Etien Yovchev 81 articles

Sustainability

The stories of which Bulgarian cleantech startups should we tell in July?

By Etien Yovchev 28 June 2021 2 mins read

Sustainability innovation in Southeast Europe will be a big topic for The Recursive moving forward. […]

Investors

LAUNCHub Ventures with second closing of its €70M fund, IFC joins the limited partners list

By Etien Yovchev 20 June 2021 2 mins read

Sofia-based venture capital firm LAUNCHub Ventures has announced the second closing of its new, CEE-oriented […]

Deals

Startups from Southeast Europe have raised over $1.2B in the first half of 2021, more big rounds coming

By Etien Yovchev 20 June 2021 4 mins read

The first half of 2021 is almost gone, so it’s time to stop for a […]

Gaming

Leanplum CEO: Our goal is to become a unicorn

By Etien Yovchev 14 June 2021 9 mins read

Headquartered between San Francisco and Sofia, customer engagement platform Leanplum has so far received over […]

Deep Tech

Kuwait to launch its first space mission in late June in partnership with the Bulgarian EnduroSat

By Etien Yovchev 2 June 2021 3 mins read

Kuwait is about to launch its first-ever satellite mission at the end of June, supported […]

Diaspora

Community building at scale: Orbiit raises $2.7M, LAUNCHub Ventures also joins the round

By Etien Yovchev 28 May 2021 4 mins read

According to First Round’s State of Startup survey (conducted in 2019), communities are extremely important […]

Ecosystem

Puzl Coworking’s ambitious plan to connect IT communities in CEE

By Etien Yovchev 17 May 2021 5 mins read

In April 2020, Puzl, the largest IT coworking space in Bulgaria in terms of members, […]

Ecosystem

The Recursive turns 3 months: Here are 27 of our most trending SEE innovation stories so far

By Etien Yovchev 14 May 2021 3 mins read

Just 3 months ago, The Recursive embarked on this amazing journey to give global visibility […]

AI

Bulgarian-led Pliant closes a $10M Series A round – to grow in the low-code automation market

By Etien Yovchev 6 May 2021 2 mins read

With two Bulgarian founders at the wheel, Vess Bakalov and Dimitar Blagoev, US-based IT automation […]

Fintech

Greek neobank for SMEs Viva Wallet with an $80m round and a vision to unify the fragmented European payments market

By Etien Yovchev 30 April 2021 6 mins read

Just a few days ago, Viva Wallet, a Greek cloud-based neobank focusing on European SME […]

Fintech

FintechOS to accelerate the digitalization of more banks and insurers around the world after a $60M Series B round

By Etien Yovchev 20 April 2021 2 mins read

FintechOS, the fintech startup founded in Bucharest that provides personalized and low-code digital infrastructure for […]

Fintech

Fintech Startup Payhawk Raises a Record-Breaking $20M Series A Round

By Etien Yovchev 20 April 2021 3 mins read

About 3 years after it was founded in Sofia, fintech startup Payhawk has managed to […]