The Team

Panayotis Tzinis
Founder
What to say...love to connect people and link them for new opportunities by sailing "my" Black Pearl! A life spent in Innovation replication systems and models! European Union, USA, Israel, finally Greece!
Dreamer, Visionary, Pioneer, Stubborn.
"Why fight when you can negotiate? All one needs is the proper leverage." [Jack Sparrow]

Nikos Kopsidas
Mover
Nikos has a 14 year experience as Communication and Press Office Manager in major Greek companies (Notos Com Holdings, C&C International, TNT Skypac Hellas, Diners Cosmos Club) and as political communications consultant for Greek Ministers and members of the Greek Parliament. He has also worked as independend communications consultant in the design and production of various projects such as "The Corfu Festival", "The International Fair of Thessaloniki", "imoney.gr", Alpha Bank's "Alpha 1I2I3" and many more.

Tolis Aivalis
Start-up Mentor
Tolis Aivalis is a business Strategist and a passionate entrepreneur. He is the curator of our event and the mentor of the judges. He is also the bridge with Silicon Valley and will assist our winners when they are in the USA. He acts as an innovator and strong strategic thinker. He likes motivating, mentoring and inspiring others, discovering great ideas and leading them to success. The last decade while being an Executive, he has been a proud founder of several startups and successfully mentored much more. He loves and respects talented people or teams and tries his best to meet them. People who can inspire Tolis and can be inspired from him. His experience comes from internet, gaming, music, social media, advertising, media, technology, fashion, start-ups and fund raising.

Konstantinos Kouratoras
Enlightening Developer
Konstantinos is a software engineer with a particular interest in web development and user experience. He is a WordPress lover and a Linux enthusiast. When not writing code, he pretends to be an amateur photographer.

Konstantinos Galanakis
Ignition Engineer
Konstantinos is an Electronic Computer Engineer and a Web Design and Development Enthusiast, with a longstanding fixation in trying to solve every problem using the least complicated algorithm, feeding his passion for programming thinking and coding. Passionate developer, problem-solver, good team player but also stubborn as an old mule, Konstantinos loves implementing great ideas.