Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission has selected seven of the hottest Greek tech start-up projects with international reach, following her StartUpEurope Tour stop in Athens.

Those include: Helic, a technology smashing smartphone barriers globally and allowing them to become smaller, thinner, lighter and cheaper; Raycap, a system that protects crucial electronic infrastructure (in telecoms, industrial automation, defence, power generation, etc.) from extreme weather conditions;

Constelex, a company that develops optical fibre amplifiers and photonic systems for future fibre-optic communication networks; Taxibeat, a free application allowing you to choose the nearest taxi based on desired features; Cookisto, an online community where users can find home-cooked dishes prepared by local cooks or post their own dishes; Corallia, a platform with a view to helping innovation clusters start and grow and The Egg, a program which helps innovative entrepreneurs start their business!