About us
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
“Water will be the coal of the future.”
Cyrus Harding, 1874
hero of Jules Verne’s novel “The Mysterious Island”
Our Story
We've Come a Long Way
CYRUS and its products are the outcome of 2 successfully implemented European FP7 projects in the period 2010 - 2019 (ATLAS projects). CYRUS was founded in 2019, as a spin-off company of NCSR "DEMOKRITOS", by research experts with more than 100 Person-Years of Know-how on hydrogen technologies.
Meet The Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
More than 10 years of experience in high tech startups in EU, 6+ years of experience in VCs.
Head of Strategy & Growth
Dora Trachana
CEO, President of the Board of Directors
Partner Uini.Fund. Strong business development professional with a growth mindset, focused in Innovation and Entrepreneurship spirit in corporate and start up environments.
Kostas Lafkas
Member of the Board of Directors
Based in Brussels, with an established network across EU institutions and various agencies, he brings in rich experience on EU policies, funding tools and business development projects.
Ioannis Voutsinos
Head of Business Development
National Representative at EC for Hydrogen Technologies. PhD Von Karman Institute, Visiting Researcher USC funded by Texaco and Chevron
Thanos Stubos
Head of Innovation
ex R&D in Materials and Hydrogen Technologies
Mitsubishi Japan.more than 10 patents in metal-hydrides.PhD Carnegie Mellon University
Chris Christodoulou
CTO
Coordinator in all real-scale
hydrogen energy installations in GR. Editor and Author in Springer 'Hydrogen-Based Autonomous Power Systems, PhD NTUA
Manos Zoulias
Head of Technical Operations
PhD NTUA. Post-Doc IFE Norway. Hydrogen Europe Ambassador in the Region of Crete. Member of the National H2 Strategy Committee
Emmanuel Stamatakis
Head of Partnerships & Industrialization
World-class expert in Thermal
Technologies and Compression. PhD City University London.
Post-Doc Imperial College London
George Karagiorgis
Head of Product
Strategic Partners
