National Start up awards 2022

National Start up awards

Eligible for the National Start up award are only the businesses who are members of Elevate Greece.

Awards from the Official Partners

The Official Partners of the Elevate Greece initiative play an integral role in strengthening the Greek innovation ecosystem by supporting startups through cash prizes and other benefits!

At the award ceremony, the best businesses, selected through pre-defined indicators (KPIs), will be awarded by the Official Partners of the National Start up awards.

Award Categories

The National Awards for Young Entrepreneurship are awarded to young businesses that offer innovative solutions and products with the potential to scale sales globally.

1. Start up of the Year

It will be awarded to one of the winners of categories 2-10, following evaluation by members of the National Council for Research-Technology-Innovation (ESETEK)

2. Faster Rising Start up

Fastest scaling in the last three years

3. Best spin-off of the Year

Innovative business originating from research organizations (Research Centers and Universities

4. Social Contribution Award

Impact on significant social challenges

5. Enviromental impact award

Highlighting environmental solutions

6. Women's Entrepreneurship award

Women's leadership in business

7.Business development and extroversion award

Significant penetration into foreign markets

9. Tourism award

Innovative products/services in the field of tourism

11. Best Start up of Elevate Greece

Voted exclusively by the Elevate Greece ecosystem

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TIMELINE

Start of Submissions

October 6 2022

End of Submissions

October 26 2022

Ceremony

December 2022

Evaluation Process

The evaluation involves connected and active members of the national and international innovation ecosystem.

Συχνές Ερωτήσεις

You can apply for one (1) award only in categories 2-10. Automatically, you also participate in the competition for the “Best Start up from Elevate Greece” award, without being required to declare your participation in it

You can submit your application with the special administrator codes that have been sent to you as an official member of Elevate Greece

The evaluation is carried out by two (2) evaluators, while the final score of each application is determined by the average of the two scores.

  • Businesses must be registered in the National Start Up Registry “Elevate Greece” at the time of application.
  • Businesses must not have exceeded 8 years of operation from the date of their registration with the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (starting from October 3rd, 2014) until October 4th, 2022.
  • Applications must be submitted within the specified submission period.
  • Businesses must not be bankrupt, in liquidation, or under compulsory administration, nor have any outstanding recovery of public subsidy against them.
  • For the category “Start up of the Year Award”: candidates are drawn from the winners of the above categories 2-10, and the winner will emerge after evaluation by members of the National Council for Research-Technology-Innovation (ESETEK).
  • For the category “Fastest Rising Start uo Award”: the business must have been established from January 1st, 2019, and onwards.
  • For the category “Spin-off of the Year Award”: candidates must be spin-off companies, i.e., innovative businesses originating from research organizations (Research Centers and Universities).
  • For the category “Women’s Entrepreneurship Award”: women must participate in the leadership of the business (e.g., as founding members/shareholders/executive personnel).
  • You can find terms & conditions: here
  • Business exposure and outward orientation.
  • Access to monetary prizes from Official Partners.
  • Provision of specialized services by Official Supporters (services: mentoring and coaching, partnership formation, etc.).