Ecosystem | Die Player und Regeln, die das Ökosystem prägen

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transatlantic relations

Silicon Valley Vs. Europe. The Big Showdown.

This is a new project by Boyan Benev, Benev, who is also the founder of the AI service company SHYN. ©ABLE

News Innovation

Google Backs Bulgarian Project that Fights Misleading Numbers in News Through Quantum Computing

Alcatraz’s CEO Vince Gaydardzhiev was born in Bulgaria but he has been living in the US for over 20 years. In 2017 he decided to open an office in Sofia. ©BVCA

#diaspora

Alcatraz AI: A Robo Face Control System Developed by Bulgarian Entrepreneur has Raised $6M

Wearables might influence insurance primes. How come? ©Pixabay

#Insurtech #expertsforecast

The Next Big Thing in Insurtech: IoT and Blockchain will Bring Back Fairness

#expertsforecsts #video

The Next Big Thing in Fintech

Kalin Radev, Software Group and Vazil Hudak of EIB signed the first venture debt deal in Bulgaria ©Software Group

#EU #financing

Fintech Scaleup Software Group Receives €18M through a New Venture Debt Instrument of the European Investment Bank

Victor Penev was one of the panelists during RE:TURN, the initiative that aims to bridge the Bulgarian startup ecosystem with the diaspora in the USA ©BVCA

Face of the week

Victor Penev and Edamam: On the Intersection between Tech Entrepreneurship, Healthy Food, and Yoga

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#ranking

The FT 1000: Three Bulgarian Tech Brands Among the Fastest Growing Businesses in Europe

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Study

Not so Intelligent: The Huge AI Delusion

Alex Zhigarev, partner at Speedinvest ©Si

Interview

Investor: If Banks Are Smart, They Will Become the Platform for New Generation Fintech Startups

Davide Datolli, CEO von Talent Garden. © Talent Garden

Growth

Talent Garden: Italian Coworking Operator Raises €44M for Expansion in Europe and also CEE

Lubomir Yanchev, founder and CEO of MClimate

video story

The Smart Home Startup MClimate is Back On Track With New Security Product Line and Market Approach

Adeo Ressi, CEO of Founder Institute ©FI

Interview

Adeo Ressi: Entrepreneurs in Europe need to think bigger

Adeo Ressi, CEO of Founder Institute ©FI

expansion

Silicon Valley Pre-Seed Accelerator Founder Institute is Launching its Second HQ in Sofia

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Guest Post

Why I Don’t Have a Smart Home

In many cases entrepreneurs are not prepared for the leap to the US market and waste time and resources. ©Unsplash

expansion

A New US Market Entry Point for Bulgarian Founders

Sofia has evolved to a real startup hub thanks to a lot of private investments and efforts ©Dimitar Karanikolov

events

Three Events Aim to Bring the Bulgarian Ecosystem and the US Diaspora Closer

Video Story

Playground Energy: The Tech Company That Aims to Make Kids Stay Longer Away from Digital Technology

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Impact

Changemakers: The New Social Network for Tech, Art and Green Entrepreneurs in Bulgaria

Momchil Elenkov is responsible for the Viber strategic commercial partnerships with mobile operators on group level as well as in various markets worldwide. His fields of action also include tech-projects related to Fintech, AI, Chat-bots, B2B and B2C- communication between corporations and end-users via the Viber-ecosystem. ©Rakuten Viber

Interview

Viber: We are Discussing Services Related to Payments and Peer-to-Peer Exchanges in CEE

Challenger bank N26 is already a unicorn after it gained another €260M of investment at valuation of $2.3B earlier in 2019. © N26

Report

European Super-Scaleups: Out of The Bubble into The Unicorn World