Elena Vrabie 220 articles

Elena is an Innovation Reporter at The Recursive with 10+ years of experience as a freelance writer based in Bucharest, Romania. Her mission is to report internationally on the amazing progress of the local startup ecosystem while bringing into focus topics such as diversity in business cultures and women in tech; mental health, work-life balance, and the future. Of what? Everything! As a former solopreneur and a full-time mom, she strives to learn something new every day to share with the world. #nevernotlearning

Fintech

What Is Next for Fintech in CEE? All Roads Lead To Oradea

By Elena Vrabie 18 July 2022 5 mins read

In the middle of summer’s concert season, Oradea became the host of passionate fintech players. […]

Investors

Strong Women Unite! There Is a New €10M Round Table of Romanian Women Angel Investors

By Elena Vrabie 12 July 2022 7 mins read

“Our mission is to search and invest in impactful solutions by brave female founders with […]

Startups

Want to Launch a Marketplace? 5 Secrets From Founders Who Did It

By Elena Vrabie 11 July 2022 6 mins read

In the old days, there used to be ONE marketplace for everything. Do you recall […]

PropTech

Meet Milluu, the €6M Proptech Bot Raising Money to Help Real Estate in Romania

By Elena Vrabie 7 July 2022 5 mins read

• In the early days, we used to fight with swords and our armors […]

Leadership

The Barefoot Investor: How Bogdan Iordache Ventured Into the World of Risk Capital

By Elena Vrabie 6 July 2022 13 mins read

I set out to meet Bogdan at a crossroads of the seasons. The mid-morning air […]

Investors

Meet 40+ Romania’s Most Active Angel Investors

By Elena Vrabie 4 July 2022 13 mins read

People say “it takes a village to raise a child” and this also applies to tech startups. To launch a project and make it skyrocket to the business cosmos, you need to sync up with business investors.