# Top 15 Artificial intelligence Startup Investors in Greece in October 2023

## Marathon Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning

Marathon Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund on a mission to help the most ambitious Greek founders build world-class technology companies. Marathon caters to those who are willing to go after the seemingly impossible. Those who persevere in the face of adversity. The ones who will ultimately get to redefine entire industries.Marathon's team has built communities and companies from the ground up, and loves to collaborate with like-minded people taking on big challenges. Marathon partners’ track record includes Bugsense, Taxibeat, Workable and Resin.io, among others.Marathon is leading seed rounds (typically with €1m - €1.5m for 15-20% of equity) and judges its performance on the basis of top investors joining to follow up.Marathon stands for limitless ambition, uncompromising integrity, radical openness and giving back to the community. Marathon is a long-term venture that is just getting started.

## Velocity.Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Automotive

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

## VentureFriends
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce

We are an early stage investor investing in Seed and Series A startups.

## HCVC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing

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.

## ETF Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- 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.

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

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

## Metavallon VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, 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.

## Christos Makiyama
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Semiconductor, Computer Vision, Internet of Things

Christos is the President of Silicon Planet, a venture development firm he founded in February 2001. Silicon Planet's scope is to work with technology innovators and support to identify and evaluate market opportunities and develop a sustainable and high-value business model around their technologies.During the last 20 years, Christos hasengaged and supported the venture development initiatives of various corporations such as NTT, Oki Electric, Paltek, ImageOne as well many technology startups with innovative technologies in the areas of networking and communication, semiconductors, video communications, computer vision, IoT and AI.In 2004, he joined Helic, a startup company that had developed innovative electromagnetic analysis solutions and IP for wireless and high-speed communication ICs design. Christos led the company's Japanese market development activities and, until February 2019, had closed many high-value business deals with companies in semiconductors design such as SONY, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Panasonic, SHARP, AKM, Samsung, Denso, and many others. In 2008, Christos also helped to secure a strategic investment from Fujitsu and Magma Design. Ansys, the world market leader in engineering simulation solutions, acquired Helic in February 2019. Christos had been an angel investor and Director of the Board of Think Silicon, based in Patra, Greece. Christos's journey with the company started in late 2014. He actively involved in various aspects of the strategy and business development for its innovative ultra-low power GPU and Display controller technology. Applied Materials, the world leader in the semiconductor and display engineering solutions, acquired Think Silicon in April 2020.Christos is an investor in Fieldscale and since May 2020 act as the Chief Innovation Officer, leading its business strategy and product development.Christos is a co-founder of Loctio, an IoT related technology company, and is on the advisory board of InAccel. He is a mentor with Reload Greece, a UK based non-profit organization, which aims to educate and support young entrepreneurs.

## Emerald Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Software

We provide venture capital for companies with cutting-edge technology that solves key issues in the transition to a net zero emissions world.

## Jason Manolopoulos
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Rental, Internet, Automotive

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.

## Openfund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Travel, E-Commerce

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.

## Pymwymic
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming

Founded in 1994, Pymwymic is the “Put Your Money Where Your Meaning Is Community”, a co-owned organisation of European wealth holders who take a frontrunner role in the transition towards investing with care for people and planet. A community that consists of over 150 individuals, families, entrepreneurs and angel investors of differentbackgrounds, ages and nationalities. We currently invest through the Pymwymic Healthy Ecosystems Impact Fund, a venture capital fund for companies that seek to conserve and restore our ecosystems, with a specific focus on sustainable food systems. By combining our knowledge, passion and money, we bring credibility to the impact investing industry and continuously push for higher standards until investing with care for people and planet is is the new norm.

## Runa Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services

Runa Capital is a global venture capital firm built by serial entrepreneurs that invests in early-stage software startups around the world...

## Nabtesco
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B
- Focus: Energy, Battery, Shipping

Nabtesco specializes in gearboxes, rotors, motors and robotics.

## CNH Industrial
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Corporate Round, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Farming, Agriculture

CNH Industrial is a capital goods company that provides a wide range of industrial products.

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