Lefteris Papadopoulos

Associate at Genesis Ventures

Associate
2022 - Current
[Pre-seed Venture Capital fund and accelerator backing startups with a Greek connection, globally] • Managing Genesis' early-stage founder program (DayOne) to prepare teams for their first institutional investment of €150,000; to date, 5 teams have received an investment with 1 raising it's follow-on round • Conducting due diligence, including market, team, and financial analysis, on opportunities in our fund pipeline to enable investment decisions for deals between €100,000 and €400,000 • Sourcing several startups per month through ecosystem relationships & events (in Greece and abroad), as well as online outreach • Co-organising several events per year with the aim of networking with startup founders and investors (institutional and angel)

Portfolio Manager
2022 - 2022
[Venture Studio investing in IP-driven, pre-seed, deep-tech teams (med tech, food tech, clean tech verticals)] • Designed and coordinated operations, and managed communication with stakeholders, for Athroa and 3 portfolio ventures; handled specific operations, including contracts and recruitment • Secured a total of €50,000 in two separate grants, as well as access to EIT Health mentoring, for a med tech portfolio startup by managing the relevant assessment processes • Proposed investment opportunities by scouting in pitch events and meeting founders on a weekly basis; attended several industry events, and hosted two of them; one in collaboration with the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises • Provided access to grants worth tens of thousands of euros to inventors, as Project Manager for an IP-grants initiative with Greece’s largest public-benefit organisations

Intern (Placement Year)
2018 - 2019
[One of the Big Four Greek banks; internship involved a rotation in four departments] • Organized the digital transformation of dozens of bank branches in Athens, by compiling feedback from them to ensure operational efficiency (Digital Banking & Innovation dept.) • Examined finances of several public hospitals to evaluate their financial health; received analyst training on financial derivatives (Treasury dept.) • Combined the annual reports of the Big Four Greek banks into a user-friendly, uniform template to be presented to investors and relevant stakeholders (Investor Relations dept.) • Co-authored and translated the monthly financial report published publicly by the bank, aimed at educating on economic developments and how they affect the Greek financial system (Economic Research dept.)

Co-Founder
2018 - 2019
[A digital expertise-sharing platform aimed at discovering successful entrepreneurial traits] • Co-founded an educational platform where entrepreneurs could share the attributes that lead to business success; a subscription-based business plan • Communicated with hundreds of entrepreneurs via LinkedIn, e-mail, and the telephone; published 50 entrepreneurial journeys on our website, which provided important entrepreneurial insights