co-Founders: Nikolaos Mellios
Cinobo
Cinobo is a subscription-based streaming service that unites the best of cinema in one place, offering a curated selection of handpicked films and series across all genres - from Oscar winners to bold new voices and festival gems. With exclusive content, community-driven features, and perks like free cinema tickets, Cinobo bridges the gap between quality and quantity, providing an all-in-one solution for cinema lovers. Leveraging a unique hybrid streaming-distribution model, Cinobo is growing to be the leading brand in independent cinema, transforming how audiences discover and experience exceptional storytelling.
Founder: Dafni Bechtsi
Evo Human Performance
EVO Human Performance leverages Bio-Engineering principles to create a “must-have” tool for athletes and sports teams to enrich decision-making and human performance through personalized optimization and workload management. EVO’s solution implements a complete data processing pipeline, combining the engineering and medical domains to offer personalized actionable myoskeletal performance guidance, taking athletic performance to the next level.
Founder: Sofia Pomakidou
Threedium
Threedium is the leading 3D Commerce Infrastructure, empowering world-renowned brands like Fendi, Mercedes-Benz, New Balance, Asics, L’Oréal, and Diageo to deliver cutting-edge immersive commerce experiences. The company’s SaaS platform, Unlimited 3D, revolutionizes digital engagement by managing the entire lifecycle of 3D digital twins, facilitating augmented reality, virtual try-ons, 3D ads, and product configurators across omni-channel and across various devices, whilst capturing precise user behaviour data.
Founder: Mike Charalambous Angelides
Triparound
Triparound is on a mission to transform the way people travel, redefining the guest experience by making every journey seamless, more memorable, and entirely frictionless, through its disruptive solution designed to meet the evolving needs of hospitality professionals worldwide. As a comprehensive guest experience platform, Triparound empowers hotels, resorts, and vacation rentals to elevate guest satisfaction, streamline operations, and drive ancillary revenue growth. Acting as the central hub for managing and tracking all guest services, Triparound seamlessly connects the dots between experiential travel and convenience.
Co-Founders: Antonis Chalkiopoulos, Christos Stergiou
YourHero/ Douleutaras
YourHero enables consumers to find the right home expert for any service they need for their home. By leveraging millions of data points, the platform matches specialised services with the most trusted, compatible and available professionals. As a result, YourHero has created an ecosystem of growing entrepreneurs across Greece, Cyprus, Ireland, and Portugal, bringing them closer to their greatest version of their professional potential - this is the company’s mission.
Founder: Andreas Grammatis