FOS

What FOS does

ΦΩΣ (FOS, meaning "Light" in Greek) is a pan-Epirus, cross-party regional political coalition (Περιφερειακός Συνδυασμός) established on June 21, 2022 to contest the October 2023 regional elections for the Region of Epirus in northwestern Greece. It fields 66 candidates across the four Epirus prefectures — Arta, Thesprotia, Ioannina, and Preveza — organized into 27 geographic working zones, supported by approximately 50 specialist mentors and around 150 organizational roles. The coalition is led by Lambros Georgopoulos as its candidate for Regional Governor and positions itself as independent of party machinery and economic interests, advocating a two-term limit on regional office, publication of all Economic Committee proceedings, and opposition to the privatization of the Port of Igoumenitsa.

The coalition has no proprietary technology platform and offers no commercial products or services. Its operational surface consists of a website (fos24.gr), social media accounts on TikTok, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn, a weekly email newsletter, local television and radio appearances across regional outlets (ITV, Ήπειρος TV1, Βήμα TV, Βεργίνα TV, Real Voice 99.5, Giga FM, Studio E, Prisma FM, ERA Ioanninon, Super FM), door-to-door canvassing, and recurring public events including the "FOS Drinx" Friday gatherings and #RixeFOS rallies in each prefecture.

FOS is not a commercial entity and does not generate revenue from product or service sales. Its activities are funded through electoral campaign contributions and member participation; no revenue figures, funding rounds, or institutional investors are disclosed in the source data. The political partnership with the Green Movement (Πράσινο Κίνημα), formalized on October 19, 2022, is the only formal alliance documented. Operating status as of the latest available data is "operating," with the most recent dated website content being post-election commentary from October 2023.

Name

FOS

Legal name

ΦΩΣ (FOS)

Website

https://fos24.gr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ΦΩΣ (FOS) is a pan-Epirus cross-party regional political coalition, founded June 2022 and led by Lambros Georgopoulos, that fielded 66 candidates across the four Epirus prefectures for the October 2023 regional elections, relying on grassroots organizing and electoral contributions rather than commercial revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Political Coalition / Civic Movement

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

akta.pro primary industry

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Governance, Public Financial Management & Service Delivery Reform (BPADAEAD)

Keywords

• Regional political coalition
• Civic movement
• Electoral campaign
• Community organizing
• Regional governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Ioannina

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. One Time License: FOS is a political coalition, not a commercial entity. It does not generate revenue from product or service sales. Its activities are funded through electoral campaign contributions and member participation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ΦΩΣ (FOS) is a Pan-Epirote regional political coalition (Περιφερειακός Συνδυασμός) that contested the October 2023 regional elections for the Epirus Region of Greece. The coalition fields candidates across four prefectures (Arta, Thesprotia, Ioannina, Preveza) under a cross-party civic platform advocating regional autonomy, transparency, and opposition to incumbent dynastic governance. Its activities consist of political campaigning, candidate promotion, policy advocacy, transparency reporting, and community engagement.

Product overview

FOS (ΦΩΣ) is a regional political coalition (Περιφερειακός Συνδυασμός) that contested the 2023 regional elections for the Epirus region of Greece. The organization is not a technology company and does not offer commercial products or services. Its activities consist of political campaigning, candidate promotion, policy advocacy, and community engagement across the four prefectures of Epirus (Arta, Thesprotia, Ioannina, Preveza).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Πράσινο Κίνημα (Green Movement)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 19 October 2022The Green Movement (Πράσινο Κίνημα) formally endorsed and announced support for the FOS coalition and its candidate Lambros Georgopoulos for the 2023 regional elections. The party describes FOS as a civic movement without dependencies on party mechanisms and economic interests. The Green Movement's leadership explicitly stated support as a political partner.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ΜέΡΑ25: Greek progressive political movement founded around 2018 with a similar civic-movement framing. Comparable to FOS as a smaller, ideologically distinctive political vehicle contesting elections within the Greek system.
• Πλεύση Ελευθερίας: Greek left-liberal political party led by Zoe Konstantopoulou. Comparable to FOS as a newer civic-political brand that competes against the two-bloc establishment on transparency and reform themes.
• Πράσινο Κίνημα (Greek Green Movement): Greek green political party that formally endorsed FOS for the 2023 Epirus regional elections. Comparable as a small civic-aligned political party operating within the same Greek electoral system and overlapping on environmental and governance-reform themes.
• Ελληνική Λύση (Greek Solution): Right-wing Greek political party that has successfully entered parliament as a newer entrant. Comparable as a challenger political brand that must build recognition against entrenched parties, analogous to FOS's challenge to the Epirus incumbent.

Broad incumbents

• ΚΚΕ (Communauty Party of Greece): Historic Greek left party with established regional organization. Comparable as a structured political organization contesting the same regional and municipal ballots in Epirus.
• ΠΑΣΟΚ – Κίνημα Αλλαγής: Greek social-democratic party with deep historical presence in Epirus. Comparable as a broader political brand that competes for the same center/centrist voter pool FOS targets with its pan-partisan positioning.
• Νέα Δημοκρατία (New Democracy): Greece's dominant center-right party and the broader political incumbent that FOS implicitly competes against in regional contests. Relevant as the dominant Greek political brand FOS must differentiate from to capture voters.
• ΣΥΡΙΖΑ-Προοδευτική Συμμαχία: Major Greek center-left to progressive party and historic incumbent rival in many regional contests. Comparable as a broad-spectrum political brand operating in the same Greek regional electoral arena.

Emerging players

• Νίκη (Niki – Victory): Newer right-wing Greek political party contesting elections with grassroots civic framing. Comparable as an emerging Greek political brand built outside the historic party structures, mirroring FOS's pan-partisan civic posture.
• Volt Ελλάδας (Volt Greece): Greek branch of the pan-European Volt movement, focused on civic reform and EU-oriented governance. Comparable as a civic-political brand with similar transparency and reform-leaning rhetoric that contests elections in Greece.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FOS24_
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fos24

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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