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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

Founded in 2018, Tenderly is a platform for blockchain developers that work on web3 products.

Blockchain

Serbian blockchain development platform Tenderly raises $40M in Series B round

By Bojan Stojkovski 3 March 2022 2 mins read

Serbian blockchain development platform Tenderly secured a $40M Series B investment round, led by Spark […]

North Macedonia has one of the highest unemployment rates in the Western Balkans, with a rate of almost 19 percent in 2020. However, when it comes to the IT industry in the country, the situation is quite the opposite.

R&D Destinations

North Macedonia’s IT workforce lives its “Great Resignation” moment

By Bojan Stojkovski 3 March 2022 5 mins read

At the end of January, 27-year-old Robert finally made a decision that took him a […]

South Central Ventures continues to invest in the Western Balkans early stage tech start-ups and help them tackle global markets.

Investors

South Central Ventures announces new €70M technology fund to help Western Balkans’ startups reach global markets

By Bojan Stojkovski 2 March 2022 2 mins read

Regional venture capital fund manager South Central Ventures (SCV) announced a new € 70M worth […]

For Ukrainian startups and businesses, however, the time to act is now, as most have to consider their options as the conflict threatens to endanger and disrupt various industries in the country.

Ecosystem

Confusion and bewilderment for Ukrainian startups following Russian invasion

By Bojan Stojkovski 24 February 2022 5 mins read

On the morning of February 24, 2022 people across Ukraine woke up to a new […]

UK-based digital consultancy Kin + Carta announced that it is set to acquire Bulgarian software company Melon,

Deals

British public company Kin + Carta set to acquire Bulgarian software company Melon

By Bojan Stojkovski 23 February 2022 2 mins read

UK-based digital consultancy Kin + Carta announced that it is set to acquire Bulgarian software […]

North Macedonia’s Green Financing Facility (GFF) project has been selected among the top 10 programmes by the UN’s Joint SDG Fund

Sustainability

North Macedonia gets green light for establishing Green Financing Facility programme worth $46.5M

By Bojan Stojkovski 22 February 2022 3 mins read

North Macedonia’s Green Financing Facility (GFF) project has been selected among the top 10 programmes […]

Sounder, a podcast platform that helps audio creators manage, market, and measure their audio content, announced that it raised $7.7M in a Series A funding round.

AI

Serbia-founded podcast platform Sounder raises $7.7M Series A round to help audio creators manage and market content

By Bojan Stojkovski 21 February 2022 2 mins read

Sounder, a podcast platform that helps audio creators manage, market, and measure their audio content, […]

The blockchain platform was launched in 2020 by cofounders Georgios Vlachos, a founding team member of the Algorand blockchain, and Sergey Gorbunov, assistant professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Diaspora

Greek-founded blockchain platform Axelar closes $35M Series B round, reaches unicorn status

By Bojan Stojkovski 17 February 2022 2 mins read

Axelar, a platform that connects the blockchain ecosystem, closed a $35M Series B funding round, […]

Conceptual images representing Epic Games and 3Lateral vision of their Novi Sad Campus.

Gaming

Gaming innovation studio 3Lateral invests in education campus to help the Serbian gaming industry develop

By Bojan Stojkovski 16 February 2022 3 mins read

When game innovation company 3Lateral started out in 2012, it had three employees but a […]

Although most of the time it is connected to digital art, an NFT could be pretty much anything, ranging from tokenized real estate or a concert ticket, to digital art and digital identity.

Blockchain

This tool made by a Macedonian developer can help you buy your next NFT

By Bojan Stojkovski 11 February 2022 4 mins read

For most people, the concept of “non-fungible token” (NFT) is still relatively unknown. However, people […]

Croatia-based sports social network Sportening announced that it raised an investment of €6M, with a significant part of it coming from Real Madrid football player and superstar Luka Modric.

Startups

Croatian sports app Sportening raises €6M with Real Madrid’s Luka Modric as star investor

By Bojan Stojkovski 9 February 2022 2 mins read

Croatia-based sports social network Sportening announced that it raised an investment of €6M, with a […]

Albanian grocery delivery startup Hajde raised $1M in seed investment, in a round led by UK-based fintech fund Fasanara Capital.

Startups

Albanian grocery delivery startup Hajde raises $1M in seed investment, looks to expand to North Macedonia

By Bojan Stojkovski 8 February 2022 2 mins read

Albanian grocery delivery startup Hajde raised $1M in seed investment, in a round led by […]

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