Spiros Margaris

VC I Advisor I Board Member

2010 - Current

www.margarisventures.com Spiros Margaris is a venture capitalist, futurist, keynote speaker, and senior advisor. Involved with wefox Group, SparkLabs Global, Mediastalker.ai, Canopy.rent, STC Pay, Better Plant Sciences Inc., and F10 Accelerator. He is the first international influencer to achieve “The Triple Crown” ranking. He was ranked the No. 1 international FinTech, Blockchain, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) influencer (05/2018) by Onalytica. Spiros once again was ranked the No. 1 global FinTech influencer (02/2020) by Onalytica. He was ranked the No. 1 Finance Influencer (08/2020) by Refinitiv. He regularly appears in the top three positions of established global industry influencer rankings. He is a keynote speaker at international FinTech and InsurTech conferences. He also gave a TEDxAcademy Talk. He published an AI white paper, “Machine learning in financial services: Changing the rules of the game,” for the enterprise software vendor SAP. He was the first non-IBM keynote speaker at the largest IBM event in Europe (10/2019), “2019 IBM Systems Technical University”.

Technology Advisory Board

2024

With more than 20 years of proven experience, QUALCO is a leading Fintech solutions provider, enabling clients to realise value through the provision of operational platforms, data insights, digital experiences, and domain knowledge.

Board Member

2024

The fintech @barq is building the next generation of SuperWallet for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Joining SparkLabs Group, NTAP, KAUST and SDAIA in leading Saudi Arabia's AI.M Accelerator in Riyadh

2024

I am excited to join SparkLabs Group in leading SaudiArabia's AI.M Accelerator in Riyadh. Collaborating with National Technology Development Program (#NTDP), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (#KAUST), SDAIA and my exceptional colleagues at SparkLabs Global Ventures is a great honor to drive global hashtag#AI innovation and strengthen the Kingdom's global AI leadership. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-arabias-ai-m-accelerator-100000901.html #VC #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AI #VC #Innovation #Startups

Spiros Margaris and Maverix AMC on 'Margaris No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Basket'

2023

Winner 🏆 2024 Swiss Derivative Award: Best Active Managed AMC 'Margaris No 1 AI Basket’ (04/2024) Active Managed Certificate investing in future trends and adoption of Artificial Intelligence. Combining Technological and Financial expertise in one investment. Capture AI adoption in multiple sectors targeting IT Soft & Hardware, Healthcare, Industrials, Communication, E- and Social Commerce and Mobility. Only actively managed portfolios can follow this very fast evolving trend of AI. SIX Listed Tracker Certificates in USD, EUR and CHF.

Spiros Margaris and Maverix Securities AG launch first active fintech value investment solution

2022

Spiros Margaris and Maverix Securities AG launch first active fintech value investment solution.

Advisory Board

2021

Software for financial institutions (banks, payment institutions, e-wallets, banks, large organizations) in the European market based on the customer-centric philosophy. They offer systems that have the power to reinvent financial institutions and provide enhanced customer experience, increased levels of operational efficiency and continuous harmonization with regulatory requirements. Among the top 35 banking platform vendors globally (Forrester's Global Banking Platform Deals Survey 2020).

Member Board of Directors

2023

Appointed Venture Partner with SparkLabs Group

2018

Appointed Venture Partner with SparkLabs Group (network of global Accelerators & Venture Capital Funds in Palo Alto, California) http://www.sparklabsgroup.com/

Supervisory Board

2021

Reuss Private Holding AG (CHF 34 billion of client assets, as of Dec. 2020) has strengthened its Supervisory Board with the arrival of the two acclaimed experts Spiros Margaris and Raoul Weil. The holding company combines the activities of the Swiss financial group Reuss Private Group AG in Germany. The newcomers’ extensive experience and excellent connections will help drive the company along its steep growth trajectory amid an intensively competitive environment.

Board Member / the Coach

2018

Mediastalker is a tech startup. We are sailing around the hot cyber-security core, working on the digital rights management of audiovisual media sector. We are providing innovative content and privacy protection, anti-piracy services and added value feeds based on our own plug and play AI technology. We go against the flow; The moment we realized that our approach is far more accurate and effective compared to all the rest of highly invested methods of content detection, we did our choice and never looked back. When it comes to our business, we are the proud team of the best content protection solution on the media industry. Beyond the numbers, solved cases and released items we have changed the whole ecosystem in specific domains and countries, where we fully restored the financial value of complete media portfolios while we had strong impact on the user expansion.

Advisory Board

2021

Payments and Financial operations platform for digital businesses We automate and monetize your flow of funds across a curated network of financial institutions.