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Bojan is The Recursive’s Western Balkans Editor, covering tech, innovation, and business for more than a decade. He’s currently exploring blockchain, Industry 4.0, AI, and is always open to covering diverse and exciting topics in the Western Balkans countries. His work has been featured in global media outlets such as Foreign Policy, WSJ, ZDNet, and Balkan Insight.

Bojan Stojkovski

Leanpay’s BNPL solution provides instant installment payment solutions in Slovenia and Croatia for online purchases.

Slovenian fintech scaleup Leanpay raises €2.5M in a Series A round

By Bojan Stojkovski 9 November 2021 3 mins read

Slovenian BNPL (Buy now, pay later) scaleup Leanpay, raised a €2.5M series A round funding, […]

The car is named after the ancient Greek word “chaos”, meaning the mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe.

Greek startup SP Automotive digitally unveils first-ever Chaos “ultra-car”

By Bojan Stojkovski 6 November 2021 2 mins read

Greek startup Spyros Panopoulos (SP) Automotive digitally unveiled the world’s first so-called ultra-car named Chaos. […]

North Macedonia’s government approves a €27M startup investment fund

By Bojan Stojkovski 28 October 2021 2 mins read

North Macedonia’s government approved the 2022-2026 Accelerated Economic Growth Plan, which includes a €27M hybrid […]

Digital innovations and solutions are used more and more in the marine industry, with the marine and marine management software projected to be worth almost €2.5 billion by 2026.

6 marine tech startups and companies in SEE to watch out for in 2022

By Bojan Stojkovski 27 October 2021 3 mins read

Digital innovations and solutions are used more and more in the marine industry, with the […]

Five students from North Macedonia raised €400K for developing a marketing tool for the American social network Reddit, the biggest aggregator of online communities.

Macedonian students raise €400K pre-seed for a marketing tool for Reddit

By Bojan Stojkovski 21 October 2021 3 mins read

Five students from North Macedonia raised more than €400K for developing a marketing tool for […]

Croatian graph database startup Memgraph announced that it raised €8M in its most recent seed investment round

Croatian graph database startup Memgraph raises €8M with Microsoft as key investor, plans to boost R&D

By Bojan Stojkovski 20 October 2021 2 mins read

Croatian graph database startup Memgraph announced that it raised €8M in its most recent seed […]

The two current models that Niki Rotor Aviation produced are called “Lightning” and “Kallithea”. The bodies of the aircraft are made out of composite materials, combined together with aluminum and plywood.

Bulgarian Niki Rotor Aviation is eyeing expansion on the gyrocopter market with its stylish aircraft

By Bojan Stojkovski 18 October 2021 3 mins read

Niki Rotor Aviation, an aircraft manufacturer from the small town of Pravets in central Bulgaria, […]

So far, the Greek fintech startup has managed to secure more than €32M in funding, with the last round being in July 2020 with investors such as Global Brain, the EBRD, and Venture Friends.

Greek fintech startup Plum secures €12M, launches crowdfunding campaign next week

By Bojan Stojkovski 15 October 2021 2 mins read

Greek fintech startup Plum has secured a new €12M funding, while it is also launching […]

The Western Balkans countries also have a task to adopt energy and climate ambitions that match the EU’s target

EU’s €30B green incentive for the Western Balkans could help push energy transition in the region

By Bojan Stojkovski 14 October 2021 3 mins read

Last week, at the summit with the leaders of the Western Balkan countries, the EU […]

North Macedonia became one of the first Balkan countries which have started to deploy a nationwide digital identity solution

Among the pioneers in SEE: North Macedonia officially introduced digital IDs to its citizens

By Bojan Stojkovski 13 October 2021 3 mins read

This week, North Macedonia became one of the first Balkan countries which have started to […]

Without disclosing the amounts of the investments, the company said that the funding will be used to develop their universal database, as well as to continue key projects.

Greek database company TileDB received strategic funding from Lockheed Martin and NTT Docomo Ventures

By Bojan Stojkovski 8 October 2021 2 mins read

Greek database company TileDB received two strategic investments from Silicon Valley-based Lockheed Martin Ventures and […]

Croatian startup Wasp secured €1.3M seed funding in a round led by Berlin-based deep-tech and seed-stage venture fund Lunar Ventures.

Croatian startup Wasp secures €1.3M funding for developing a tool that simplifies coding

By Bojan Stojkovski 6 October 2021 2 mins read

Croatian startup Wasp secured €1.3M seed funding in a round led by Berlin-based deep-tech and […]

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