From Wallets to Wireless: Revolut Launches Mobile Plans

A Warm Welcome to May,

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This week, we spotlight a bold move in fintech: What began as a digital wallet is now challenging telecoms. Revolut's latest move into mobile plans isn’t just a bold market expansion but a masterclass in capability repurposing.

As we build innovative companies, it's worth to understand what core strengths we developed that could serve an entirely different sector and if there are problems outside our original market that our infrastructure, tech, or trust can solve.

Plus, Athens comes alive this week with an electrifying lineup of events spanning tech, defence, electromobility, and sustainability. Don’t forget to check out what’s coming up and explore opportunities happening across the city!

Weekly Roundup

• Dimitri Stiliadis’ Endor Labs Secures $93M Series B to Expand Application Security Platform in the Cyberspace.

• Coffeeco Upcycle Raises €715K to Fuel International Expansion
  Patras-based sustainability startup Coffeeco Upcycle secures €715K in funding, led by VDK Capital, to expand its innovative coffee waste into skincare and bioplastics solutions into the UK and US markets.

• WeatherXM Announces Targeted Rollouts in Sub-Saharan Africa, as part of its mission to deploy weather stations in regions lacking data.

• Explore Athens Stock Exchange Q1 2025 Market Insights.

• Billys, the Startup Simplifying Building Management, Raises €200,000 on Dragon’s Den Greece.

• 15th Innovation & Technology Competition by NBG Business Seeds Concludes, winners to be announced this June during the official Awards Ceremony.

• Elikonos Capital AIFM Joins Invest Europe as Full Member, Strengthening its role among Europe’s leading private equity and venture capital investors.

• User-Centric: Help shape how elvoX a Greek emerging electromobility manufacturer designs the future of innovative logistics vehicles. Take just 6 minutes to share your insights in their survey and influence what comes next.

• Sports: Explore the Newly Renovated Paiania Olympic Training Centers Renovated by LAMDA Development.

• From Wallets to Wireless: Revolut to Launch Mobile Plans, Challenging Traditional Network Providers. The fintech giant expands beyond banking, taking aim at telecoms with its new mobile service offering.

• The Hellenic Initiative Appoints Mike Manatos as Executive Director, Effective May 1, 2025.

Funding and Startup Opportunities

• Join the EIT Health Drive and Secure Up to €25,000 in Funding. Design and launch a local capacity-building programme to strengthen your health and life science innovation. Apply by June 15.

Featured Job Openings

• Systems Engineer to Join Piraeus Bank’s Infrastructure Engineering Team.

• Sales Rep, Talent Acquisition and Other Open Roles at Welcome Pickup.

• Customer Success and Support Associate at DreamClass.

• Media Sales Specialist in Athens at PORTES Magazine.

• Project Manager at Seeders.

• Performance Marketing Account Manager at Viral Passion.

• Communications Senior Officer at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC).

• Operations Manager, UK at The Hellenic Initiative.

• Administrative Assistant at Startup Greece.

• Full-Stack Engineer (Remote) at Arcweave.

Events

• CNN Insights on "Technology & Defense Industry" | May 5

• Defence Exhibition Athens | May 6 - 8

• Microsoft AI Fintech Accelerator Southeast Europe 2025 Demo Day | May 7

•  DIANA Accelerators Demo Day by NATO | May 7

• Unlocking the Future of European Cinema: AI, Cultural Heritage & Data-Driven Filmmaking | May 7

• EIB Investment Survey Results for Greece | May 7
  by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)

• Athens Music Week (AMW) 2025 | May 7 - 10

• Big Pi Ventures Taratsa Drinks: Panathenea Edition | May 8

• Workshop: ESG for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises by NKUA | May 8

• 10th Intelligent Transport Systems HELLAS Conference 2025 | May 7 - 8

• 5th Conference on ENERGY LAW | May 9

• UNESCO Chair Lecture on Open Access Publishing with Françoise Gouzi | May 9

• 28th Open Coffee Heraklion | May 10

• 13th Regional Growth Conference 2025 Patras | May 12 - 14

• Scaling Up Summit 2025 by EO Greece | May 14

• ATHEX Tech Summit 2025 | May 14

• ESG Tracker 2.0: New Capabilities Tailored for SMEs by HDB | May 15

•  EUNIfy by Odyssea #Thessaloniki | May 15 - 16

• Elixir Athens Meetup #1 | May 16

• Sustainable Impact Dialogues - Meetup #2 | May 16

• Zagori Impact Investing Forum | May 15 - 17

Things Worth Reading, Listening and Watching

• Greece’s Economic Upgrade: Balancing Fiscal Discipline with Steady Growth by Dr. Theodoros Stamatiou, Senior Economist at Eurobank, and Dr. Stylianos Gogos, Research Economist at Eurobank.

• Startup Greece Talk EP#100:
  Featuring Dimitris Dimosiaris, Co-Founder of Founderhood.

• Fintech Is Hot: New Players Are Changing Millennials' Investment Culture by Natassa Frangouli Featuring Wealthyhood Co-Founders A. Christodoulakis and K. Faliagkas.

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