National Bank of Greece

Detailed Information

Address

74, Pireos Str. 183 46 Moschato

Phone

+30 210 9503 329

Cooperation Interest

Joint Venture, Know-How Transfer, Technology Transfer, Projects, R&D, Strategic Alliance

Company Description

Company Description

NBG Business Seeds is an integrated program of the Nationan Bank of Greece designed to foster innovative and export-oriented entrepreneurship.

It includes actions that aim at showcasing innovative ideas and projects, training and mentoring teams, and providing infrastructures, networking and financing.

NBG places special emphasis on supporting the implementation of selected projects through the actions of the NBG Business Seeds program (http://www.nbg.gr/nbgseeds).

As regards financial support for businesses, NBG provides targeted financial support actions in partnership with The People’s Trust, lending actions and participation in their company equity, as well as mentoring and networking actions in cooperation with Google, Grant Thornton, Watson, Farley & Williams, Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI), the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce, Census, ΜcKinsey, Accenture, KEMEL (Center of Volunteer Managers – Greece), Endeavor Greece, Onassis Foundation, Bayer Hellas and OTE Group.

NBG participates as a Limited Partner in 5 Equifund VCs and has an active role in the Elevate Greece initiative.

Emphasis is placed on the mentoring of the teams by NBG’s experienced staff who, backed by professional experience of more than 20 years in diverse banking fields, propose targeted solutions to improve each business initiative.

 

Contact Person Information

Contact Person Name

Arsenis Spyros

Contact Person Position

Head of Business Innovation Division

Contact Person E-mail

arsenis.spyros@nbg.gr

Contact Person Phone

210 9503329

Brief Biography

 

Dr. Spyros Arsenis is Head of Business Innovation Development Unit of the National Bank of Greece and the initial coordinator of the act4Greece crowdfunding platform. Member of the advisory boards of Uni.fund, Metavallon, Big Pi, OK!Thess and Archimedes Center of the University of Athens. Also member of the board of Hellenic Society of Environment and Cultural Heritage and member of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce’s Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee.
He is an Electrical Engineer with 25 years of professional multi-sector, multi-discipline experience in Greece and abroad on international telecom projects, business banking and innovation, and is also the author of 7 books on ICT and the Internet.

 

Linkedin

http://www.linkedin.com/in/spyros-arsenis-0b46423b

Basic Company Information

Company

National Bank of Greece

Country

Greece