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R&D Destinations

North Macedonia’s IT workforce lives its “Great Resignation” moment

By Bojan Stojkovski 3 March 2022 5 mins read

At the end of January, 27-year-old Robert finally made a decision that took him a […]

Leadership

5 key strategies for building online communities

By Antoanela Ionita 2 March 2022 7 mins read

As the wave of solidarity with Ukraine following the Russian invasion travels around the world, […]

Ecosystem

What is the social responsibility of businesses during the Ukrainian crisis

By Elena Vrabie 2 March 2022 6 mins read

In the past week, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many businesses around […]

Investors

South Central Ventures announces new €70M technology fund to help Western Balkans’ startups reach global markets

By Bojan Stojkovski 2 March 2022 2 mins read

Regional venture capital fund manager South Central Ventures (SCV) announced a new € 70M worth […]

Podcasts

How to build a brand people trust with Peter Mitev from Chaos

By The Recursive 1 March 2022 2 mins read

Today, on The Recursive podcast we welcome one of the few engineers to have walked […]

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 […]

Fintech

Payhawk Is Officially Bulgaria’s First Unicorn

By Elena Ivanova 1 March 2022 6 mins read

•     Less than 4 years – this is how much time it took for […]

Fintech

Adrian Cighi, co-founder of Pago, on what is next for digital payments: Our biggest competitor is habit

By Elena Vrabie 28 February 2022 10 mins read

Fintech was the second biggest vertical in SEE when it came to funding rounds in […]

Future of Work

The AI workplace collaboration startup Mentessa raises €1M to take on Slack

By Elena Ivanova 28 February 2022 5 mins read

Mentessa, the Munich-based AI platform for workplace collaboration, raised a €1M seed round led by […]

Blockchain

Romanian Bware Labs raised a €6M Series A to encourage the blockchain ecosystem to grow

By Elena Vrabie 28 February 2022 3 mins read

Bucharest-based Bware Labs, which offers a blockchain API (application programming interface), has raised over €6M […]

SPONSORED R&D Destinations

7Security: How this Bulgarian startup launched its business in Austria

By Austrian Business Agency 28 February 2022 2 mins read

The home country of the founders is not always the best market for startups to […]

Social Impact

How crypto turned into alternative to fund support for Ukrainians on the ground

By Antoanela Ionita 25 February 2022 3 mins read

Cryptocurrency is making steps towards becoming an alternative mechanism of fundraising for humanitarian aid. In […]