{"id":20118,"date":"2019-08-20T12:43:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T12:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/mentoring-program\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:32:51","slug":"mentoring-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/mentoring-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentoring Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Mentoring Program \u2014 WordPress -->\n<!-- Template: \u0418\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 -->\n<!-- FULL CONTENT \u2014 nothing cut -->\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1.15rem;color:#4B5563;line-height:1.8;max-width:720px\">As part of the Accelerator Startup Sofia pilot, Invest Sofia organizes a 2-day mentoring program for the chosen innovative firms.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,#0E3A52,#1a0e2e);border-radius:20px;padding:28px;color:#fff;margin:2rem 0;text-align:center\">\n  <div style=\"font-size:.7rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.12em;color:rgba(255,255,255,.4);margin-bottom:6px\">Mentoring Program<\/div>\n  <div style=\"font-size:2rem;font-weight:800;background:linear-gradient(135deg,#34D399,#7EC5E2);-webkit-background-clip:text;-webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;line-height:1.1\">11\u201312 September 2019<\/div>\n  <div style=\"font-size:.85rem;color:rgba(255,255,255,.45);margin-top:8px\">Accelerator Startup Sofia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Mentors<\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);gap:12px;margin:1.5rem 0\">\n  <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:14px;background:#F9FAFB;border-radius:12px;border-left:4px solid #3198C5\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rumen Iliev\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;flex-shrink:0\">\n    <div><strong 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<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0-4.jpg\" alt=\"Teodora Sotirova\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;flex-shrink:0\">\n    <div><strong style=\"font-size:.85rem;color:#111827\">Teodora Sotirova<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.7rem;color:#6B7280\">Business &#038; Innovation Adviser \u2014 H2020 and European Innovation Council<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:14px;background:#F9FAFB;border-radius:12px;border-left:4px solid #1D6E9E\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/newKaloyan_Ratchev_Size_304_x_360_px_Resolution_72_dpi_RGB_Color_Mode.jpg\" alt=\"Kaloyan Ratchev\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;flex-shrink:0\">\n    <div><strong style=\"font-size:.85rem;color:#111827\">Kaloyan Ratchev<\/strong><br><span 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Dr. Tsvetana Stoyanova<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.7rem;color:#6B7280\">UNWE \u2014 Management<\/span><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tsvetana-stoyanova-01288b42\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size:.65rem;color:#3198C5\">LinkedIn \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:14px;background:#F9FAFB;border-radius:12px;border-left:4px solid #63005B\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download.png\" alt=\"Fund of Funds\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;flex-shrink:0;background:#fff\">\n    <div><strong style=\"font-size:.85rem;color:#111827\">Fund of Funds<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.7rem;color:#6B7280\">Operational Programs Instruments<\/span><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fund-manager-of-financial-instruments-in-bulgaria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size:.65rem;color:#63005B\">LinkedIn \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:14px;background:#F9FAFB;border-radius:12px;border-left:4px solid #0D9488\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nadia-Soultanova-2.jpg\" alt=\"Nadia Soultanova\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;flex-shrink:0\">\n    <div><strong style=\"font-size:.85rem;color:#111827\">Nadia Soultanova<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.7rem;color:#6B7280\">Invest Sofia \u2014 Working with Institutions<\/span><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nadia-soultanova-25a375a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size:.65rem;color:#0D9488\">LinkedIn \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Accelerator Startup Sofia pilot, Invest Sofia organizes a 2-day mentoring program for the chosen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-info.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38127,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20118\/revisions\/38127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}