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EIT Digital Venture Incubation Program 2024: Applications are open!
For the 7th consecutive year, the EIT Digital Venture Incubation Program implemented by Found.ation, supports entrepreneurial teams from 24 countries with deep tech business ideas to finalise their MVP and start their venture.
Read moreUnveiling success: Printec Lab concludes an inspiring innovation journey
Honoring visionary ingenuity in partnership with Found.ation
Read moreDigital Transformation in Greece 2023-2024 Report: Emphasis on Adaptability and Open Innovation
The annual report by Found.ation and EIT Digital captures the perspectives of executives from Greek businesses and presents interesting findings.
Read moreStartups in Greece 2023-2024: Venture Financing Report
Investments, acquisitions, and prospects for 2024 in the annual report by Found.ation and EIT Digital.
Read moreCardlink Business Factory by Retail Innovation Hub: Accelerating innovation in retail
Business Factory is back for a second year of transformative innovation in the retail sector
Read moreUnveiling six innovative startups emerging from the EIT Digital Venture Program 2023
Six trailblazing teams have successfully completed the EIT Digital Venture Program 2023, each receiving a substantial cash prize of €15,000. Congratulations to the founders!
Read moreStart4Health challenge 2023: Shaping healthcare’s digital future
The Pfizer Center for Digital Innovation (CDI) in Thessaloniki has once again invited the Greek startup ecosystem to play a pivotal role in the evolution of healthcare through Digital Innovation, in the second round of the Start4Health challenge.
Read moreCelebrating the Arrival of EIT Digital Venture Program 2023 Teams
We are excited to welcome six dynamic teams to the EIT Digital Venture Program accelerator, facilitated by Found.ation for the sixth consecutive year. Congratulations to these remarkable teams!
Read moreNew report: The State of Innovation in Retail 2023
A brand new report by Found.ation for the Retail Innovation Hub by Cardlink explores the latest trends and future priorities for the industry.
Read moreEIT Digital Venture Program 2023: Applications are open!
The EIT Digital Venture Program supports entrepreneurial teams from 22 countries with deep tech business ideas to finalise their MVP and start their venture.
Read moreDigital Transformation in Greece 2022-2023 Report: Reassessing progress, readjusting course
The research, published by Found.ation in collaboration with EIT Digital, reveals interesting aspects of the business reality for the sixth consecutive year.
Read moreStartups in Greece 2022-2023: Venture Financing Report
The annual report of Found.ation and EIT Digital captures the impact of funding programs and investments on the Greek startup scene.
Read moreWelcoming the teams of EIT Digital Venture Program 2022
8 fresh teams join the EIT Digital Venture Program accelerator, facilitated by Found.ation for the 5th year in a row. Congrats, teams!
Read moreWays to help Ukraine
Since the 24th of February, 2022 when the war started in Ukraine, more than 3 million Ukrainian refugees have fled their country, in hopes of starting a better life in a European country.
Read moreEIT Digital Venture Program 2022
The EIT Digital Venture Program supports entrepreneurial teams from 20 countries with deep tech business ideas to finalise their MVP and start their venture.
Read moreEIT Digital Venture Program 2021 invests €115.000 in 9 startups
No other program has invested in early-stage startups more than the EIT Digital Venture, supporting entrepreneurship in Greece and Eastern Balkans.
Read moreFemale entrepreneurship and educational revolution catching eyes at TIF 2021
Female entrepreneurship and the digital transformation of education were celebrated during the Thessaloniki International Fair 2021, via the partnership of the U.S. Mission to Greece with Found.ation and Socialinnov who organized the TechCamp Thessaloniki: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs and the Education Revolution Conference, under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Governance.
Read moreWomen Entrepreneurship and Education in the spotlight at TIF 2021
U.S. Mission to Greece, in partnership with Found.ation and Socialinnov are organizing the TechCamp Thessaloniki: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs and the Education Revolution Conference, at the 85th Thessaloniki International Fair, under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Governance.
Read moreWelcoming the teams of 2021 EIT Digital Venture Program
The fourth edition of our accelerator just kicked-off with a 2-day virtual bootcamp. We are super excited to welcome 9 startups from Greece, Romania and Cyprus. The accelerator phase is full on!
Read moreRethinking division planning — How we worked with L’Oréal Hellas
Working on a division’s plan for the next 3 years is no easy task. Now that everyone is working remotely, it was the best time to try something new.
Read moreEIT Digital Venture Program 2021
The EIT Digital Venture Program supports entrepreneurial teams from 20 countries with deep tech business ideas to finalise their MVP and start their venture.
Read more€130,000 were given to 8 startups through the 3rd edition of the EIT Digital Venture Program
With the aim of strengthening entrepreneurship in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and Cyprus, the EIT Digital Venture Program is the only program that invests in startups that are at a very early stage.
Read moreWelcoming the teams of 2020 EIT Digital Venture Program
The third edition of our accelerator just kicked-off with a 2-day bootcamp. It was super exciting and yet challenging, as we had to go all-virtual this year. Our teams are just as enthusiastic, though and so are we!
Read moreTechCamp Thessaloniki: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
U.S. Mission to Greece and Found.ation host TechCamp Thessaloniki: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Governance, the Ministry of Development and Investments, and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology.
Read moreEIT Digital Venture Program
The EIT Digital Venture Program supports entrepreneurial teams from 20 countries with deep tech business ideas to finalise their MVP and start their venture.
Read moreEIT Digital Venture Program – the teams
The choice was not easy as the suggestions were many and of exceptional quality. Nearly 190 applications have been submitted for the 4 regional versions of the program, with the one implemented by Found.ation receiving the majority of them!
Read moreAn Innovation Platform at TIF 2018 by Found.ation
One conference and a series of activities were organized in partnership with the US Embassy, helping thousands of visitors get in touch with new technologies and innovative ideas.
Read moreFound.ation’s “Startups in Greece 2018” report meta-analysis published in Forbes
Forbes refers to the “Startups Report in Greece 2018” as “an in-depth study of the Greek startup ecosystem in relation to the country’s financial situation” that “provides valuable insights into the Greek startup scene and the desirable development over the years”.
Read moreApifon becomes the 1st Greek company to join the EIT Digital Accelerator
Through its integration into the EIT Digital network, Apifon reaps multiple benefits, as the European organization possesses a high level of know-how in business development and a large network of partners.
Read more€110.000 invested through ARISE in 7 startups
For the first time, an accelerator program distributes over €100,000 to early-stage startups from Greece, Bulgaria and Romania.
Read moreAccelerating. Together.
We selected eight teams from Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, all of whom came with a passion to start their company and product from scratch and within just two months have shown how much they can achieve when setting goals and working vigorously.
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