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February 8, 2023

Athens’s Wikifarmer raises €5m as VCs look to Greece

The Greek ecosystem is maturing and garnering more interest from international VCs.


Freya Pratty

3 min read

The founders of Wikifarmer. Ilias Sousis is on right.

Greece has never seen much VC love. The country brought in just $415m in funding in 2022 — compared to $5.7bn in Sweden, a country with a similar population size.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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