Social Impact 61 articles

Climate Tech

The Big Picture: Which sustainability challenges we need to tackle in 2022

By Antoanela Ionita 20 December 2021 6 mins read

As 2021 draws to a close, progress on the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development […]

Health

Greek-founded FemTec Health empowers women to reclaim ownership of their health

By Elena Ivanova 13 December 2021 5 mins read

Did you know that most healthcare research, solutions, and related tech have been created by […]

Social Impact

How Greek-founded startup Morphoses aims to close the gap in soft skills

By Antoanela Ionita 8 December 2021 6 mins read

School systems, particularly in Eastern and Southeast Europe, have well-known structural vulnerabilities, such as underpayment […]

Podcasts

How to disrupt and make an impact with serial entrepreneur Gregoire Vigroux

By The Recursive 7 December 2021 2 mins read

The Recursive podcast comes back to Bucharest to meet with serial entrepreneur and angel investor […]

Startups

Croatian financial consultancy startup BE-ON raises €1.3M from Feelsgood to solve financial exclusion

By Elena Ivanova 1 December 2021 2 mins read

Feelsgood, the first Croatian VC for impact investing, backed the domestic startup for financial advice […]

Social Impact

Bulgarian chatbot helps women prevent instances of domestic violence

By Elena Ivanova 17 November 2021 3 mins read

In Bulgaria since the beginning of 2021, fifteen women have lost their lives murdered by […]

Ecosystem

Sigma Squared, the global community that connects impact-driven founders, to open a chapter in Bulgaria

By Elena Ivanova 21 October 2021 4 mins read

Building organizations based on the principles of impact prioritization and giving back is a mission […]

Podcasts

Bursting the entrepreneurial bubble with Ciprian Stanescu from Social Innovation Solutions

By The Recursive 19 October 2021 2 mins read

The next guest of the Bucharest edition of The Recursive podcast is a person who […]

Social Impact

BeMe raises €750K from Eleven Ventures and angels to build a barrier-free world for Autistic individuals

By Elena Ivanova 28 September 2021 10 mins read

Around 1% of the world population has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Conditions and in […]

Social Impact

7 skills future teachers should have according to edtech founders

By The Recursive 21 September 2021 10 mins read

How will the future teachers look like and what will their role be in the […]

Social Impact

Technology enables teachers to “solve the hard problems of society”, with Raluca Stratulat

By Antoanela Ionita 17 September 2021 11 mins read

As they attempt to make sense of the new digital technologies available, surpass the inevitable […]

Social Impact

Labbox, Kosovo edtech startup teaching kids engineering, is looking to expand beyond the Balkans

By Bojan Stojkovski 10 September 2021 3 mins read

For more than two years, edtech startup Labbox Education has been bringing science, electronics, and […]