Η παρουσίαση των Κωνσταντίνου Μαύρου, Δημήτρη Καλαβρού-Γουσίου, Eric Parks και Αχιλλέα Πετρόπουλου συνιδρυτών και εταίρων του Velocity Partners στο Open Coffee #96

1. Pre-seed & seed VC Fund

2. Why the heck are you even listening to us?
• Why are we doing this?
• Who are we and what do we do?
• What are we looking for?
• What do we think are our strengths and what do we offer?

10. Why are we doing this?

11. Why are we doing this?
Because this is a once in a generation opportunity
Because we believe in the potential of Greece and
Greeks
Because we know startups. We’ve founded them,
invested in them, helped them

12. Greece is the right place
Greece ranks top3 in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) graduates in Europe,
and despite brain drain still has the highest density of developers in SE Europe
Greece’s lower development and go-to-market costs mean moderate valuations, thus making
subsequent investments in Greek startups appealing for foreign VCs
Greek entrepreneurs often outperform European counterparts in startup skills, human capital,
process innovation and internationalization making them attractive candidates for acquisitions

13. Who are we and what do we do?

15. Hands-on team of founders and operators
Konstantinos Mavros
General Partner
Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou
General Partner
Eric Thanopoulos Parks
General Partner COO, Partner
Achilleas Petropoulos
Konstantinos Mavros
Entrepreneurial, Large Deal
experience, Serial investor,
Governance
Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou
Found.ation founder,
TEDxAthens curator,
Accelerator knowhow,
Ecosystem player
Achilleas Petropoulos
Operational excellence guru,
Strong analytical skills,
Gatekeeper, Financial &
Reporting
Eric Parks
Has founded startups, Knows
the process, Business
development and Marketing
knowledge

16. Our investment stage
Pre-seed Seed & Start-up Early stage Growth BuyoutReturns
Amount
raised
30x
15x
5x
3x
€10k €50k €100k €200k €400k €600k €1M €2Μ €3Μ €5M €10Μ €20Μ €30M €50Μ €100Μ
Grants
Friends & Family
Bootstrapping
Angel investors
Accelerators
Venture capital
Private equity
Equity markets
2x
Social
Financial institutions
Velocity.Partners fills the gap
between pre-seed & seed funding

17. What are we looking for?

18. What are we looking for ?
Competent teams with entrepreneurial skills and tech talent
Evidence of existing or potential customer demand with high growth potential
Have or can produce disruptive ideas / product / service / technology
Identifiable vision / roadmap for exit
International mindset and global ambition
Speed of movement / execution
Capital efficiency technology startups

19. Our investment focus
Athens
Outside Athens
Actively recruit regional teams
& facilitate repatriation
Geography
FinTech Tourism
/Travel Tech
Maritime
Tech
HealthTechRetail/
Logistics
AgroTech
ICT Sector
B2BMobileIoT
Vertical Industries
In principal sub-sector agnostic, however initial indicative areas of focus are expected to be:
AI

20. What do we offer?

21. Our foundation and legacy
• 300+ events, more than 10,000 attendees
• 900 hours of community engagement
• Hosted numerous hackathons, design-led
sprints & educational workshops
• Established 2013, privately owned
• 2,200 m2 own space
• One of the first co-working spaces in Greece
• Startup acceleration and innovation hub

22. Wide array of partnerships and synergies
Corporate Partners* offer first costumer
pledge, real-life validation, industry insights
and access to domain experts
* More partnerships to follow
Unparalleled partnerships with ecosystem
players* and access to specialists & mentors

23. Operational value for our companies
Talent Acquisition
◉ TechTalent
◉ Network effect
Mentor Network
◉ Tier 1 / Local mentors
◉ Tier 2 / International mentors
◉ Corporate Partners mentors
Access to Corporate Partners
◉ Technology / API access & data
◉ Industry insights & mentoring
◉ Distribution and first customer pledge
Access to Media
◉ 24 Media partnership
◉ Found.ation media network
◉ Media training (as part of the acceleration program)
Speed of (next) investment
◉ Post-acceleration programs access:
EIT Digital, Microsoft accelerator
◉ DEMO day
◉ Velocity.Partners follow-on deal
Value Creation Partners
Ongoing hands-on support: technology
development, sales, financial planning
Acceleration Program Amenities
◉ Office space
◉ Microsoft bizspark+ program, amazon azure + stripe atlas
◉ Startup friendly legal & accounting support

24. Finally,

25. YOU
US

26. Contact info
www.velocitypartners.vc
start@velocitypartners.vc