Synopsis:

The lecture will go over some of the key success factors of tech startups as well as some of the pitfalls and provide advice on how to avoid them. 

C4E 101: Series of Lectures in Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Fall 2024-2025

The speaker:

Yiannis is a founding Partner at 33East, a Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A investor in Cypriot founders and non-Cypriot teams interested in having presence and operations in Cyprus. He has more than a decade of experience working closely with early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors.

Prior to 33East, Yiannis was an investor at British International Investment, where he deployed in excess of $200 million of growth capital into technology companies. Before this, he spent time with Bain & Company in London and the US.

He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a MEng in Mechanical Engineering from University of Bath.

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