National Pre-Accelerator
National Pre-Accelerator · 10 delivery partners
Live across the stream
Programme Evaluations
Oversee evaluations and stage gates across all delivery partners in this stream.
Evaluation stage gates
Seven stage-gate moments across the programme
Intake readiness review
Problem-solution fit review
Customer validation review
Business model review
MVP / product planning review
Funding readiness review
Final progression review
Delivery partner evaluation status
Comparing the 10 delivery partners in this stream
| Delivery partner | Completed | Pending | Overdue | Avg score | Progression | Evidence | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OK!Thess | 12 | 0 | 1 | 63% | 1 | 60% | On track |
| The Cube Athens | 11 | 2 | 0 | 50% | 1 | 53% | Review |
| Athens Startup Business Incubator — THEA | 10 | 3 | 0 | 42% | 0 | 55% | Review |
| Patras Science Park Incubation Programme | 9 | 2 | 2 | 46% | 1 | 48% | Review |
| Science & Technology Park of Epirus | 10 | 1 | 1 | 43% | 0 | 46% | Review |
| Science & Technology Park of Crete — STEP-C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 51% | 0 | 46% | Review |
| JOIST Innovation Park | 9 | 2 | 1 | 58% | 1 | 58% | On track |
| Thessaloniki Innovation Zone | 9 | 2 | 1 | 46% | 2 | 50% | Review |
| Aegean Startup Hub | 9 | 2 | 1 | 58% | 2 | 50% | On track |
| Ionian University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Unit | 8 | 3 | 1 | 62% | 0 | 53% | On track |
Venture evaluations
Every venture in the stream, with score, evidence and recommendation
| Startup | Founder | DP | Sector | Stage gate | Score | Evidence | Recommendation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patras AI | Christina Dimitriou | OK!Thess | CleanTech | Business model review | 89 | 48% | Specialist support | |
| Apollo OS | Dimitris Nikolaidis | OK!Thess | SaaS | Problem-solution fit review | 84 | 50% | Specialist support | |
| Hellas Bio | Dimitris Kouris | OK!Thess | EdTech | Problem-solution fit review | 37 | 51% | Re-route | |
| Aegeus Works | Panagiotis Stavropoulos | OK!Thess | HealthTech | Problem-solution fit review | 60 | 53% | Needs support | |
| Piraeus Logic | Kostas Kostopoulos | OK!Thess | HealthTech | MVP / product planning review | 61 | 72% | Needs support | |
| Athena Systems | Kostas Antoniou | OK!Thess | CleanTech | Problem-solution fit review | 79 | 64% | Specialist support | |
| Blue Robotics | Ioanna Dimitriou | OK!Thess | EdTech | MVP / product planning review | 44 | 59% | Re-route | |
| Macedonia Cloud | Katerina Dimitriou | OK!Thess | FinTech | MVP / product planning review | 39 | 71% | Re-route | |
| Blue Nano | Kostas Georgiou | OK!Thess | HealthTech | MVP / product planning review | 26 | 48% | Re-route | |
| Athena Pay | Christina Antoniou | OK!Thess | Hardware | Funding readiness review | 72 | 70% | Seed candidate | |
| Odyssey Mobility | Despina Nikolaidou | OK!Thess | CleanTech | Business model review | 61 | 48% | Needs support | |
| Ioannina Bio | Kostas Ioannidis | OK!Thess | AI | Problem-solution fit review | 92 | 75% | Pass | |
| Demokritos Robotics | Eirini Nikolaidou | The Cube Athens | Hardware | Customer validation review | 43 | 72% | Re-route | |
| Nova Energy | Nikos Ioannidis | The Cube Athens | Consumer | MVP / product planning review | 70 | 69% | Specialist support | |
| Helios AI | Alexandros Makris | The Cube Athens | EdTech | Customer validation review | 56 | 52% | Needs support |
Evaluation criteria & scoring framework
Weighted criteria applied consistently across all delivery partners
Problem clarity
Clarity, specificity and urgency of the problem.
Customer validation
Evidence of customer demand and pain.
Market opportunity
Size, growth and accessibility of target market.
Solution fit
How well the solution addresses the problem.
Founder capability
Team strength, domain depth and resilience.
Business model strength
Revenue logic, unit economics, repeatability.
Product readiness
MVP maturity and shipping cadence.
Financial assumptions
Credibility of forecasts and funding plan.
Funding readiness
Investor materials, narrative, governance.
Impact potential
Economic, climate or societal contribution.
National Pre-Accelerator Evaluation Support
Across the National Pre-Accelerator stream, ventures are strongest on problem clarity and weakest on financial assumptions. Two delivery partners have the highest number of ventures requiring rework before funding-readiness review.
Evaluation report to Management Layer
Compile and send a stream evaluation summary to the National Layer
Bertie helps Stream Coordinators manage programme stage gates consistently across delivery partners, while using AI to summarise evidence, identify gaps and recommend the next best intervention for each venture.
