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Fintech

How cryptocurrencies can accelerate economic growth in the Western Balkans

By Bojan Stojkovski 22 June 2021 6 mins read

When 29-year-old Sarajevo-born Vedad Mesanovic founded Block Insight at the end of 2020, his goal […]

Deals

Greek-Cypriot digital insurance agent Hellas Direct raises €32M and plans an expansion

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 21 June 2021 3 mins read

The digital insurance company Hellas Direct, raised €32M in a new financial round with the […]

Investors

LAUNCHub Ventures with second closing of its €70M fund, IFC joins the limited partners list

By Etien Yovchev 20 June 2021 2 mins read

Sofia-based venture capital firm LAUNCHub Ventures has announced the second closing of its new, CEE-oriented […]

Deals

Startups from Southeast Europe have raised over $1.2B in the first half of 2021, more big rounds coming

By Etien Yovchev 20 June 2021 4 mins read

The first half of 2021 is almost gone, so it’s time to stop for a […]

Startups

Bulgarian EV maker Kinetik is crowdfunding its way back after a fire destroyed its production space

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 17 June 2021 5 mins read

Kinetik Automotive, a Bulgarian manufacturer of boutique electric vehicles, launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise […]

Startups

AI startup 2Parts gets €50K from Innovation Capital to help businesses get over manual data entry

By Elena Ivanova 17 June 2021 4 mins read

Day-to-day accounting is usually associated with hours of keyboard typing, data processing, and entry – […]

Deals

Vitosha Venture Partners backs 13 Bulgarian startups with €2.7M

By Elena Ivanova 17 June 2021 8 mins read

Vitosha Venture Partners, one of the newest Bulgarian early-stage VCs, officially announced the second batch […]

Sustainability

Sustainable urban mobility in the SEE: Trends & local players

By Antoanela Ionita 16 June 2021 11 mins read

Sustainable urban mobility is a key task for all European cities, as part of the […]

Smart Cities

Sofia becomes a sandbox city for the co-creation of sustainable urban solutions

By Elena Ivanova 16 June 2021 3 mins read

According to unofficial data, around 25% of the total housing capacity of Sofia is taken […]

Mobility

Romania as an automotive innovation hub: Porsche Engineering opens its second R&D location

By Antoanela Ionita 16 June 2021 3 mins read

Porsche Engineering, the technology service provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Porsche, has chosen Timisoara […]

Social Impact

Andra Bria on leveraging tech for social inclusion

By Antoanela Ionita 15 June 2021 6 mins read

Celebrating Pride Month, more and more tech companies are showing support for the LGBTQ community […]

SPONSORED Startups

Ten companies enter Endeavor Bulgaria’s growth accelerator program

By Endeavor Bulgaria 15 June 2021 4 mins read

Endeavor Bulgaria announced the ten companies which will enter its 4-months-long “Dare to Scale” acceleration […]