8th Envolve Award Greece Winners Announced!
We are an inclusive and industry-agnostic startup contest in Greece with tangible impact.
The Winners Announcement took place in ATRAKTOS and was streamed live via Chorus Call Hellas’ webcasting services on Wednesday, 23 June 2021.
Watch the Winners Announcement as Livestreamed
How it works
Application for the award couldn’t be simpler:
- Go to Envolve Apps and create your profile.
- Build & submit your application.
- The Envolve Team & Judges will review all submitted ideas.
- Finalists will be announced through a dedicated PR.
- Finalists will have the chance to participate to #GetEnvolved Award.
- Winners will be announced during the Envolve Award Greece Ceremony.
Criteria
Innovation
Job Creation
Sustainability & Scalability
Financial Prudence
Key Dates
14 December 2020
Launch
23 March 2021
Deadline
23 June 2021
Winners Announcement
Fall-Winter 2021
9th Envolve Award Greece Launch
#GetEnvolved Award
We give the power of choice to the people!
Envolve Award Greece finalists also compete for the #GetEnvolved Award, which runs exclusively on Facebook and Instagram.
The #GetEnvolved Winners are:
1st #GetEnvolved Award winner: Project Patenting, receiving a cheque for €3,000.
2nd #GetEnvolved Award winner: Tourmie, receiving a cheque for €2,000.
3rd #GetEnvolved Award winner: bindbops, receiving a cheque for €1,000.
The first prize of 3.000€ is sponsored by Brookstreet Equity Partners LLP to celebrate entrepreneurship in the name of George V. Bolos, a co-founding partner of Brookstreet, General Manager of the Olympic Games 2004 cerebral CEO and serial entrepreneur who sold his firm for 57x with the rest of the team at Brookstreet. The award is presented by his daughter Miss Natalia Bolou.
Seasoned entrepreneur and C-level executive, George was a Founding (Non Executive) Partner and formerly Chairman of Tickethour which was acquired by the world leader in the sector (Ticketmaster: LiveNation, NYSE, 2016 MK $5.4 billion), which he positioned and sold 57x with fellow Brookstreet partners. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President at the President’s Office of Eurosport and before that as General Director of the Athens Olympic Games 2004 where he was decorated with the Olympic Order Award by the President of the International Olympic Committee, Count Jacques Rogge. Prior, he was the CEO of Continent Hellas of Carrefour Group and before that the CEO of Corina Foods of PepsiCo Group. He started his career with Nestle after studies at Northeastern University. George interests were transferred to his Family Office. George is part of the Brookstreet Equity Partners heritage and an inspiring figure to Greek entrepreneurial wealth creation. George had an astonishing CEO career managing thousands of employees for multinationals and then an incredible “Founders Story” managing start ups and scaling up small-cap firms which he sold to PLCs. Brookstreet is proud to support the first prize of Evolve in the name of GEORGE V. BOLOS to honour his legacy and celebrate his achievements.
Supporting Startups in Greece since 2012
Born in 2012 as the f. Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award, we are in our 9th year of support towards leading startups in Greece.
With the completion of seven award cycles, the Envolve Award Greece has declared a total of 31 winners.
The winners receive continued support and advice from Envolve and its global network of supporters.
8 annual contests
34 Winners
19 business sectors
over €5,500,000 funding awarded
€120,000,000
attracted global investments
€340,000,000
winners’ valuation
26,000
entrepreneurs engaged
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