FinTech entrepreneur Tom Greenwood, founder of Volt and Velocity, has been discharged from hospital in Greece after a serious quad bike accident left him fighting for his life for over a month.
The 50-year-old was injured on August 20th while riding on the island of Mykonos, sustaining multiple fractures below the waist and reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest while receiving emergency treatment.
An initial attempt to airlift him through private insurance was abandoned when the crew judged his survival chances too low.
The Hellenic Emergency Medical Service (EKAV) later arranged a specialist aircraft and medical team to transfer him to the General State Hospital of Nikaia in Athens.
Greenwood was repeatedly resuscitated during the flight, placed on a ventilator upon arrival, and underwent hours of surgery before being moved to intensive care.
His condition gradually improved over the following weeks and he was discharged earlier this month.
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Upon leaving hospital ealier this month, he expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Greek doctors and medical staff who saved his life, telling local media: “I trust the Greeks who saved me.”
Greenwood has chosen to remain in Greece for the time being, reports suggest, renting a home in Glyfada to stay close to his medical team as he continues his recovery.
He launched Volt in London in 2019, building it into a major provider of real-time digital payments infrastructure.
The FinTech raised £47 million from a Silicon Valley investor in 2023 to support global expansion, valuing it at over $350m.
Earlier this year, he also co-founded Velocity with former Worldpay executive Eric Queathem, following a £7.4m pre-seed funding round.
The company looks to enable seamless transactions between fiat currencies such as pounds sterling and cryptocurrency stablecoins.
Before launching Volt, Greenwood co-founded IFX Payments in 2005 and served as COO, overseeing product strategy, compliance and operations as the company achieved multi-billion-dollar turnover across Europe and the Middle East.
He also led the creation of the ibanq banking-as-a-service platform, which became key in the firm’s success.
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