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Eurobank, Official Supporter of the National Register of Start-ups – Elevate Greece of the Ministry of Development and Investment, and egg – enter • grow • go, recently organized an online information meeting, for all the companies of the Register, in order to inform them about opportunities in key areas such as finance, extroversion and business networking. Indicative of the great interest was the participation of 135 innovative companies from dynamic sectors such as ESG, ICT / Fintech, technologies in the field of Health and Tourism.
The online meeting was greeted by the Deputy Minister of Development and Investment, Dr. Christos Dimas, while the role of the Bank in supporting the Greek innovation ecosystem was underlined by the General Manager of Marketing and Corporate Communication of the Eurobank Group, Mr. Michalis Vlastarakis. The policies, programs and initiatives to support young entrepreneurship by the State, for the period 2021 – 2022, were presented by Prof. Athanasios Kyriazis, Secretary General of Research and Innovation and Mr. Michalis Dritsas, Director of the Office of Deputy Minister Mr. Christos Mr. Panos Theodorou, Head of Elevate Greece, also mentioned the possibilities for financing start-ups, small and medium enterprises, the grants that are expected to be announced for Elevate Greece companies, but also the financing solutions planned in collaboration with the Hellenic Development Bank (EBA). Eurobank Small Business Strategy & Development Sector. In addition, Mr. Stylianos Gogos, financial analyst of Eurobank, presented the trends and challenges in the Greek and global economy, while Mr. Stefanos Kapsaskis, Senior Advisor, JNP Strategy & Management Consulting PC, described the framework for investment opportunities business initiatives.
The Deputy Minister of Development and Investment, responsible for research and technology, Dr. Christos Dimas, among others, stated: “Elevate Greece is an essential tool of the State, which supports the innovation ecosystem and especially start-ups, providing significant incentives and benefits. The initiative aims to bring together even more effectively different aspects of the ecosystem such as start-ups, research centers, universities, incubators, accelerators, venture capital companies, etc. The presence of Official Supporters in the Elevate network Greece is crucial for its wider development. Eurobank joined the Official Supporters from the very beginning, offering services and even cash prizes. With the egg – enter • grow • go program, it has contributed significantly to the wider development of the innovation ecosystem “.
The General Manager of Marketing and Corporate Communication of Eurobank Group, Mr. Michalis Vlastarakis, stated: “Eurobank consistently supports Greek start-ups and contributes in various ways to the development of the ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurship in the country. “Egg – enter • grow • go has the ability to help, in practice, the companies of Elevate Greece, through specific financial solutions, as well as with interconnection actions with mature entrepreneurship and the most advanced ecosystems abroad, respectively.”.
Ms. Roula Bakhtalia, Director of egg, and Dr. Nikos Vogiatzis, Chief Development & Operations Officer of Corallia, with special mention of egg actions related to the development of Collaborative Innovation Formation in digital technologies in the fields of Tourism & Culture. Egg intends to select more than 50 innovative companies of the National Register of Start-ups “Elevate Greece”, enabling them to qualify directly to the final (C ‘) evaluation phase, for inclusion in the egg, or in the Egg Start – Up Platform, or in the Egg Scale – Up Platform, for the period 2022 – 2023.
Within the framework of the Thessaloniki International Fair, Eurobank awarded with benefits of a total value of 50,000 euros, the winning companies of the 1st Young Entrepreneurship Competition – Elevate Greece, which was introduced and organized by the Ministry of Development & Investment and the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation. The ten start-ups that won the first National Elevate Greece Awards were announced at a special event in Thessaloniki, which was honored by the presence of the Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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