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3rd Scale Up event 2024
Thursday, 29 February 2024 1:50 PM EET

In-person - Event

29 Feb. - 1 Mar. 2024

01:50 p.m. EET

3rd Scale Up event 2024

The evolution of the innovation ecosystem

We were very excited to have hosted our 3rd consecutive exclusive networking event. 

This year discussions among scaleups, funds and entrepreneurs primarily focused on the evolution of the innovation ecosystem. 

Thursday, February 29

13:50 – 14:00 | Welcome

  •  Dimitris Koutsopoulos, CEO, Deloitte

14:00 – 14:20 | Keynote speech on AI

  • Costi Perricos, Global AI & Data Leader, Deloitte

14:20 – 14:50 | International investments landscape to date and onwards

Speakers:

  • Nikos Seretis, Investment Director, CVC Capital Partners
  • Eyal Moskal, Executive Vice President, Arieli Capital
  • Lillian Georgopoulou, Deputy Chief Listings Officer, ATHEX Group
  • Andreea Moraru, Regional Head - Director Greece & Cyprus, EBRD
  • Pantelis Papageorgiou, Partner, Elikonos Capital AIFM

Moderator: Panayiotis Chormovitis, COO, M&A Transaction Services Leader, Deloitte

14:50 – 15:20 | Interconnections between the Greek and international ecosystems

Speakers:

  • Antigoni Lymperopoulou, CEO, HDBI
  • Valeri Petrov, Partner, Eleven Ventures
  • Apostolos Apostolakis, Founding Partner, Venture Friends
  • Rob Genieser, Managing Partner, ETF Partners

Moderator: George Koutsos, Senior Advisor, Consulting, Deloitte

15:40 – 16:20 | Alternative strategies for investments in growth companies

Speakers:

  • Lampros Papakonstantinou, President, IDEAL Holdings
  • Nicos Koulis, CEO, DECA Investments
  • Nicolas Chrysanthopoulos, Senior Partner, EOS Capital
  • Dimitris Kyparissis, CEO, Optima Bank

Moderator: Nikos Christodoulou, Partner, Consulting Leader, Deloitte

16:20 – 16:40 | From fund-raising to exit

  • Constantinos Lambadarios, Managing Partner, Lambadarios Law Firm
  • Eleni Bathianaki, Managing Partner, Halcyon Equity Partners
  • Demitris Memos

17:10 – 17:50 | Sparing Sessions – Key take aways from scale ups

Speakers:

  • Vangelis Vergetis, CEO, Epikast
  • Haris Pylarinos, CEO, Hack the Box
  • Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, CEO, DeepSea Technologies
  • Angelos Stavrakis, CEO, SafeSize

Moderators: 
Maria Ziouvelou, Chief Marketing Officer, Deloitte
Konstantinos Vaitsas, Head of Innovation, Deloitte

17:50 – 18:20 | Forming alliances amongst banks, investors and tech scaleups

Speakers:

  • Alkis Alexandrou, General Manager, Piraeus Bank
  • John Mavroudis, Managing Director, Vice President of BoD, Neuropublic
  • Nikos Voutychtis, Chief Investment Officer, Latsco Family Office

Moderator: Alexis Damalas, Partner, Financial Advisory Leader, Deloitte

18:20 – 18:50 | The value of up-skilling and re-skilling

Speakers:

  • Stylianos Katranidis, Rector, University of Macedonia
  • Costas Malamas, CEO, Dataviva

Moderator: Vassilis Kafatos, Partner, Growth Leader & DACC President, Deloitte

18:50 – 19:00 | Fireside chat: The national investments evolution

  • Aristos Doxiadis, Partner, Big Pi Ventures
  • Nikos Christodoulou, Partner, Consulting Leader, Deloitte

Friday, March 1

08:45 – 09:05 | Morning inspiration fireside chat

  • Michalis Gialouris, Onassis Foundation
  • Dimitris Koutsopoulos, CEO - Deloitte Foundation

09:05 – 09:30 | How the ecosystem generates meaningful societal impact

Speakers:

  • Michalis Gialouris, Onassis Foundation
  • Eleni Bathianaki, Desmos
  • Spyros Giamas, EIG Cancer Research & Scholarship Foundation

Moderator: Dimitris Koutsopoulos, CEO – Deloitte Foundation

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