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Ecosystem

From Rock Bands to Software and Gaming: This Serial Entrepreneur Pushes Albania’s Ecosystem Forward

By Bojan Stojkovski 1 August 2022 4 mins read

For serial entrepreneur Engjell Rraklli, startups are much more than innovation. Тhey have a vast […]

Startups

Ex-Telerik Vesko Kolev on a Mission to Smooth the Transition to Entrepreneurship

By Elena Ivanova 21 July 2022 3 mins read

By no coincidence, renaissance entrepreneurs – those who have rich business experience and are now […]

Ecosystem

20 Exited Founders and What They’re Doing Now

By Elena Ivanova 14 July 2022 12 mins read

According to data from Dealroom, in 2021 and 2022, startups from Southeast Europe sealed almost […]

Women in Tech

Who are the Greek Women in Tech: A Map with 30+ Female Entrepreneurs

By Bojan Stojkovski 5 July 2022 19 mins read

Who are the Greek Women in Tech: A map with 10+ verticals, 30+ female founders […]

Women in Tech

Who are the Bulgarian Women in Tech: A Map with 30+ Female Founders

By Elena Ivanova 28 June 2022 17 mins read

Who are the Bulgarian Women in Tech: A Map with 30+ Female Founders By Elena […]

Startups

10 Burning Questions about Fundraising Answered

By Elena Ivanova 15 June 2022 6 mins read

You are a founder. Your startup is at the stage when it needs external financial […]

Investors

Investor and founder of GMG Ventures Denise Xifara: How VCs can add value to your business

By Borislava Lund 27 May 2022 11 mins read

Media and academia – two vast realms that one wouldn’t necessarily connect together at first […]

SPONSORED Events

7 reasons why startup founders must join the ViennaUP’22

By Vienna Business Agency 10 May 2022 6 mins read

ViennaUP’22, the largest community-driven startup festival in Central and Eastern Europe kicks off on May […]

Fintech

The First Unicorn Effect: Meet the Founders of Payhawk

By The Recursive 7 March 2022 3 mins read

It is a moment we have been all waiting for. The Bulgarian tech ecosystem has […]

Leadership

Who are the empathetic SEE tech founders to join The Obama Foundation Leaders Europe program

By Elena Vrabie 31 January 2022 6 mins read

There are many ways in which we define a leader. It might be a person […]

Leadership

3 Romanian startups share their secrets to successful pivoting

By Elena Vrabie 26 October 2021 5 mins read

The pandemic was an eye-opener for many startup founders. For Dragos Badea, founder and CEO […]

Startups

Global Database targets €1.4M and aims to become the largest source of digital B2B information

By Elena Vrabie 2 September 2021 4 mins read

Global Database, an information aggregator company, raised €1.1M out of their €1.4M target in a […]