Mentors & Speakers

Support network for Next Stage Challenge startups

  • Yiorgos Bontzios

    Co-founder & CCO, Agroverse PC 

  • Alexandra Nitzlader

    Social Finance & Venture Capital Expert 

  • Nikolaos Koltsidas

    President at Proud Farm
Group of Farmers 

  • Manos Moschous

    CTO, AbZorba Games 

  • Vassilis Nikolopoulos

    Co-founder & CTO, Avokado | Director, Applied R&D at Metlen Energy & Metals 

  • Ioannis Kotis

    Member, KEMEL 

  • Evangelos Gklavakis

    MSc Horticulture, the Krop 

  • Dimitra Pantelaki

    Founder, KORI 

  • Athanasios-Antonios Leontaris

    Lawyer-Legal Advisor, Ratio Legal Services 

  • Machi Simeonidou

    Managing Director, AgroApps 

  • Ioannis Mourtzinos

    Ass. Professor, Food Chemistry and Analysis (AUTH) P.I., AgroFoodRnD 

  • Dora Trachana

    Partner, Unifund 

  • Panayiotis Ketikidis

    President, Alexander Innovation Zone | President and Co-founder, Hellenic Business Angels Network | Chairperson, SEERC 

  • Joachim Köchling

    International Managing Director, IFM Institut für den Mittelstand 

  • Kyros Yakinthos

    Vice Rector of Research and Innovation, AUTh 

  • Konstantinos Fouskas

    Head, University of Macedonia Tech Transfer Office | Member, HeBAN 

  • Nikos Papanotas

    CEO, Geekbot 

  • Chris Kachris

    Founder, InAccel 

  • Kyriakos Loufakis

    President & CΕΟ, Loufakis Chemicals SA 

  • Vasilis Andreou

    General Partner, Loggerhead Ventures 

  • George Saperas

    Partner & CFO, Uni.Fund 

  • Dimitris Nikas

    CEO, Medtronic Hellas 

  • Panos Remoundos

    Project Development & Coordination, Creativity Platform 

  • Efthymis Konstantopoulos

    CEO, Akritas SA 

  • Lambros Tsolkas

    Managing Director, Accenture Greece 

  • Dimitrios Lakasas

    CEO, Olympia Electronics 

  • Alexios-Fotios Mentis

    Researcher, Medical Genetics Laboratory, University of Athens 

  • Theodoros Sofianos

    Innovation & Product Development Researcher at Unismack, Founder at Digital Bites 

  • Kostis Kaggelides

    CEO, Gnomon Informatics 

  • Francesco Musardo

    CEO & Founder, Alberami 

  • Odysseas Bassioukas

    Managing Partner, Proteas 

  • Christos Vogiannou

    CEO, Provil SA 

  • Stavros Tekes

    CTO, Draxis 

  • Britta Balden

    Founder & Managing Director, SmartLoC 

  • Grigoris Chatzikostas

    General Partner, Loggerhead Ventures | Partner, reframe.food| Partner, Rainno 

  • Pantelis Angelidis

    Founder, Vidavo 

  • Eri Toka

    Head, Aristotle University Tech Transfer Office 

  • Alexandros Mylonas

    Group Sales Director, Alumil 

  • Chris Kachris

    CEO & co-founder, InAccel (aquired by Intel) | Assistant Professor, University of West Attica 

  • Dilay Çelebi

    Senior Researcher & Professor, South-east European Research Centre (SEERC) 

  • Penelope Pagoni

    ESG & Sustainability Consultant 

  • Marco Della Puppa

    Managing Director at Italian-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce of Thessaloniki 

  • Despina Christou

    Co-Founder & Chief AI Scientist, GoCharlie AI 

  • Dionissis Spiliopoulos

    President, KEMEL | former Managing Director, Schneider Electric Greece 

  • Pantelis Kontaxakis

    Member, KEMEL 

  • Christos Kolios

    President, Colios Group / Board 

  • Elina Koutsouradi

    Entrepreneur / Angel Investor 

  • Anthi Stavropoulou

    Managing Director, Doppler S.A. 

  • Nicholas Theodorakis

    Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Co-Founder, Athletopia 

  • Nikos Manouselis

    CEO, Agroknow 

  • Alexandra Sarma

    General Manager & Partner, SDG House Greece 

  • Kostas Fetfatsidis

    President, NextGen Materials & Processing | Founder, Make Composites (acquired by Desktop Metal) 

  • Alexis Vamvakas

    Partner, Evercurious 

  • Nikos Efthymiadis

    President, Redestos-Efthymiadis Agrothechnology 

  • Dimitris Maroulis

    Partner & Co-Founder, Genesis Ventures 

  • Nikolaos-Antonios Livanos

    Founder & CEO, EMTECH 

  • Evangelos Kosmidis

    CEO of Loggerhead Ventures | Founder and Head of Business Development at Draxis Environmental 

  • Aimilios Chalamandaris

    Head of TTS - R&D, Samsung Electronics 

  • Georgios Fontaras

    Science and Policy Officer, European Commission Joint Research Centre 

  • Theodoros Tsamourtzis

    Managing Director, Agrotechnology Export Cluster 

  • Athanase Kollias

    CEO, Kinvent 

  • Dimitris Paximadis

    Member, KEMEL 

  • Orestis Trasanidis

    Managing Director, EIT Hub Silicon Valley 

  • Spyros Kiartzis

    Manager New Technologies & Alternative Energy Sources, Helleniq Energy Group 

  • Alexander Caravitis

    Co-founder & CEO Hosthub 

  • Ion Tsakonas

    CEO, Piraeus Equity Partners 

  • Takis Dimitrakopoulos

    Managing Director, Gravity Labs