Ecosystem | Die Player und Regeln, die das Ökosystem prägen

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

The indicators are number of international student, journal exports, international publications, Nobel prizes and patents. ©Pixabay

data

Bulgaria Ranks 11th in the Good Country Index Thanks To Its Science & Technology Contribution to the World

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

Lam’on: On a Mission to Make the Printing Industry More Eco-Friendly

Vassil Terziev is currently partner at early stage investment fund Eleven ©Eleven Ventures

Interview

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

Ups.. why is it all empty? Google via Search Engine Land

article 11 & 13

Google is Railing Against Newly Revived EU Copyright Reform

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Copyright in EU: The Upload Filters Were Off the Table. They Are Back Now.

it takes a car with an internal combustion engine eight years on the road to leave the same negative footprint on the environment as the battery production for a Tesla Model S, new study says. © Pixabay

Study

E-Cars Are More Environmentally Friendly Than Expected. But They Are Not Perfect Yet.

Mark Zuckerberg and his App Family. © Facebook

comment

15 Years Facebook: ¯_(ツ)_/¯

In last year’s edition the host and journalist, Svetoslav Ivanov raised the issue of the black mirror so this year Innovation Explorer will further develop the subject ©Innovation Explorer

Innovation Explorer 2019

Will Political Systems Survive if All Human Tasks Get Automated and Private Space Disappears?

There are some key metrics VCs look at when reviewing a company ©Pixabay

Ecosystem

Key Metrics: What Makes SaaS, Marketplace, E-Commerce and Hardware Startups Interesting for VCs?

Alexander Mihaylov and Metodi Terziev of betahaus put a lot of effort on building a transdisciplinary community © Denislava Delcheva

New horizons

There’s Still Space on the Coworking Market in Sofia: betahaus is Growing and Moving to a New Space Downtown

The local unit will be reviewing and moderating content in Russian and Turkish. ©Pixabay

manipulative news

Is Facebook Really Building a Bulgarian Unit?

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guide + voting

Which Are the Hottest Blockchain Startups in Bulgaria?

How long will it take for this new economy to enter the mainstream or will this ever happen? ©Pixabay

overview

Blockchain in Bulgaria: Everyone’s Talking but Who’s Really Doing it?

The re-use of the open data can contribute, for example, to the growth of the European economy, the development of artificial intelligence and to overcoming societal challenges.©Pexels

new directive

EU: Startups Get Free Access to Public Sector Data

In 2018 aeternity Ventures invested $1.3M in blockchain companies ©aeternity

opportunity

The Blockchain Accelerator Startfleet Opens New Application Window