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IMH (International Management House)
One of Cyprus's leading business event and media organisations, running a large calendar of conferences, forums and summits across finance, technology, shipping and entrepreneurship. Its flagship gatherings include the INSPIRE entrepreneurial festival and the Digital Assets and the Future of Finance Summit.
INSPIRE 2026 Entrepreneurial Festival (October 2026)
A two-day open-air entrepreneurship festival on Makariou Avenue in central Nicosia with multiple themed stages covering startup funding, global expansion, innovation, the future of work, AI and ESG. It mixes keynotes, panels and fireside chats with networking zones, podcast studios and a tech showcase, with free admission on registration.
Invest Cyprus
The national investment promotion authority of Cyprus, based in Nicosia, dedicated to attracting and facilitating foreign direct investment into the country. It presents itself as the investor's first point of contact, publishing growth-sector guidance covering Cyprus as a technology hub and as a financial centre, alongside investment opportunities and relocation information.
Kinisis Ventures
Kinisis Ventures was co-founded in 2018 by Andreas Panayi and Yiannos Georgiades as a Cyprus-US bridge accelerator and investment firm, with its registered office in Nicosia. Its regulated KV Kinisis Ventures Fund RAIF VCIC (KV Fund I and II), managed in partnership with AIFCAP Managers and licensed by CySEC, is the first CySEC-registered early-stage VC focused exclusively on Cypriot technology companies targeting US market expansion. The fund writes seed tickets of €1.5M–€4M in cybersecurity, fintech, AI-enabled platforms, and energy-tech, with portfolio companies including Threedium (3D imaging), Phase3D (metal-printing quality assurance), and Autonomics Tech (autonomous industrial robotics).
Malloc
Malloc is a Nicosia-based AI-driven mobile cybersecurity company, founded in 2021 and backed by Y Combinator (YC S21), Urban Innovation Fund, and Dragon Capital. The company develops on-device protection against spyware, surveillance, and data theft for individuals, enterprises, and government agencies, with over one million users worldwide. Its flagship product, Antistalker, detects and blocks unauthorised microphone and camera access in real time. Malloc collaborates with NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, and VISA on privacy and AI-based defence research.
Marios Anastasiou
Technology specialist at Google working on cloud and AI solutions. He is an announced speaker at the 5th Digital Cyprus Conference 2026 in Nicosia.
Matina Zisiadou
Executive at CITEA, the Cyprus Information Technology Enterprises Association, supporting the country's tech ecosystem. She is an announced speaker at the 5th Digital Cyprus Conference 2026.
Nucleus Ventures
Nucleus Ventures is a venture building and corporate innovation advisory firm based in Cyprus, founded in 2014. It offers services including venture building, fundraising, soft-landing support for international market entry, operational advisory, and capacity building programmes. The firm serves governments, corporations, and founders across the EMENA region, with particular experience in FinTech, HealthTech, and AI. Nucleus Ventures has also managed government-backed accelerator and seed fund programmes.
PwC Cyprus Startup Programme
PwC Cyprus runs a dedicated startup support programme that provides early-stage technology companies with advisory services spanning tax structuring, audit readiness, legal compliance, and go-to-market strategy for the EU single market. The programme leverages Cyprus's favorable corporate tax regime and EU membership to help startups establish efficient holding and operational structures for scaling across Europe and the Middle East. It represents an important piece of the Cypriot startup infrastructure by connecting founders with professional services expertise that is otherwise hard to access at the early stage.
Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF)
Cyprus's national research and innovation funding body, at 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou in Nicosia. It runs the country's research and innovation programmes and open calls, supports European and international participation including Horizon Europe, provides innovation services, and operates the IRIS portal through which applicants manage proposals.
Sajal Sehgal
Technology leader at Amazon working on cloud and enterprise solutions. He is an announced speaker at the 5th Digital Cyprus Conference 2026 in Nicosia.
Skyrocket Marketers Agency
Skyrocket Marketers is a Cyprus-based digital marketing agency providing SEO, social media management, and web design solutions for entrepreneurs and corporations. Operating from offices in both Limassol and Nicosia, the agency emphasises practical, transparent digital strategy. The agency is the official organizer of the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, a three-day conference held at UCLan Cyprus University in Larnaca in July 2026.
Sotirios Makrygiannis
Sotirios Makrygiannis is a former senior Nokia executive who founded AIA Lab, an artificial intelligence advisory firm focused on helping organisations adopt and scale AI strategies. With decades of experience driving technology and innovation at a globally recognised telecommunications company, he now advises enterprises and startups on AI growth strategy and organisational transformation. He is a confirmed speaker at the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, contributing expertise in large-scale technology transformation and AI adoption.
Startup Cyprus
Startup Cyprus is the national startup association of Cyprus, founded in February 2016 by 13 startup founders and ecosystem figures. It is a founding member of the European Startup Network, the pan-European body of national startup associations. The organisation engages in policy advocacy at national and EU level, and organises events including Startup Academy Cyprus, Startup Live, Startup Weekend, and founders meetups. It represents the interests of Cypriot startups within the broader European ecosystem.
Wargaming
Wargaming is a Nicosia-headquartered game developer and publisher best known for the massively multiplayer online titles World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes, which together have accumulated hundreds of millions of registered accounts and defined the mid-2010s hardcore free-to-play category. Founded in 1998 in Minsk as a small strategy-game studio, the company moved its commercial headquarters to Cyprus in the 2010s for EU access and favorable IP treatment, and in 2022 shut its Russian and Belarusian operations entirely following the invasion of Ukraine, transferring the CIS business to a local licensee and concentrating development and live operations in Nicosia, Vilnius, Prague, Chicago, Austin, and Belgrade. Wargaming pioneered the free-to-play model for military simulation games, built its own proprietary engine and live-ops tooling, and runs one of the largest esports programs in the sector. In the European ecosystem it is the anchor of the Cypriot gaming cluster and a useful case study of a Minsk-origin studio reconstituting itself entirely outside the post-Soviet space.
