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

01/10/2025

🌍 Where should digital nomads go in 2025?

A new Global Citizen Solutions Index ranks the top destinations offering the best digital nomad visas and quality of life.

🏆 Top 5 overall:
1️⃣ Spain
2️⃣ Netherlands
3️⃣ Uruguay
4️⃣ Canada
5️⃣ Czech Republic

As Patricia Casaburi, CEO at Global Citizen Solutions, explains: “The result is a 64-country ranking that identifies the most attractive jurisdictions for digital nomads, accounting for not just affordability or visa length, but the complete ecosystem required for a thriving nomadic lifestyle.”

Read more here: https://thefuturemedia.eu/digital-nomad-visa-ranking-2025-based-on-new-data/

30/09/2025

🦾 3D Printing Meets Prosthetics in Cyprus

Cyprus spends over $436M annually on imported medicines and medical devices — but one startup is showing another way forward.

OrthoDesigns, co-led by Kyriakos Efstathiou (clinical prosthetist & orthotist, University of Strathclyde) and Savvas Savva (technician), is the first in Cyprus to bring 3D printing to prosthetics and orthotics.

✨ Faster turnaround (from weeks to days)
✨ Precise, consistent results for patients
✨ Expansion into Greece, Norway, Saudi Arabia & Dubai

From trial-and-error beginnings in 2021 to today’s international partnerships, OrthoDesigns is reshaping how patients access care and showing how a small island can lead in health tech innovation.

Their next step is the InnoSoles project, enabling clinics to produce custom 3D-printed insoles in-house.

📖 Read the full interview here: https://thefuturemedia.eu/3d-printing-meets-prosthetics-how-orthodesigns-is-building-a-new-health-tech-model-in-cyprus/

29/09/2025

📺 Youtube's Algorithm, Geography, and Ad Revenue: How Cyprus Creators Navigate Platform Economics and Visibility

What does it mean to be a creator in a small market like Cyprus? Can you really build global reach when the algorithm favors scale?

In our latest feature, we explore how Cypriot creators are navigating platform economics and algorithmic visibility:

✨ Yiannis Pitsillides () – focuses on Power BI, SQL & Excel tutorials for a global audience, with 40% of views from YouTube search.
✨ Andreas Theodorou () – 8x National Downhill Champion, building an international MTB channel in English.
✨ Netcast Zone (, led by J***y Tran) – creating Greek/Cypriot content, building local community & sustainable sponsorships.
✨ Ioanna Athansiadou () – singer-songwriter balancing Greek, English & Spanish content.
✨ Instant Soup Sundays () – documenting music production, but facing algorithmic challenges.
✨ Fidias Panayiotou (, ) – from viral stunts (hugging Elon Musk!) to podcast-style interviews in Greek.

From CPM differences (U.S. views can be worth 5× more than Cypriot views) to strategies like niche focus, community activation, and portfolio monetization — Cyprus offers lessons for creators everywhere.

Read the full article here: https://thefuturemedia.eu/youtubes-algorithm-geography-and-ad-revenue-the-cyprus-case-how-creators-in-small-markets-navigate-platform-economics-and-algorithmic-visibility/

29/09/2025

🚀 European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) launches €56.8M in new EU4Health calls for 2025

Nine new funding opportunities are open under the EU4Health Work Programme, addressing Europe’s top health priorities:

▪️ Cancer screening (gastric, lung, prostate)
▪️ Cardiovascular & non-communicable diseases
▪️ AI & health data for biotech innovation
▪️ Orphan medical devices (esp. pediatric)
▪️ Pricing, access & conference funding

💶 Budget: €56.8M
📅 Deadline: 6 January 2026
📍 Info session: 9 October 2025

If you’re a public health authority, research institute, NGO, or innovator, now is the time to apply and secure EU support for your project.

🌐 Explore these and many more open calls on our website: https://thefuturemedia.eu/hadea-launches-e56-8m-in-new-eu4health-calls-for-2025/

24/09/2025

🌍 The road to San Francisco is set!

On October 17, 2025, the world’s best startups will gather at the Startup World Cup Grand Finale, competing for a $1M investment prize.

From our region, two champions will represent us on the global stage:
🇬🇷 Grandmama – winner of the Startup World Cup Greece Finals 2025
🇨🇾 Calspak – winner of the Startup World Cup Cyprus Finals 2025

They will join 100+ regional winners, 200+ top VCs, 300+ corporate venture leaders, and 3,000+ attendees in San Francisco.

Confirmed judges & speakers include:
▪️ Yossi Matias, Head of Research, Google
▪️ Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder & COO, Cloudflare
▪️ Mark Papermaster, CTO, AMD
▪️ Sophia Luo, Partner, Greylock Partners
▪️ Court Lorenzini, Founder & CEO, DocuSign
▪️ Charly Kevers, CFO, Carta
▪️ Ben Kus, CTO, Box
▪️ Camilla Matias, COO, Brex
▪️ Connie Chan, Board Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
▪️ Rajesh Swaminathan, Partner, Khosla Ventures
▪️ Jihong Kim, Managing Director, Samsung Ventures
…and many more!

🚀 We are proud to see our ecosystem shine on this global stage. Best of luck to Grandmama and Calspak as they represent Greece and Cyprus at the Startup World Cup Grand Finale!

24/09/2025

💡 Swipe, Match, Hire: How Atalef is Fixing a Broken System

Hiring is broken. In Europe, only 56% of job offers are accepted, and 1 in 5 new hires leaves during probation — costing companies over €100,000 per mis-hire.

🌍 Meanwhile, the global HR tech market is set to grow from $40B in 2024 to $82B by 2032, with AI in HR alone expected to quintuple. The opportunity is huge.

That’s where Atalef comes in. Founded by Alex Rashkovan, Lior Zelering, and Pavlos Charalambides, Atalef is killing the CV and replacing it with a skills-first, CV-free model powered by the DeepMatch™ algorithm.

✅ Cuts time-to-hire by up to 50%
✅ Validates real skills with role-specific tasks
✅ Makes hiring fairer for candidates — no keyword fluff, just proven ability

As Alex Rashkovan puts it: “We didn’t want another job board. We wanted to kill the résumé altogether.” Atalef is redefining recruitment for startups and enterprises alike — faster, smarter, and fairer.

Read the full story: https://thefuturemedia.eu/swipe-match-hire-how-atalef-is-fixing-a-billion-dollar-recruitment-problem/

22/09/2025

📊 Cyprus climbs to #25 globally and #2 in its region in the 2025 Global Innovation Index.

Strengths:
✅ Outputs > Inputs: #36 in inputs vs #16 in outputs.
✅ Creative edge: #11 worldwide (IP, online creativity, intangible assets).
✅ Business sophistication: #24.
✅ Knowledge diffusion: #5 globally; #1 in ICT services imports.

Challenges:
⚠️ Human Capital & Research: #44 (low R&D spend).
⚠️ Market Sophistication: #54 (small domestic scale, limited VC).
⚠️ Software spending: #83.

Regionally, Cyprus is ahead of Greece ( #42), Malta ( #27), and UAE, just behind Israel ( #14).

🚀 Takeaway: Cyprus is punching above its weight in innovation outputs. The next step? Leverage creative strengths, attract global talent, and deepen R&D investment.

Full article: https://thefuturemedia.eu/cyprus-ranks-25th-in-the-global-innovation-index-2025-but-what-does-it-really-mean/

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19/09/2025

🚀 HERIFORGE Launches First Open Call for Immersive Technologies in Cultural Heritage

HERIFORGE is inviting startups, SMEs, NGOs, foundations, associations, and individuals to reimagine cultural heritage through immersive technologies as AR/VR, XR, gamification, and digital twins.

What’s on offer:
✔️ Up to €50,000 in funding per project (total budget €300,000)
✔️ Six months of tailored mentoring & technical support from experts in immersive tech, cultural heritage, and business development
✔️ A chance to scale innovative cultural heritage solutions across Europe

The call particularly welcomes applicants from Cyprus, Poland, and Türkiye, but is open to all EU Member States and Horizon Europe–associated countries with local presence in one of the three.

📅 Deadline: 27 October 2025, 17:00 CET

Discover more: https://thefuturemedia.eu/heriforge-launches-first-open-call-for-immersive-technologies-in-cultural-heritage/

19/09/2025

🎉 Six Startups Graduate from the EUC Startup Programme, funded by Cyprus RIF

On 18 September 2025, European University Cyprus hosted “Cypriot Startups Getting Together: Driving Innovation Through Collaboration”, celebrating six teams graduating from the EUC Startup Programme — a model delivered with Microsoft and industry Innovation Partners.

🚀 The Graduates:
Bolsterup – the first digital ecosystem for the construction industry
Insavior – safety app empowering women through tech & community
Freyia Labs – AI-powered fermentation optimisation for food systems
Park in Town – smart parking network with real-time availability
Mammocheck – non-invasive AI-enabled breast health monitoring
Multians – multimedia creators’ hub & content production agency

🌍 These startups now step into the market, ready to scale through customers, corporate pilots, and private capital.

Full story here: https://thefuturemedia.eu/six-startups-graduate-from-the-euc-startup-programme-funded-by-cyprus-rif/

16/09/2025

📚 Soloveyko: The Ukrainian Bookstore Changing Limassol’s Cultural Landscape

When Natali Hilevych arrived in Cyprus after 2022, she saw a need for Ukrainian books — and built much more than a bookstore.

Since opening in 2023, Soloveyko has:
✨ Welcomed 20,000+ Ukrainians and multicultural families in Cyprus
✨ Hosted cultural events — from psychology lectures to art workshops and tastings with Cypriot producers
✨ Expanded beyond Cyprus with partners in Spain and Germany

As Natali says: “It was never about the money from the beginning, but about helping people just like us.”

Backed by Ukrainian publishers, Soloveyko stands as a living example of resilience, storytelling, and the power of physical spaces to heal and connect communities.

👉 Discover the full story: https://thefuturemedia.eu/the-power-of-physical-space-inside-soloveyko-limassols-ukrainian-bookstore-and-lounge/

16/09/2025

🚀 SpaceBIC Cyprus Opens Applications for Space-Tech Startups

The ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (CoE), with support from the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy (DMRID), has launched applications for the SpaceBIC Cyprus incubation programme.

🌍 Who should apply:
1. Startups, SMEs, or entrepreneurs in Cyprus (or planning to establish operations here).
2. Teams under 1-year-old, working with satellite data, space technologies, geoinformation services, or space-connected solutions.

💡 Benefits:
1. €50,000 non-equity funding (De Minimis).
2. 24 months incubation at ERATOSTHENES CoE in Limassol.
3. Technical support, expert mentoring, and access to RTO/university labs.
4. Market access, networking with corporates, investors, and international partners.
5. Guidance for R&D calls, VC, and angel investment pathways.

📅 First round application deadline: 15 October 2025

Discover more: https://thefuturemedia.eu/spacebic-cyprus-opens-applications-for-space-tech-startups/

16/09/2025

🚀 YC Summer 2025 Demo Day: Redefining AI Infrastructure & Innovation

Over 160 startups took the stage at Y Combinator’s Summer 2025 Demo Day, with AI infrastructure and agents leading the charge. The spotlight was on visionary teams building the next generation of tools and applications.

Investor-picked startups to watch:
▪️ Autumn – “Stripe for AI startups,” streamlining complex pricing models.
▪️ Dedalus Labs – automating AI agent deployment, redefining developer workflows.
▪️ Design Arena – crowdsourcing quality in AI-generated designs.
▪️ Getasap Asia (founded by Raghav Arora, backed by General Catalyst) – tech-enabled distribution across SE Asia.
▪️ Keystone (founded by Pablo Hansen) – AI-driven bug fixing, already declining a 7-figure acquisition.
▪️ RealRoots – AI matchmaker Lisa for meaningful platonic connections.
▪️ Solva – AI-powered insurance claims, $245K ARR in 10 weeks.
▪️ Perseus Defense – counter-drone mini-missiles, invited by U.S. military branches.
▪️ Pingo AI – AI-powered language learning through authentic conversations.

Investors highlight these ventures as the next wave of AI and tech innovation — scaling from design and insurance to defense and education.

👉 Read the full recap: https://thefuturemedia.eu/yc-summer-2025-demo-day-redefining-ai-infrastructure-and-innovation/

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