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Startups

From idea to unicorn in three years: The hypergrowth story of Bulgarian SMSBump

By Irina Obushtarova 3 April 2021 < 1 mins read

🧩 Have you ever wondered what it takes for a Sofia-based startup team to go […]

Travel Tech

How can blockchain make travel booking safer and less costly?

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 1 April 2021 5 mins read

Have you ever wondered how many parties are actually involved in the process of arranging […]

Startups

Bulgarian startup Dronamics launches a cargo drone airline

By Etien Yovchev 31 March 2021 3 mins read

On March 31, 2021, Bulgarian startup Dronamics, specializing in the development and operations of autonomous […]

Smart Cities

Are digital twins the future of physical assets and infrastructure management?

By Elena Ivanova 29 March 2021 4 mins read

Cities, companies, and public authorities are beginning to see what benefits can derive from the […]

Events

Innovation Academy: the educational competition set to scale youth entrepreneurship in Bulgaria

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 26 March 2021 3 mins read

How can young entrepreneurs build their skills and knowledge in order to be able to […]

Sustainability

Can decentralized production be the answer to sustainable and affordable energy?

By Elena Ivanova 24 March 2021 4 mins read

Due to the generous Green Deal investments from the European Innovation Council, the increasing need […]

Social Impact

New funding opportunity for applied robotics and AI science in Bulgaria

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 23 March 2021 2 mins read

The America for Bulgaria Foundation has launched the second edition of its “Science with a […]

Startups

Yotpo is now a unicorn with Bulgarian SMSBump as its fastest-growing portfolio product

By Etien Yovchev 18 March 2021 3 mins read

It’s been just over a year since Bulgarian SMS marketing automation platform SMSBump was acquired […]

Corporate Innovation

TBI Bank expands digitally throughout Europe

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 18 March 2021 3 mins read

How can banks efficiently become digital? According to a 2020 report on the digital challenges […]

Fintech

SumUp raises €750M in debt to expand affordable POS solutions to more merchants

By Elena Ivanova 17 March 2021 2 mins read

The London-based international mobile point-of-sale company SumUp that has its R&D team located in Sofia […]

Smart Cities

Smart city programming: what is the next generation of SEE coders working on?

By Elena Ivanova 12 March 2021 3 mins read

Many successful startups have sprung from hackathons and there are abundant examples of such stories […]

Sustainability

Plan A raises $3M to help more businesses turn sustainability into competitive advantage

By Elena Ivanova 9 March 2021 3 mins read

The B2B carbon reduction software Plan A that is co-founded by the Bulgarian Lubomila Jordanova, […]