R&D 17 articles

R&D Destinations

10 Emerging R&D Centers in CEE in 2023

By Elena Ghinita 19 December 2023 3 mins read

In recent years, CEE has emerged as a magnet for technology and IT companies, hosting […]

AI

There’s Been an Explosion of AI R&D in Greece in the Last 5 Years. What Drives It?

By Zornitsa Stoilova 6 December 2023 8 mins read

Professor Vasilis Vassalos is leading the Information Processing Lab and is the Director of the […]

AI

Why Greece Is Brimming With AI talent With Alex Alexakis from Marathon VC

By Zornitsa Stoilova 1 December 2023 8 mins read

Alex Alexakis is an investor at the Greek fund Marathon VC. Before that, he was […]

AI

To Get Ahead in the AI Race, CEE Needs a Better Collaboration Between Academia and Industry

By Zornitsa Stoilova 22 November 2023 12 mins read

Aristos Doxiadis is an economist and sociologist who is also a pioneer of private equity […]

AI

INSAIT’s Innovation Alchemy: Transforming Research into Thriving Ventures

By Snezhana Simeonova 1 November 2023 4 mins read

“It is imperative for CEE to follow the INSAIT example: work on becoming a technological […]

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 […]