Metavallon.vc

Metavallon VC is a Greek / Southern European venture capital firm focused on Pre-Seed and Seed-stage investments across sectors in Greece and broader Europe, with an affinity for B2B business models, deep-technology ventures, and founders with ties to Greece. The firm was founded in 2014 by Managing Partners George Tziralis and Apostolos Apostolakis (both prominent Greek technology-ecosystem principals; Tziralis also a co-founder of the Open Coffee Club Athens community) alongside partners. Metavallon operates as one of the more prominent dedicated Greek early-stage VC firms alongside firms such as Marathon Venture Capital, Uni.Fund, VentureFriends, and Big Pi Ventures. The firm's name ''Metavallon'' is Greek (IIuI"I+/-I2I-I"I"I?I1/2) meaning ''changing / transforming.'' Metavallon has raised multiple institutional funds (Metavallon VC Fund I at approximately EUR 32 million in 2019, Metavallon VC Fund II at approximately EUR 40 million+) with aggregate AUM in the EUR mid-tens of millions range, typically writing initial check sizes in the EUR 150,000 to EUR 1 million range. Notable portfolio companies include PlantBox, Causaly (AI biomedical research), Softomotive (acquired by Microsoft), Enartia, and various other Greek and Southern European technology start-ups.