This exclusive pitch session is a platform for budding entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative projects and attract potential support and investment. Selected participants from Music Tech Europe Academy (MTEA) will present their start-ups to a closed group of start-up supporters and local investors.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This exclusive pitch session is a platform for budding entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative projects and attract potential support and investment. Selected participants from Music Tech Europe Academy (MTEA) will present their start-ups to a closed group of start-up supporters and local investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"event-cat":[495],"nationality":[],"music-genre":[],"destination":[],"topic":[],"language":[79],"class_list":["post-23330","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","event-cat-private-meeting-el","language-english-el"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"","ams_acf":[{"key":"performers","label":"Performers","value":[{"ID":17430,"post_author":"2133","post_date":"2023-05-03 14:05:42","post_date_gmt":"2023-05-03 11:05:42","post_content":"\n
Jos\u00e9 Luis Zagazeta Vinatea is a serial entrepreneur and professional in the Catalan and Spanish music industry, with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of music, technology, and business. A mentor and advisor to national and international startups, he combines expertise in music business development, management, marketing, audio engineering, A&R, studio recording, and music publishing, with a background in Telecommunications Engineering and Digital Marketing, and a strong interest in Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is the founder of Music Tech Hub (MTH), based in Barcelona, the first non-profit hub in Spain bringing together companies, institutions, and key players in the music technology sector, representing hardware, software, and service providers across the country. MTH has over 90 members, including Bmat, S\u00f3nar, Sonosuite, Unison Rights, and Voicemod. He is co-founder and treasurer of Music Tech Europe, the pan-European network of music technology hubs. He also serves on the advisory committee of the UPF-BMAT Chair in AI and Music, which advocates for collaborative, open, and ethical AI created by and for the music community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He complements his mentoring and advisory work with his own investment vehicle, Zagaz Conscious Investments, with a current portfolio of 15 investee companies, specializing in investments for startups in the Music Tech sector, offering not only capital, but also strategic advice, supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their development. In the business arena, he co-founded the B2B SaaS platform Sonosuite and the B2C company La Cupula Music, both focused on innovation in the music business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His career includes founding a record label, a music publishing company, the online music store moviedisco.com in 1999, and the recording studio Grabaciones M\u00edticas, where the project BUSHIDO (Bunbury, Carlos Ann, Morti, and Shuarma) was launched, released by EMI in four countries. He began his career as a promoter in Barcelona\u2019s nightlife, running the Moviedisco club, where artists like Bj\u00f6rk presented her Homogenic album live, and DJs such as Laurent Garnier, Jeff Mills, John Acquaviva, and Richie Hawtin performed. He has also represented international DJs and producers like Felix Da Housecat and Howie B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Passionate about innovation and digital transformation, Jos\u00e9 Luis combines his entrepreneurial spirit with a focus on sustainability, team development, and building collaborative ecosystems that connect music, technology, and entrepreneurship nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Jose Luis Zagazeta (ES)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"jose-zagazeta-es","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-04-20 12:23:14","post_modified_gmt":"2026-04-20 09:23:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=17430","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17384,"post_author":"2133","post_date":"2023-05-01 17:30:55","post_date_gmt":"2023-05-01 14:30:55","post_content":"\n
Thierry in an expert in the financing of the creative industries in Europe. Based in Berlin, he is leading a group of companies involved in the professionalization and the financing of 4 main creative pillars: Audiovisual, Video Game, Music and Fashion tech. Media Deals is a pan European network of investors with a strong focus on the creative sector. In the last 2 years, he has been involved in many public policy related to financing in Europe and has been investing in many startups in particular in Music publishing, Music tech and gaming studios. Media Deals is a founding partner of The Music tech European Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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George is known for his expertise in fundraising, strategy, and deal execution across multiple sectors. With a proven ability to navigate complex challenges, he brings innovative strategies to life by structuring and executing deals that drive growth and transformation. Throughout his career, George has built an extensive investor network and developed a sharp acumen for business development, digital transformation, and strategic partnerships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has consistently demonstrated the ability to empower organizations to realize their potential, whether through securing investments or optimizing operational efficiency. Find valuable insights into leveraging strategic thinking, investor relationships, and emerging market trends to unlock new opportunities through a collaborative mindset and a visionary approach that inspires organizations to reimagine their business models. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join George for an enlightening session that will broaden your understanding of how to harness strategic partnerships, investment opportunities, and deal structuring to shape a more agile and prosperous future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Katerina Pramatari is founding partner at Uni.Fund, a VC fund established in 2018 as part of the Equifund initiative to support the growth of new ventures and leverage the hidden potential that exists in the Universities, R&D and Tech Space. Katerina has extensive entrepreneurial experience and has been the founder of two technology start-ups. She also serves as Professor at the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and has extensive research experience in the fields of Internet-of-Things (IoT), retail and business analytics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n She is a key founder and scientific coordinator of ACEin, a leading University accelerator that has been awarded for bridging the corporate world with University start-ups. Over the last years she has supported various teams in the setup of their own ventures and has been among the initiators and supporters of various activities fostering youth entrepreneurship and technology transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Linkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/georgeplatanas\/<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"George Platanas (UK)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"george-platanas-uk","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-08 12:48:24","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-08 09:48:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=22667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":22876,"post_author":"2133","post_date":"2024-05-08 18:34:41","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-08 15:34:41","post_content":"\n