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Thoughts, announcements, news and events from the Marathon team.

Marathon Completes Second Closing, Increases Fund Size to €32m
Marathon Completes Second Closing, Increases Fund Size to €32m

We are pleased to announce the completion of Marathon’s second closing

George Tziralis

Taming Streaming Data with Lenses by Landoop
Taming Streaming Data with Lenses by Landoop

During my tenure as a Product Manager at Splunk, I had the chance to meet with several Fortune 500 customers who wanted to create a central data transfer backbone

Panos Papadopoulos

Norbloc and the fight against duplication
Norbloc and the fight against duplication

Last week Norbloc announced their $1.6 million seed round led by Marathon VC

Panos Papadopoulos

EIF and Equifund to join Marathon
EIF and Equifund to join Marathon

We are happy to share the European Investment Fund board’s decision to participate in Marathon’s second closing via Equifund

George Tziralis

SV Greeks and Greekamericans Meetup
SV Greeks and Greekamericans Meetup

The SV Greeks and Greekamericans Meetup is back and Marathon will be joining

Panos Papadopoulos

Our Greatest Challenge
Our Greatest Challenge

Venture Capital is a business where you reach out to a hundred people to get one’s commitment

George Tziralis

Why should I even care about working at your startup?
Why should I even care about working at your startup?

You now need to hire your first employees and guess what? Nobody gives a f**k!

Panos Papadopoulos

Investments in Greek Startups, 2010-2016
Investments in Greek Startups, 2010-2016

We have put together some data regarding investments that took place between 2010 and 2016.

Chris Gasteratos

Seed Stage Due Diligence Guidelines
Seed Stage Due Diligence Guidelines

Due Diligence is a daunting process so we want to make sure it is transparent & you are prepared

Thaleia Misailidou

Startup equity is a function of risk
Startup equity is a function of risk

Start equity must be solely a function of skin in the game, share it wisely.

Panos Papadopoulos

Marathon VC partners with Stripe Atlas
Marathon VC partners with Stripe Atlas

Stripe Atlas is the best choice for international founders to set up shop in the US.

Panos Papadopoulos

Public companies or startups, the same questions linger
Public companies or startups, the same questions linger

You are a startup founder launching your product, or you have raised capital, or you plan to do so soon

Chris Gasteratos