NBG Business Seeds

Our partnerships in the service of Greek business

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Bodies

Alexander Innovation Zone

The MoU provides for synergies, such as co-organization of events, actions and mutual participation in entoring activities, and participation by teams which are supported by the NBG Business Seeds program in he incubator and Alexander Innovation Zone (AIZ) actions, with a view to fostering innovation and targeted support and guidance for teams in business matters.

Onassis Foundation

With a view to supporting Culture, National Bank of Greece collaborates with the Onassis Foundation focusing on 5 key areas: - Participation of the teams supported by the organization in the "Innovation & Technology" competition under the auspices of the NBG Business Seeds program. - Participation of the teams supported by the NBG Business Seeds program in the actions run by the organization, provided this meets the planning and priorities of the organization. - Joint organization of actions, events and workshops with a view to promoting innovation, with a special focus on education and culture. - Targeted support for and mentoring in business themes concerning the teams supported by the organization. - Ability of the organization to propose mature start-ups for inclusion in the NBG Business Seeds program and for seeking out relevant financing.

Thessaloniki's Innovation Ecosystem (OK!Thess)

Our collaboration with the Ecosystem of Innovation and Culture in Thessaloniki (ΟΚ!Τhess) focuses on 4 main pillars: - Joint organization of "Match & Develop a startup in Thessaloniki", in collaboration with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. - Participation of the ΟΚ!Thess teams in the Program's "Innovation & Technology" competition. - Joint organization of a day conference for all participants in the "Innovation & Technology" competition who come from Northern Greece. - OK!Thess can propose mature start-ups in the Program for exploring financing opportunities.

Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI)

Our collaboration with the Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry aspires to: scheduling synergies, such as co-organization of events and mutual participation in mentoring actions, participation of teams supported by the NBG Business Seeds program in the actions of the ACCI, co-organization of actions, events and workshops aimed at promoting innovation, and targeted support and guidance on business issues of groups that are supported by the ACCI.

CAPSULE T

The collaboration entails the development and planning of synergies between the Organization and the Bank, within the context of actions aimed at fostering new entrepreneurship and the innovation and extroversion of Greek start-ups. Specifically, it involves the participation of one team, which has qualified in the Capsule T evaluation process, directly in Phase II of the Innovation & Technology competition; the hosting of an annual conference with the teams of the NBG Business Seeds Innovation & Technology competition; and the joint organization of actions, events and workshops aimed at fostering innovation in Crete and other parts of Greece, as well as providing them with financial and business know-how.

Research Centers

Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming"

BSRC Fleming is one of the most rapidly developing research centers in Greece. It was established in 1998 and today is actively involved in cutting edge research in biomedical sciences. The Center currently hosts 14 research groups in 4 Institutes covering the areas of immunology, molecular biology & genetics, molecular oncology, cellular and developmental biology. Fleming has gained extensive visibility in the European Research Area through state-of-the-art research programs in basic, as well as translational and applied science in biology, biomedicine and biotechnology. Fleming is a non-profit organisation and operates under the supervision of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) of the Hellenic Ministry of Education.

National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos"

The National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSR “Demokritos”) is the largest multidisciplinary research center in Greece, with critical mass in expertise and infrastructure in the fields of Nanotechnology, Energy & Environment, Biosciences, Particle and Nuclear Science, Informatics and Telecommunications.

Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) was founded in March 2000 and directly reports to the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT). CERTH has important scientific and technological achievements in many areas including: Energy, Environment, Industry, Mechatronics, Information & Communication, Transportation & Sustainable Mobility, Health, Agro-biotechnology, Smart farming, Safety & Security, as well as several cross-disciplinary scientific areas. Today CERTH includes the following five institutes with indicated major fields of research: •Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI): Sustainable & Clean Energy, Environmental Technologies, Chemical & Biochemical Processes, Advanced Functional Materials; •Information Technologies Institute (ITI): Informatics, Telematics and Telecommunication Technologies; •Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT): Land, Sea and Air Transportation as well as Sustainable Mobility services; •Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB): Agri-biotechnology, Health Translational Research, Informatics for big bio-data; and •Bio-economy and Agro-technology Institute (IBO): Agrotechnology, Mechatronics, Biomedicine and Kinesiology. More than 700 people work at CERTH with the majority being scientists. CERTH has received numerous awards and distinctions such as the European Descartes Prize, the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant, Microsoft International Contest Prize, the Trading Agents Competition Award and many more and is listed among the Top-20 of the EU’s Research Centres with the highest participation in HORIZON 2020 competitive research grants. CERTH has participated successfully in more than 1.200 competitive research projects financed by the European Union (EU), leading industries from USA, Japan and Europe and the Greek Government via the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT). CERTH’s research results have significant scientific impact.

Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas

The co-operation concerns the investigation of the specialized financial needs of FORTH, especially in areas such as capital movements and the renewal of research equipment, the exploration of the applicability of existing specialized financial instruments and/or the creation of new ones targeted at the exploitation of the research results of FORTH in order to their transfer to production and the possibility of creating and financially supporting a wider institution based on internationally recognized performance and linking the research result to production. It also aims at identifying and further promoting the results of cooperation, by communicating the possibilities offered to better link its research activity and other similar research institutions to the Greek economy. Emphasis is placed on FORTH's technology transfer technology in production, facilitating the creation of companies to exploit research results, and contributing to the identification of tax and other incentives to improve the institutional framework that governs collaborations between individuals and research centers.

Universities

University of Macedonia

By decision of the rectorate, members of the University research and teaching staff will participate in the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the Innovation & Technology Competition of the NBG Business Seeds program.

University of Patras

Panteion University

Our collaboration with the Panteion University has resulted in the decision of the Rector, for faculty members of the University to participate in the evaluation of the proposals submitted in the framework of the Innovation & Technology Competition of the NBG Business Seeds program.

University of Peloponnese

Agricultural University of Athens

The aim of this collaboration with the Agricultural University of Athens is to identify, promote and ultimately implement innovative ideas and projects that will help develop sustainable SMEs in the agricultural sector of Greece as well as individual producers of agricultural and livestock produce. In the frame of the collaboration, the Bank and the Agricultural University of Athens will jointly develop the following actions: networking, promotion of innovative ideas and projects, exchange of information, and promotion and support of business ventures to apply the research of teachers and researchers at the Agricultural University of Athens through training and mentoring, provision of networking infrastructures, and financing.

Companies

OTE

In the context of the memorandum of understanding, synergies are being planned in support and fostering of innovative entrepreneurship, such as joint organization of events, actions and workshops, mutual participation in mentoring activities, participation of teams supported by NBG Business Seeds in the Company’s actions, targeted support for, and mentoring in, business issues concerning the teams supported by the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), as well as the potential for OTE to propose mature start-ups for inclusion in NBG Business Seeds and to explore financing opportunities.

Microsoft

Within the context of collaboration with Microsoft, NBG can propose for inclusion in the “BizSpark” program teams that have already participated in the annual “Innovation & Technology” Competition. It can also propose the incubation in the Microsoft Innovation Center of up to two teams per year among the winners of the annual “Innovation & Technology” competition. Respectively, Microsoft can propose the inclusion of companies participating in its programs in the Bank’s funding and mentoring program titled “NBG Business Seeds” as well as the inclusion of two companies which were selected for the “Imagine Cup” Student Technology Competition in the Second Phase of the “Innovation & Technology” competition, provided that their inclusion is in line with the terms of the Competition and the subject of their proposals is relevant to that of the Competition.

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey, within the framework of its relationship with NBG, will provide advisory services to selected firms participating in NBG’s Business Seeds program, through meetings to be scheduled with each firm individually. Furthermore, McKinsey will participate in workshops organized in the context of the NBG’s Innovation & Technology competition, aimed at providing information and advice on issues that currently concern the participants. In addition, in the context of the Program’s actions, it will participate in the Bank’s initiatives to promote the business use of research projects carried out by Greek universities.

CENSUS

This business cooperation involves the provision of state-of-the-art IT system security services by Census to start-ups that have been selected by the Bank to participate in the NBG Business Seeds program. These services include: penetration tests on the IT environment of startups, application security testing for applications supported and used by businesses, IT security consulting services, and participation in workshops held within the context of NBG’s Innovation & Technology Competition, so as to provide information and advice on issues of concern to the participating companies.

Google

Google will support the "NBG Business Seeds" Program by providing training and mentoring services to specific start-up companies that have been identified by the NBG as "highpotential". More specifically, Google will: - Provide mentoring sessions, to the NBG Business Seeds Companies, on how to use Google platforms as well as walkthrough of publicly available resources that NBG has identified as highpotential during the last years. - Organize one 1-to-many seminar for the NBG Business Seeds Companies around the Digital Ecosystem & consumer transformation, digital media mapping, Social Media Content strategy, programmatic solutions, mobile and big data, end - Participate in the "Innovation & Technology" competition that takes place twice per year, in January and in March, as well as in the Digital Topic related workshops.

Organizations

Innoenergy

The collaboration between the NBG Business Seeds program and InnoEnergy, an international body in the sustainable energy sector, pertains to the following: •Investigation for synergies between actions organized by InnoΕnergy in Greece and abroad, and similar actions carried out by NBG (e.g., Innovation & Technology Competition, NBG Business seeds program, etc.). More specifically, in relation to actions carried out by InnoΕnergy in Greece, synergies can be achieved through KINNO as well, since KINNO is InnoΕnergy ’s representative in Greece. •Regarding the InnoΕnergy Powerup! Country Final Greece competition, it is agreed that the Bank is authorized to recommend the participation of teams that had taken part in the Innovation & Technology Competition organized by the NBG Business Seeds program, given that the topics of the competitions are similar. •The employees of NBG will participate in evaluation committees, as well as in team mentoring actions regarding financial issues. • InnoEnergy can recommend the inclusion of companies that participated in the InnoΕnergy Powerup! Country Final Greece, in the context of the NBG Business Seeds financing and entering program of the Bank. NBG will examine the recommendations and will decide based on the criteria applied for the participation of companies in the NBG Business seeds program, pursuant to the needs and the prospects of the business. • NBG can recommend to InnoEnergy groups from the NBG Business Seeds program for networking, information, investment or co-investment purposes, as well as for their participation in incubators or other InnoΕnergy programs. • Communication between contracting parties regarding actions and initiatives aiming to encourage youth entrepreneurship, innovation and outward orientation in the energy sector.

Orange Grove

The MoU provides for synergies, such as co-organization of events, actions and mutual participation in entoring activities, and participation by teams which are supported by the NBG Business Seeds program in he incubator and Orange Grove actions, with a view to fostering innovation and targeted support and guidance or teams in business matters.

THE PEOPLE’S TRUST

Collaboration with privately funded non-profit organization The People's Trust, which provides microfinance and business development services to small enterprises in all sectors, includes financial support to teams participating in the NBG Business Seeds program for the development of their business plans. In addition, The People's Trust can propose the inclusion of two mature business teams/proposals that have distinguished themselves in its actions directly in the second phase of the Innovation & Technology Competition, as well as the inclusion in the NBG Business Seeds program of two mature start-ups that participated in its programs.

ENDEAVOR GREECE

The collaboration between NBG and Endeavor Greece aims at supporting innovative and developing businesses. The input of NBG and its staff, in the framework of this partnership, includes: •mentoring for entrepreneurs on issues related to financial management and operations, and •financing of healthy companies that present a high level of extroversion, are in a growth phase, and are seeking the means to grow, create more jobs, and expand in Greece and abroad. The supported innovative activities include technology, the rural economy, green energy, and tourism with a focus on standardisation, accreditation, innovation in the production process and, thereafter sales in Greece and abroad. The collaboration between NBG and the Endeavor program involves: •the participation of the CEO of NBG on the Board of Endeavor Greece, •the participation of NBG officers in Endeavor Greece's network of mentors, and •the granting of loans (in line with the applicable credit policy) for the nominated companies participating in the Endeavor Greece network.

KiΝΝΟ

KINNO Consultants ltd is InnoEnergy’s HUB in Greece and in Cyprus.

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