In this episode of StrictlyVC, we’re bringing you a discussion from our event in Athens. TechCrunch editor-in-chief, Connie Loizos led a panel discussion with some of Greece’s most notable investors about Greece’s evolving startup ecosystem. You’ll hear from Panos Papadopoulos, co-founder and partner at Marathon Venture Capital; Apostolos Apostolakis, co-founder and partner at VentureFriends; Marco Veremis, an entrepreneur-utrned-investor who founded Upstream before co-founded Big Pi Ventures; Myrto Papathanou, a partner at Metavallon VC, which invests in early-stage companies; and Dimitrious Kottas, the co-founder and CEO of the defense tech startup Delian Alliance Industries, who returned to Greece after working at Apple in Silicon Valley.

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