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Metavallon VC COVID-19 Portfolio Sentiment Analysis

Metavallon VC COVID-19 Portfolio Sentiment Analysis

  • Posted by Myrto Papathanou & Katerina Kanteraki
  • On April 30, 2020
Our portfolio company sentiment survey provides a high level understanding of how our Pre-Seed and Seed stage founders have been impacted by and are reacting to the COVID-19 crisis. We present our major findings after surveying the startups in our portfolio here. How do you perceive the COVID-19 crisis for your business? “Never waste a […]
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Metavallon VC HealthTech Startups Vs. COVID-19

Metavallon VC HealthTech Startups Vs. COVID-19

  • Posted by Katerina Kanteraki
  • On April 23, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic widens, HealthTech startups are on the spotlight more than ever. We take a look on how our portfolio HealthTech startups Purposeful, Bioemtech, Tendertec and Advantis Medical Imaging are responding with drug repurposing for coronavirus, pre-clinical imaging for coronavirus mouse models, early remote detection of coronavirus symptoms in seniors and educational webinars […]
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OUR INVESTMENT IN LOCTIO – THE CLOUD LOCATION-BASED SERVICES COMPANY FOR IOT DEVICES

OUR INVESTMENT IN LOCTIO – THE CLOUD LOCATION-BASED SERVICES COMPANY FOR IOT DEVICES

  • Posted by Metavallon VC Team
  • On March 19, 2020
We are excited to announce our latest Pre-Seed investment into information technology company Loctio, which addresses the rapidly expanding logistics industry and enables precise location capabilities for IoT devices. Founded by Lazaros Kapsias, former co-founder and CTO of Antcor (acquired by u-blox in 2014) and a technologist at heart, Loctio offers location estimation services in a […]
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5 reasons Ferryhopper is going places

5 reasons Ferryhopper is going places

  • Posted by Myrto Papathanou
  • On January 21, 2020
With over half a million ferry tickets sold and 2062 routes in 10 countries, Ferryhopper closed 2019 growing 400% YoY. It is now the market leader in Greece and expanding fast to Spain and Italy, in a bid to conquer the Mediterranean in 2020 before moving to the rest of the world. It has reached […]
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WELCOME COVVE – THE WORLD’S SMARTEST NETWORKING APP

WELCOME COVVE – THE WORLD’S SMARTEST NETWORKING APP

  • Posted by Metavallon VC Team
  • On November 21, 2019
We are excited to be leading a € 1M investment round in Covve, the company introducing an innovative, highly personalised new way of managing and enhancing professional relationships. When Yiannis Gavrielides and Alex Protogerellis founded Covve, they dreamed about a technology that would revolutionise the way people cultivate, grow and leverage their professional relationships. They […]
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OUR INVESTMENT IN MIST.IO – A HYBRID CLOUD MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR ENTERPRISES WITH HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE FOOTPRINTS

OUR INVESTMENT IN MIST.IO – A HYBRID CLOUD MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR ENTERPRISES WITH HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE FOOTPRINTS

  • Posted by Metavallon VC Team
  • On October 9, 2019
We are excited to be leading the current investment round into Mist.io Inc, who helps businesses easily manage their hybrid cloud and increase efficiency and spending through optimized DevOps practices. Mist.io Inc, has created the “Mist” platform which allows the user to manage a mix of public and private clouds, hypervisors, containers, and bare metal […]
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WELCOME BIOEMTECH – DESIGNING ANIMAL IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR PRE-CLINICAL PHARMA, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL RESEARCH

WELCOME BIOEMTECH – DESIGNING ANIMAL IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR PRE-CLINICAL PHARMA, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL RESEARCH

  • Posted by Metavallon VC Team
  • On September 4, 2019
We are excited to announce our latest Pre-Seed investment into Athens-based BioEmission Technology Solutions (BIOEMTECH) specialising in the design and construction of animal imaging systems for pre-clinical pharma, biotechnology, and medical research. Founded in 2013 by George Loudos, Maria Georgiou and Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, BIOEMTECH has its research background stemming from the University of Western Attica […]
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Our Seed Investment in Think Silicon® – developing ultra-low power graphics units, display controller and machine learning IP technology

Our Seed Investment in Think Silicon® – developing ultra-low power graphics units, display controller and machine learning IP technology

  • Posted by Metavallon VC Team
  • On July 9, 2019
We are delighted to be leading the first investment round into Patras, Greece based Think Silicon®, an IP-licensing, semiconductor technology company. Think Silicon® specializes in developing ultra-low power graphics units, display controller and machine learning accelerator technology for display / vision devices in applications with high performance and ultra-low power consumption needs. The company was […]
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Welcome Perceptual Robotics – an A.I. and robotics startup developing autonomous drones and computer vision algorithms for infrastructure inspections

Welcome Perceptual Robotics – an A.I. and robotics startup developing autonomous drones and computer vision algorithms for infrastructure inspections

  • Posted by Metavallon VC Team
  • On June 19, 2019
We are delighted to announce our €600Κ seed investment led by us in Perceptual Robotics, developing autonomous drones and computer vision algorithms for detection and analysis of faults on large infrastructure. Founded by Kostas Karachalios, Dimitris Nikolaidis and Kevin Lind, Perceptual Robotics is a robotics and AI company  whose first product is Dhalion, an industry-leading […]
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Our Pre-Seed investment in Tendertec – the award winning AI startup opening the door to personalised, preventative and cost-effective elder care

Our Pre-Seed investment in Tendertec – the award winning AI startup opening the door to personalised, preventative and cost-effective elder care

  • Posted by Metavallon VC Team
  • On May 30, 2019
We are delighted to announce our €400Κ Pre-Seed investment in Tendertec, the Cardiff-based, award-winning startup, opening the door to personalized, preventative, and cost-effective elder care. Established in 2017 by Dr. Afroditi Konidari and Rui Zhang, Tendertec develops room sensing technology to support independent living for elderly and vulnerable people, providing their families the peace of […]
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