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Thoughts, announcements, news and events from the Marathon team.
![Building the Digital Backbone for Pharma Process Development](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/4lP5m96u9W1tCC37enriSH/9f751dd9d92a8015ffb3c60930d7c20b/founders_photo.jpg?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
Marathon invests GBP 1.1m Seed in PolyModels Hub to digitalize pharma process development
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Alex Alexakis
![Dataform Lab Raises Seed to Drive Automation in Offsite Manufacturing](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/2hrFYywRKlfw2DwYRjdZud/9df72c6663ec817f108edbcf2d939a76/Screenshot_2024-06-11_at_8.27.52_AM.png?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
Marathon leads a GBP 1.1m Seed in Dataform Lab to accelerate automation in construction
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George Tziralis
![InAccel joins Intel](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/2TPFzvtEuIvWplqwAVa4Ld/3377ac545738b5c6263889063233b675/Untitled_design.png?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
InAccel joins Intel to modernize FPGA management and orchestration.
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Panos Papadopoulos
![Greek Startups: Funding Rounds & Exits, 2023](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/1je27ivdGaDnOQtLntNUxj/6180b2e0a7de64e5d59f77c747e65c78/image__7_.png?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
Key highlights and figures from the investments and exits in Greek-founded startups in 2023
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Alex Alexakis
![2023 Marathon Year In Review](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/4cX0lplw5lDf6a5HU4L2Tu/a5f88706f00b3768d09202b869ed95e6/Screenshot_2023-12-18_at_12.01.59_PM.png?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
2023 was a remarkable year for Marathon portfolio companies: acquisitions, funding rounds, and more
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Alex Alexakis
![Lambda Automata Raises €6 Million to Defend Western Democracies](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/3TFfwrgUXe6hzOyMPtY5ts/e7b72e1dbd660a369a5b82869ed72b41/LAMBDA_DEFENSE_EXHIBITION_PRESENTATION_ATHENS_MAY_2023__2.jpeg?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
Developing AI-first hardware and software solutions for the age of autonomous defense
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Panos Papadopoulos
Bota Systems Raises $2.5 Million Seed to Give Robots the Sense of Touch
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George Tziralis
![Cisco Acquires Code BGP](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/2Da4K5z1Rx7QXz8dDcCksL/28e299adfce8a2441169220ca05af9ea/BlogPost_02_PublicAnnouncement.png?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
With this acquisition Cisco ThousandEyes will deepen its BGP capabilities
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George Tziralis
![Causaly Raises $60 Million Series B Led by ICONIQ Growth](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/1ND8S75M4P1c08Rm4yCYoJ/ba885d0bbdfb824108976925cc883e59/High_res_headshots_Yiannis_Artur.jpg?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
To enable breakthrough therapeutic innovations faster than ever before
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George Tziralis
![Ariadne Raises $7 Million Series A](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/7DuLWFsdgFA2iYRznKZoj2/5ee77ff3ab51ae59f0bb927b1bca1f22/Screenshot_2023-05-18_at_3.38.01_PM.png?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
Ariadne raises a $7m round led by Marathon to build the operating system for commercial real estate
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George Tziralis
![Modernizing the power grid with SMPnet](https://images.ctfassets.net/t26vj7lu5e55/5RNAJAygZAToJLJKl8nxc6/070eec994f640eca29c81857cb4d862e/5A3A3246__1_.jpg?w=320&h=160&fit=thumb&q=100)
SMPnet raises funding by Marathon to revolutionize power grid management
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Panos Papadopoulos
Velos Rotors raises funding by Marathon to accelerate adoption of its drone helicopter
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George Tziralis