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Alexandros (Alex) Trimis
CEO & Co-Founder at Welcome Pickups
Alexandros (Alex) Trimis
Alexandros (Alex) Trimis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Welcome Pickups, a company that redefines the way people travel by offering personalized and wholesome travel experiences.124 He is an entrepreneur at heart who believes in creating better human experiences in a scalable way.2
Education and Early Career
- Holds a Master's degree in Management Science & Engineering with a focus on Strategy & Decision Making from Stanford University1
- Also studied Structural Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece12
- Prior to founding Welcome Pickups, held positions in Product Management in Silicon Valley for companies like SurveyMonkey and Upwork24
- Founded another travel startup called dopios before Welcome Pickups1
Welcome Pickups
- Co-founded Welcome Pickups in January 2015 in Athens, Greece1
- The company provides travelers with airport transfers, necessary products and services, and local travel advice and experiences1
- Welcome Pickups raised €5.3 million in funding in December 20223
- The company was selected for Endeavor's Scale Up Program in 20222
Alex Trimis is an accomplished entrepreneur, product manager, and business strategist with a diverse background in various fields. He thrives at the intersection of Business Development, Product Management, and Interaction Design.2
Highlights
Welcome Pickups has some great updates for you. 🚀
2023 was a phenomenal year for us during which we grew revenues by 80%, stayed profitable for the 3rd year in a row, welcomed 1.5 million travelers, doubled our destination network from 100 to 200 destinations, and kept our 5-star rating and NPS of +84. On the back of such a great year, we will be opening 60+ new positions during 2024 across functions and without the need of any fundraising while maintaining our unlimited runway status. Feel free to share or apply for any position that might be of interest (see major roles in 1st comment).
The amazing 2023 results could not have happened without the relentless execution by the entire Welcome team, which include my co-founder Savvas Georgiou, leadership team Dimitris Floros, Elina Tsadari, Maria Tapini, old superstar members, but also more than 45 new people who joined us during last year after a selective interview process (1000+ interviews). Their dedication and impact is what allows me to do a post like this, and I would like to thank all of them for making this year happen. I am proud and happy to be working with such A-players while adding more in the months to come.
This year’s targets will not be easy. We have challenged ourselves targeting another 70% growth in revenues, 75% growth in destinations getting to 350 worldwide, serving more than 2.5 million travelers, doubling the number of travel partners, and improving further the quality of the service and the business engine that makes this a reality. It is a lot of hard work, nothing is given, and we need to keep ourselves grounded, measured and focused. It is our duty to establish Welcome Pickups as a global leader at what we do, and we can’t stop till we get there.
A huge thank you to all the people who stood next to us during the dark COVID days, the sunnier period afterwards, and the exciting times ahead. If you know people who want to join our journey as we embark on the new year, I would prompt you to check all the roles that are open (https://lnkd.in/dhFpiFKB) or will be opening during the year.
Let’s build an amazing 2024!
ps. Check 1st comment for key roles we are hiring for
Welcome Pickups has some great news for you today.
We have raised 5.3m euros of capital to supercharge international growth and that's not even the highlight. The great news is that the company not only survived COVID but has been profitable for the past 18 months, and has been growing in all fronts. The company out of a position of strength and with an unlimited runway status, decided to raise more capital to fast-track its growth as it targets global leadership in the travel mobility space.
The above superhuman result could not have been achieved without the support and execution of the amazing Welcome Team (Savvas Georgiou, Elina Tsadari, Maria Tapini, Dimitris Floros, Oleksandra (Alex) Melnyk, Kyriaki Pappa, Simon Faucitano, Giouli Vartanova, Oleksiy Kostyuk, Dimitris Kavvadas to name very few). For the people who stayed during the dark COVID times, and the people who came right after to get us to the next level there is only gratitude and a humble shoutout. They are all amazing, and I am very proud to be surrounded by such people.
As we enter this new period of growth, we can only be excited and committed about the potential to make Welcome Pickups truly global and give the opportunity to all travelers around the world to have a friendly, personalised and easy experience while traveling to a destination. With a lot of hard work in 2022 we reached a network of 100 Welcome destinations welcoming 1 million travellers, and next year we aim to double both our destination network and traveler base.
Finally, we would like to express our deep appreciation to our investors Market One Capital (Marcin Kurek / Jacek Łubiński), Flashpoint Venture Capital (Donatella Callegaris / Ilja Velickis, CFA) and of course VentureFriends (Apostolos Apostolakis / Pavlos Pavlakis) for the great amount of trust and support they have placed in us. As we power up the engines for 2023, we are grateful to have such people by our side.
Onwards and Upwards!
ps. Welcome Pickups will be opening a series of job opportunities here (https://lnkd.in/dhFpiFKB). Either apply for an opening today, or keep an eye for a new one that will be coming up next year.
News in English = https://lnkd.in/dWHrggMh https://lnkd.in/d47wyJgP https://lnkd.in/dKs_afdB
News in Greek = https://lnkd.in/d8RGzJEp
