Chris Gasteratos
Investor at tbd
Athens, Attiki
Overview
Work Experience
Angel Investor & Startup Whisperer: Nurturing Early-Stage Ventures
2023 - Current
Working with a growing pool of very early-stage companies, investing and providing support in areas such as business development, fundraising, recruiting, marketing, and product strategy. SPVs are occasionally raised in collaboration with distinguished professionals and angel investors who can add value. Portfolio: -https://smithy.security/ -https://www.intryc.com/ -https://neurovirt.io/ -https://www.pinepeak.co.uk/ -https://arcweave.com/ -https://acorai.com/
Associate
2016 - 2022
As a founding team member at Marathon, my efforts focused on securing investors for the first fund. Marathon I has yielded returns more than twice its size, while the firm has raised more than €100m across two funds. Joining Marathon Venture Capital during its inception provided the opportunity to help shape the fund’s identity. Mapping the immense wealth of the global Greek community became a cornerstone of the fundraising strategy. Over seven years, spanning two funds, my contributions as the primary deal source resulted in several successful exits and established the fund as one of the key regional players. Serving as a deal flow expert, the role involved screening ~1k startups annually, identifying some of the most successful Greek-founded companies, and introducing many of them to Marathon’s portfolio. Notable examples include Augmenta (acquired for $110m by CNHI), Causaly ($60m Series-B by ICONIQ), Hack The Box ($55m Series-B by Carlyle Group), and Learnworlds ($32m Series-A by Insight Venture Partners).
Startup Financing Advisor
2016 - 2017
Collaborated with some of the most ambitious Greek startups, assisting them in securing Series A-B investors. More details on the approach can be found here:
Financial Services Broker - Portfolio Manager
2012 - 2016
My duties included everything from sourcing the investors, to on-boarding them, to managing their accounts and executing the underlying strategies taking into account their high-level or specific guidance, as it varied per case. Our investing portfolio consisted of Stocks and ETFs and was guided towards value creation.
Founder
2014 - 2015
Ownfunding is a secondary market for startup equities. The platform creates liquidity to early investors and the opportunity for anyone to invest in a private pre-IPO company with a discount. In order to facilitate these needs, we have introduced a trading platform, where start-ups can launch IPO-like equity offerings and shares can be traded 24/7. I've turned the initial idea to detailed product specs, over-viewing their implementation, while working on the legal and business framework of their facilitation.
Self Employed retail Trader
2010 - 2012
Stocks, ETFs, Commodities, Foreign exchange, Derivatives.