Early-career economist at the frontier of trade, geopolitics, and the sea
Vasilis is exploring the powerful intersection where economics meets the ocean, and where the next chapter of global shipping will be written.
Open to meaningful conversations with people building the future of maritime innovation. Based in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Techstars Startup Weekend
Placed 3rd at Techstars Startup Weekend Thessaloniki with Navy Funder, a maritime finance concept designed to connect investors with shipowners and make early-stage maritime funding feel more accessible.
ANEMOA Initiative
Built a private scholarship platform matching businesses with high-potential students, reaching 200+ candidates and 10 corporate targets before pausing when market-side demand shifted.
Silicon Valley & Boston
Joined meetings at Plug and Play, OpenAI and QA Ware, alongside seminars at Stanford, Harvard, MIT and Tufts. The lasting lesson: failure can be a credential.
Hungry enough to dare;
loyal enough to matter.
Solo operator. Zero budget. 25 cold approaches → 6 deals closed, 5,000+ audience reached through in-kind partnerships, 24% conversion in <2 months.
Built end-to-end skills-based scholarship platform in 8 weeks. 200+ candidates, 10 corporate targets. Deliberately paused after structured market validation.
Four years on the floor of Greece's largest trade exhibition. First point of contact for exhibitors, Chamber of Commerce delegations, and Arab business counterparts.
Completed core modules in Shipping Business, Economics of Sea Transport, Ship Operations & Management, Shipping Finance, Dry Bulk & Tanker Chartering, and Legal Principles in Shipping.