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A Bulgarian Engineer Solves Erectile Dysfunction With Fresh €6M in Series A

Authenticity eliminates fear with angel investor Stefi Vasilopoulou

How Macedonian-founded startup Upshift disrupts the $150bn recruiting industry

Greek-founded Better Origin raises $16M to fuel the future of food production

Bulgarian ETH Zurich professor Martin Vechev receives €2M to make AI secure, fair, and resilient

Bogomil Balkansky from Sequoia Capital on the first principles of building great startups

Greek-founded blockchain platform Axelar closes $35M Series B round, reaches unicorn status

Serbian-founded HTEC Group raises $140M to expand its global business

Nike acquired virtual shoemaker RTFKT to accelerate fashion in the metaverse

Adel Zakout of Clippings on digitizing the design industry

Dimitar Jetchev, co-founder of Inpher: “Secret Computing will see mass adoption in healthcare and fintech”

Bulgaria Innovation Hub is looking to help more high potential startups expand to the US

Bulgarian scientist is a co-designer of a data encryption algorithm to make keyless entry and health monitoring more secure

Turning brain drain into brain gain: Bulgarian Tuk-tam’s Hive 2021 is coming this September

In Memoriam: Boryana Straubel

Boryana Straubel will be remembered for the impact she has had as an entrepreneur on both the Bulgarian and US ecosystems.

The Greek YC graduate Terra raises $2.8M to unify health and fitness data

Community building at scale: Orbiit raises $2.7M, LAUNCHub Ventures also joins the round

US-Bulgarian LucidLink raises $12M with Adobe as strategic investor

150 pitches: the long run of API startup Terra and its Greek founder to Y Combinator

Alina Vandenberghe, Chili Piper co-founder: To achieve great things you have to inspire others to do good work

Bulgarian-led Pliant closes a $10M Series A round – to grow in the low-code automation market