Top 5 Transportation Angel Investors in Greece in October 2023

Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Deplike — Everyone can make music!
UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.
HotelRunner — HotelRunner is a cloud based hotel online sales and channel manager tool with an online marketing suite. Power your online sales now!

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Chrysanthos Chrysanthou is a Partner at Kindred Capital since Sep 2018. Chrys joined Kindred from Notion Capital where he was a partner since 2015. Prior to that he was at Accel Partners as Vice President on the investment team focusing primarily on B2B opportunities, within infrastructure software, cloud computing, IoT/M2M and Big Datatechnologies. Prior to Accel Partners Chrys was at Amazon Web Services where he led Business Development efforts of the startup ecosystem, across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before Amazon Web Services Chrys was Chief Operating Officer of Living PlanIT, a B2B startup technology company in the IoT/M2M space, enabling the development of intelligent and sustainable urban-scale environments. Previously, Chrys worked at Cisco for approximately 10 years where he led Services-related investments and acquisitions worldwide. At Cisco Chrys also worked in the IT and Operations departments leading teams across large scale business process re-engineering and enterprise software migration projects. Chrys has lived and worked in Silicon Valley, the UK, Portugal and India and led projects in the Middle East, South Africa, China and Singapore. Chrys holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the Judge Business School at Cambridge University.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Human Resources
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Greece

Portfolio highlights

m3ter — We enable software companies to intelligently deploy all usage-based scenarios whether they charge by subscription, consumption, or a hybrid pricing model.
ParkAround — ParkAround in an online marketplace that enables drivers to find, book & pay parking spaces online in places like airports, ports & the city center.It's available in Greece (Athens & 4 more cities) and Spain (Barcelona & Malaga).Furthermore, ParkAround recently launched the 1st purely online, SaaS software for car parksnamed ParkAround CRM.
Workable — More than an applicant tracking system, Workable's talent acquisition software helps teams find candidates, evaluate applicants and make the right hire, faster.

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Panos is a technology and product focused entrepreneur who loves to build things solve real problems. He is also an active investor & advisor in startups in USA, UK and Greece in the fields of Mobile, IoT, Identity and FinTech.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet of Things
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Greece, Cyprus

Portfolio highlights

ezhome — At ezhome we've transformed the ease with which customers care for their gardens with our subscription based lawn care service. We believe in providing homeowners with clear pricing, continuous communication, on demand availability, and amazing service and support.
Pandas — We are Green Panda and our mission is to give consumers the most value out of their smartphone with zero hassle, by empowering them to sell/trade it in the fastest, safest, and easiest way possible. 1Bn (with a B!) smartphones stop being used, every year after you upgrade to the latest and greatest. But there is a solution as simple astrading them in and getting paid while participating in the circular economy. So, why aren’t people selling their old phones, we wondered? This is where Green Panda comes in. Inspired by humans and powered by tech, we make sure that the frustrating experience of selling your smartphone is now as quick and easy as using a kiosk near you. Our patented A.I. technology in the Green Panda kiosks allows us to evaluate a smartphone’s condition, from the smallest nick to serious technical issues, with unprecedented accuracy. Oh, and we pay users on the spot, straight to their bank account/credit card.
Planetary Resources — Planetary Resources is bringing the natural resources of space within humanity’s economic sphere of influence, propelling us into the 21st century and beyond…today.Asteroids will play a key role in the development of a space economy and be the main driver in allowing humanity to become a flourishing multi-planetary species. Water from asteroidswill fuel the in-space economy and habitation, by creating rocket fuel and consumable water from space, for space.

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Alejandro is CEO and co-founder of Spotahome. He studied Law and Business in Madrid. He speaks English, Chinese and Spanish. He has always been obsessed with making the world smaller by simplifying every possible difficulty cross border.To that end, right after University, he moved to China for 3 years where he set up 2 companies: an exportingbusiness and a travel agency. After that experience, he moved into tech companies and launched a Startup related with job mobility worldwide that got selected in competitions in Portugal and Spain and incubated in the IE Venture Lab in Madrid. After a lot of learning, he moved and worked in Lisbon and London in the Real Estate industry where he saw a massive opportunity to change the real estate industry forever so then launched Spotahome in 2014.

Investment focus

Travel, Education, Communities
Seed, Angel, Series A
Spain, Greece, United States

Portfolio highlights

GrowPro — GrowPro is a consumer electronics company that offers an inexpensive IoT system for cannabis cultivation. The company aims to give the home cultivator an advanced knowledge set of biometrics, statistics, and image recognition which optimizes their ability to grow cannabis. GrowPro was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Welcome Pickups — Book a trusted local driver to pick you up and introduce you to your next destination, pre-order travel essentials.
GrowPro Experience — We wholeheartedly believe in learning through experiences and in getting out of comfort zones every day. Yes, we know that it’s not easy to leave your family and friends to step into an unknown path away from home. However, we also know that leaving a safe space has its reward.All of us understand that the process that involves moving into a newcity can be hard. It’s right there where we put every effort so that you can reach your destination as smoothly as possible.We are passionate about having the opportunity to help other people live the same experience that each of us has had in foreign destinations. That’s why we exist, to accompany you to live the best adventure of your life.

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