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Our partnerships in the service of Greek business
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Companies
Amazon Web Services
NBG partners with Amazon Web Services on the Activate program. Start-ups participating in the NBG Business Seeds have free access to AWS services: hosting, training, technical support and mentoring.
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.
PWC
NBGs Business Seeds collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) focuses on specific areas, as described below: - Mentoring -- in closed sessions for each team individually -- for firms included in the program on management issues such as HR management and cost control. - Participation in 3day "Match & Develop" seminar on governance/business writing themes, in a 20 minute presentation. - Exploration of the potential for future online advisory meetings with research teams from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which are seeking to establish their own spin-offs.
Watson Farley & Williams
In the framework of its CSR actions, international law firm Watson Farley & Williams assists the Bank by providing advice on and detailing legal issues that may concern the companies that participate in the ΝΒG Business Seeds program. Watson Farley & Williams participates in workshops organized within the framework of the "Innovation & Technology” competition, with a view to providing information on relevant legal issues to the participating companies. Watson Farley & Williams is participating on a pilot basis in collaboration with the NBG Business Seeds program and Greek universities with a view to providing advice on legal issues related to the development of a framework for the commercial exploitation and implementation of research work carried out at universities.
Accenture
Accenture, in the context of its corporate social responsibility initiatives in Greece, actively supports the “NBG Business Seeds” program by: • Providing consulting services to participating teams/companies with emphasis on organization, technology, innovation and enhancement of their business plans • Participating in workshops -held twice a year as part of the Innovation & Technology Competition, providing consulting support to program’s teams/companies • Participating in NBG’s initiatives to highlight and promote the business utilization of research projects of Greek state universities and research centers, as part of the NBG Business Seeds program. In addition, both parties will explore opportunities to support local start-up community and entrepreneurship initiatives, such as co-hosting events and participating in mentoring activities.
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.
Bodies
HIGGS (Higher Incubator Giving Growth and Sustainability)
The collaboration with HIGGS focuses on 5 main areas: - Participation of the teams supported by the Organization in the "Innovation & Technology" competition under the auspices of NBG Business Seeds. - Participation of the teams supported by NBG Business Seeds in the actions run by the Organization. - Joint organization of actions, events and workshops with a view to promoting innovation, with a special focus on social entrepreneurship. - Targeted support for and mentoring of business issues concerning the teams supported by the Organization. - Ability of the Organization to propose mature start-ups for inclusion in NBG Business Seeds and to seek out relevant financing.
ΕΙΤ Climate-Kic Hub Greece
The partnership with EIT Climate-Kic Hub Greece and its coordinator Athena Research & Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies focuses on 6 main themes: -Exploration of the potential for synergies between the actions of the Organization and the Bank. -Support for innovative entrepreneurship by co-organizing events and participating in mentoring actions. -Participation of teams supported by the Organization in the Innovation & Technology Competition run by NBG Business Seeds. -Participation of teams supported by NBG Business Seeds in the actions of the Organization. -Targeted support and mentoring in business issues by specialist staff of the NBG Business Seeds program for groups supported by the Organization. -Exploration of the potential for including mature start-ups supported by the Organization in the NBG Business Seeds program.
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.
Junior Achievement Greece
Junior Achievement Greece (JA Greece), in the context of its collaboration with NBG, will be able to propose the direct inclusion, following relevant approval of the Bank, of the two groups shortlisted in the student competition "JA Greece/Digital Entrepreneurship, Innovation/JA Start Up", in the second phase of the Innovation & Technology Competition, provided that the proposals' subject areas fall within the Subject Areas of the Bank's Innovation & Technology - Competition.
SEV - Hellenic Federation of Enterprises
Τhe actions carried out jointly with SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises between July 2017 and July 2016 included: •participation by two of the winning business teams of the ekinisiLAB program directly in the 2nd Phase of the Innovation & Technology Competition •participation of teams that submitted proposals to the Innovation & Technology Competition in the ekinisiLAB business consultancy services and incubator program •inclusion of the companies participating in the SEV programs in the "NBG Business Seeds", financing and consultancy program.
Universities
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 Patras
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.
Technical University of Crete
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 Peloponnese
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 Thessaly
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.
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.
KiΝΝΟ
KINNO Consultants ltd is InnoEnergy’s HUB in Greece and in Cyprus.
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.