Ecosystem | Die Player und Regeln, die das Ökosystem prägen

Currently the newest hub Campus X ranks #1 by size ©Alexander Novoselski, Campus X

shared offices ranking

Sofia is Among the Top 20 Coworking Space Markets in Europe

Dextrophobia, the first escape room startup in Bulgaria, has shifted towards outdoor quests and team buildings. ©Nedyalko Dervenkov

escape rooms

Dextrophobia: The Five Years Quest and New Horizons

SoftUni starts remote IT courses in Malaysia and the Philippines © Charles, unsplash

expansion

Bulgarian Private IT Academy SoftUni Expands to Malaysia and the Philippines

There are many ways to tell your startups story to the media - once you've identified the story, of course © Dmitry Ratushny, unsplash

Tips&Tricks

5 Ideas on Identifying The Stories in Your Company That Media Would Want to Publish

© Jordan Mihajlov, TrendingTopics

IoT

Telecom Operator Vivacom Launches a Tech Hall as First Step To Work Closer With The Startup Ecosystem

“We are the guardians of truth on the Blockchain!,” Anton Gerunov, COO of Logsentinel, summarized at the end of his pitch. ©Sebastian Kreuzberger

award

Bulgarian Infosec Startup LogSentinel Wins GovTech.Pioneers in Vienna

The savings of the households might be the significant capital source for IPOing startups in Bulgaria ©Pexels

Interview

Pre IPO Investors: Startups Considering an IPO in Bulgaria Should Rely on Sleeping Households’ Savings

Spark already has seven models users can choose from ©Jordan Mihajlov, TrendingTopics

e-mobility

E-Car Sharing Service Spark Continues to Grow in Sofia and will Enter Romania by Mid 2019

This year's edition of the accelerator is trying to identify solutions against energy poverty ©Emil Danailov, Subektiv

#impact #opportunities

Social Entrepreneurs with Ideas in the Energy Domain Can Apply for Acceleration and Small Grants

Konstantin Bezuhanov, CEO of Evrotrust Technologies

Expansion

E-Identification Startup Evrotrust Sets a Foot in Austria

The Founder of OneCoin Ruja Ignatova is still at large, her brother Konstantin Ignatov was arrested in March after promising an IPO several times. Here's what we could learn from the case. ©OneCoin

April Fools’ Day

7 Ways to Recognize Crypto Scams

©Endurosat

Achievement of the Week

Bulgarian Nanosatellite Startup Endurosat Featured in NASA’s State of the Art Report

©TrendingTopics.bg

Ecosystem

Everything you Need to Know About the New Investment Fund Innovation Accelerator Bulgaria

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#femaleinvestors

A Global Directory Shows The Female Face of the Global Venture Capital Industry

It's challenging to attract millennial talent ©unsplash

#notalent #creativesolutions

Why is this Startup Launching Tinder for Jobs and What else are Companies Trying to Attract Talent

EU Flag ©Pixabay

#EU #explained

The New Copyright Reform: What Does it Mean For Media, Artists and Startups

Steven Spielberg partners with Apple. © Apple

this fall

Apple TV+: Pros and Cons

Our guest author Krum Panchev discusses the future of the token economy ©Pixabay

Guest article

Google’s new Gaming Platform, Future of Streaming Services and What it Means for the Token Economy

It’s hard to estimate the size of the game dev market because it’s often calculated together with all creative industries or as part of the IT sector, Heliyana Velinova of Game Dev Summit tells us. ©Garret Morrov, Pexels

Study

The Bulgarian Game Dev Industry Consists of Micro Studios and is Specialized in Desktop Games

Angela Ivanova (l) and Gergana Stancheva started Lam'on in 2017 and went through the idea stage acceleration program Launchpad, part of Climate-KIC

#green

Bulgarian Impact Startup Lam’on is Running for a Share of $1M Funding to Set Up Own Production Site

EIT Digital Venture has an open call for holistic teams © headway, unsplash

early stage

Three Acceleration Programs in Bulgaria You Might Haven’t Heard of