Cyprus-based entrepreneur Greta Skemaite has been featured by the European Innovation Council (EIC) among six women shaping Europe’s deep-tech future.
Greta Skemaite, co-founder and CEO of V.G. Freyia Labs, is the only Cyprus-based participant among the six women profiled. She joins prominent founders and researchers from across Europe whose work focuses on sustainable horticulture, medical robotics, dementia and cancer detection, and neurotechnology.
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Freyia Labs is developing F.O.R.S.E.T.I.X., an artificial intelligence and machine-learning system for small and medium-sized food and drink producers using fermentation.
The platform structures fermentation workflows, records process and batch data, and provides producers with decision support. It is intended to reduce batch variability, material waste and operational risk without requiring businesses to replace their existing equipment. Freyia Labs says the system is being developed to support producers without replacing their expertise, judgement or regulatory responsibilities.
The company grew out of Skemaite and co-founder Vasilis Joseph’s experience producing fermented food and drinks. Skemaite brought more than 15 years of legal and corporate experience to the venture before moving into deep tech and becoming its chief executive.
Her inclusion in the EIC profile gives Cyprus’s science and startup community greater visibility within the European deep-tech sector. It also platforms a Cyprus-based food-technology venture alongside researchers and companies working across several of Europe’s larger innovation markets.
The six women have all been supported by the EIC Women Leadership Programme, which provides leadership training, individual mentoring, business coaching and access to a European network of entrepreneurs, investors and industry figures.
The programme reports more than 400 alumnae across Europe.
The Other Women Featured By The EIC
Alicja Dzieciol, founder and CEO of Scotland-based SilviBio, develops peat-free growing media for horticulture and forestry. The company aims to help growers move away from peat while maintaining reliable plant propagation.
Beatriz Farola Barata is a medical-robotics researcher whose work covers imaging, machine learning and three-dimensional modelling for robot-assisted surgery. Her research includes reconstructing cardiovascular vessels during catheter navigation to support more accurate guidance during minimally invasive procedures. KU Leuven lists her research areas as surgical robotics, image processing, machine learning and motion control.
Laura Vallés Saiz, co-founder and CEO of ELE Biotech, is developing biomarker-based tools for the early detection of dementia risk. The Spanish company wants to make screening possible before symptoms become apparent, allowing patients to be assessed and referred earlier.
Meghan Perkins, a cancer biologist and co-founder of Proskope, is developing an accessible blood test for the early detection of colorectal cancer. The company’s approach uses the immune system as a biosensor and is intended to offer a less invasive alternative to conventional screening.
Dr Ramona Samba, co-founder and CEO of German neurotechnology company sync2brain, leads the development of personalised, non-invasive brain stimulation. Its technology analyses brain activity in real time to determine when stimulation should be delivered, with potential applications in conditions including depression and stroke.
The EIC profile reflects the different routes women are taking from research into entrepreneurship. Skemaite’s inclusion gives a Cyprus-based venture a place in that European conversation while highlighting the deep-tech work already being developed on the island.
