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Co-founders Boyan Bonev and Galia Jordanova came back to Bulgaria to develop a company here and test it first on the domestic market. @ Jordan Mihajlov, TrendingTopics.bg

hidden champion

Gaida.ai: The AI Startup That Aims to Prevent Painful Memories of Buying Real Estate

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hemp tech

Daye: Founded by Bulgarian FemCare Startup Raises $5.5M For Cramp-Fighting CBD Tampons

Notyf.ai aims to transform existing camera feed into actionable data @Notyf.ai

exit

Notyf.ai: Centroida Mergers Its Service Business with IT Company ScaleFocus and Continues as a Product Startup

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recognition

Bulgarian Lam’on Is Among Top 10 at The Chivas Venture Global Final 2019 and Wins $30K

Cait O'Riordan, Chief Product and Information Officer at Financial Times ©Ivan Kolazov

interview

Financial Times: AI and Machine Learning Will Disrupt the People Who Read Us

Marvin Liao, 500startups comes again for DigitalK @500 startups

#interview #digitalk2019

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

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acceleration

These 13 Early Stage Startups Will Receive Small Funding from Sofia Municipality

In December, Browswave founder Nikolay Nedev (l) has decided to hand over the management to Mihail Georgiev, who now has the goal to further grow the team of currently 50, find new business opportunities, and accelerate the growth rate. ©Jordan Mihajlov, Trending Topics

investment

Pricing Intelligence Startup Browswave Secures €400K and Considers an IPO in Near Future

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Video Story

Halfbike: The Bike With No Seat That Has So Far Managed To Raise $1.4m Via Crowdfunding

Opening of UiPath's first lab in Bucharest will enables customers and partners to deliver optimal RPA and AI implementations by simulating their environment beforehand. ©UiPath

AI & Robots

US-Romanian Unicorn UiPath Closes a Series D Round of $568М and Prepares for IPO

Julian Sofroniev, CEO of Biodit © Biodit Global Technology

going public

Biodit Has Received a Stock Exchange Voucher and Prepares for IPO Within Weeks

Chobolabs is the second common project of founders Deyan Vitanov (l) and Petar Dobrev ©

merger

Chobolabs: One Exit and Many Lessons On Doing a VC Backed Gaming Business

The core team of OfficeRnD is in Sofia but the company works mostly on the US and UK markets ©OfficeRnD

milestone hit

OfficeRnD: Awаrded Best Tech to Run a Space at The Global Coworking Conference and Already in 1000 Locations

interview

The Pitch Doctor: Founders Believe They Need To Address The Investors’ Brain First. That’s a Mistake

Over 15PB of files have been uploaded to pCoud's space. ©Pixabay

break-even

pCloud: The Swiss-Bulgarian Dropbox Challenger Says It’s Now Profitable

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

episode 1

The Bulgarian Tech & Digital Startup Ecosystem: Who is Who in 10 Words

This digital assistant tries to sell us a chatbot ©TrendingTopics

interview

Product Marketing Expert: A Chatbot Could Sell Two Times Better Than a Landing Page

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

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eCommerce

SMSBump: The Startup That Has Raised €200K to Bring Marketing Back in the SMS Inbox

“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

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Expansion

E-Identification Startup Evrotrust Sets a Foot in Austria