Recently Funded Startups in Athens
Updated Sep 2026
Funded startups in Athens number 42 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Athens, along with the 42 most recently funded startups there.
Artificial Intelligence, Commerce and Shopping and Financial Services hold the most companies by sector. Startups in Athens closed 18 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 11 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $820M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $7.3M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.1M and $30M.
Local venture capital leads the activity in Athens, favoring early stage ventures with lean teams. These lean structures indicate a preference for lean operations over aggressive scaling. Approaching these firms means dealing with a tight circle of regional backers who prioritize early risk. This concentration of capital creates a predictable path for those targeting seed level opportunities.
Athens funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Jun 2026.
42 most recently funded startups in Athens
42 shownOrdered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
Athens startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Athens closed 18 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 11 of them in the last 12, adding up to $820M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $7.3M, with the middle half running from $2.1M to $30M. 12 of 18 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Commerce and Shopping and Financial Services hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 5. The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Industries with the most funded startups in Athens
Sector counts across all 42 tracked companies in Athens. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Funding stages in Athens
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Athens break down by stage.
A further 9 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Athens startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 42 funded startups in Athens currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (6 of 18 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Athens is dated Jun 2026.
The table above shows the 42 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Athens?
FundedIQ tracks 42 funded startups in Athens. This page lists the 42 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Athens raised?
Startups in Athens tracked by FundedIQ have raised $820M in disclosed capital across 18 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 11 rounds in the last 12 months. 12 of those 18 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Athens?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 5 companies, followed by Commerce and Shopping (5), Financial Services (4) and Health Care (3). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Athens?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $7.3M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.1M and $30M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Athens?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 4 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (2) and Series A (2). A further 9 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Athens startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Athens is dated Jun 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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