The Israeli embassy in Greece and Industry Disruptors-Game Changers (ID-GC), a Greek organization that promotes innovative entrepreneurship, will again organize a competition-event tailored for Greek start-uppers, part of the “Start Tel Aviv 2016” initiative.
The competition will take place on June 15, 2016, with the winner from Greece participating in a five-day professional international start up seminar in Israel, the DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival, at the end of September.
Details of the competition were presented on Tuesday in Athens by Israeli ambassador to Greece, Irit Ben-Abba, along with ID-GC co-founder Mihalis Stangos and a representative of competition sponsor Microsoft, Dimitris Ganatsios.
Start Tel Aviv 2016 is a global competition held by the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs and Tel Aviv Municipality that brings together an from numerous countries around the world to compete for the opportunity to take part in the intense entrepreneurial experience of Tel Aviv's highly regarded startup environment.
Last year, 44 Greece-based start-ups participated in the competition, representing sectors such as medical technology, mobile phone applications, IT and others.
In an address at the event, Amb. Ben-Abba said her country wants to expand cooperation with Greek startuppers, reminding that the Israeli embassy has continued to sponsor visits to the country by Israeli specialists in the field for lab sessions, lectures and contacts with young entrepreneurs in Greece.
The deadline for participation applications is May 20, 2016.
