FinTech pioneer Tom Greenwood remains in Greece to continue recovery after life-saving treatment
FinTech entrepreneur Tom Greenwood, founder of Volt and Velocity, has been discharged from hospital in Greece after surviving a near-fatal quad bike accident that left him fighting for his life for more than a month.
The 50-year-old CEO was seriously injured on August 20 while riding a quad bike on the island of Mykonos, sustaining multiple fractures below the waist and reportedly suffering cardiac arrest during emergency treatment.
An initial attempt to airlift Greenwood out of Greece via private insurance was abandoned when the crew deemed his condition too unstable to survive the flight. The Hellenic Emergency Medical Service (EKAV) then intervened, arranging a specialist aircraft and medical team to transfer him to the General State Hospital of Nikaia in Athens.
During the flight, Greenwood was resuscitated multiple times, placed on a ventilator upon arrival, and underwent several hours of surgery before being moved to intensive care. Over the following weeks, his condition steadily improved, leading to his discharge earlier this month.
Upon leaving the hospital, Greenwood expressed his gratitude to the Greek doctors and nurses who saved his life, telling local media:
“I trust the Greeks who saved me.”
Sources say the British entrepreneur has chosen to remain in Greece for the time being, renting a home in Glyfada to stay close to his medical team as he continues rehabilitation.
Greenwood launched Volt in London in 2019, growing it into a major provider of real-time digital payments infrastructure. The company secured £47 million in funding from a Silicon Valley investor in 2023, valuing Volt at over $350 million.
Earlier this year, he co-founded Velocity with former Worldpay executive Eric Queathem, after securing £7.4 million in pre-seed funding to develop a platform enabling seamless transactions between fiat currencies and cryptocurrency stablecoins.
Before founding Volt, Greenwood co-founded IFX Payments in 2005, serving as COO and helping the firm achieve multi-billion-dollar turnover across Europe and the Middle East. He also led the development of the company’s ibanq banking-as-a-service platform, a key factor in its success.