What are the egg Clusters

The egg Clusters aim at:

• Fostering synergies.
• Creating economies of scale.
• Linking research and innovation to the market.
• Attracting financing.
• Enhancing the financial viability of participating businesses.

This way, they seek to modernise the Greek productive model in sectors where Greece has a strong competitive advantage.

Are you wondering why your startup should enter an innovation cluster? There are several important reasons to do so.

Gain access to resources and experiences

You gain access to new ideas, technologies and experiences that will help you grow and further establish your position in the innovation sector. How? Through working with:

• Companies
• Institutional bodies
• Research centres
• Universities

Cut down on expenses and enhance your performance

By joining forces with the other businesses in your cluster you can reduce the cost of research and development, and create economies of scale.

In addition, joint infrastructure and equipment may increase the performance of your startup and, by extension, your company.

Accelerate innovation

Through your cooperation with other companies, you enhance your company’s ability to innovate. This way you can introduce new products and services to the market even faster.

Boost your competitiveness

By participating in a collaborative innovation cluster you can boost the competitiveness of your startup in the market, as you get to:

• Create new products.
• Improve your services.
• Develop new markets.

The 1st Greek cluster for tourism and culture

The General Secretariat for Research and Innovation of the Ministry of Development and Investment chose Eurobank and the egg Accelerator to develop and support the 1st Greek cluster in digital technologies in the Tourism and Culture sectors.

This led to the creation of the egg’s Tourism-Culture Cluster which aims at:

• Modernising the tourism and culture product.
• Leveraging the country's strong competitive advantage.

In addition, the egg’s Tourism-Culture Cluster enjoys the institutional support of the Greek National Tourism Organisation and the Greek Tourism Confederation, as well as advisory support from Corallia and the Athena Research Centre.

12 businesses and other bodies participating

The Cluster started out with 12 businesses that had already developed and provide integrated added-value solutions and cutting-edge technology products in the tourism and culture sectors. The aim is to include more than 30 companies within the next 2 years.

In addition, the Cluster includes several innovation, research and networking support organisations which are based in Greece and are active in the broader sector of digital tourism technologies and applications.

Out of the 12 participating companies, 8 are innovation companies which have received support from the egg Accelerator:

• Greeking.me
• Keeano
• Mentor
• Moptil
• SaMMY
• SimpleApps
• Tekmon
• Triparound

Participating companies also include Marketing Greece, Tamasenco, Toulange and Santikos Collection.

Project financing

The projects that form part of the Cluster's strategy and contribute to its business goals received €2.8 million in financing, in the context of the General Secretariat programme.

The following must apply:

• Your business has already released a product or service in the market.
• An active egg Cluster relevant to the field of your business is available. 

At the moment, the Tourism-Culture Cluster is active.