• Greece gets a third angel investment fund courtesy of Virtual Trip Group

    Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

    [Greece] Athens-based Virtual Trip Group has announced plans to start an angel investment fund through its subsidiary Virtual Trip Holdings SA. It will be focused on ‘innovative startups’ from Greece and abroad, and will be the third angel investment fund in the country following OpenFund and Driin Ventures.

    What we know so far is that they’ll target investments of between €50.000 to €200.000 for an equity stake of around 35-45%. And while it can certainly be argued that this may not represent the best available deal out there, if we take into account the financial difficulties Greece is facing, it’s an offer that many startups could find both useful and necessary in order to stay out of the deadpool.

    Also of interest is the fact that VTrip claims to be offering incubation services to the selected startups. Specifically this is said to include dedicated office space, legal and financial services, a good internet connection and a shared meeting room. Vtrip says it has a 500 sq ft open space just for this purpose.

    Sadly, it seems that they haven’t yet had the time to create a stand alone website just for this new venture, so feel free to drop them an email here requesting more info about how to apply for funding.

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    • Ben

      Please help me to understand this. Because of the financial situation in Greece this fund is offering a very unattractive deal. I’d really like to hear the reasoning behind this (apart from taking advantage of the situation that is…)

    • http://favit.com/infographs Marfi

      Good news for Greece and the region! Yes the stake is big, but if they provide services & money & office I’d definetely go for it!

    • http://influads.com Anibal Damiaio

      I love this equity stakes they take. They are not A-round but they lock you in a corner by taking such equity stakes. The only reason i can hear to justify this is that entrepreneurs will take it because of supply vs demand, but even if that’s the case it is stabbing the entrepreneur in the back since is future ability to raise more money will be heavily constrained.

      Fred Wilson talked about this some times, when mentioning “typical” equity splits at different stages.

      #fail if you ask me, great disrespect for the entrepreneur

      The services thing can be a double-edged sword, but may make a difference. I guess that without mentioning it value it may never be really understood what’s that all about.

      Greece has good weather though…

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