Peri Ghika

Pericles Nicolaos Ghikas (Peri Ghika) was born and raised in an agricultural family at the village of Kriekouki, in rural Attica, Greece. He later moved with his family to Keratsini, where he finished his secondary education. In 1997 he was admitted to the Computer Science Department of the University of Crete. In 2000 he joined Virtual Trip Ltd, Greece's first student startup, as an intern. He left the company in December 2011 as a senior software engineer, having in the meantime dropped out of his studies. Having been infected by the entrepreneurship virus, Peri joined Starttech Ventures in January 2012 and works there since then; he has evolved to a senior venture partner, working both on the venture building and seed investments pillars of the organization.

Oct 28, 2022 - News and Events, Scaleup Stories

The story of Orfium: Scale-up Greece meetup #7

It’s been a “long time, no see” since our latest live Scale-up Greece event. And we’re finally back on track with a new live session. In case you missed it, this time — in our first live meetup after the pandemic — we got the chance to visit the offices of a Greek scale up […]

Oct 05, 2022 - News and Events

Our 1st “Opportunities to work in Greece” webinar just happened!

We completed our 1st Work In Greece webinar to attract skilled workers to Greek start-ups. Anyone qualified can win a job at a startup in Athens.

Sep 16, 2022 - News and Events

Win a job at a Starttech Ventures portfolio company, in Greece

Interested in moving to Greece and working at a Greek company? Now, you can! Starttech Ventures has launched a global competition to attract skilled workers to Greek start-ups. Those with the required skills can win a job at a start-up in Athens. They will also receive support in relocating to Greece.