WeatherXM raises $7.7M; Givelink completes a €200K pre-seed; Hoper, Greece's first helicopter airline, launches and NCSR - DEMOKRITOS to host the 1st EU Defense Hackathon + more

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On May 21, the EU AI Act was formalized and will take effect next month.
Learn how this will impact global legal frameworks on the WE LEAD Podcast here featuring Stefania Diamantara, Director of Legal & Compliance at Dialectica.

Weekly Roundup

WeatherXM - a Greek IoT and Web3 company raised $7.7M to become the largest weather network in the world - Learn more. Additionally, its $WXM utility token, which can be used to purchase weather data licenses and governing rights, will be tradeable on Gate.io starting May 30th, 2024 - Learn more.

Hoper - the first helicopter airline in Greece launches! Scheduled island hops in 45' or less. Daily 🚁- Learn more.

Givelink - a game-changing donation marketplace, completes a €200K pre-seed lead by Erietta Kourkoulou Latsi's Family Office & Vasileiadis Group of Companies (V Group) - Learn more.

Win up 5,000 euros by joining the EU Sparks for Climate Hackathon Athens, starting this Wednesday 29, May - Saturday 1, June. Registration for Researchers & Citizens here until Monday 27 May.

Start Scaling: First Open Call For the D2XCEL Programme Is Now Live for European deep tech and digital ventures. Applications until the Friday14, June - Apply here.

EIB Group to support Greek businesses and startups in life sciences, health, and sustainability with €200 million new equity financing - Learn more.

Events, Meetup and Seminars

Shut Up & Write in National Library of Greece this Saturday 25, May at Stavros Niarchos FCC - Register here.

Greek Cryptocurrency Community Social Meet-up in Athens this Sunday 26, May - Register here.

London Culture Club: Creative Mixer in Athens Greece this Sunday 26, May at TAF (The Art Foundation) Athens - Register here.

The 14th Annual Capital Link Sustainability Forum: Sustainability – Investments & Economic Growth on Tuesday 28, May under the Auspices of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Register here.

Business Transformation: Strategy Process - Managing Corporate Lifecycles on Tuesday 28, May at IANOS Bookstore - Register here.

Digital World Summit Greece 2024: Shaping the future of AI on Tuesday 28, May at National Research Foundation, Athens - Register here.

BitDevs Socratic Seminar #10: Taproot & Tapscript, food & drinks on Tuesday 28, May at Stone Soup - Register here.

Impact Hub Athens: Empowering Non Profits, Small Businesses and Freelancers - Using No-Code Tools for Custom Apps and Process Automations on Tuesday 28, May - Register here.

Webinar Girls in Tech - Greece x Eurobank: Banking in the Digital Age on Tuesday 28, May - Register here.

DevOops Athens #1: How to burn 1/3 of your company's annual infrastructure budget over a weekend on Tuesday 28, May at Impact Hub Athens - Register here.

9th Data Privacy & Protection Conference 2024 on Tuesday 28, May at Radisson Blu Park Hotel, Athens (Silver Forrest Hall) - Register here.

ProductTank Athens meetup #6 this Wednesday 29, May at Xrisi Efkeria - Register here.

Bosch Bytes Athens: Sustainable Digital Transformation & Next-Gen Manufacturing on Wednesday 29, May at Lighthouse, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens - Register here.

AI and Beers - Athens #5, powered by IBM this Wednesday 29, May at EGG Enter Grow Go - Register here.

Athens AI, Machine Learning and Data Science Meetup: Getting Started with FiftyOne Workshop, on Wednesday 29, May - Register here.

GDG Athens Meetup: Google Cloud AI and Google I/O 2024 Recap on Wednesday 29, May at Zone01 Athens - Register here.

Ministry of Testing Athens - Meetup On The Beach: An evening for software testing and quality assurance on Thursday 30, May - Register here.

PLG Disrupt Summit: Helping Product & Tech Leaders Connect, Upskill And Deliver Impactful Results on Thursday 30, May - Register here.

The 1st Athens Causal Data Science Meetup on Thursday 30, May at Mediterranean College - Register here.

Pi55 First Birthday: Celebrating Pi55 Coworking Space impact in Athens on Thursday 30, May - Register here.

8th Inclusivity Lounge: Women's financial inclusion key demographic on Thursday 30, May at University of Patras, Axaia Hall - Register here.

Business Intelligence and Analytics Athens Meetup: Show me the money: Tips & strategies for quantifying the impact of data work on Thursday 30, May at Athens Business College - Register here.

Open Coffee Athens #118 this on Friday 31, May at Benaki Museum - Register here.

Call For Startups: L’Oréal Green Sciences incubator is looking for innovative solutions for impactful collaborations. Application closes on Friday 31, May - Apply here.

Drones Video & Photography Conference by the University of Western Attica on Friday 31, May - Register here.

DEMOKRITOS - EUDIS Hackathon Pre-Event of the 1st Europe Defense Hackathon on Friday 31, May at Demokritos premises - Register here.

EduTech Summit & Expo 2024 on Saturday 1, June - Sunday 2, June at Zappeion Exhibition & Conference Hall - Register here.

AWS Cloud Club in Greece: Build your First Website on AWS on Saturday 1, June - Register here.

Resources (Things Worth Reading, Listening & Watching)

New Book: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Exercises with Prolog Language by Kyriakos Sgarbas Associate Professor at University of Patras - Learn more.

Unlocking The Potential Of AI In Customer Experience with Dr. Lilian Balatsou, AI Lead at Vodafone, founder of Greek Girls Code - Read more.

Women On Top Female Founders Hub fireside chat on Effective Team Management with Galini Iliopoulou, Occupational Psychologist & HR Consultant - Watch here.

TED2024: With AI, anyone can be a coder now by Thomas Dohmke CEO at Github - Watch here.

Dimitrios Skaltsas CEO of Intelligencia AI: How AI Is Disrupting Our Industry, and What We Can Do About It - Read here.

How our engineering teams prepare for scalability events at Wolt - Read more.

The COSMOTE Podcast: Grow your business - Listen here.

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