MIT Enterprise Forum Greece is proud to announce the 24 Semifinalists selected to advance to the next round of the MITEF Greece Startup Competition.

Please, follow this link to meet the 24 Greek Technology Startups!

Participating companies/teams spanned a diverse range of disciplines: 6 startups in Internet & Web, 1 in Biotechnology & Medicine, 1 in Nanotechnology, 9 in Software, 1 in Transportation, 2 in Computer & Electronics Hardware, and 4 in Other Industries. We are excited with not just the promise of these exciting new technologies, but also the passion of the Greek entrepreneurs who have participated in our competition.

We are looking forward to great things from the 24 startups (in alphabetical order):

3asyR Ltd.,

10Muse,

Active Social Networking (ASN),

Blueline,

CityCrop Automated Indoor Farming,

Cube RM,

Cyclefi,

Datalization,

Entranet,

Exclusivi Ltd.,

FixGuard,

Fresh Strips B.V.,

Hotelsonspot,

LilTECH,

Metis Seagrass,

OpenIchnos,

QBRIQ,

Save Bees,

SentiGeek,

SportsElectroceuticals,

Spotawheel,

Tesibit,

TOORISTAS, and

Wifins.

Following the conclusion of the second round of the first MITEF Greece Startup Competition, MIT Enterprise Forum Greece announced the 10 finalists selected to advance to the final round.

During the 2nd judging round, an extremely competitive process was completed where all the 24 semifinalists pitched live their business plans to MITEF Greece’s well-respected judging panel. Please, follow this link to meet the judges of the 2nd judging round>

The top-level Greek and international business executives, entrepreneurs and investors evaluated and selected the following 10 startups, listed in alphabetical order:

Active Social Networking (ASN)

CityCrop Automated Indoor Farming

Cube RM

Entranet

Exclusivi

Fresh Strips

OpenIchnos

SentiGeek

Spotawheel

Tesibit

Highlights of MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2017

Constantine Moros, Senior Manager, Advisory Services, EY, coached the 24 semifinalists on business skills and talks about the advantages of participating in MITEF Greece Startup Competition.

Linda Plano, Founder at Plano & Simple, coached the 24 semifinalists of the MITEF Greece Startup Competition on their pitches and value propositions and shares her excitement about the Greek initiative.

Elias Vyzas, Partner at EY, congratulates and welcomes the 24 semifinalists to the MITEF Greece’s competition.

Marco Veremis, Co-founder & Executive Chairman of Upstream, was a member of the Judging Panel during the Finals & Awards Ceremony and shares his thoughts about the “most serious competition for startups in Greece“.

Marios Chryssolouris, Co-founder & CEO at Fresh Strips, shares his excitement about winning the MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2017!

Babis Kourtzis, CEO at Exclusivi, the 1st runner-up for 2017, shares his excitement about participating at MITEF Greece Startup Competition, being awarded and after receiving INTRASOFT International’s Innovation Award.

George Boretos, Co-founder & CMO at CubeRM, was selected 2nd runner-up and shares his excitement for participating and discusses the importance of accelerator programs that nurture the next generation of game-changing technology start-ups.

Dimitris N. Antonopoulos, Founder of 10Muse, shares his experience as one the 24 semifinalists of the competition for 2017.

Anastasios Oikonomidis, CTO at Active Social Networking (ASN) and one of the 10 finalists, explain how his team decided to join the competition and the advantages they gained from the intensive 3-month accelerator program.

Nikos Naoum, Co-founder & Head of Product at Blueline, was one of the 24 semifinalists of the MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2017.

Christos Raftogiannis, CEO at CityCrop Automated Indoor Farming and one of the 10 finalists of the competition, discusses the pros and cons of accelerator programs.

Evi Freri, Co-Founder & CBO at Cyclefi, shares her experience as one of the 24 semifinalists of the competition.

Lefteris Papageorgiou, CEO at Entranet and one of the 10 finalists, discusses about his experience during the competition.

Dionysis Asimakopoulos, Co-founder of FixGuard and one of the 24 semifinalists of the competition discusses about the workshops, their assigned mentors and the hole experience.

Lefteris Serviou, Co-founder of hotelsonspot, joined the 24 semifinalists of the competition and shares his thoughts.

Dimitris Karapatis, Founder & CEO at LilTECH, a startup company that operates in the field of innovative wearable technologies, shares his excitement about being part of MITEF Greece’s community.

Ioannis Pavlakis, Founder of Metis Seagrass, explains the importance of all the learning and networking opportunities that arise the MITEF Greece’s programming.

George Koutras, CEO at OpenIchnos, was one of the 10 finalists of MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2017.

Mara Tsoumari, Founder & CEO at SentiGeek, discusses her experience as one of the 10 finalists of the competition.

Nikos Mylonas, Co-founder & CMO at QBRIQ, discusses about participating at MITEF Greece’s accelerator program that opened up new horizons for himself and his team.

Vasiliki Ntampasi, Co-founder & CEO at Tesibit and one of the 10 finalists of the competition discusses about the importance of being part of MITEF Greece’s community in order to reach the global market.

Antonis Chalkiopoulos, CEO at Tooristas and one of the 24 semifinalists of the competition, discusses about the high value of the mentoring process and the significant opportunities that opened up for his startup.

Marios Papadopoulos, Co-founder & CEO at Wifins, was one of the 24 semifinalists of this year’s competition.