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AI

Investment in Western Balkans AI Startups Dropped in 2024 – What’s Next?

By The Recursive 12 February 2025 2 mins read

The AI sector in the Western Balkans has seen fluctuating investment levels over the past […]

Deals

Western Balkans Funding Rounds in H1 2024 – Native Teams shows the way

By Loredana Dobrea 26 July 2024 3 mins read

In H1 2024, the ecosystem in the Western Balkans continued to develop compared to the […]

For the Western Balkans, a region grappling with economic challenges and striving for a brighter future, the beacon of hope comes in the form of the tech industry.

Ecosystem

Top 5 Funding Rounds in Western Balkans in 2023

By Bojan Stojkovski 26 September 2023 2 mins read

For the Western Balkans, a region grappling with economic challenges and striving for a brighter […]

NEAR Balkans is one of them - it is the first major blockchain hub in the region, launched by one of the biggest blockchain technology ecosystems and now focused on strengthening its presence in the region and specifically in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia and Slovenia.

Web3

Can the Western Balkans Become a New Web 3.0 Hub? These Blockchain Experts Think So

By Bojan Stojkovski 23 September 2022 5 mins read

While web 3.0, or blockchain-incorporated internet is mostly seen as a concept that will develop […]

Inovo’s third fund will continue the company’s mission of identifying and nurturing outstanding founders of tech companies from Central and Eastern Europe and supporting them in conquering international markets.

Startups

This Polish VC Launched Its Third Fund at €100M for CEE Startups

By Bojan Stojkovski 25 August 2022 4 mins read

• Polish Inovo VC announced its third fund worth €100M and over 50 percent of […]

With extensive experience in managing online oriented business and working in large corporations, Croatian entrepreneur Marko Matijevic has been working on developing Gamio for the past two years.

Gaming

This Startup Helps Gamers Earn Crypto While Playing Their Favorite Games

By Bojan Stojkovski 25 August 2022 4 mins read

Earning crypto while playing your favorite games – while for most this sounds like a […]

As inflation is on the rise, investors are becoming uncertain about the potential profits they would get in return - thus, fundraising in a downturn is not an easy task.

Startups

We Asked The VCs: What To Do When Valuations Drop and Fundraising Takes Longer

By Bojan Stojkovski 10 August 2022 8 mins read

In the past few months, global equity markets have been in a slump. In such […]

From AI, to e-commerce and various marketplaces for digital tools and services, we present our selection of the top six Western Balkans startups.

Ecosystem

Top 6 promising startups emerging from the Western Balkans

By Bojan Stojkovski 6 May 2022 3 mins read

The Western Balkans is proving to be a fertile ground for young and ambitious innovators, […]

One of the main goals of the Western Balkans Investment Readiness Program is to put the Western Balkans region in the investment spotlight in 2022.

Ecosystem

10 startups from the Western Balkans to watch for in 2022

By Bojan Stojkovski 21 March 2022 5 mins read

One of the main goals of the Western Balkans Investment Readiness Program is to put […]

South Central Ventures continues to invest in the Western Balkans early stage tech start-ups and help them tackle global markets.

Investors

South Central Ventures announces new €70M technology fund to help Western Balkans’ startups reach global markets

By Bojan Stojkovski 2 March 2022 2 mins read

Regional venture capital fund manager South Central Ventures (SCV) announced a new € 70M worth […]

The monitoring system that BioSense and NASA are developing looks to use satellite imagery for the improvement of Serbian water and land resource utilization.

Agritech

Serbian biotech institute teams up with NASA to help agriculture mitigate climate change

By Bojan Stojkovski 3 February 2022 3 mins read

Novi Sad-based R&D biotech institute BioSense will work together with NASA on a project that […]

More than 20 years ago, the initial idea that led electrical engineer Silvio Kutic to found what is now the first Croatian tech unicorn and one of the biggest communication software companies in the region

Ecosystem

The unicorn effect: how Croatian tech giant Infobip gives back to the tech community

By Bojan Stojkovski 28 January 2022 6 mins read

More than 20 years ago, the initial idea that led electrical engineer Silvio Kutic to […]

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