R&D 12 articles

Climate Tech

Energy From Artificial Leaves? A Romanian Scientist Explains His Invention.

By Yulvie Izet 11 October 2022 9 mins read

One doesn’t think too often of the lotus leaves floating on lakes or rivers, or […]

Startups

After the Acquisition of Leanplum, CleverTap Raises $105M in Series D

By Elena Ivanova 10 August 2022 3 mins read

  Merely 3 months after acquiring the US-Bulgarian mobile marketing platform Leanplum, the US-based retention […]

R&D Destinations

American blockchain company R3 chose Sofia for its first Eastern European R&D hub in partnership with INDUSTRIA

By Petya Kotseva 1 June 2022 3 mins read

R3, the American blockchain solutions provider with offices in London, Dublin, New York, and Singapore, […]

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 […]

Deep Tech

A dream come true: How Bulgaria got its MIT

By Elena Ivanova 21 April 2022 10 mins read

Recently, the first AI institute in SEE opened doors in Sofia to grow the Bulgarian […]

AI

Amazon, Google and DeepMind support Bulgaria to become an AI research powerhouse

By Elena Ivanova 11 April 2022 5 mins read

Today, the first AI institute in SEE opens doors in Sofia to grow the Bulgarian […]

Startups

Clipping’s successor Design Technologies launches to power digital commerce for interiors industry

By Elena Ivanova 4 February 2022 5 mins read

After Clippings was acquired by the US unicorn Material Bank in August 2021, the company […]

Podcasts

What can stoicism teach you about entrepreneurship with Ciprian Borodescu from Algolia

By Zornitsa Stoilova 11 January 2022 2 mins read

It’s a new year, and a new episode of The Recursive podcast. Our first stop […]

Podcasts

How can Bulgaria win the human capital race with Daniel Lorer

By The Recursive 2 November 2021 3 mins read

Next on The Recursive podcast, we welcome seasoned entrepreneur and investor turned political candidate Daniel […]

R&D Destinations

Bulgarian Snejina Zacharia, co-founder of US-based Insurify, on why Sofia is a top location for an R&D office

By Viktoria Kuzmanova 19 May 2021 5 mins read

US-based digital insurance agent Insurify recently announced establishing its first European office in Sofia, Bulgaria. […]

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 […]

Ecosystem

How close is the SEE region to become a corporate R&D hotspot? Find out through this interactive map

By Elena Ivanova 1 March 2021 3 mins read

Is the SEE region moving away from being viewed as an outsourcing destination? And is […]