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The €15M Pre-Seed Fund Innovation Capital: Back On Track After The False Start And Going On A Tour In 5 Cities in Bulgaria

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

The €15M Pre-Seed Fund Innovation Capital: Back On Track After The False Start And Going On A Tour In 5 Cities in Bulgaria

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

After the turbulent several months at the beginning of 2020 related to […]

NOTO & Visa Innovation Program: “We received really good market validation and visibility in the local banking market”

By VISA

“The major challenge for a regtech startup is to gain a portfolio […]

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The EIC Fund: For The First Time The European Commission Makes Direct Equity Investments

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund now has its official entity and […]

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VC BrightCap Launches New Funding Program for Aviation Startups

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

BrightCap Ventures partners with AirNav Systems, a global flight tracking and […]

Vitosha Venture Partners Is Now Officially The New Early Stage VC In Bulgaria And Is Open For Business: Details

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

The governmental Fund of Funds has officially signed its contract with Vitosha […]

Elina Halatcheva, managing partner at BrightCap Ventures © BrightCap Ventures

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Bulgarian VC BrightCap Leads the $12M Investment Round of Silicon Valley 3D Geospatial Startup Enview

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Deals in which a VC fund from a small and rather young […]

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Crisis Measures: Four Bulgarian VC Funds Can Now Close Deals Under Eased Requirements For Private Co-Investments

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Last week the Bulgarian governmental Fund of Funds received an approval from […]

Daniel Tomov, managing director of Eleven Capital © Bulgarian Stock Exchange

VC On The Stock Exchange:

Eleven Capital Is Now Officially A Public Company. What Does It Actually Mean For The Ecosystem?

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

“The listing of Eleven Capital is a historic moment both because it […]

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Explained: Crisis Support Measures For Startups And VCs In Bulgaria

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Although the tech and startup sector might not be experiencing the current […]

Q&A

Adapting To The New Situation: 7 VCs From The Region Share Their Priorities And Near Future Plans

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Q&A

Adapting To The New Situation: 7 VCs From The Region Share Their Priorities And Near Future Plans

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

The projected decline of venture capital financing in Q1’20 will be the […]

Eleven Capital Team. From left to right, Vassil Terziev (board member), Ivaylo Simov (manager, deputy Chair of board), Daniel Tomov (executive director), Valeri Petrov (Chair of the board) © Eleven Capital

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Eleven Capital IPO: More Than Half Of The Shares Subscribed Before Public Listing. VC Considers Bridge Funding Forms For Portfolio Startups

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Eleven Capital, the first venture fund in Bulgaria that decided to go […]

trends & expectations

VC In Bulgaria: Will 2020 Be The Year Of The Many Deals?

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

2019 will remain in the history of the Bulgarian VC ecosystem as […]

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Eleven Capital Goes Public

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

We are used to the idea of companies going public, but IPOs […]

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CEO Angels Club Publishes The First Guide For New Angel Investors In The Local Market

By Trending Topics Team

CEO Angels Club, the Bulgarian angel investors network, has decided to translate […]

Stephane Gantchev, Launchub Ventures © Jordan Mihajlov

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Stephane Gantchev: We Don’t Need B Or C Series VCs In Eastern Europe. There Are Not Enough Late Seed And Pre-Series A Funds

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

After at least a year of total silence from one of the […]

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Vitosha Venture Partners: Everything You Need To Know About The New VC In Bulgaria

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

The governmental Fund of Funds has chosen Vitosha Venture Partners as the […]

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Evgeny Angelov: In Many Cases, The Bulgarian VCs Have Subsidised Instead Of Profited From The Funds They Run

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

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Evgeny Angelov: In Many Cases, The Bulgarian VCs Have Subsidised Instead Of Profited From The Funds They Run

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Trending Topics is starting a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

Ivailo Gospodinov, BlackPeak Capital ©Trending Topics

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Ivailo Gospodinov: Let’s Face It, Scaling A Business From Bulgaria Globally Is A Hard Task And Requires More Than Just Money

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

In the startup world, almost everyone is talking about global scalability. But […]

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Bulgarian Mezzanine Partners Will Manage The Largest Investment Fund In Bulgaria So Far

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Capital for growth or a so-called Mezzanine fund has been a missing […]

Nikolay Martinov, Impetus Capital © Trending Topics

interview

Nikolay Martinov: The Building I See From My Office Window Costs More Than All The Venture Capital Invested In Bulgaria Last Year

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Nikolay Martinov is a serial investor and trader. In 2005, he pioneered […]

Elina Halatcheva, BrightCap Ventures ©Jordan Mihajlov, Trending Topics

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Elina Halatcheva: We Found Enough Startups Under The Radar Worth Investing In So We Extended Our Fund

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Trending Topics has started a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

Apostolos Apostolakis © VentureFriends

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Apostolos Apostolakis: Five Years Ago In Greece There Was More Funding Than Eligible Entrepreneurs To Claim It. There’s Balance Today.

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Trending Topics has started a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

Nikola Stojanow, AE Ventures ©aeternity

interview

Nikola Stojanow: There Are A Lot Of Ways To Get A Project Funded In Eastern Europe, But There Is No Consistent Mentoring

By Krum Panchev

Trending Topics is starting a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

Interview

George Tziralis: Greece Is A Small Market, So Ambitious Founders Target Globally From Day One

By Etien Yovchev

Trending Topics has started a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

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Marvin Liao: European Founders Are as Good As US Ones But Sometimes Don’t Have the Same Ambition

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Marvin Liao is a partner at the global seed VC 500 Startups […]

Cristian Dan Munteanu, managing partner at EarlyGame Ventures © EarlyGame

interview

Cristian Munteanu: Only People With Very Superficial Knowledge Of The Industry Think We Can Replicate The Silicon Valley In CEE

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Trending Topics has started a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

Enis Hulli, 500 Startups Istanbul @ private archive

interview

Enis Hulli: In SEE And Turkey, B2C Startups Are Usually Designed For The Local Markets, B2B Ones Go Global

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Trending Topics has started a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

Dan Mihaescu, GapMinder VC ©GapMinder

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Dan Mihaescu: Most Of The Early Stage Companies In Romania Are Designed For The Local and Regional Market

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Trending Topics has started a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

Daniel Tomov, Eleven Ventures © Trending Topics

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Daniel Tomov: We Have Invested In 115 Companies In Three Years. I’m Not Sure I Would Do It Again.

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Trending Topics has started a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

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Dealroom: The Most Active European Series A VCs That Invest Outside Their Country

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

There seems to be enough pre-seed and seed funding throughout Central and […]

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Pavel Ezekiev: The Focus Of The VC Industry In Bulgaria Has Shifted Towards Collecting Management Fees

By Alexandra Kozbunarova, Krum Panchev

Trending Topics is starting a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

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Pavel Velkov: My Investment Style Is Risk-Averse. I Prefer Lower Returns With Lower Probability Of Loss

By Krum Panchev

Trending Topics is starting a series of interviews with venture capital, private […]

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Blockchain Investors, International VCs and Business Angels: Racing For The New €20M Acceleration Fund

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Who will manage the third acceleration fund financed primarily through the […]

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Adeo Ressi Of Founder Institute On Exits, Entrepreneurial Mindset And Shifts In The Startup World

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

The world has seen different faces and sides of the 47-year-old Silicon […]

Interview

Vassil Terziev: Any Angel Investment Should Be Seen as a Write-Off

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Vassil Terziev is probably the most active and well-known angel investor in […]

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Drones, Gamers And The Balkan Switzerland

By Ivaylo Simov

Ivaylo Simov is investment manager with over 15 years of experience, and […]

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Bulgarian Startup Nasekomo Raises €4M To Turn More Organic Waste Into Protein and Scale Environmental Impact

By Alexandra Kozbunarova

Nasekomo, the Bulgarian startup that upscales organic waste streams from the […]

Ecosystem Building | Urban Tech

The Dawn Of Corporate Venture Capital In Bulgaria: From Angel Investments Through Startup R&D Incubation To An International Smart City Fund

By Etien Yovchev

“New urban tech ventures have been developed within Telelink for several years […]

VC Interviews

Myrto Papathanou: The Ability To Productify Technology Was Missing From Greece But The Ecosystem Is Finally Starting To Mature

By Etien Yovchev

At the beginning of May, Applied Materials, one of the world’s largest […]

Interview

Frank Thelen: EnduroSat Can Enable Access To Space The Same Way AWS & Azure Enable Cloud Computing For Everyone

By Etien Yovchev

German investor Frank Thelen and his deep tech fund Freigeist Capital recently […]

Investors

The Big Reset: European Venture Capital: Market and Policy Perspectives – A Session Hosted By BVCA

By Trending Topics Team

European Venture Capital: Market and Policy Perspectives. Fireside chat, focusing on […]

Fundraising in times of crisis.

The Big Reset: Recession-proof Fundraising: Investors Share Their Advice – A session hosted by LAUNCHub Ventures

By Trending Topics Team

During The Big Reset Days, LAUNCHub Ventures invited leading European investors to […]