Forbes Cyprus The Future of Fintech Summit, Limassol (2025)

02/12/2025

⭐ CBG 2025: A Red-Carpet Night Shaping the Future of Business in Cyprus

The CBG Annual Networking Event (CBG 2025) returns on December 4 at the St Raphael Resort, bringing together 5,500+ members from Cyprus and the UAE for a high-energy celebration of entrepreneurship, leadership, and collaboration.

The event highlights leaders shaping Cyprus’s business landscape, including:
• Demetris Skourides — Chief Scientist of Cyprus, Chairman of RIF & National AI Taskforce
• Yiannos Georgiades — Managing Partner at Georgiades & Associates, Co-Founder of Kinisis Ventures
• Michalis Pantelidis — Fashion designer and founder, blending luxury with sustainability
• Gala Grigoreva — CMO at Adsterra, Women in Tech Cyprus leader
• Eddy Nassar — President of WIBA Mediterranean and MICA

With red-carpet entry, paparazzi, networking lounges, B2B prize giveaways, and premium access options, CBG 2025 is set to ignite new partnerships and elevate the island’s business community.

Join: https://thefuturemedia.eu/partner-event/cbg-2025-building-the-future-of-business/

02/12/2025

🤖 Cyprus Hosts Its First Deep Tech Community Gathering

Cyprus is officially launching DeepTech CY, a new platform connecting founders, researchers, and engineers working across AI, robotics, biotech, energy, defense, and next-gen education technologies.

The first meetup brings together key innovators, including:
• Nick Sviridov (NeuroDive) — real-time psychophysiological monitoring
• Odysseas Economides (HardwareX) — lessons from building Deep Tech companies
• Sergei Lonshakov — architecting open-source sensor networks from fabrication to cloudless communication

With a mix of talks, networking, and community-building, the meetup sets the foundation for a unified Deep Tech ecosystem in Cyprus.

Join us:https://thefuturemedia.eu/partner-event/1-deeptech-cy-meetup/

02/12/2025

🌍 Cyprus Unveils New €1.7M Plan to Boost Global Market Reach

Cyprus has approved a new De Minimis Sponsorship Plan to help local businesses expand internationally. Proposed by Minister George Papanastasiou, the initiative supports Cypriot companies participating in major global trade exhibitions where the MEIC operates a government booth.

With €1.7M allocated for 2026, the plan targets manufacturers, product traders, and recognized Producer Groups — helping them strengthen export capacity and gain access to competitive global markets.

Eligible companies can apply between November 28 and December 19, 2025, with participation strictly dependent on timely submissions. Supported events include top trade fairs in Athens, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Paris, and Berlin throughout 2026.

Discover more: https://thefuturemedia.eu/cyprus-launches-de-minimis-sponsorship-plan-to-accelerate-global-market-penetration/

02/12/2025

⚡ Cyprus Accelerates Electromobility with New €5.62M Grant Round

The Cyprus Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works is launching the fourth subsidy round under the Recovery and Resilience Plan — a move set to boost national electromobility and support a cleaner transport ecosystem. Applications open from December 5 to 9, 2025.

This round introduces a streamlined verification system backed by European authorities: eligibility will now be confirmed upon vehicle registration, giving beneficiaries until June 30, 2026, to finalize the process. If demand exceeds available grants, an electronic lottery will be held on December 9 to ensure transparency.

With €5.62M allocated across multiple categories — from private zero-emission vehicles to grants for large families, disabled vehicle use, and commercial EVs — the initiative signals a decisive shift toward sustainable mobility.

Read the full article: https://thefuturemedia.eu/cyprus-government-launches-fourth-subsidy-round-to-accelerate-electromobility/

26/11/2025

📊 MIT Uncovers $1.2T at Risk: How AI Could Reshape U.S. Jobs

A new study from MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory reveals that AI could replace up to 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, putting $1.2 trillion in wages at potential exposure across finance, healthcare, logistics, HR, and professional services.

At the centre of the research is the Iceberg Index, a groundbreaking simulation tool modelling 151M workers, 923 occupations, and 32,000 skills across 3,000 U.S. counties.

It offers policymakers a “digital twin” of the labor market — helping states like Tennessee, North Carolina, and Utah design smarter workforce and AI-readiness strategies.

Read the full article to discover more: https://thefuturemedia.eu/mit-study-reveals-ais-power-to-reshape-u-s-labor-market-with-1-2-trillion-in-wage-exposure/

26/11/2025

🔎 Fixing the $1T Women’s Health Gap: Inside Daya Ventures’ Bold Model

Women live longer than men — but spend more years in poor health. And although the economic impact is huge, only 1–5% of global health R&D targets women.

In a new interview for The Future Media, Malin Frithiofsson, founder of Daya Ventures, reveals how her team is reshaping women’s health innovation by starting with the unmet need and building the company around it.

Together with Jenny Lundkvist, Jennifer Grönqvist, Gerhard Bothma, Victorine Lançon, Elina Åkerlind, Sophia Pagil, Ute Michaela Arndt, Josefine Hovmark, Stephanie Darvill, Håkan Axelsson, Malin Kjällström, and Mina Lindberg, Daya is already behind ventures like Omaia and Trial Me (developed with AstraZeneca) and is expanding its hubs across Europe and Nairobi.

Through Seedrs (Republic Europe), Daya is now opening part of its ownership — reinforcing that women shouldn’t just benefit from innovation; they should own it. ✨

Read the full article to discover how Daya’s model could redefine the future of global women’s health: https://thefuturemedia.eu/fixing-a-1-trillion-blind-spot-how-daya-ventures-is-putting-womens-health-first/

What’s the most urgent gap in women’s health that still needs innovation?

21/11/2025

🎨 From Minsk to Limassol, 69pixels Studio is proving that great design is built long before it hits the screen.

Founded by Alexey Bavdey (CDO) and Ilya Hets (CEO), 69pixels. has grown from a $2,000 experiment in Minsk into a global full-stack design powerhouse, now ranked #11 worldwide and awarded two Gold Cat Awards and 2nd place in the 2024 REDdesign Awards.

Fresh off hosting 69 BPM — Cyprus’s first design-led techno masquerade at The Rooms, Limassol — the studio is doubling down on its philosophy: design as a growth engine, a cultural catalyst, and a community builder.

Today, 69pixels works across branding, product design, UX/UI, motion, and development, serving startups in 30+ countries. Their work helped ventures like Skich move toward new funding rounds, while their expanded teams in Limassol, Warsaw, and New York continue to elevate global design standards.

Their motto, Every Pixel Matters, isn’t a slogan — it’s a methodology.

Read the full story: https://thefuturemedia.eu/from-minsk-to-limassol-how-69pixel-studio-made-every-pixel-a-global-growth-engine/

21/11/2025

☕ Limassol’s crypto community has a new home.

Cryptoprocessing.com - cryptocurrency payment gateway by CoinsPaid has launched a month-long Crypto People Meeting Point at WAGMI Coffee (Nov 17–Dec 16), turning one of the city’s favorite terraces into a hub for founders, builders, and anyone exploring crypto payments.

Visitors can meet the CoinsPaid team, get hands-on insights into crypto payment integration, network with industry experts, enjoy signature drinks — and even win service discounts or specialty coffee beans.

🎉 Opening Party — Nov 21, 18:00
📍 WAGMI Coffee, Ayias Zonis 12
🔗 Register: https://luma.com/xa0hhdmj

Read more here: https://thefuturemedia.eu/cryptoprocessing-by-coinspaid-launches-limassol-crypto-people-meeting-point-opening-party-set-for-november-21/

20/11/2025

AI isn’t failing — adoption is.

In his new analysis, Placy co-founder Sergey Osipov argues that three cracks are shaping the AI economy:

1️⃣ “AI is a bubble.”
Valuations soar to 50× revenue. The market resembles the dot-com era: huge bets are being made on foundation models, while only a select few players will survive the valley of death.

2️⃣ The last mile is unfunded.
Around 90% of AI investment flows into a small group of foundation-model and infrastructure companies. Meanwhile, teams building real AI agents for real industries — such as real estate, logistics, and healthcare — fight for scraps, even though their adoption depends entirely on them.

3️⃣ Trust, not tech, is the bottleneck.
AI works. Businesses don’t. Agencies still lose up to 30% of leads simply by ignoring customers — then insist they “don’t believe in AI.”

Osipov’s conclusion is clear: the next winners won’t be those building the biggest models, but those who deliver AI to where it actually meets the customer — the last mile.

Discover more: https://thefuturemedia.eu/three-gaps-in-the-ai-economy/

19/11/2025

Europe is drowning in regulations — and Legitima.ai is stepping in to bring clarity, structure, and speed.

From the AI Act to CSRD, DORA, NIS2, GDPR, and ESG, companies across Europe are navigating one of the most intense regulatory periods in history. Between 2019–2024 alone, the EU introduced nearly 14,000 legal acts — a scale that BusinessEurope now calls a major barrier to investment and growth.

Amid this “regulatory tsunami,” Legitima.ai, founded by Michalis Rikakis, is building a new kind of compliance co-pilot for the European market.

Here’s what sets it apart:д
▪️ Real-time monitoring of the EU Official Journal & national gazettes
▪️ AI-powered understanding of regulatory updates as they happen
▪️ Automated mapping of obligations across AI Act, CSRD, DORA, NIS2
▪️ Clear workflows: tasks, deadlines, evidence, audit readiness
▪️ Built on the proven success of Dikaio.ai (10,000+ lawyers, 700 companies)

The core team — Michalis Rikakis, Menelaos Petousis, Vasiliki Sfika, and Iordanis Sarafidis — recently presented Legitima’s vision at Startup World Cup Greece, showing how Greek legaltech is ready to scale across the EU.

Read the full article to discover more: https://thefuturemedia.eu/why-compliance-in-europe-is-now-a-data-problem-legitima/

17/11/2025

🔥 What if your heating system could pay for itself?

As winter energy costs rise across the U.S., a surprising idea is gaining traction: repurposing the waste heat from bitcoin mining rigs to warm homes, businesses, and even industrial facilities.

According to K33, bitcoin mining produces nearly 100 TWh of heat every year — enough to warm an entire country like Finland. Once dismissed as inefficiency, that heat is now being reimagined as a valuable energy resource.

Devices like HeatTrio, reviewed by The New York Times, combine home heating with crypto mining. And in Idaho, Cade Peterson’s Softwarm is already helping local businesses cut energy costs by routing mining heat into their HVAC systems.

Read the full story: https://thefuturemedia.eu/tax-authority-generates-e29-9-million-in-revenue-from-high-risk-audits-amid-vat-and-tax-gaps/

17/11/2025

💬 Would you use Tinder to land your next job?

A new ResumeBuilder.com survey found that 1 in 3 dating app users have tried networking on Tinder, Bumble, or Hinge — and 37% say it led to a job offer.

Career advisor Stacie Haller explains why: “Dating apps provide a more personal and low-pressure environment for building authentic relationships.”

But the strategy comes with serious risks. 38% of those who used dating apps for career purposes ended up in a physical relationship, and many said it helped their career. That’s where boundaries blur, and ethical grey areas begin.

Even Grindr reports that a quarter of its users are there to network. Tinder, however, warns: “Make personal connections, not biz ones.”

So yes — swiping can open doors.
But it may also open complications best avoided.

Read the full analysis: https://thefuturemedia.eu/job-seekers-using-dating-apps-to-get-ahead-risky-job/

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