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How Macedonian-founded startup Upshift disrupts the $150bn recruiting industry

By Bojan Stojkovski 18 April 2022 4 mins read

Difficulties for finding the appropriate staff was what drove Upshift’s co-founder and CEO Steve Anevski […]

Sustainability

Greek-founded Better Origin raises $16M to fuel the future of food production

By Bojan Stojkovski 7 April 2022 2 mins read

UK-based insect tech startup Better Origin raised $16M in a latest funding round led by […]

AI

Bulgarian ETH Zurich professor Martin Vechev receives €2M to make AI secure, fair, and resilient

By Elena Ivanova 21 March 2022 4 mins read

Prof. Martin Vechev, Professor at the Swiss ETH Zurich University, one of the world’s leading […]

Investors

Bogomil Balkansky from Sequoia Capital on the first principles of building great startups

By Etien Yovchev 1 March 2022 14 mins read

Bulgaria has its first unicorn in the face of Payhawk! This is also unicorn number […]

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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, […]

Deals

Serbian-founded HTEC Group raises $140M to expand its global business

By Antoanela Ionita 27 January 2022 2 mins read

HTEC Group, a global firm offering consulting, software engineering, and digital product development services, has […]

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Nike acquired virtual shoemaker RTFKT to accelerate fashion in the metaverse

By Elena Vrabie 16 December 2021 3 mins read

American footwear manufacturing company Nike, Inc. acquired London-based startup RTFKT, which has Bulgarian DNA and […]

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Adel Zakout of Clippings on digitizing the design industry

By Zornitsa Stoilova 8 November 2021 < 1 mins read

Clippings is a UK-based platform that helps designers manage, deliver, and install their interior projects. […]

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Dimitar Jetchev, co-founder of Inpher: “Secret Computing will see mass adoption in healthcare and fintech”

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 13 August 2021 9 mins read

The Race for AI2.0 in the world of data analytics, revealing the mysteries of quantum […]

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Bulgaria Innovation Hub is looking to help more high potential startups expand to the US

By Bulgaria Innovation Hub 26 July 2021 8 mins read

“We find the accelerator program at BIH extremely valuable to portfolio companies looking to expand […]

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Bulgarian scientist is a co-designer of a data encryption algorithm to make keyless entry and health monitoring more secure

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 19 July 2021 5 mins read

Data encryption and authentication are playing a larger role in the lives of modern-day users […]

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In Memoriam: Boryana Straubel

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 29 June 2021 5 mins read

Boryana Straubel will be remembered for the impact she has had as an entrepreneur on both the Bulgarian and US ecosystems.