Angel Investors Talks | EP#06: Ariadne Velissaropoulos, Angel Investor
In this episode, we welcome Ariadne Velissaropoulos, an investor backing diverse founding teams. She explains what she notices first in a pitch and the one diligence step she never skips. We touch on Greece’s moment for founders, thinking beyond your home market, and the realities women founders navigate, plus what truly separates a good idea from an investable team. Watch to sharpen how you prepare for your next raise.
ℹ️ Ariadne Velissaropoulos is an investor backing start-ups and scale-ups with a focus on diverse founding teams. She serves on the boards of Petros Petropoulos AEBE and The HOME Project, and is an Ambassador for the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Born in Greece, she moved to the United States at age 12 and later lived in the UK and Switzerland. With 20+ years in public-markets investment management, Ariadne brings a global lens to championing women’s entrepreneurship—supporting women-owned start-ups in Greece and worldwide.
