Scale Up Stories

Eight founders join Scale Up by Endeavor Greece. Together they've raised close to $45M and created 150+ jobs across six cities and two continents. The surest sign that a startup ecosystem has grown up isn't a single breakout company. It's the moment its founders begin funding, mentoring, and hiring the next generation of founders. That is the story of the 10th cycle of Scale Up by Endeavor Greece....

In 2017, Panos Adamopoulos, founder and CEO of Seismos, went to bed thinking about happy news. The Austin-based advanced acoustic sensing company had finally landed their first customer engagement. An employee was on the road to the site with a trailer full of millions of dollars of equipment.  Then, at 4 a.m. Panos got a phone call. His engineer’s car and trailer had rolled over and the company’s...

Endeavor Greece is proud to announce the official launch of Cohort 9 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 6 high-growth, high-impact founders as the newest addit...

Every leader talks about the importance of the company’s values. But how do values actually go from slogans in a document to bedrock principles that shape everyday life at a company?  According to two Greek founders, Dr. Jhonatan Bringas Dimitriades, Co-founder & CEO of AI-powered smart stethoscope company Lapsi Health, and Alexandros (Alex) Trimis, Co-founder & CEO of global travel mobility platf...

Emilia Molimopakis, co-founder and CEO of AI-powered mental health assessment company thymia, was excited to pitch her products to a large company in Southeast Asia, both because of the commercial opportunity and the potential to help patients in a new market.  She knew all her facts and numbers, but she addressed herself “to the more junior person because they were speaking fluent English and the...

No one hands startup founders a manual on their first day in the role, but if they did it would likely include the advice, “start with the problem, not the solution.”  As Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham put it: “The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself.” This is startup orthodoxy. But is it always rig...

Dyania Health founder and CEO Eirini Schlosser discovered just how hard fundraising can be with her first startup, an AI-driven restaurant recommendation company she started aged 24.  She went to stay on a friend’s couch in Silicon Valley and took meetings, but no one was interested. “There are times that no matter how hard you try, if you haven't been through enough challenges to predict what can...

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 addit...

Endeavor Greece, an integral part of the global Endeavor network dedicated to fostering innovation ecosystems globally, proudly announces the launch of its 7th Scale Up Program cohort. The Scale Up Program is the first international program for Greek Innovation, designed to select and support the most promising Rising Star founders globally, who are either linked to Greece or interested in buildin...

Introducing a Milestone: Scale Up Goes Global Scale Up by Endeavor isn't just any program—it's about providing real, tangible support that aligns perfectly with the needs of Seed and Series A companies. It’s their first taste of the Endeavor community, setting the stage for future success stories. Whether it’s through targeted networking, access to investors, or strategic advice, we tailor our ap...

Greece, 27th July, 2023 -  Endeavor, the international organization that supports the growth of innovation ecosystems in over 40 underserved markets and has been present in Greece for 11 years now, is announcing the 6th batch of its ScaleUp Program. Scale Up is the first international program for Greek Innovation, which selects and brings together the most promising rising stars entrepreneurs from...

A strong Global Greek Diaspora presence paired with committed individuals who have a pay-it-forward mentality is the perfect recipe for a community that contributes to the fast-paced transformation that the Greek economy is under right now. With that kind of support, no wonder the Greek Tech Ecosystem is on a roll. Endeavor, the international non-profit organization that supports the growth of Inn...