Car as a Service: Talk with George Desyllas, CEO of Flexcar
Industry Insights
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15-Mar-2026
What if owning a car were as simple as subscribing to a service?
Join the Automotive Network for an inspiring, candid conversation with George Desyllas, CEO and Founder of FlexCar, one of Europe’s fastest-growing mobility innovators. George’s journey defies convention. In his early 20s, he founded FlexCar and raised hundreds of millions of dollars, transforming a bold idea into a rapidly scaling platform. At the heart of FlexCar is a simple yet disruptive concept: Car as a Service. By eliminating the friction of buying, insuring, maintaining, and reselling vehicles, the company delivers a seamless, premium mobility experience tailored to modern lifestyles. With significant new capital secured, FlexCar is entering its next growth phase: expanding across Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Mexico while strengthening its technology, workforce, and customer ecosystem. The vision: a fully integrated mobility platform powered by IoT, digital infrastructure, and end-to-end service integration. In this wide-ranging fireside chat, George will share how the business model works in practice, what it takes to scale a subscription-based mobility platform, and how ambition, discipline, and execution can redefine an industry. The conversation will also explore what FlexCar’s success means for emerging entrepreneurs and the future of transportation.
Key takeaways from this session include:
- Insights into fundraising, expansion, and execution.
- What’s next for integrated, digital-first transportation services.
- Lessons from building infrastructure, technology, and talent at speed.
- How subscriptions are reshaping vehicle ownership and customer expectations.
Discover how mobility is being rewritten.
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