StrictlyVC Brings Global Innovation Focus to Athens & London

Prime Highlights:

StrictlyVC is bringing its events to Europe in May with Athens and London on the stopover list.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will host the Athens event on May 8.

Key Facts:

Athens will be located at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
London will be on May 13 at MidCity Place.

Key Background

StrictlyVC, TechCrunch’s exclusive series of invite-only venture capital and startup-focused events, makes its inaugural appearance in Europe in May of 2025 with two scale-big events: on May 8 in Athens and on May 13 in London. The two events are designed to demonstrate Europe’s expanding startup and emerging technologies scene where policymakers, entrepreneurs, and investors will get a chance to meet and discuss key innovation, funding, and growth opportunity topics.

In Athens, the event will be graced by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is one of the driving forces behind transforming Greece into an innovation and investment development hub. Under his leadership, Greece has implemented reforms and formed international alliances to make the environment startup-friendly. With over 1,000 startups totaling over $12 billion in value combined, the technology sector of Greece has prospered, driven by the likes of Blueground and Viva Wallet in positioning the nation to the top internationally.

The Athens event will also bring together the best Greek venture capital firms’ leaders such as Metavallon VC, Venture Friends, and Marathon Venture Capital. They will be reflecting on the challenges and opportunities which are presented for Greece and Europe in establishing strong tech ecosystems and will pass some useful lessons to entrepreneurs and investors.

At the same time, the London conference will be taking a look at the overall European tech scene, debating investment trends, AI, cyber security, and the future of finance innovation. The conference will aim to discuss how markets across Europe are lining up to stay ahead of the game in the innovation race globally with insights on Europe as a rising leader in the tech industry.

By staging these events, StrictlyVC intends to draw tighter together Europe’s emerging markets and international investors, initiating the cross-pollination that will drive the next era of technological advances.