George Karabelas

Early Stage Investor | Principal at VentureFriends VC | UK, Europe & MENA

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2022
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Mar 2022
Embat is a European fintech company with a presence in Spain, the UK, and Germany, empowering finance teams in medium and large businesses to manage their entire treasury comprehensively and in real time. Our mission: To enable finance teams to maximise the potential and strategic growth of their businesses. We provide a seamless implementation process and innovative cloud technology that allows you to: • Centralise all collections, payments, and treasury management processes. • Gain complete visibility into cash positions, liquidity, and debt. • Automatically monitor cash flow forecasts. • Automate accounts receivable, accounts payable, and bank reconciliations using AI powered by Google Clouds advanced generative AI. These capabilities result in up to a 75% reduction in the time finance teams spend on these tasks, along with significant cost savings. Embat: by financial experts, for financial experts.
Investor
Nov 2021
Alvar Pet is a direct-to-consumer startup in the pet industry, founded in 2020, on a mission to offer healthy and needs-based nutrition to dogs. Fetch a tailored meal plan for your dog at www.alvarpet.com 🐾
early stagePet Services
Investor
Sep 2021
We are Africa and Middle East’s first all-in-one flexible payment orchestration and revenue operations platform that covers all of your payment needs. We help you build, optimize, and scale your payment infrastructure at any stage of growth.
Board Observer
Jan 2021
Were building a super app for the real estate market offering people a seamless experience to buy, sell, finance and rent their homes in Europe and the Middle East.
Investor
Sep 2020
Finance tools for global teams - all in one place. Open multi-currency accounts, issue corporate cards, send cross-border payments, and manage expenses from one platform.
Investor
Aug 2020
We want to deliver to most valuable cards and instalment programs for the world’s biggest brands
Investor
Aug 2019
Belvo is the leading #openfinance data and payments platform in Latin America. We enable financial innovators to access and interpret data as well as initiate payments from their users accounts – with the aim of powering more efficient, secure, and inclusive products.
Experience · 8 entries
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2022
Principal
Oct 2022
We are entrepreneurial investors who love to support founders and help create disruptive startups and eventually sustainable businesses.
Investor
Mar 2022
Embat is a European fintech company with a presence in Spain, the UK, and Germany, empowering finance teams in medium and large businesses to manage their entire treasury comprehensively and in real time. Our mission: To enable finance teams to maximise the potential and strategic growth of their businesses. We provide a seamless implementation process and innovative cloud technology that allows you to: • Centralise all collections, payments, and treasury management processes. • Gain complete visibility into cash positions, liquidity, and debt. • Automatically monitor cash flow forecasts. • Automate accounts receivable, accounts payable, and bank reconciliations using AI powered by Google Clouds advanced generative AI. These capabilities result in up to a 75% reduction in the time finance teams spend on these tasks, along with significant cost savings. Embat: by financial experts, for financial experts.
2021
Investor
Nov 2021
Alvar Pet is a direct-to-consumer startup in the pet industry, founded in 2020, on a mission to offer healthy and needs-based nutrition to dogs. Fetch a tailored meal plan for your dog at www.alvarpet.com 🐾
early stagePet Services
Investor
Sep 2021
We are Africa and Middle East’s first all-in-one flexible payment orchestration and revenue operations platform that covers all of your payment needs. We help you build, optimize, and scale your payment infrastructure at any stage of growth.
Board Observer
Jan 2021
Were building a super app for the real estate market offering people a seamless experience to buy, sell, finance and rent their homes in Europe and the Middle East.
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