Etien Yovchev 80 articles

Startups

The new investment destination: Southeast Europe startups & scaleups have raised $2.5+ billion in 2021

By Etien Yovchev 29 December 2021 5 mins read

As we wrap up 2021, it’s time to look at all the funding rounds in […]

Leadership

Succession management or how to build the next generation of leaders in your organization

By Etien Yovchev 20 December 2021 6 mins read

“I started the process of succession planning and developing the organization’s next leaders on my […]

Events

Paramidonna is the Demo Day winner at this year’s edition of Dare to Scale

By Etien Yovchev 13 December 2021 3 mins read

On December 9, for the third year in a row, Demo Day was held – […]

Investors

HR Capital with an IPO aiming to democratize access to the success of tech startups in Bulgaria

By Etien Yovchev 10 December 2021 5 mins read

HR Capital, a Bulgarian investment company founded by serial entrepreneur, angel and current CEO of […]

R&D Destinations

Seeing strong product adoption LatticeFlow expands to Sofia to accelerate the development of its platform for robust AI models

By Etien Yovchev 3 December 2021 3 mins read

LatticeFlow, a deep tech spin-off  from ETH Zurich and creator of the world’s first platform […]

Startups

Voting for ‘Newcomer of the Year’ is now open: Which is the next superstar tech company in Southeast Europe?

By Etien Yovchev 1 December 2021 7 mins read

Exits, new VC funds, IPOs on the New York Stock Exchange, record-breaking funding rounds – […]

SPONSORED Startups

StorPool: The fast-growing distributed storage provider on a journey to be used by most of the world’s biggest enterprises.

By Etien Yovchev 30 November 2021 < 1 mins read

StorPool is one of the fastest-growing Bulgarian technology companies – its distributed storage solutions help […]

Fintech

Bulgarian Payhawk Raises a Historic $112M Series B Round Led by an Investor in Stripe

By Etien Yovchev 23 November 2021 8 mins read

Just seven months ago, the Bulgarian payment and expense management startup Payhawk raised a record-breaking […]

Fintech

Greek BNPL startup Finloup raises €1M to bring interest-free credit to consumers in Southeast Europe

By Etien Yovchev 19 November 2021 3 mins read

Greek buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup Finloup has raised €1M in a pre-seed round to fuel both […]

Leadership

HR Talks with IT Leaders ep. 6: Teodor Panayotov on the importance of being humble and ready to take responsibility

By Etien Yovchev 6 November 2021 5 mins read

HR Talks with IT leaders is a campaign organized in collaboration between The Recursive and […]

Inside The Recursive

The Recursive Launches Growth Club to Give the Tech Ecosystem in Southeast Europe the Communication Tools to Scale Globally

By Etien Yovchev 2 November 2021 6 mins read

The Recursive is launching the beta version of Growth Club, a new platform to bring […]

Leadership

HR Talks with IT Leaders ep. 5: Mariya Rashkovska on product teams, talent development, and measuring your success as a leader

By Etien Yovchev 20 October 2021 4 mins read

“HR Talks with IT leaders” is a campaign organized in collaboration between The Recursive and […]