Interview 51 articles

Ecosystem

Why Emergency Powers Are Democracy’s Stress Test

By Teodora Atanasova 30 December 2025 6 mins read

States of emergency are no longer exceptional. Between 1985 and 2014, at least 137 countries […]

Events

What It Takes to Win From CEE? Learn This February at Unlockit

By Ana Marija Kostanic 22 December 2025 4 mins read

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has long been known for its engineering talent. Yet, despite […]

Leadership

Identity After the Merger: A Case Study on Turning the Strengths of Seven Companies Into One Coherent Story

By Etien Yovchev 11 December 2025 8 mins read

Brand is often treated as surface. An afterthought added after direction, structure, and strategy are […]

Investors

“There is One Non-Negotiable Trait for Backing University Spin-Offs…”

By Teodora Atanasova 9 December 2025 6 mins read

Europe is quietly filling up with university-born companies. A recent analysis of EU-27 ecosystems identified […]

Ecosystem

How Europe Can Win in Global Innovation: Insights from How to Web’s “Keep Building” Roundtable

By The Recursive 3 December 2025 3 mins read

“Keep building” was the slogan of this year’s How to Web conference in Bucharest. To […]

AI

“AI Shouldn’t Be English-Centric”: Meet Latvian Foundation Model Optimized for 34 European Languages

By Ana Marija Kostanic 3 December 2025 6 mins read

If you used ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity in any other language than English, I bet […]

Ecosystem

From Sofia to Riyadh: Strengthening Bulgaria’s Startup Ties Abroad

By Teodora Atanasova 2 December 2025 5 mins read

Alexandra Todorova is a familiar face in the Bulgarian startup ecosystem. For years, she has […]

Interview

Jeta Zagragja: Outsourcing Makes (More) Sense for Emerging Markets

By Ana Marija Kostanic 1 December 2025 7 mins read

Outsourcing has been a “very natural and organic course of growth” for many regional tech […]

Interview

Vít Horký on the Three Pillars Every Startup Ecosystem Needs to Scale

By Teodora Atanasova 27 November 2025 4 mins read

We met with Vít Horký during Czech Startup Week 2025 in Prague where Engaged Investments […]

Ecosystem

Who Gets EIF Funding? Marcel Müller-Marbach on the VC Competitive Process

By Teodora Atanasova 19 November 2025 4 mins read

The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the European Investment Bank Group, has played a […]

Defense Tech

How Benjamin Wolba is Turning Hackathons into Europe’s Defense Tech Movement

By Teodora Atanasova 17 November 2025 6 mins read

In a few years, Ukraine’s wartime economy has shifted toward large-scale technological production. According to […]

Interview

e2vc Principal Tunya Irkad on Getting Into VC and Funding “Insane Founders”

By Ana Marija Kostanic 10 November 2025 7 mins read

“People often ask how I got into VC straight out of college. Truth is, it’s […]