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Sustainability

A house of straws? Bulgarian team is tying tradition and sustainability in construction

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 3 September 2021 4 mins read

How many of us choose sustainable materials for the construction and renovation of our dream […]

Ecosystem

Innovation Policy: Where is Bulgaria and what should be done next?

By Zornitsa Stoilova 1 September 2021 12 mins read

Although Bulgaria is in limbo, as political parties quarrel, unable to form a government, innovation […]

Startups

Bulgarian AI platform Umni.bg raises fresh capital to assist businesses in customer servicing and task automation

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 31 August 2021 4 mins read

Umni.bg, the first Bulgarian AI platform for 24/7 customer support, closed a follow-up fundraising round […]

Podcasts

You don’t need to be perfect to create something purposeful with Georgi Kadrev from Kelvin Health

By The Recursive 31 August 2021 2 mins read

In the sixth episode of The Recursive podcast, we welcome one of the tech pioneers […]

Sustainability

Female-led team is building the first science-based GHG calculator in Bulgarian

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 30 August 2021 6 mins read

ClimAccelerator Black Sea, the accelerator program for eco-innovation startups from Bulgaria and Romania, will finance […]

Future of Work

Bucharest, Sofia, and Skopje among the top tech cities of the future

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 27 August 2021 4 mins read

Five Southeastern European cities have been listed in the rankings of the fDi Intelligence division […]

Deep Tech

Bulgarian space company EnduroSat with a €10М investment by EIB

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 26 August 2021 4 mins read

Space tech scaleup EnduroSat specialized in engineering, building, and operation of NanoSatеllites, and the European […]

Fintech

Phos raises a €2M corporate round led by CM.com to further democratize card payments

By Elena Ivanova 25 August 2021 4 mins read

The fintech startup for contactless card payments Phos secured €2M pre-Series A round led by […]

Deals

Flix opens a Knowledge Hub in Bulgaria, following a $650M Series G

By Elena Ivanova 25 August 2021 4 mins read

With the closure of a $650M Series G round in June this year,  the largest […]

Podcasts

Leading with empathy to fight social injustice with Iva Gumnishka from Humans in The Loop

By The Recursive 24 August 2021 2 mins read

In episode 5 of The Recursive podcast, we welcome the Bulgarian human rights activist turned […]

Health

How to spot burnout before you burn out: three founders share their insights

By Elena Vrabie 24 August 2021 5 mins read

How stressed, tired, or moody are you on a scale from 1-9? Is anxiety patting […]

Fintech

The Sofia University and BFA programme for future fintech masters adds a new focus: blockchain

By Elena Ivanova 23 August 2021 4 mins read

Bulgaria is the second fastest-growing fintech ecosystem in the world and the first most developed […]