Innovation and Infrastructure Fund Turns Athens into Investment Hotspot

The inaugural motorboat of the Hellenic Innovation and Infrastructure Fund (HIIF) turned into a true “greenhouse” for concern deals, attracting apical planetary funds managing over $20 trillion successful assets to Athens. The event, held astatine the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, brought unneurotic authorities officials, firm leaders, planetary funds, organization organizations, and tech startups, creating a level for large partnerships and concern projects successful Greece.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was astatine the halfway of discussions alongside BlackRock Vice Chairman Philip Hildebrand and Global Infrastructure Partners CEO Antebay Ogunlesi, highlighting the planetary attraction connected the Greek market.

“The mobilization of backstage superior is what volition thrust the state to the adjacent level of development. Greece’s economical translation demonstrates consistency and determination,” Hildebrand said, emphasizing the planetary value of the summit.

Dynamic Panels and Roundtables

The acme featured three closed-door roundtables:

• Infrastructure & Logistics: Focused connected ports, marinas, and logistics projects with the information of Minister of Infrastructure Christos Dimas, GEK Terna CEO Giorgos Peristeris, and Jorge Hill from GIP.
• Technology & Innovation: Venture superior discussions with Greek scale-ups including Andreas Stavropoulos (Threshold Ventures), Eirini Slosser (Dyania Health), Vyron Nikolaidis (PeopleCert), and Dimitris Kottas (Delian Alliance).
• Energy & Water Resources: Featuring Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou, DEI CEO Giorgos Stassis, and Meton Energy CEO Kostas Papamandelos, coordinated by Ioannis Tsakiris, Vice President of the European Investment Bank.

Additionally, the lawsuit included dozens of one-to-one meetings, mounting a grounds for money visits to Greece, with information from large organization organizations specified arsenic the European Investment Bank, ESM, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds.

Greek Companies and Startups successful the Spotlight

The acme besides showcased the progressive information of leading Greek groups such as Aktor, Copelouzos Group, DEPA, DTP Group, Ellaktor, ELPEN, GEK Terna, Goldair, Helleniq Energy, Metlen, and Olympia Group, alongside international companies including Applied Materials, Fraport Greece, Iberdrola, and Molgas.

Notably, tech startups and scale-ups like Agritrack, BlueLayer, Delian, Dyania Health, EUNICE – Joltie, Harbor Lab, Hellas Direct, and One Planet Net added planetary innovation flair to the summit.

A Platform for Future Deals

The HIIF aims to leverage €1 cardinal successful investments in infrastructure and technology, positioning Greece arsenic a highly charismatic concern destination despite existent planetary challenges. The acme demonstrated the country’s capableness to make important opportunities for some planetary funds and home concern groups.

The public presumption of the Fund underscored the government’s strategical extremity of connecting nationalist argumentation with backstage investment, paving the mode for major projects that could alteration the Greek economy.