Greek startups have accelerated funding momentum in early 2026 despite a sluggish start, pulling in approximately $264 million across nine rounds by mid-March, according to Marathon Venture Capital.
Axelera AI’s €250 million ($270 million) blockbuster drawing BlackRock is the headline. The Eindhoven‑based edge AI chipmaker, co‑founded by Greek CTO Evangelos Eleftheriou, saw Innovation Industries lead alongside the US giant and SiteGround Capital, pushing total capital past $450 million since 2021.
Six of the nine rounds targeted seed stage (average $1.8 million), two Series A and one growth, Axelera’s, though three amounts stayed undisclosed. Focus remains Greece‑linked firms with at least one local founder and operations.
Wealthyhood raised €6 million led by Bank of Cyprus and Genesis Ventures for its investment app (60K+ UK users, 10K+ Greece). Eyes Greek/EU expansion with AI personalisation and B2B push.
ORamaVR banked $4.5 million for medical XR training, led by Big Pi Ventures/Evercurious VC with Sofmedica Ventures and Google Maps co‑founder Lars Rasmussen. US growth next.
Pallma AI scored €1.4 million ($1.6 million) pre‑seed led by Marathon VC, backed by AWS/Meta/Google/Hack The Box/Workable execs for AI agent cybersecurity.
CLEAN i.T got €400,400 from Investing For Purpose (IFP) + €12,600 Envolve for on‑demand cleaning platform, and ALTHEXIS raised €400,000 led by Corallia Ventures, with HeBAN and Pablo Pinedo David for digital health.
Greek diaspora ventures piled on: Runway ($315 million Series E, $5.3 billion valuation), Resolve AI ($125 million Series A, unicorn status) and Elyos AI (£13 million/$16 million Series A).
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