Athens
12-13th Feb 2025

Apostolos Apostolakis

Founding Partner, Venture Friends

Apostolos is an entrepreneur turned investor in the technology sector. He was a cofounder at e-shop.gr, e- food.gr, (acquired by Delivery Hero), Doctoranytime and an early investor in Beat (acquired by Freenow) As an angel investor Apostolos has invested in many startups including Jeeves, Spotahome, Booksy and Packhelp In 2016 he cofounded VentureFriends a European Venture Capital fund that invests in early-stage software startups across Europe, with a sweet spot in Fintech, Marketplaces. VentureFriends has team members based in London, Warsaw, Barcelona and Athens. VentureFriends has raised 170 mil euros over 3 funds and has supported 50+ startups including Blueground, Instashop (exited), Belvo, Flexcar, Huspy, Carmoola, Spotawheel, Plum, WelcomePickups, Agroclub, Harborlab and Yourhero Apostolos has studied civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and received an MBA from Columbia Business School.