Emerging Economies | February 16, 2018 |
The Central and Eastern Europe has been resilient and full of spirit. The ecosystems in each of these nations are showing more maturity with more successes and exits under showcase. This week in Emerging Economies Digest we have curated the region vividly and certain nations and some startups from them for their thought provoking work.
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| | Adam Jezard - World Economic Forum The former Soviet Union satellites have realized they have the potential to leap to the next level: economies driven by knowledge-based businesses instead of agriculture, mining and heavy industry. Education system focuses on "maths, sciences and engineering and churns out all these engineers". Drawn by this talent-pool, private equity and venture capital investments into companies in central and eastern Europe reached almost €1.6 billion (US$1.8 billion) in 2016 — the highest amount since 2009 — according to data from Invest Europe. | | TROMBA After scanning hundreds of candidates, the report depicts in detail the most promising Startups and Scaleups of the region and the state of the innovation ecosystem in 8 countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania).In all eight countries of the region, startups, supporting institutions, interesting technology, and founders with an ambitious mindset work on day to day to make this part of Europe globally successful. | | FOXYpreneur - StartUs In February 2018, Enterprise Hungary will launch the Startup Campus V4 Global Tour, whereby innovative companies from the V4 countries- Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia - will be able to introduce themselves to investors and large business partners. The main purpose of the Startup Campus V4 Global Tour program is to introduce Central and Eastern European startups to international markets. The tour across 10 cities and venues aims to promote this region, with special focus on the V4 countries. | | MATHEW DI SALVO - 150sec.com All eyes are on Latvia this week, with one of the biggest tech and startup events in the region kicking off in the capital.The Baltics are frequently in the tech and startups limelight. But the slightly lesser-known Latvia?Its small capital, Riga, is a giant in its own right and a gem for flourishing businesses, with the majority of the country's 300 startups being based there. | | CtrlShift Inc Brussels, 24th of January 2018. StartUp Europe Awards is promoted by the European Commission and supported by the President of the Committee of the Regions, several members of the European Parliament as Ambassadorand it is implemented by Finnova Foundation in collaboration with StartUp Europe. | | Dorothy Marton - Techflier A dynamic backdrop makes for an exciting, multifaceted startup scene like no other in the world. | |
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