BEACON SIGNAL – Frictions in the Boardroom | Issue # 2
As companies scale, something predictable happens to their capital stack. Early investors are...
LEAP 2026 – Joining the Tech Community in Riyadh
LEAP has quickly become a useful signal for LPs tracking where the next layer of value in technology will be created...
BEACON SIGNAL – The Agentic Shift | Issue # 1
Beacon Signal documents the structural patterns shaping enterprise software - grounded in...
Gen AI Summit – Athens, Greece
Athens hosted the GenAI Summit and what stood out wasn’t excitement about models or side events...
SLUSH 2025: Post Event Refections
The Beacon VC team heads to Helsinki for Slush 2025 - Europe’s most founder-focused startup event...
SLUSH 2025: Europe’s Founder Event – Helsinki, Finland
The Beacon VC team heads to Helsinki for Slush 2025 - Europe’s most founder-focused startup event...
Beacon AGM 2025 – Keeping the Thunder Rolling!
On October 22, The Beacon VC team hosted it;s annual AGM live via Zoom - a session filled with...
How To Web (HTW) 2025 – Bucharest, Romania
HTW Conference 2025 is Eastern Europe’s leading startup and innovation event, drawing 3,000+ founders...
Athens 2025: An EU Conversation on the Future of AI
Last week we attended Athens Innovation Summit 2025, Endeavor and Google brought 5,000 people together at...
Beacon in Thessaloniki: Europe’s Next AI Frontier
We had the pleasure of attending the launch of OpenAI for Greece, a landmark initiative announced at the...
Beacon Backs Definely in $30M Series B Raise
Beacon backs Definely in $30M Series B raise - this is what happens when AI meets deep legal know-how...
Endeavor London – Beacon Founder Drinks
Who doesn't like a solid event with a fabulous party to wrap things up? Greece my bring images of awesome beaches...
Panathēnea Festival – Athens May 2025
Who doesn't like a solid event with a fabulous party to wrap things up? Greece my bring images of awesome beaches...
Remofirst – G2’s 100 Best Fastest Growing Companies
RemoFirst was also recently recognized as one of G2’s 100 Best Fastest Growing Software Companies for 2025...
DeepSeek Conundrum: Seeking deeper…
What if the most disruptive AI advancement of 2025 wasn’t about raw power — but how to rewire AI itself?
Launch Event: Venture in Eastern Europe 2024 Report
For the first time, we’re bringing the pulse of Eastern Europe’s vibrant startup scene to the heart of London...
Beacon Report: Macro View – Q4 2024
Is the US “Bazooka diplomacy” seeding a “Make Europe Great Again” (MEGA) movement?
SLUSH 2024 – Endeavor Delegation
Endeavor Greece spearheaded the inaugural Greek delegation, uniting over 90 founders, investors...
Future Intelligence: GenAI Summit SE Europe 2024
The GenAI Summit is the largest conference solely focused on GenAI in the region, organised by EIB...
SaaStock 2024 Recap: Europe’s Top SaaS Conference
SaaStock attracted over 4,500 attendees, including 1,500 founders and 600 investors, fostering a...
Beacon Report : Macro View – Q3 2024
In the US, the election of Mr.Trump marked a turning point, delivering his party a “trifecta” with control over...
How To Web (HTW) 2024 Romania
HTW Conference 2025 is Eastern Europe’s leading startup and innovation event, drawing 3,000+ founders...
Endeavor London Multiplier Effect
Endeavor, the world’s leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs, successfully launched its new global hub...
Beacon AGM – Showtime Video Clips
SaaStr London 2024 brings B2B SaaS founders, execs, and investors to share strategies, scale faster...
Beacon AGM – Our first AGM! London UK
On September 26th, the Beacon Capital team hosted its annual AGM in London - a day filled with sharp insights...
Beacon Macro View: Q2 2024
With Europe in the midst of elections (UK, France and European Union), the global asset allocators are divided...
Beacon Macro View: Q1 2024
With Europe in the midst of elections (UK, France and European Union), the global asset allocators are divided...
Deal Flow – Machine Learning with BORI v2
At Beacon, we decided to develop the “Beacon Opportunity Readiness Index” (BORI) as an innovative tool...
SaaStr Europa 2025 Conference – London UK
SaaStr London 2024 brings B2B SaaS founders, execs, and investors to share strategies, scale faster...
Beacon Macro View: Q4 2023
2023 wrapped up with a noteworthy uptick in Europe’s VC scene, especially in early-stage deals...
VC Trends: A Master of Engineering’s Analysis
Welcome to one my spring research projects that I recently completed at Beacon - here is the results!
LEAP 2024 – Investor Stage Saudi Arabia
Beacon's Maria Dramalioti-Taylor took to the Investor Stage at LEAP 2024 for a fireside chat alongside...
Beacon Macro View: Q3 2023
It was an action-packed Q3 with new opportunities, portfolio work and a trip to San Francisco...
Emerging DevOps Trends for VC Investment: A PhD student’s practical viewpoint
Welcome to my summer-fall research project that I recently completed at Beacon. DevOps has transformed...
Part III of the Modern Data Stack: An Aspiring Engineering Student’s Perspective
To conclude this trilogy, I examine the state of tools in the “Apply” phase of the modern data stack..
Part II of the Modern Data Stack: An Aspiring Engineering Student’s Perspective
In this post, I will take you in-depth on the management phase of data operations in the modern data stack...
MeetFounders VC Night – November 23rd 2023
Participated in MeetFounders panel discussion "Decoding VC Expectations - Idea to investment"...
Part I of the Modern Data Stack: An Aspiring Engineering Student’s Perspective
In an era where data is heralded as the new enterprise currency, organisations across the globe are...
The Private Equity European Emerging Managers Summit
The Private Equity European Emerging Managers Summit is aimed at management firms and funds in their early stages of...
GITEX Global – North Star Dubai 2023
GITEX GLOBAL 2023 was a monumental success, creating a platform for the world to connect...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 – Panel
Look, we all want more IPOs. But they’re still far rarer than startups need them to be if they want to...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 – Event
TechCrunch Disrupt is a 3-day conference focused on breaking technology news and developments...
Starting a Venture Fund Maria Dramalioti Taylor from Beacon Capital
The world celebrates the launch edition of GITEX AFRICA in Morocco from 31 May – 2 June 2023. Africa...
BVCA First-Time Fund Raising Forum
The BVCA's First-Time Fundraising Forum is a half-day interactive workshop designed specifically...
London Tech Week – London UK
London Tech Week is a global celebration of tech, uniting the most innovative thinkers and talent of ...
Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub’s Spotlight on spinouts 2023
The report also highlights two encouraging developments: the substantial increase in spinouts...
South Summit 2023 – Valencia Spain
South Summit arrives in Madrid to connect participating startups with the entrepreneurial ecosystem...
GITEX AFRICA 2023 – Marrakech Morocco
The world celebrates the launch edition of GITEX AFRICA in Morocco from 31 May – 2 June 2023. Africa...
SaaStr Europa 2023 – London UK
SaaStr Europa 2023 is a GO for London on June 6-7!! We’re going even bigger with room for 4,000...
EBAN Annual Conference 2023 – Thessaloniki Greece
This May 24-26, the EBAN Annual Congress 2023 with the theme “Shaping the Future with Every...
Beacon Summer Internship 2023
We are really excited to announce the 2023 Beacon Summer Internship program! We are looking for...
Emerging Tech Venture Summit 2023 – San Jose CA
The Emerging Tech Venture Summit is a two-day conference that will explore the latest Tech and...
Human-like AI versus Human-centric AI Technologies
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is once again making headlines following the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT...
Beacon Macro View: Q1 2023
Two things dominated the VC world during the quarter: Generative AI — a type of artificial intelligence that...
Part III Vc & Inflation: Why Enterprise SaaS Could Emerge As The Winner In The Current Macro Environment
Great to see you again for the third and final part of my article on the interplay between VC and inflation...
Part II of VC & Inflation: Why Enterprise SaaS Could Emerge as the Winner in the Current Macro Environment
Welcome back! Last time I covered the impact of inflation on startup valuations and the ability of VCs to...
Private Equity Global Outlook 2023 – London UK
Maria Dramalioti-Taylor, at Beacon Capital will be sharing her expertise at the upcoming webinar 'Private...
Not Another 2022 Trends Article
Now that the fever of 2022 predictions is subsiding, we share our take on these predictions for the...
Part I of VC & Inflation: Why Enterprise SaaS Could Emerge as the Winner in the Current Macro Environment
With 2022 now in the rear-view mirror, it’s clear that inflation is no longer a temporary phenomenon...
PlumCare RWE partners with Lifebit on Greece’s newborn genomic sequencing program, BeginNGS
Lifebit, a leading UK-based company, was awarded a three-year contract with PlumCare RWE to support the...
Beacon Engineering, Science and Economics Fellowship
If you are a young professional with a science, engineering or economics degree with strong views...
Beacon Macro View: Q4 2022
Well, we made it! 2022 has finally come to a close and wrapped up a tumultuous but pivotal year for the private markets...
VDS+ Valencia Digital Summit 2022 – Valenica Spain
Under the theme 'Building the Good Future', Valencia Digital Summit 2022 will showcase how technology...
VDS+ Valencia Digital Summit 2022 – Valencia Spain
VDS2022 aims to showcase the new Valencia-Miami-LATAM axis as a business bridge between startups...
GITEX GLOBAL 2022 – Dubai UAE
The BIGGEST TECH EVENT IN THE WORLD, a most inclusive tech gathering the world’s most advanced...
WIBF 2022 Shortlist: Mentor of the Year Award
Mentor of the Year celebrates an individual who has consistently demonstrated the importance of...
Beacon Macro View: Q3 2022
Q3 was a remarkably unremarkable quarter: the VC industry tracked the “doom and gloom” narrative...
Venturing Women Podcast #18: What founders can learn from an outsider-turned-investor
Today we are happy to welcome Maria, founding managing partner of Beacon, a London-based fund...
The European VC – #108 Maria Dramalioti-Taylor, Beacon Capital
Today we are happy to welcome Maria, founding managing partner of Beacon, a London-based fund that...
PIRATE Summit 2022 – Cologne Germany
PIRATE Summit is the yearly gathering of entrepreneurs that love to solve real problems and build...
Exploring Founder Liquidity
In 2007, in the middle of his Ph.D. in Computer Science, Thanos Papangelis left it all behind to focus...
Spain’s Zinklar taps €5.5 million to boost insights automation platform
Spain’s Zinklar taps €5.5 million to boost insights automation platform
The platform provides critical...
The platform provides critical...
Beacon Macro View: Q2 2022
Unless one has discovered an oil well in one’s backyard, Q2 was a punishing quarter. Sequoia...
TechTour South East Europe 2022 – Athens Greece
Meet the best entrepreneurs from SE Europe - Innovation in the fields: Digital/ICT, Fintech, Mobility...
Royal Academy of Engineering – Winter Showcase
It was my great pleasure to open the #HubShowcase last week at the Royal Academy of Engineering and...
SuperReturn International 2022 – Berlin Germany
SuperReturn International is the world's largest private equity and venture capital event...
