DisruptIQ · Founded by Nikos Patsis

Where AI meets capital.

We help founders raise capital and expand into new markets, investors allocate capital to technology companies, and leadership teams turn AI into measurable results.

Led by Nikos Patsis, a twice-exited founder and C-level executive with more than 25 years of experience building AI and fintech businesses across Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East.

Harvard PhD in Financial Engineering

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How we can help

Start with what you need.

For founders and scaleupsStrategy, expansion and fundraisingSharpen the strategy, prove product market fit, choose the next markets and raise on the right terms. Work with someone who has built companies and worked inside investment funds.Explore →For family offices, VC funds, angel syndicates and private investorsSourcing, diligence and board supportTechnology deals that fit your thesis, a full evaluation of the technology, the market and product market fit, and after you invest, monitoring and board representation on your behalf.Explore →For companies and leadership teamsAI Implementation StrategyFind where AI creates measurable value, prove it on real work and take it into production, with one point of accountability from strategy to delivery.Explore →

Track record

Fluent in technology. Fluent in capital.

2company exits
Voiceweb, Greece's first conversational AI company, and Televida across six Central American countries.
Before DisruptIQ
30+markets entered
Across Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, through Voiceweb and Televida.
Before DisruptIQ
~50enterprise AI clients
Conversational AI at Voiceweb for telecom operators, banks, technology and media companies. Selected clients below.
Before DisruptIQ
12portfolio investments
Frontier AI, robotics, space, energy and fintech, each chosen through the same tests we apply for clients. Shown below.
DisruptIQ portfolio
35+deep tech projects advised
Senior advisor on fundraising strategy in the European Innovation Council's Tech to Market programme.
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Selected Voiceweb clients · Before DisruptIQ

Vodafone
MTN Group
Orange
Ooredoo
Airtel
Cosmote
Raiffeisen Bank
National Bank of Greece
Piraeus Bank
Macquarie Bank
First Data
Avaya
Village Roadshow

Full background →

Selected engagements

Recent work.

European neobankAdvisory mandate

Bringing a strategic and a financial investor into a €40M round

Growth equity · €40M · Strategic and financial investors

A neobank with a European banking licence and an AI-driven lending platform, raising a €40M growth equity round.

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Medical technology companyPass

Strong science, unproven business

Family office · Full evaluation

A full evaluation for a family office, covering technology, commercial traction and product market fit. The device had passed independent testing and a leading distributor had signed on, but revenue could not be broken down by customer or into one-off and recurring sales.

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Mid-size law firmPhase one delivered

From scattered AI use to one governed practice

Governance first · Adoption roadmap

Lawyers were already using consumer AI tools individually, with no shared rules on confidentiality. Time was recorded late and partially, billing ran weeks behind the work, and the firm's best knowledge sat across thousands of folders from long, multi-year matters.

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