About this episode

A discussion featuring the co-founders of Runway and HOLYWATER TECH on their journeys in disrupting the entertainment industry.

This week on StrictlyVC Download, we're bringing you a conversation from our recent event in Athens. Connie Loizos spoke with Anastasis Germanidis: Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Runway and Anatolii Kasianov: Co-Founder & Co-CEO, HOLYWATER TECH. Runway began within art school, with a sparse network and little investor insight into AI video. HOLYWATER TECH started in Kyiv with no venture capital, and a mandate to be profitable from day one. Seven years later, both have succeeded in disrupting, and putting some level of fear in, creative industries worldwide. At this StrictlyVC Athens 2026 discussion, host and TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos brought both on stage to get the inside story of how these two breakout companies actually broke out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Connie Loizos

Guests: Anastasis Germanidis, Anatolii Kasianov

Topics covered

• AI
• entertainment
• disruption
• startups
• venture capital

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Runway, HOLYWATER TECH

Places: Athens, Kyiv

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