Meet the people behind Mindspace

Mindspace brings together founders, investors, operators, academics, and entrepreneurs who care about entrepreneurship, education, and international exposure.

Mindspace is built around a simple idea: young people grow faster when they gain exposure to ambitious ideas, real entrepreneurial ecosystems, and people who have built things themselves. Our board brings experience from startups, venture capital, academia, technology, and international business.

Leadership

Board of Partners

Dimitris Messinis

Founder

Dimitris founded Mindspace and leads its vision and programs. His background spans science, business, venture capital, startups, and public-sector innovation, with roles at Philip Morris, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Washington DC, BlueDome Venture Capital, and Protavio. He holds a PhD in Systems Pharmacology and a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from NTUA.

Marina Hatsopoulos

Entrepreneur & Investor

Marina Hatsopoulos is an entrepreneur and angel investor with long-standing experience in technology and company building. She has served as Chairperson of the Board and investor in Levitronix Technologies, director of Cynosure, and founding CEO of Z Corporation, which she led until its successful sale in 2005. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MS from MIT.

Michalis Tsarbopoulos

Chief Digital Officer at Alpha Bank

Michalis Tsarbopoulos is a senior banking and digital transformation executive. Before joining Alpha Bank as Chief Digital Officer, he spent 14 years at Eurobank and also held roles at HSBC Greece and Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from the Simon School of Business and a diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from NTUA.

Katerina Pramatari

Partner at UniFund & Associate Professor at AUEB

Katerina Pramatari is a partner at UniFund and Associate Professor at AUEB. She has founded two technology startups and a university accelerator, and her work spans innovation, retail, Internet of Things, and business analytics. She holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD from AUEB.

Marily Nika

AI Product Lead at Meta & Executive Fellow at Harvard

Marily Nika is an AI product leader and educator based in San Francisco. She has worked at Meta and Google, taught in Harvard's analytics program, and supported startups across product, healthtech, and edtech. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and Epidemiology from Imperial College London.

Apostolos Apostolakis

Partner at VentureFriends · Co-founder of e-food.gr and e-shop.gr

Apostolos Apostolakis is a partner at VentureFriends and a long-standing investor in the Greek startup ecosystem. He co-founded e-food.gr, e-shop.gr, and doctoranytime, and has invested in dozens of startups across Europe. His experience brings deep insight into scaling, marketplaces, and venture building.

Adam Nicolopoulos

Advisor & Entrepreneur · Founder & CEO of ADN Capital Ventures

Adam Nicolopoulos is an entrepreneur, advisor, and founder of ADN Capital Ventures. His background spans investment banking, project finance, capital raising, dispute resolution, and strategic advisory work across infrastructure and energy sectors. He brings an international perspective across North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia.