About a year ago, we came up with the idea to host our first Hellenic Innovation Network event in Palo Alto. We reached out to Nick Arvanitides to ask if he would share his 60-year journey as a Greek entrepreneur in the Bay Area. Nick graciously declined, encouraging us instead to spotlight the younger generation of founders from Greece and the diaspora.

With the support of:
– Dionysis Panagiotopoulos, Partner at LDV Partners
– Andreas Stavropoulos, Partner at Threshold Ventures & Member of Greece’s National High Committee for AI
– and the energy and drive of Tota Zoura, Director at FalconX
this vision came to life.

On March 20, 2025, we proudly hosted:
“AI and Greece: An Emerging Innovation Destination”
at the beautiful offices of Foley & Lardner LLP in Palo Alto.

We’re incredibly grateful to our panelists:
• Fay Christodoulou (CSO, INTEGRA Biosciences)
• Emil Palikot (Founder, MoveUp AI)
• Minas Liarokapis (Founder, Acumino)
• Alex Dimakis (Founder, Bespoke Labs)

for their valuable insights and for representing the cutting edge of AI innovation connected to Greece.

Special thanks to our amazing moderators,
Tota Zoura and George Panagiotakopoulos (Head of Europe & Expansion at Berkeley SkyDeck),
for facilitating such thoughtful and engaging discussions.

We were honored to have Grigoris Tassiopoulos, Consul General of Greece in San Francisco,
open the event with warm and encouraging remarks on the growing Greece–Bay Area innovation bridge.

Finally, a heartfelt thank you to the Foley & Lardner LLP team—
Chris McKenna, Dave Kantaros, Megan Needham, Kelsey Koziar, and Zhanna Sarkisova—
for their generosity and support in making this event a success.