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Blockchain

Crypto stands for freedom: Kriptomat closes €2.2M, led by LAUNCHub Ventures

By Antoanela Ionita 29 June 2021 3 mins read

The centralized crypto exchange startup, Kriptomat, has just closed a €2.2M round led by LAUNCHub […]

Startups

Innovation Capital awards €280K to the seven winners of XL Radar 21 accelerator

By Elena Ivanova 25 June 2021 3 mins read

How about a transition from virtual pitching to pitching on the beach? On the 19th […]

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 […]

Investors

BlackPeak Capital’s SEE Growth Equity Fund achieves first closing towards €120M target

By Antoanela Ionita 14 June 2021 3 mins read

BlackPeak Capital, a private equity investment fund with a focus on SEE, completed a €68.5 […]

Startups

Greek Venture Friends expands its investments to Latin America

By Elena Ivanova 2 June 2021 3 mins read

Founded in 2016 by the serial entrepreneurs and angel investors Apostolos Apostolakis and George Dimopoulos, […]

Diaspora

Community building at scale: Orbiit raises $2.7M, LAUNCHub Ventures also joins the round

By Etien Yovchev 28 May 2021 4 mins read

According to First Round’s State of Startup survey (conducted in 2019), communities are extremely important […]

Investors

Bogdan Axinia from eMAG Ventures is looking for the next e-commerce unicorn in CEE

By Elena Vrabie 27 May 2021 4 mins read

Bogdan Axinia has been with the eMAG Group, the e-commerce market leader in Romania, for […]

SPONSORED Startups

Innovation outside the capital: Looking for the next wave of emerging startups in cities across Bulgaria

By Innovation Capital 13 May 2021 9 mins read

Finding co-founders, accessing high-quality talent, and being able to reach market adoption quickly are some […]

Investors

Inside the Greek startup and VC ecosystem with Apostolos Apostolakis, co-founder and partner at VentureFriends

By Irina Obushtarova 29 April 2021 < 1 mins read

VentureFriends (VF) had the first 100% private venture capital fund in Greece. Launched in 2016 […]

Startups

Innovation Capital with a new program to accelerate pre-revenue ideas for the post-pandemic world

By Elena Ivanova 27 April 2021 3 mins read

As we are slowly walking towards the post-pandemic world, ecosystems should focus on facilitating the […]

Investors

Sofia-based VC LAUNCHub Ventures with a new company exit

By Elena Ivanova 24 March 2021 4 mins read

Whether it is Slack, Zoom, or Teams, IT companies are trying to reduce their fixed […]

Startups

B2B startups from SEE generate more revenue per invested capital than those in the US

By Elena Ivanova 22 February 2021 3 mins read

The value generated by European B2B startups per funding outweighs that of US and B2C […]