55 Athens Startups to Watch (and Work for) in 2023
Europe's entrepreneurial landscape continues its upward trajectory. Amidst this backdrop, Athens stands out, having witnessed remarkable activity in its startup ecosystem over the past years.
In 2022, Athens startups raised $25 Million in capital (after raising $170 Million in 2021). So far this year, they've raised $130 Million, reflecting the growing investor confidence in the region.
This list features the top Athens startups of 2023 — updated as of October. It includes companies like Hack The Box, Viva Wallet and Lambda Automata, covering all sectors and business models. We update it monthly by tracking all startup activity in our database of 17,000 technology companies in Europe and sort companies dynamically using our Seedtable score, ensuring objectivity. Whether you're an experienced investor, a determined founder, or a resourceful operator this list of top 55 tech startups is worth exploring.
Changelog
Last update: December 7, 2023. Added companies, investors and rounds. See changelog .
Rankings are calculated using our Seedtable score – a 1 to 100 score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points (examples are money raised or employees over time) to signal the momentum behind a company. A score closer to 100 indicates a company worth watching closely.
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Gamified cybersecurity training platform.
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Latest Funding
$54 Million · Series B
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Employees
101 to 250
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Investors
The Carlyle Group
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Industries
Edtech, Fitness, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Security
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Locations
Athens
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Contact
•••••@hackthebox.eu
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Viva Wallet is a global, fully cloud-based digital payments factory, providing innovative, reliable and secure payments services.
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Latest Funding
$80 Million
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Employees
101 to 250
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Investors
Hedosophia
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Business Model
B2B
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Industries
Fintech, Hardware, Payments
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Locations
Athens
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Contact
•••••@vivawallet.com
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AI-powered defense technology.
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Latest Funding
$6 Million · Seed
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Employees
1 to 10
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Investors
Marathon VC, Air Street Capital, HCVC
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Industries
Govtech, AI
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Locations
Athens
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Contact
•••••@lambda-automata.eu
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List of 55 top tech companies in Athens
Get access to the Seedtable database with +15k companies (55 from Athens)B2B marketplace to buy and sell agricultural product.
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Latest Funding
$5.4 Million · Seed
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Industries
Agritech, Ecommerce
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2B, MARKETPLACE, B2C
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Investors
Point Nine Capital
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Contact
•••••@wikifarmer.com
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AI-powered cognitive health diagnostics platform.
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Latest Funding
$2.1 Million · Seed
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Industries
Health Tech, AI
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Investors
Eleven Ventures, Metavallon VC
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Contact
•••••@homepage.langaware.net
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FlexCar is a car rental and leasing company headquartered in Athens.
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Latest Funding
$59 Million
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Industries
Mobility & Transportation, Ecommerce
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C, SAAS, MARKETPLACE
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Investors
Frontline Ventures, Seaya Ventures
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Contact
•••••@driveflexcar.com
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Harbor Lab provides software for ship owners, management companies, and charterers’ internal disbursements departments.
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Latest Funding
$6.4 Million
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Investors
Speedinvest
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Contact
•••••@harborlab.com
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Car leasing platform.
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Latest Funding
$59 Million · Series A
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Industries
Mobility & Transportation, Service Industry
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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Business Model
B2C, SAAS
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Investors
Velocity.Partners
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Contact
•••••@instacar.gr
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Ferryhopper provides an innovative ferry booking platform making ferry traveling easy and fun.
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Latest Funding
$5.3 Million · Series B
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Industries
Travel Tech, Mobility & Transportation
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Piton Capital
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Contact
•••••@ferryhopper.com
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Automated Precision Application of farm inputs in real-time, boosting yield, enhancing quality & reducing input spend using deep learning.
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Latest Funding
$8 Million · Series A
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Industries
Agritech, Hardware, AI, Data and Analytics, Manufacturing
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Investors
HCVC
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Contact
•••••@augmenta.ag
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Decice to monitor coffee consumption remotely in real-time.
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Latest Funding
$2.3 Million · Seed
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Industries
Foodtech, Hardware, Data and Analytics, Manufacturing, Internet of Things
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2B
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Investors
Eleven Ventures
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Contact
•••••@bibecoffee.com
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In-destination travel pickups.
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Latest Funding
$5.6 Million · Seed
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Industries
Travel Tech
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@welcomepickups.com
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Pop Market delivers groceries and other daily essentials to your door in 15 minutes.
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Latest Funding
$3.5 Million · Seed
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Industries
Foodtech, Mobile, Ecommerce
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Global Founders Capital (GFC), 468 Capital
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Contact
•••••@popmarket.co
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Prosperty is a revolutionary PropTech company that transforms the way the real estate market works.
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Latest Funding
$3.9 Million
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Industries
Proptech & Real Estate
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
MARKETPLACE
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Contact
•••••@theprosperty.com
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Protio is proptech startup reinventing the process of buying & selling real estate.
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Latest Funding
$2 Million · Pre Seed
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Industries
Proptech & Real Estate
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Contact
•••••@protio.gr
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WeatherXM is a community powered weather network, that rewards weather station owners and offers accurate weather services.
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Latest Funding
$5 Million · Seed
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@weatherxm.com
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Retail apparel swap platform.
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Latest Funding
$530 Thousand · Pre Seed
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Industries
Fashion, Ecommerce
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C, MARKETPLACE
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Contact
•••••@swaplanet.com
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Spotawheel is a tech-driven used cars dealership platform that takes customer trust to a whole new level
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Industries
AI, Data and Analytics, Mobility & Transportation, Ecommerce
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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Business Model
MARKETPLACE
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Investors
FJ Labs, Rockaway Capital
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Contact
•••••@spotawheel.com
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Casino gaming platform.
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Latest Funding
$320 Thousand · Seed
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C, SAAS
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Investors
Starttech Ventures
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Contact
•••••@abzorbagames.com
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Ferto is a q-commerce & logistics as a service platform that delivers whatever-you-can-think-of from local merchants within 30 minutes.
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Industries
Foodtech, CPG & Consumer Goods, Food Delivery, Ecommerce, Supply Chain & Logistics
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2B, B2C
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Investors
Plug and Play Spain
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Contact
•••••@ferto.app
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Interest-free instalment plans at any checkout, powered by Open Banking.
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Latest Funding
$1.1 Million · Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Payments, Business Intelligence
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2B, B2C
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Contact
•••••@finloup.com
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bespot. is an information technology company that provides mobile marketing, market research, and location analytics services.
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Latest Funding
$1.2 Million · Seed
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@bespot.com
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Seedster is a boot camp style class providing business development and growth seminars to entrepreneurs.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@seedster.dk
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Monolithos manufactures and recycls automotive catalysts and diesel particulate filters (DPFs).
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@monolithos-catalysts.gr
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MyJobNow is help you to find a job near you in 24 hours.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Contact
•••••@myjobnow.com
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Nannuka.com helps you find trustworthy babysitters and tutors with verified background check, for your child and family care.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@nannuka.com
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Pockee is a mobile coupon platform that brings together FMCG brands & retailers, enabling consumers to get discounts on grocery shopping.
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Industries
Mobile
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Contact
•••••@pockee.com
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Project Agora is a leading revenue optimization platform for Media Owners.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
101 to 250
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Contact
•••••@projectagora.com
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ReEmbed is a custom video player that supports embeds from YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion as well as HTML5 videos.
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Industries
Media and Entertainement, Publishing
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@reembed.com
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Scientia Consulting Group offers business development methodologies for web startups and financial institutions with e-business units.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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Contact
•••••@scientiaconsulting.eu
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Turing Data is a SaaS-based platform that provides human behavioral big data predictive analytics.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@turingdata.com
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The Greek marketplace for freelancing.
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Industries
Community & Lifestyle
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@douleutaras.gr
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Warply is a cloud-based mobile marketing toolbox.
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Industries
Mobile, Data and Analytics
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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Contact
•••••@warp.ly
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1Bn smartphones stop being used, every year. With A.I. proprietary technology, we enable consumers to trade in their smartphones in 3 mins
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@pandas.io
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PSTTankers is engaged in the acquisition of modern product and chemical tankers in the secondary market.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@product-shipping.com
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We help high street retailers and consumer brands connect to their instore shoppers, collect insights and disrupt the omnichannel marketing
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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Contact
•••••@qivos.com
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Radiojar provides online services for replacing hardware and software operations that are needed to run an internet radio station.
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Industries
Music and Audio, Media and Entertainement
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@radiojar.com
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Spitogatos is Greece's leading property website enabling property seekers to find what they are looking for in Greece and Cyprus.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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•••••@spitogatos.gr
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Advanced weather analytics for all industries.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@exm.gr
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AI-powered vessel optimisation for the maritime industry
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Locations
Athens
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•••••@deepsea.ai
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Beat is a ride-sharing company.
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Industries
Mobile
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
251 to 500
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•••••@thebeat.co
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Digital Transformation Agency focusing on AI & Data Driven Solutions
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@orangeclickmedia.com
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VoiceWeb develops Natural Language Interaction channels between customers and enterprises with comprehensive analytics for decision makers.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@voiceweb.eu
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Forky aims to be the go-to brand for your daily food, offering healthy and delicious dishes in the most convenient way possible.
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Industries
Mobility & Transportation
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@forky.gr
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Intale connects and streamlines the retail industry through their business intelligence and communication platform.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@intale.com
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RTsafe is a medical technology company that has developed a unique approach to QA that significantly enhances the safety of radiotherapy.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@rt-safe.com
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Specializes in super-fast web and mobile app development for Marketing and Advertising.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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Contact
•••••@allcancode.com
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Clio Muse Tours is an award-winning tour-guide app with audio tours and virtual tour experiences for museums and city walks in 11 countries
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@cliomusetours.com
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Convert Grup is a data-driven eCommerce & innovative Market Research consultancy company.
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Industries
Data and Analytics, Creative Tools
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@convertgroup.com
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Responsive security based on threat intelligence & analytics
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@crypteianetworks.com
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Doctoranytime is a digital healthcare platform that enables patients to find the right doctor and a software provider for doctors & hospital
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
51 to 100
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•••••@doctoranytime.gr
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Funkmartini is an online booking platform for beauty services that enables its users to make their beauty appointments online.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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•••••@funkmartini.gr
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Channel Manager and PMS for short term rentals
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@hosthub.com
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Hotelgenius is a Digital Management Suite that brings your hotel a unique way to combine online bookings, guest engagement.
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@hotelgenius.co
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InAccel provides high performance accelerators for Machine Learning & Analytics applications based on novel FPGA engines as IP blocks
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Industries
Hardware, Data and Analytics
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Locations
Athens
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Employees
1 to 10
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•••••@inaccel.com
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