Strategic Allies at Your Side

Our team blends technical depth, business acumen and startup grit, all focused on helping you build what’s next.

Our Team

Managing Partner

Steven Katevatis

Legal & Investment Structuring

Steven is a corporate and commercial lawyer with 17 years of experience advising on legal and financial structuring, licensing, and complex international investment projects.

His early exposure to the venture capital and startup world sparked a lasting interest in tech-driven innovation. Since then, he has focused on technology law and founded Forthtech to help turn emerging ideas into scalable businesses. His background includes securitization, fintech advisory, and high-stakes commercial negotiations across banking, shipping, and tech.

Steven brings a sharp legal mind and deep transaction experience to support founders as they grow responsibly and ambitiously.

Partner

Lina Kiriakou

Strategy, Innovation & Customer Experience

Lina is a strategic innovation and customer experience expert with 20+ years of cross industry leadership in service design, digital transformation and brand strategy. After leading roles in business development, strategy and experience design, she founded a consultancy helping organizations create human-centered services and navigate growth.

She holds an MSc in Technology & Innovation Management and is the Business Co-creator of the Strategic Design vertical of Panteion University’s ADandPRLab. A certified expert in service design and digital transformation (MIT Sloan, IDEO, IDF), she advises startups and corporations at the intersection of experience and change.

At Forthtech, she supports early stage founders with strategy, positioning and research-driven insight, helping bold ideas become scalable ventures.

Venture Partner

Anastasios Alefantos

Technology Strategy & Infrastructure

Anastasios is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of international leadership across aviation, IT, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. He has held C-level positions at organizations including Athens International Airport, Globo Technologies, and SingularLogic.

In 2017, he founded Imperative Consulting Group, advising airports globally on enterprise architecture and operational tech. A two-time WITSA award winner for AI solution and 2023 bITe Award recipient, he is also an active evaluator in global ICT and Cybersecurity competitions.

Anastasios holds an MBA, two engineering degrees and multiple industry certifications (CISA, CompTIA Security+, CRISC). At Forthtech, he brings deep technical and operational insight to help startups build robust, scalable and secure technology foundations.

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