The Opportunity Lab is our venture launchpad. 

We work on both internal and external ventures: building teams to work on internally-initiated ideas, or joining existing early-stage startups as technical or business co-founders. 

We are hands-on with product discovery, technology development and financing. We also co-invest at pre-seed stage along with business angels from our network.

Our preferred problem space is challenges of sustainable development, addressed through ClimateTech and HealthTech.

Publications on market research and open innovation:

• Kourtesis, D., Makridis, M., Tsiakmakis, S. Tsoniotis, N. & Fontaras, G. (2020). A Study on the Value and Market Potential of Blockchain-based Solutions Supporting Asset Sharing between Car Rental Operators. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2020.
• Kourtesis, D., Tsoniotis, N., Tsiakmakis, S., Makridis, M & Fontaras, G. (2020). Insights on the acceptance of direct private car rental for supporting peer to peer mobility solutions – a case study on Italy and Greece. Transport Research Arena 2020, Helsinki, Finland. (Conference cancelled / COVID-19).
• Lithoxoidou, E. E., Tsoniotis, N., Giagtzoglou, K., Balla, C., Anastasopoulos, D., Sbarbati, S., … & Angelidou, M. (2020). European Open Innovation market research: Gaps, opportunities and innovators’ expectations. In ISPIM Conference Proceedings (pp. 1-16). The International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM).