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Idea Challenge by EIT Digital - win up to 40K euro prize!

Are you building the product in the field of privacy, security and trust?  Then learn how you can grow your startup by EIT Digital‘ leading European innovation network and apply for Idea Challenge. Winners get up to 40 K euro prize/grant and mentorship program (distance). (more…)

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The Eleven interview - What is Sofia's secret?

The Eleven interview – What is Sofia’s secret?

“When you look at Bulgaria since 2012 in terms of politics and economy – I really think Eleven and LAUNCHub are the single best thing that happened to the country in those tumultuous past few years. They gave so many young people the motivation to come to Bulgaria and build new and exciting technologies here. People with world-class education and amazing upward mobility, people who could work in…

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Tips and tricks on fundraising in CEE Region by Credo Ventures

Tips and tricks for fundraising in CEE Region by Credo Ventures

Here are the good news: you don’t have to go to the Silicon Valley to get funded. Not even London or Berlin. There is plenty of capital to be found in the CEE. You just have to know where to look. And the bad news: if you know where to look, and still can’t get funding that means your current idea/startup is just not good enough. And if you can’t raise funds in the CEE, the odds are very high you…

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Another Bulgarian success on Pioneers Festival Vienna - Dronamics Dronamics has won the Pioneers Festival Challenge 2015 – one of the biggest startup competitions in Europe!

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Hightech Venture Days aka fast track to German investors

Hightech Venture Days aka fast track to German investors

High Tech Startbahn and SEMI seek Europe’s 60 best start-ups and high-growth companies for strategic partnering. If interested read on and apply till 31 May. (more…)

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Pioneers Festival 2014 winner Oradian Secures Seed Round To Reinvent Core Systems for Microfinance

Autumn Pioneers winner Oradian Secures Seed Round To Reinvent Core Systems for Microfinance

Oradian, developer of core technology platforms for microfinance institutions, announced yesterday the closing of its seed round at an undisclosed amount. The firm secured the funding from new investors, both angels and VC firms, including Credo Ventures, Playfair Capital, Day One Capital, Esther Dyson, Moaffak Ahmed and Pule Taukobong (Africa Angels Network) ! (more…)

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GE to take the lead in IoT sector – Interview with GE EMEA Technology Director

General Electrics (GE) the industrial giant has set the goal to be the forerunner of Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city, and therefore catch the wave of open innovation and involve more startups in their business. I asked Zoltan Koltai, EMEA Technology Director at GE Lighting, also board member at Lighting Europe how he sees the role of GE in IoT.

Zoltan Koltai, GE Lighting

What is Internet…

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Maribor turns Merrybor! - PODIM Conference 2015

We wrote about the Slovenian startup accelerator model in winter. Now, here is your turn to inhale the entrepreneurial spirit of  the pioneer in the region in Maribor. Get your last minute ticket to PODIM Conference!

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Liber8 Technology signing up for the tough Pioneers competition - learn their story

Liber8 Technology signed up for the tough competition of Pioneers - learn their story

The Pioneers Budapest event is approaching… IoT Startups, it’s high time for you to apply! If you are selected for pitching at the Budapest event, you have the chance to win a free ticket to the famous Pioneers Festival in Vienna in May, get shortlisted to the Pioneers Festival Startup Challenge Top 50 and receive coaching from their official coaches + a LogMeIn team professional coaching.

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Participate at ‘PioneersBudapest’ and win a ticket to Pioneers Festival in Vienna!

Participate at ‘PioneersBudapest’ and win a ticket to Pioneers Festival in Vienna!

Pioneers Budapest will take place on 27th April. This event taking place in an informal setting at LogMeln office is an opportunity for startups to win a free ticket to the great Pioneers Festival in Vienna.

The motto behind this famous festival is to make sure that Pioneer’s vision comes across the right people to become a reality. That’s why it gives space to seed and early stage startups with…

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CEEDS'15 by Webit - Bulgaria welcomes again the biggest CEE startup summit

For 7th year on the 21st and 22nd of April CEEDS’15 by Webit shall welcome the top European enterprise and startups to an event for the digital, tech and media/advertising markets with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. The organizers are expecting over 3000 attendees from 40 countries.  (more…)

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Skretch your name on the Telekom Wall of Fame with you IOT solution! Join the Business Wall of Fame Contest, partner with Deutsche Telekom, win an advertising campaign worth €30,000,

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How can big data make the world a better place? - Illuminated Minds at GE wonder

How can big data make the world a better place? – Illuminated Minds at GE wonder

Can traditional, slow and bureaucratized processes be modified and agile, fast innovation processes be implemented? Is there any entrepreneur or at least any human who has never came up with the same question?  Our partner, General Electrics (GE) is ready to announce a campaign against the sluggish bureaucracy impeding innovation and businesses with the help of entrepreneurs with little resources…

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How big data can save the world - Illuminate Minds at GE discuss the question

How will big data stop climate change? - Illuminated Minds

Modern industry and commerce are in transformation and data is at the heart of this change. Businesses must respond to the new world order with swift innovations, disruptive technologies and new forms of social interaction –but how can they overcome the hurdles that stand between vision and execution? Our partner, GE Illuminated Minds Roundtable will explore these topics and more, looking at the…

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All the CEE ladies – who are the top 12 woman startups?

All the CEE ladies – Check out the best women startups in the region

The jury of CEE Women Startup Competition has announced the shortlisted top 12 female-run startups out of 120 applicants (!). The overwhelmed online jury included representatives from no bigger names than the Nordic Startup Awards, Yandex Tolstoy Startup Camp, Deloitte, GE Healthcare, Google, EuCham and Pioneers Festival. The female entrepreneurs are now invited to participate on a 4-day-long…

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Toblerone, Lindt, Google, Y Combinator... All will be there at StartSummit Switzerland!

Entrepreneurial students! The Swiss StartSummit is waiting for you

Have you been looking for an opportunity to set foot into the start-up world? Attend the START Summit 2015!

Get inspired by listening to speeches by Ryo Umezawa, the CEO of Hailo; Dalton Caldwell from Y Combinator or by the founders of Dubsmash. Learn from the pros by attending workshops in your field of interest. No matter if you are keen on learning more about product innovation from Microsoft…

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Startup Sauna Budapest - 3 startups up in line for a crazy acceleration programme in Helsinki

On Monday, February 23rd the Startup Sauna local tour kicked off with an event in Budapest at Demola, the BME innovation lab. This somewhat industrial-looking venue filled with a dynamic and innovative spirit set the tone for the day.  (more…)