Diaspora 47 articles

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.

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The Greek YC graduate Terra raises $2.8M to unify health and fitness data

By Elena Ivanova 11 June 2021 3 mins read

Last month, The Recursive told the story of  Kyriakos Eleftheriou and his exciting entrepreneurial journey […]

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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 […]

Startups

US-Bulgarian LucidLink raises $12M with Adobe as strategic investor

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 20 May 2021 3 mins read

US-based cloud storage startup LucidLink announced a $12M Series A round, led by global VC […]