Recognition & media
Awards, interviews and press
Recognition
Awards
2024
Study UK Alumni Awards
British Council. Global Finalist for Europe, Business and Innovation, and national finalist in Greece.
2024
Cardiff University 30(ish) Awards
Entrepreneurship category, celebrating inspiring young alumni.
2025
GSEA Greece · Silver
Entrepreneurs' Organization. Silver award as mentor of the second-placed student founder.
NBG Business Seeds 2023National Bank of Greece. One of 10 awarded teams out of 311 proposals. ↗
GSEA Greece 20232nd place nationally with Blink, as a student entrepreneur. ↗
Startupbootcamp 2024Inclusive FinTech & DeFi, Amsterdam. Selected and funded. ↗
Talks and mentoring
Where I have spoken and mentored
2026 · Speaker
CYF Congress 2026
Speaker at Create Your Future, the student congress on youth entrepreneurship at the Vellideio Conference Centre, Thessaloniki, 24 and 25 April 2026. Talk: what separates "I want to" from "it happens".
2025 · Mentor
Techstars Startup Weekend Thessaloniki
Mentor to the teams building a startup in 54 hours, 5 to 7 December 2025, at the Region of Central Macedonia.
2024 · Speaker
TNW Conference, Amsterdam
On stage at one of Europe's largest tech conferences, presenting Blink with Startupbootcamp's Inclusive FinTech & DeFi cohort.
2024 · Speaker
Creative+ · Panteion University
Startup inspiration by the view of a co-founder: an open talk for students, 8 March 2024, in the series Innovation stories that inspire us.
Speaker
Foundit by Bizrupt, Crete
Speaker at the 26th cycle of Foundit, the founder program of the Bizrupt community in Crete, on building and funding a startup.
Also
GSEA Greece2025 · Mentor. Mentor of the student founder who placed second nationally; silver mentor award.
Success Stories · Innovation Academy2025 · Organiser. Organiser and host of the founder stories event in Thessaloniki, December 2025. ↗
WMF x Bologna Tech Week2024 · Panelist. Panel on fintech in Southern Europe, December 2024. ↗
EO Greece x GSEA youth event2024 · Organiser. Co-organiser of a sold-out youth entrepreneurship event with the Entrepreneurs' Organization.
VentureGarden ThessalonikiMentor. Mentor to early-stage founders in the VentureGarden entrepreneurship program.
EquityMatch Pitch Events · Europe2023 · Pitch. Pitched Blink live to investors, December 2023. ↗
Mediterranean CollegeLecturer. Entrepreneurship lecturer: I teach business students with cases from my own companies.
Credentials
CISI Level 3Investment qualification required for eToro's Elite level.
HarvardX · 2022Verified certificate, Technology Entrepreneurship: Lab to Market. ↗
Cardiff University · 2021BSc Business Management.
Media
Interviews, podcasts and press
Interviews and podcasts, most important first
My video6:55
Podcast1:15:20Stories Beyond Profit
My investing strategy, a failed first startup and a beach bar at 24
TV6:58
Interview52:56
Podcast43:20
Podcast46:52
Podcast1:24:28Go for Success · GoJack GR
What closing a startup taught me, investing on eToro and viral marketing
Podcast30:12
Podcast1:13:24Talks, panels and pitches
Pitch58:07
Panel3:55WMF x Bologna Tech Week
Fintech in Southern Europe: why investors should look at Greece and Italy
Talk54:57
Film0:39In the press
30 Under 30 Greece 2024: the full listForbes Greece · List · Nov 6, 2023
Blink app: a white-label budgeting app for young peopleForbes Greece · Profile · Dec 3, 2023
Blink gets ready for its first pilotEuro2day · Interview · Sep 26, 2023
A pocket advisor for your money goals and spending habitsLiberal · Interview · Sep 28, 2023
Blink: a personal AI money adviser for studentsVoria · Article · Feb 25, 2024
Business Stories podcast: the NBG Business Seeds winners, including BlinkCNN Greece · Podcast · Sep 26, 2023
Blink helps students budget with AI-powered adviceBest Startup UK · Interview · May 25, 2023
Helsinki Incubators: BlinkApp's mission against financial illiteracyUniversity of Helsinki · Article · Apr 6, 2023
Inspirational alumni shine at the 2024 30(ish) AwardsCardiff University · Article · Oct 14, 2024
Study UK Alumni Awards 2024: Business and Innovation finalistsBritish Council · List · Feb 21, 2024
New life for the AUTH student camping bar in PoseidiEconomix · ANA-MPA · Article · Jun 6, 2025
Thessaloniki's startup events, with Innovation Academy's Success StoriesVoria · Article · Dec 12, 2025
Print interview on Blink in BHMagazinoTo Vima · BHMagazino · Print · Sep 17, 2023
Welcome to Blink: Inclusive FinTech & DeFi 2024 cohortStartupbootcamp · Profile · Mar 4, 2024
