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🚨 It’s here: The Fundraising Playbook for Startups in Greece 🚨

50+ pages of insights from founders, VCs, angels & syndicates. Real stories, data, and tips on how fundraising actually works.

Free to download here👇https://t.co/YhH6WyfHiS

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🚨 This Tuesday, Sept 30th: The Fundraising Playbook for Startups in Greece goes live.

55+ pages of insights from VCs, angels & founders—built for the community.

Subscribe to get it first: https://t.co/hQPbMCUqYV

👇 Until then, we couldn’t resist giving you another taste:

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What makes a founder fundable?

Nick Kalliagkopoulos (Big Pi Ventures) answers in EUROPEBUILDS S2.

Discussions like these shaped the thinking behind our Fundraising Playbook, launching this September. Consider this as a sneak peek 😊

Full episode👉 https://t.co/pHthACCs2R

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Something big is dropping this September: the BORRN's Fundraising Playbook for Greece.

Until then, we’re leaking the good stuff—like Elena Pantazi’s (Northzone) take on what really matters when choosing a VC.

Here's a sneak peek👉 https://t.co/cEmPxeGPr7

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Two investors. Global careers. Back in 🇬🇷, reshaping angel investing

Remember this episode of EUROPE BUILDS Podcast with Ariadne & Marina?

Spoiler alert: they’re also contributors to our upcoming Fundraising Playbook, launching this September 🤫

🎙️https://t.co/4QRAHibztf

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🚨 Greek founders: Fundraising isn’t guesswork
It’s math. It’s FOMO. It’s the partners you choose.

We’ve been collecting the sharpest insights—straight from VCs, angels & syndicates.

Full Playbook launches September. See how you can get it: https://t.co/VVJJEd5T7m

TLDR here👇

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4/4
And what we saw was this:
Europe builds because it also reinvents, rethinks, and moves with intent.

🎧 Thanks for listening, sharing, and being part of this ride. See you soon for what’s next.

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🎙️ Our season finale of EUROPE BUILDS is here—and it’s all about what comes next.

In the final episode of Season 2, we spotlight 3 emerging founders shaping the future of Europe’s startup scene from the ground up.

Listen on Spotify: https://t.co/eaNnMrdMlS

🧵 A thread ↓

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3/4
This season was recorded live at Doers Summit.

Being on the ground, with mics open in front of real crowds, reminded us how powerful in-person conversations still are. Over 13 episodes, we heard honest takes on failure, timing, culture, trust, conviction, how startups grow.

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What makes a founder worth betting on?

In this week’s EUROPE BUILDS, we talk to Alex Vamvakas of Evercurious VC about why deep tech is Europe’s next big edge—and why outliers beat consensus.

This one’s for anyone building the future—or betting on it.
🎧 https://t.co/Rm1udrSa18

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🌍 What does it take to build a borderless startup—from the Balkans?

20' with @jackthoro, CEO of @NativeTeams, on a story of global scale, remote roots & building a company people don’t want to leave.

New EUROPE BUILDS is out.
🎧 https://t.co/lOwRN3rD5j

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Missed the latest #EUROPEBUILDS?

With Oleks Yaroshenko from Headway Inc—150M users, no outside funding, all built from wartime Ukraine. Key topics:

-Bootstrapped scale
-A/B testing as strategy
-Building through crisis

A story of resilience + growth: https://t.co/j1NkpIpFwY

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🎙️ Your weekend listen by EUROPE BUILDS

How Evercurious VC backs deep tech before it’s cool—with George Georgiadis

🚀From Volkswagen to VC, George shares why conviction beats hype, and what Europe gets wrong about commercializing innovation.

🎧 https://t.co/9XKiGqckgp

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What does it take to build a tech-driven insurer during a financial crisis?

In this episode of #EUROPEBUILDS, @apantazis of @hellasdirect shares how timing, trust & grit helped turn a “boring” industry into a startup success.

🎧 Your weekend listen: https://t.co/G8ydyOUeGH

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🎧New #EUROPEBUILDS episode is live!

What makes a great VC? Timing, humility, and long-term conviction.

We talk to Nick Kalliagopoulos of @bigpivc on how to back the right ideas—and the right founders.

Your weekend listen is here: https://t.co/8RV2woewYn

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You don’t need a budget to grow fast. You need a product people care about—& a team that listens.

@michcparsons (ex-Netflix, Spotify, Hinge, now CPO at Lex) breaks it down on this week’s #EUROPEBUILDS

A bite-sized episode full of great insights
🎧: https://t.co/o52reUThZY

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How do you build a global EV company—without outside funding—and make it a force for impact?

This week on #EUROPEBUILDS: @onemotoEV CEO Adam Ridgway on scaling with purpose, rider welfare & legacy.

🎧 Deep insights, calm voice, big story:
https://t.co/zqQy0w6ked

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Tune in:

🟢Spotify: https://t.co/VPPDfELn9V
🍎Apple podcasts: https://t.co/XzT0Adgmtk
🔴Youtube: https://t.co/5XvmnNz8PB

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Your weekend listen by EUROPE BUILDS🎙️

Two seasoned investors, one big shift: why they left global markets to invest back in Greece.

They share what makes founders stand out— and they do it in 20'.

Because great insights can hit faster than your morning coffee ☕