The entrepreneur

An investor who builds companies

Building companies taught me how businesses really work: cash, people, customers and timing. I read every company I invest in like an operator.

Pitching Blink at Startupbootcamp, Amsterdam

Co-founder & CEO · 2022-2025 · formerly Blink

Blinko AI

An AI money assistant that banks could offer young customers under their own brand. We took it from a university idea to a funded fintech.

University of Helsinki incubators: Compass (2022) and NEXUS (2023)
National Bank of Greece Business Seeds award (2023)
Forbes 30 Under 30 Greece, Technology (2024 list)
Startupbootcamp Inclusive FinTech & DeFi, Amsterdam (2024): selected and funded
On stage at TNW Conference in Amsterdam

Wound down in 2025. What it taught me about funding, product and timing is the lens I use on every company I invest in.

Co-founder · since 2025

Blue Banana

The most viral beach bar in Greece: the student beach bar inside the Aristotle University camping at Poseidi, Halkidiki.

40 events in 70 days10,000+ drinks served6M+ views on social media

bluebanana.gr ↗

Founder · education

Innovation Academy

An entrepreneurship education organization in Thessaloniki: practical programs, workshops and events that connect students with founders, such as Success Stories (December 2025).

Practical programsWorkshopsFounder events

innovationacademy.gr ↗

Research · since 2025

LK Index

My 11-criterion framework for judging companies, published in 360° stock reports on Substack and in deep dives on my YouTube channel.

11 criteriaQuality · value · riskPublic research

youtube.com/@KonstantinosKousouris ↗

Teaching

Entrepreneurship lecturer, Mediterranean College. I teach entrepreneurship to business students, with the cases coming from my own companies.
Founder, Innovation Academy. Practical programs, workshops and events that connect students with founders in Thessaloniki.

Other roles

Venture Capital Scout at GoAhead Ventures: screened 130+ startups
Member of the Cardiff Business School Alumni Advisory Forum
Mentor at Techstars Startup Weekend Thessaloniki (2025), VentureGarden Thessaloniki, Creative+ at Panteion University and Foundit by Bizrupt in Crete
Co-organiser of a sold-out youth entrepreneurship event with EO Greece and GSEA (2024)
Taught entrepreneurship at college level and speaks at universities across Greece
Ran his first online store as a teenager

Work with me

Pick what fits and book directly. Every first call is free and takes 15 minutes, except mentoring sessions, which are one hour.

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