Startup Europe Awards Announces The Best Startups From Greece

The iED, an NGO promoting the entrepreneurship and supporting startups, tried to gather all the innovative startups through a special platform dedicated to Greek startups (entre.gr). With a very simple registration, the startups filled in their basic information. The total submissions in the platform reached the number of 75.

At the same time the Aephoria.net, a sustainable-business education and incubation program for startup companies operating in Greece, selected through “BlueGrowth” competition two winning startups.

The Greek Jury, formed by both organisations representatives, selected the five winners in five different categories on December 2nd, 2016 . These startups will have the opportunity to represent Greece in the European Final of StartUp Europe Awards which is to be held first in the quarter of 2017 in Brussels. There, an international jury will chose the best 10 startups of Europe in the called “The Eurovision for Startups”.

The 5 Winning Startups Of SEUA Greece

Cities

For the cities category the winner is CityCrop, aiming at modernising and democratising farming, as key to a healthier and greener living.

Health

Nursify, a mobile device application that connects people who need First Aid Help with volunteers trained to provide First Aid Help, was chosen as the best greek health startup.

Creative

For the category creative the winner is Convert Art, the first startup upcycling company in Greece, which manufactures handmade products made exclusively from recycled inner tubes, tires, electrical equipment, wood and aluminium.

Tourism

Hopwave, which helps you discover new destinations in your island hopping journeys with the use of the small boats network, was chosen for the tourism category of SEUA Greece.

Green

Finally, the winner for the green category is Phee, a startup that uses the dead leaves of sea grass, Posidonia Oceanica, which are washed up in huge quantities along many Greek coasts, creating natural and biodegradable products.

StartUp Europe Awards is promoted by the European Commission and supported by the President of the Committee of the Regions, several members of the European Parliament as Ambassadors and it is implemented by Finnova Foundation in collaboration with Startup Europe.