Your Ecosystem For Innovation
Where start-ups, cities, corporates, researchers, and investors move faster together.
Explore how it worksAbout us
From vision to real-world impact.
- 40+ innovators
- 10+ municipalities
- €3M deployed
Innovation often gets stuck between ideas and reality. Pleiades was created to change that, not as a club, not as a network, but as an ecosystem.
We bring together businesses, cities, universities, and investors, so bold ideas don’t stall at the starting line. Instead, they are tested, funded, and proven in real environments.
Rooted in Greece. Connected to the world.
Explore how it worksWe exist to remove barriers
Our purpose
Too often, innovation is blocked by silos, bureaucracy, or lack of coordinated support.
Pleiades creates the conditions where innovation moves — by giving members access to shared resources, testbeds, funding pathways, and collaborators, all within a structured, execution-driven ecosystem.
Explore our Activities
We give you the tools and paths to test, validate, scale in real settings.
How we Make it Happen
We give you the tools and paths to test, validate, scale in real settings.
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Connect with the ecosystem
01Work alongside startups, corporates, researchers, municipalities, and investors.
Join Working Groups, share expertise, and co-design solutions that drive measurable results.
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Move with structure and support
02Follow a clear framework from concept to implementation. Gain guidance, visibility, and momentum at every step.
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Access funding and tailored pathways
03Get connected to national and EU programs, co-funding opportunities, and partnerships with corporates and investors.
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Test in real environments
04Use CityLabs and pilot projects in cities across Greece to validate solutions with real users and data.
Pleiades is built on collaboration. Our ecosystem brings together start-ups, corporates, cities, research institutions, and investors who are shaping the future of innovation in Greece and beyond.
Become a Member
Join Greece’s leading innovation ecosystem and choose the membership tier that fits your goals.
Each tier offers a different way to connect, collaborate, and lead within Pleiades.
Become a Member
Join Greece’s leading innovation ecosystem and choose the membership tier that fits your goals.
Each tier offers a different way to connect, collaborate, and lead within Pleiades.
Startup Membership
For startups and companies ready to actively use the ecosystem.
€600 (8-10% success fee)
- Full ecosystem access
- Eligibility for EU funding consortia and proposal participation
- Access to pilot opportunities with corporates
- Access to collaboration opportunities with universities, research teams, and public sector partners
- Market and partnership introductions through the global expansion arm
- Participation in smart island, public innovation, and regional projects when relevant
SME Membership
For more mature members who want stronger positioning and deeper involvement.
€3000 (8-10% success fee)
- Everything in Startup
- Priority access to strategic collaborations
- Priority positioning in consortium building, pilots, and ecosystem projects
- Direct involvement in higher-value cross-sector opportunities
- Tailored introductions to corporates, investors, institutions, and international partners
- Stronger role in shaping initiatives and joining flagship activities
Enterprise Membership
For large corporates and established corporations.
€15,000 (2-3% success fee)
- Design and launch innovation challenges
- Access to the venture client framework
- Matching with startups, researchers, and solution providers
- Access to strategic ecosystem partnerships across the network
- Visibility as a lead enterprise innovation partner in the ecosystem
Institutional Membership
Universities, municipalities, public bodies, research orgs.
Free
- Creation of City.Labs
- Access to public collaboration projects and relevant consortium opportunities
- Participation in smart islands and local innovation initiatives
- Connection to startups, corporates, and research partners
- Inclusion in ecosystem activities and working groups
- Support in building public innovation partnerships
- Visibility as an innovation partner within the ecosystem
Become a Member
Join Greece’s leading innovation ecosystem and choose the membership tier that fits your goals.
Each tier offers a different way to connect, collaborate, and lead within Pleiades.
Startup Membership
For startups and companies ready to actively use the ecosystem.
€600 (8-10% success fee)
- Full ecosystem access
- Eligibility for EU funding consortia and proposal participation
- Access to pilot opportunities with corporates
- Access to collaboration opportunities with universities, research teams, and public sector partners
- Market and partnership introductions through the global expansion arm
- Participation in smart island, public innovation, and regional projects when relevant
SME Membership
For more mature members who want stronger positioning and deeper involvement.
€3000 (8-10% success fee)
- Everything in Startup
- Priority access to strategic collaborations
- Priority positioning in consortium building, pilots, and ecosystem projects
- Direct involvement in higher-value cross-sector opportunities
- Tailored introductions to corporates, investors, institutions, and international partners
- Stronger role in shaping initiatives and joining flagship activities
Enterprise Membership
For large corporates and established corporations.
€15,000 (2-3% success fee)
- Design and launch innovation challenges
- Access to the venture client framework
- Matching with startups, researchers, and solution providers
- Access to strategic ecosystem partnerships across the network
- Visibility as a lead enterprise innovation partner in the ecosystem
Institutional Membership
Universities, municipalities, public bodies, research orgs.
Free
- Creation of City.Labs
- Access to public collaboration projects and relevant consortium opportunities
- Participation in smart islands and local innovation initiatives
- Connection to startups, corporates, and research partners
- Inclusion in ecosystem activities and working groups
- Support in building public innovation partnerships
- Visibility as an innovation partner within the ecosystem
Bring us your idea
Share your idea, challenge, or opportunity whether you’re a startup, an individual innovator, or a team exploring what’s next.