Dimitris Tsigos
MBA from Athens University of Economics & Business, BSc from University of Crete, Founder & CEO at Virtual Trip Group since 2000, President at European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs since 2010, Chairman at Hellenic Informatics Union since 07
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.vtripgroup.com |
| Industries: | Computing, Education, Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Retail, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, Computer Engineering, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Public Relations, Public speaking, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Software Engineering |
| Next step: | The Virtual Trip Group aims to the establishment of an extended network of VAR partners around the globe supported by a number of Group antenna-offices in selected markets and to raising capital in order to retain the technology edge and ensure fast-expansion. |
| Location: | Athens, Greece |
| Groups: | ESYNE |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Supporting my investments, Trading services |
| Tags: | business angel, commitment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, european confederation of young entrepreneurs, high technology, ict, Innovation, international markets, product strategy, quality, quality driven, social welfare, usefulness, Venture Capital |
| Schools: | Athens University of Economics and Business |
FEATURED STARTUP
Virtual Trip Group
Virtual Trip Group
Virtual Trip is a leading entrepreneurial ecosystem consisted by 13 dynamic companies, eleven based in Greece, Heraklion & Athens, one based in Madrid, Spain and one based in Akron, Ohio - US.
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Status: Active
- Stage: Profitable
FULL BIO
Dimitris is the President of YES - European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs and the Founder of Virtual Trip, a Start-up Accelerator & Seed Fund in the ICT sector.
He received his diploma in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, in January 2001 and his MBA from the Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Management Science and Technology, in December 2005. In 1998 he was a guest researcher at the Computational Vision and Active Perception Laboratory of the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, while in 1999 and 2000, Dimitris was a member of the Networks & Telecommunications Group at the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research & Technology, Hellas.
His achievements include:
-Establishment of the first successful IT start-up in Greece, Virtual Trip Ltd [www.vtrip.net] at the Science & Technology Park of Crete in September 2000.
- Spinning-out more than 10 IT start-ups between 2003 and 2011, including amazing success stories like eFront e-Learning [www.efrontlearning.net], SOLO Gateway [www.sologateway.com] and Mobile Social Games [www.mobilesocial.mobi]
- Pioneer in ICT Seed Financing, having invested more than 4.5M of euros in 10+ different ventures
- Pioneer in internationalization of IT start-ups in Greece having established value-adding reselling partnerships in 50+ Countries around the Globe and operating antenna offices in Brussels-Belgium, Madrid-Spain and Akron-Ohio in the US.
- Globally first introduction of the ‘Entrepreneurial Ecosystem’ concept [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurial_ecosystem] as group of non-competing start-ups achieving economies of scales without losing flexibility and strong entrepreneurial drive
- Successfully completed 30+ EU-funded RTD projects, creating outstanding commercialization examples [http://www.vtrip.net].
- Delivered IT projects of very large complexity and criticality, like the Passport Issuing System of the Hellenic Democracy.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | YES - European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs |
| Position: | President |
| Time period: | November 2010 - Present |
| Description: | It aims at improving the economic and social performance of young
entrepreneurship in Europe. Its members include the major national associations of young entrepreneurs in the field of industry, trade and services from 16 countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine. |
| Employer: | Actech LLC |
| Position: | Principal |
| Time period: | September 2009 - Present |
| Employer: | Federation of Hellenic Associations of Young Entrepreneurs |
| Position: | Chairman of the board |
| Time period: | June 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Federation of Hellenic Associations of Young Entrepreneurs (Ο.Ε.Συ.Ν.Ε.) is a
non-profit organization for the support of Greek Young Entrepreneurs. |
| Employer: | Hellenic Informatics Union |
| Position: | Chairman of the board |
| Time period: | May 2007 - Present |
| Description: | H.I.U. is the professional and scientific association of Greek Computer Scientists and Computer Engineers
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| Employer: | Virtual Trip Group |
| Position: | Founder & CEO |
| Time period: | August 2000 - Present |
| Description: | I was one of the founders of Virtual Trip Ltd back in September 2000, as a graduate student of Computer Science at the University of Crete, Greece. Virtual Trip has evolved to a Group of nine companies based in the EU developing product and offering consulting & integration services in the ICT sector. |
| Employer: | Royal Institute of Technology |
| Position: | Guest Researcher |
| Time period: | February 1998 - July 1998 |
EDUCATION
| University: | Athens University of Economics and Business |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2005 |
| Degree: | MBA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Judo, weight-lifting, basketball |
| Hobbies: | fast-growing start-ups :-) |
| Clubs: | YES - European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs, OESYNE - Hellenic Federation of Young Entrepreneurs, MBA International Alumni - Athens University of Economics & Business |
| Memberships: | Hellenic Informatics Union (Association of Computer Scientists & Engineers)
member of the Networks and Telecommunications Group of the Institute of Computer Science at the Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas. |
| Awards: | In May 2006 I was nominated the Special Prize of the University of Crete for Continues Entrepreneurial Development |
Dimitris' Startups (4)
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Epignosis
Epignosis is an education startup changing the world by producing a new generation learning management system
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VTRIP SPAIN
Spanish division of Vtrip Group providing multiple software technologies. SOLO, its flagship solution, is a unified communication suite aimed at SMEs distributed either as a stand alone product or service through MNOs and ISPs.
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Virtual Trip Ltd
Virtual Trip is the vendor of Solo Gateway, a powerful unified communications solution offering complete computational & communication infrastructure for small & medium enterprises and home users.
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Virtual Trip Group
Virtual Trip is a leading entrepreneurial ecosystem consisted by 13 dynamic companies, eleven based in Greece, Heraklion & Athens, one based in Madrid, Spain and one based in Akron, Ohio - US.
Dimitris is Following (1)
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Go4Funding LLC
Go4Funding.com is a platform to bring entrepreneurs, business owners and investors closer together. Entrepreneurs can post their capital needs and investors can browse through various investment opportunities.
Dimitris' Contacts (15)
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Patrick Kedziora
Entrepreneur, Senior Executive, and Board Member. Career includes: 1) investment banking, 2) CFO and COO of public and private companies, and 3) startups and venture capital. Current focus is International Business Development for Technology Companies.
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Nikos Patsiogiannis
Looking for business opportunities
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Rebeca Hwang
Korean-Argentine finishing her PhD at Stanford. Addicted to startups and entrepreneurship. Life ADD & Loves travelling.