Zafeiria Panou

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New Ventures and Commercialization Manager, SRI Ventures

Zafeiria collaborates with SRI researchers to assess the commercial potential of internally developed technologies. She supports diligence for investments into early stage start-ups and pre-incubation business concepts. Prior to joining SRI, she managed a consumer electronics product line at the ecommerce store of HP Inc and was the lead analyst covering the Investment Management Industry at the Market Research Centre of PWC in Luxembourg.  She has held market research roles in strategy consulting for financial services, energy sector and an information technology start-up. She obtained her master’s degree in Economics from the University of Amsterdam.


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