Vanessa Zdravou

Vasiliki (Vanessa) Zdravou is listed by the Propeller Club of Piraeus as a lawyer and an attorney at law appointed to the Court of Appeals in Athens, specialized in financial law. The same profile describes her career background as including Morgan Stanley in London, EFG Group, corporate law practice in Athens and London, and work with venture capital funds.

Her education includes Athens University Law School and an LL.M. from the University of Edinburgh. She is also listed as an Athens College alumna, class of 1997, and as a member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers after completing its Professional Maritime Programme.

In venture capital, she was publicly identified in 2015 as an associate at Openfund, alongside partners Aristos Doxiadis, Nikko Frangos, Georgios Kasselakis, Constantine Pateras, and George Tziralis. Openfund was described at the time as an Athens-based early-stage VC firm created under the European JEREMIE initiative, backing Greek-registered software, mobile, and web companies that target international markets.

• Openfund’s stated focus is early-stage funding for software, mobile, and web startups with international ambition.
• The fund targets Greek-registered companies operating in Greece but addressing global markets.
• Openfund has described its role as bridging “the gap between aspiring entrepreneurs and inventors and early-stage investment capital required to bring their ideas to life.”
• The firm’s support model historically included funding plus mentoring, networking, and operational support across technology / product development, business development, sales, marketing, and legal support.
• Reported historical terms included €30,000–€50,000 for 15% equity in 2010; by 2015, Openfund was reported to invest at least €50,000 at the pre-seed stage.
• Sector signals from public investor directories and Openfund portfolio data point to software, SaaS, mobile, marketplaces, travel / transportation, education, analytics, image recognition, and consumer internet.