Our Philosophy
We are five investment partners with complementary expertise covering the entire spectrum of challenges that founders and their teams face. We look for driven yet humble founders trying to solve real pain points for both businesses and society with focus, determination and pragmatism. We are generalists, with no sector or tech-type restrictions. We back teams in pre-seed, seed and Series A.
- We bring expertise in the areas key to early success: Product, Operations, Growth, Business Development, Strategy and Finance
- We back founders only when we are certain we can be valuable to their journey
- We view ourselves as minority operating partners. To live up to this commitment, we make no more than ten investments per year
- There is no cadence of monthly calls or emails. We support our founders real-time, when needed, as often as needed
Meet our Team
Alex Arapoglou Finance & Strategy
Managing Director at Kinrock. Fifteen years of investment experience including at Goldman Sachs and Blackstone, where he was Managing Director focused on European investments. His experience includes investing in public companies, mature private companies and early-stage companies.
Manolis Manassakis Operations & Expansion
CEO at Qogita. Fifteen years of experience launching and scaling established companies into new markets (Uber, Google) and leading rapid scale-ups (Qogita, Lawspot). Also a very active angel investor, mentor and board member across Europe.
Vassili Samolis Product & Technology
Sr. Director of Product at DoorDash. Has built, scaled and led product organisations in hyper-growth environments in the US and globally (Pinterest, Instagram, DoorDash). Also an active angel investor and advisor in the US and emerging markets.
Thanassis Sofianos Growth & Digital Marketing
Founder & CEO at Relevance. Founded and building Relevance, one of Europe's top digital & growth agencies. Global growth expert and record holder for most Google Innovation Awards in Europe, Middle East & Africa.
Dimitris Tryfon Business Development & Strategy
VP at Winmedica (ELPEN Group), Partner at T-Life Capital. The ELPEN Group is a leading pharmaceutical group in Southern Europe. T-Life Capital is an investment company that focuses on start-ups, scale-ups and real estate.
Companies
We are proud to back a group of stellar, ambitious yet humble founders across the world
