Back in Action After Easter! Your Front Row to Tech Awesomeness: TechIncider #2

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Weekly Roundup

Endeavor Greece companies; Hack the Box, Blueground, Hellas Direct and HotelBrain Group were featured in the 2024 Global Outliers Class.

Piraeus Group named Europe’s Climate Leaders for the fourth consecutive year by Financial Times.

Phaistos Investment Fund invests in the innovative Greek #InsureTech Hellas Direct for international market expansion and technology development. Read more.

BRAIN 2024 - Call for papers: the 6th Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services will be held on October 8 – 11, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Submission Due: May 20, 2024).

Women TechEU - a 2-year EU-funded project supporting women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe is investing €12 million in equity-free grants into 160 women-led deep tech companies.

Startup School by Google for Startups. Learn how to build AI agents using Gemini in 4 weeks led by Google experts for hands-on classes - Register to join.

Events, Meetup and Seminars

Athens SDET Group Meetup on Cross-functional requirements (CFRs) on Monday 13th May. Sponsored by NTT Data Greece.

22nd Angular Meetup. Mark your calendars for the highly anticipated event this Tuesday, May 14th, at Athens Tech (Alexandras str.)

Π55/Pi55 Co-working community breakfast on Tuesday May 14th. Dive into the future of Marketing and learn how to craft an AI influencer that aligns with your brand, captivates your audience, and scales your business effectively.

API Athens Meetup happening this Tuesday 14th, May. Sponsored by Moro Tech.

Interconnection between Culture, Economy and Entrepreneurship event by diaNEOsis in collaboration with The Athens University of Economics and Business - Tuesday 14th May.

Impact Hub Athens & Bioagros will host online series on Sustainability: Unleashing the Power of sustainability trends this Tuesday 14th May. Learn more here.

8th Payments 360 Conference this Wednesday, 15 May 2024 | Megaron The Athens Concert Hall (Banquet Hall).

Start Your Night Up will take place this Wednesday 15th May organized by Envolve Entrepreneurship and partners. Meet and network with the Greek startup community and beyond.

The 3rd Greeking out in London event hosted by Endeavor Greece & Genesis Ventures this Wednesday 15th at The Hellenic Center.

Digital Minds Meetup #5 on Pioneering Digital Health and Inclusion by Pfizer on Thursday 15th May. #Thessaloniki

GrowthMentor will be hosting an online event on how to keep your prospects hooked and interested with a proven framework this Thursday 16th May. Reserve your spot.

Remote Work Excellence: Tips for Recruiting and Managing Talent, Thursday May 16th by Workable.

Join PRIORITY's exclusive webinars on the 15th - 16th May, 2024.

InnoAgora Webinar on Intellectual Property Rights by The Hellenic Development Bank SA this Thursday, 16th May.

HR Scaleup Summit 2024, Thursday 16th May 2024.

2nd Modern Labor Relations Conference “Where HR meets LEGAL”, Thursday 16th May.

Start For Future Summit 2024: The Athenian Nexus on the 16th & 17th May and discover the trends in DeepTech, Circular Economy, as well as Culture and Tourism. Register here.

ExcellEnt Project Online Workshop tailored for entrepreneurs on Friday 17th May.

TechSaloniki2024 is being hosted in collaboration with Region of Central Macedonia from Friday 17th - Saturday 18th May.

Resources (Things Worth Reading, Listening & Watching)

Sifted asked five deeptech VCs to share what’s catching their attention at the moment, read about the 10 pitches Deeptech VCs want to hear.

Become DE & I aware: A brand new Skroutz podcast episode on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I). Listen here.

Endeavor Greece and the Delphi Economic Forum gathered six top experts in AI to discuss the potential and pitfalls of the AI revolution. Read here on How AI Will Transform the World.

The FMCG Guys podcast with Julie Laurens, MD eCommerce Business Unit at Pierre Fabre on Test, Learn, Lead - Listen here.

Building in Crypto by Startup Pirate with Georgios Konstantopoulos, one of the biggest brains in crypto - Read here.

weLEADERs Unplugged podcast: Decoding the EU AI Act with Stefania Diamantara, Director of Legal & Compliance at Dialectica - Listen here.

Upcoming International Summit Worth Attending

1. AWS Summit Berlin 15 + 16 May 2024 | STATION Berlin.

2. Reflect Festival - the leading startup program between Europe, Middle East & Africa in May 30-31st in Limassol, Cyprus. Gain free summit access +investors matching + more.

3. Latitude59 - the flagship startup and tech event of the world’s first digital society, May 22-24, 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia.

4. TNW for Startups: Where Startups Scale - June 20 & 21, 2024 · Amsterdam. Applications are still open to join the Startup Program (free passes + investors lounge access + more).

5. VIVATECH - Europe's Biggest Startup and Tech Event, May 22 - 25, 2024 in Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.

6. Africa Tech Summit - connects tech leaders from the African ecosystem and international players this June 7th, 2024 - at the London Stock Exchange.

7. CityJS Athens 2024 - 6th - 8th June 2024.

8. European Women in Tech - 26th - 27th June 2024.

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