Odyssey Ventures L.P.

Odyssey Ventures L.P. is a venture capital firm that specializes in seed, startup, and early-stage investments, primarily targeting information and communication technology (ICT) companies. Based in Athens, Greece, with an additional office in Santa Clara, California, the firm focuses on investing in Greek companies that have the potential to address global markets. In addition to providing capital, Odyssey Ventures often seeks to take a board seat in its portfolio companies, allowing for active involvement in their development. The firm also has a commitment to supporting small businesses from low-income communities in the United States, further diversifying its investment approach.

Alexandre Godelier

Associate

Athanasios Kalekos

Managing Partner

Thanasis Kalekos

Managing Partner

Nikolas Pisanias

Partner

Spyros Trachanis

Managing Partner

20 past transactions

Classter

Seed Round in 2016
Classter is a robust single-platform school management solution offering a holistic approach in education. Fully integrated with Office 365 and Moodle this end-to-end system can be used by any school, from K-12 to colleges and universities, to cover your entire school management needs. Classter is the rebrand of schoolmanagement.eu which has been successfully implemented to diverse educational institutions since 2009. Our solution offers a wide range of features that gives any school the power to manage their academic, finance, transportation and library operations with measurable results and to build updated communications with controlled access to teachers, students and parents. Accessible via web or mobile, Classter incorporates best practices into processes and into any school’s culture.

Wubby

Seed Round in 2016
Wubby is an ecosystem of software components and services for rapid development of everyday objects. Everyday objects are physical objects embedded with electronics, software, sensors and network connectivity to collect and exchange data. A network of everyday objects is also known as Internet of Things (IoT).

Mantis Informatics

Series B in 2015
Mantis Informatics is provides logistics and customer interaction solutions. The company solutions include logistics information systems, automated material handling systems, alectronic fulfillment solutions, unified messaging and work management solutions, call and contact center solutions, customer and partner relationship management solutions.

liateR

Seed Round in 2015
LiateR is an innovative company based in Amsterdam, founded in 2014, that specializes in enhancing the retail experience for apparel and accessories through advanced digital media technology. It provides an interactive sales solution that utilizes gesture control, voice recognition, and augmented reality, allowing consumers to virtually try on and purchase clothing. LiateR enables retailers to attract both online and in-store traffic, increase brand awareness, and maximize sales revenue across various locations. The platform gathers user data, such as age, gender, and preferences, to deliver personalized shopping experiences, including tailored product suggestions and special offers. This customer-centric approach allows retailers to create a seamless and engaging shopping environment that meets the unique needs of each individual, thereby revolutionizing the traditional retail experience.

Arrikto

Seed Round in 2015
Arrikto empowers you to rapidly turn data into actionable insights by democratizing machine learning and automating complex workflows. Our MLOps platform enable your data science and machine learning operations teams to collaborate together to continuously build, train, deploy, and serve machine learning models with DevOps efficiency. Simplify and accelerate your projects with code to pipeline automation, advanced data management, and global scale collaboration. Extend many of the benefits across your data science ecosystem to your other critical Kubernetes based data rich applications.

Myrmex

Series A in 2015
Myrmex is launching an innovative fully unmanned grocery delivery system leveraging the power of mobile robotic units. Myrmex CPS is uniquely capable to deliver an online order just a few seconds after the customer arrives at the pick-up point.

Avocarrot

Seed Round in 2015
Avocarrot is a native mobile advertising platform which provides real rewards on mobile apps. Avocarrot is a technology platform to build a sustainable app business by making more money in a less intrusive way. You can choose from a range of native ad-units to create a seemless user experience that results in higher engagement and more revenue. Avocarrot is the leading programmatic native ad exchange for mobile publishers. By combining real-time bidding technology and premium advertisers from around the world, Avocarrot is an all-in-one platform for optimizing and monitoring native ad revenue.

Pollfish

Series A in 2015
Pollfish is disrupting the legacy research space with a real-time survey platform, the largest distributed mobile consumer network and “organic sampling,” our next-generation sampling methodology that features randomized and spontaneous invitations delivered programmatically while the respondent is naturally engaging in one of our 10K+ partner apps. We combine all of this with advanced machine learning techniques to identify and eliminate poor quality respondents at the question level for a truly end-to-end experience from invitation through to completion.

Pinnatta

Venture Round in 2014
Pinnatta is an innovative interactive multimedia messaging platform that enhances personal communication by allowing users to create, share, and experience unique multimedia messages quickly. It surpasses traditional messaging services by integrating sound, animation, and personalized interactive elements, transforming each message into an engaging experience that resonates emotionally with recipients. Users can choose from a variety of ready-to-use designs tailored for different occasions and personalize them by adding their own videos, photos, voice recordings, or text. Pinnatta encourages playful interaction, enabling recipients to engage with messages through gestures such as tapping, dragging, or shaking their devices. The platform is accessible through popular messaging applications, dating apps, and keyboards, making it a versatile tool for connecting with friends and family in a more dynamic and entertaining manner.

Sensorflare PC

Venture Round in 2014
The Sensorflare (previously Spark Works) vision is to make life automation a reality. Using existing technologies, the solution bridges protocols and automates appliance management with minimum effort required from the user. The platform is based on extensive research on the Internet of Things, sensor automation, and Semantic Web, as well as on the successful installation and operation of devices across a group of clusters including houses, offices, public buildings, and port authorities. The current solution allows users to effortlessly monitor and remotely control power outlets and appliances, allowing for better management of your time, activities, and of course energy consumption.

IQTaxi, Inc

Series A in 2014
IQTaxi is a software technology company that is focused on the development of telematics and software applications for the taxi industry. It offers an automated centralized dispatch system that facilitates fleet management. IQTaxi offers IQTAXI Suite that enables its users to manage fleets and call center services; and IQTAXI Cloud, a cloud solution that is designed for small taxi companies. IQTaxi was founded in 2013 and is based in New York.

Locish

Seed Round in 2014
Locish is a Q&A mobile app enabling users to ask like-minded people for real-time recommendations on new places to eat, drink, and have fun. Each response is specific to the user’s individual inquiry and matched to their personal preferences. General Information This is how Locish works - Ask a question to other Locish users Cafes, bars, clubs, and restaurants. Pose a detailed question to our community and find somewhere new that ticks your boxes. - Get tailored replies from like-minded people Locish ‘gets’ what you like, and knows which users will come up trumps with suitable suggestions – created just for you. - All the details you need As well as a personal response, you get all the venue details you need ­– including addresses, websites, photos; even ratings from Yelp and Foursquare. - Get involved Kudos – you’re now part of Locish! Payback time! Pass on your recommendations, connect, chat, and wax lyrical about your favorite places with those who share your interests. Locish launched for first time on summer 2013, and is relaunching totally new on spring 2014.

Pinnatta

Series A in 2013
Pinnatta is an innovative interactive multimedia messaging platform that enhances personal communication by allowing users to create, share, and experience unique multimedia messages quickly. It surpasses traditional messaging services by integrating sound, animation, and personalized interactive elements, transforming each message into an engaging experience that resonates emotionally with recipients. Users can choose from a variety of ready-to-use designs tailored for different occasions and personalize them by adding their own videos, photos, voice recordings, or text. Pinnatta encourages playful interaction, enabling recipients to engage with messages through gestures such as tapping, dragging, or shaking their devices. The platform is accessible through popular messaging applications, dating apps, and keyboards, making it a versatile tool for connecting with friends and family in a more dynamic and entertaining manner.

Swapdom

Angel Round in 2013
Swapdom is an innovative platform that facilitates multi-party trades and enhances online marketplaces through algorithmic swapping. It specializes in enabling users to buy and sell second-hand goods, particularly in the fashion sector, maximizing the number of exchanges available. Additionally, Swapdom features a gaming product known as SwapGaming, which is recognized as a leading virtual item trading solution in the market. By streamlining the process of trading second-hand items, Swapdom increases user participation and offers a comprehensive service for those looking to engage in sustainable consumption.

Econais Inc.

Series A in 2013
Econais is the global innovation leader in embedded Wi-Fi IoT connectivity. Econais’ turn-key WiSmart technology: WiSmart software and WiSmart Wi-Fi modules provide customers with the ability to leverage the features of Wi-Fi to create ultra low power connected products with quick time to market. We provide high performance and ultra low power embeddable modules and software for connectivity to the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) communications. WiSmart leverages the globally installed base of Wi-Fi access points and smartphones to create connected products and applications for smart home, industrial, wearable, and audio/video markets. With customer designs in production in countries around the world and applications that range from IoT door locks, to smart home controllers, to consumer wireless audio and video. Designers continue to remind us that the ease with which they were able to get our modules and software into their designs, the designs tested and validated, and ultimately the competitive size, speed, and pricing made it an easy choice to design Econais WiSmart technology into their next generation products. And we continually hear that we have the most responsive and support tech team, bar none! Econais is pronounced phonetically “i:koʊnɪs” or more commonly “EkOnis”.

MetaChannels

Venture Round in 2007
Channels.com is the first DVR for Web video. Just like you record TV shows with a Tivo(tm) or DVR connected to your television, with Channels.com you can record and watch video shows that are available on the Web. Channels.com includes the Web's largest index of video shows - now including over 150,000 shows from thousands of large and small video Web sites.

Earthanol

Series A in 2007
Earthanol Inc., a Newport Beach, Calif.-based company focused on converting waste into ethanol.

Numara Software France

Series C in 2006
Numara Software France SAS provides information technology (IT) and security management solutions. It offers Precision Desktop Management, an agent-based software designed to overcome IT management complexity; Precision Patch Management, an agent-based software designed to help IT managers to address and optimize the patch deployment process; and Precision Vulnerability Management, a non-intrusive vulnerability scanner. The company also provides services, such as IT asset management, vulnerability lifecycle management, software and configuration management, patch management, applications management, system monitoring, end user support, green IT-power management, OS deployment, and compliance. It serves bank, insurance, finance, distribution, education, government, health, industry, media, services, telecom/Internet, and TRANSPORT industries Antipolis and internationally. Criston SA was formerly known as Metrix Systems SA and changed its name to Criston SA in February 2004. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Sophia Antipolis, France with additional offices in Japan France, China, and Germany. As of July 13, 2009, Numara Software France SAS operates as a subsidiary of Numara Software, Inc.

CamSemi

Series A in 2003
CamSemi is a privately-held, fabless company based in Cambridge, UK, helping customers find faster, lower cost and easier ways to design and manufacture more energy-efficient power conversion products. CamSemi’s products are based on its portfolio of patented, proprietary technologies and topologies including intelligent control architectures, RDFC and PowerBrane. These new approaches can benefit multiple markets although initially the company is targeting two major opportunities: high-volume mains power supplies and lighting applications.

Zinio LLC

Venture Round in 2002
ZINIO brings innovation and inspiration to the world of magazine publishers and consumers by delivering the ultimate digital reading experience on any device. As pioneers of the digital publishing industry for over a decade, ZINIO leads the digital magazine market in breadth of content and accessibility on any platform. For magazine publishers, ZINIOpro converts print magazines to digital content through a SaaS platform that converts PDF to XML, offering publishers complete flexibility in managing and delivering their content in branded, native magazine applications for tablet, smartphone and desktop, in searchable article databases, or on the growing network of ZINIOpro distribution partners. For magazine consumers, ZINIO operates online newsstands and award-winning iOS, Android, Windows and Kindle apps in more than 30 languages, providing the broadest selection of digital magazines accessible on any platform that can be read online or offline, synced across multiple devices and searched for archival content.