{"id":15604,"date":"2019-01-25T21:30:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T19:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=15604"},"modified":"2019-01-25T21:30:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T19:30:49","slug":"sofia-in-talks-to-join-the-start-alliance-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-in-talks-to-join-the-start-alliance-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia in Talks to Join the Start Alliance Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15517 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/berlin-sofia.jpg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/berlin-sofia.jpg.png 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/berlin-sofia.jpg-219x146.png 219w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/berlin-sofia.jpg-50x33.png 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/berlin-sofia.jpg-113x75.png 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>New opportunities for partnership initiatives\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between Sofia and Berlin were discussed during the two-day visit of Vladimir\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danailov, CEO of Sofia Investment Agency, and Stefan Yonkov, head of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BGEconOfficeBer\/?__tn__=K-R&amp;eid=ARCl_kMgwz-286oun4hSb0lzMx4Cr7VkpHhmizzUmcTQ4U2nZ2xXtep6EJIgl5J0-rZTvHz2cyXUe0i6&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__[0]=68.ARAbIYOSeRzvCDa25J65NmySbj-Yha_A_4PjdMk9admxyZomky8vzxbZFJXjYoi99K5uL7sld8xtXiMuZHLvlZMniRa_3fnt2-1pH9UhdAfyxtqq_1Pgak10aqM6j33b5PdTHJP2RKzucapz3IYO0cFaJ4l9CxpS_ggL7LJzasFK7HjmY3bUYaN6r7BGn9Orz4rofLC1jXSy5bctfvlm910daTP7FLfIfBZ_mlQBcgguaC_ResQ8pwSE7dT6zoX6o4Rvcr-vph1Z1fJ7-LgN4GfQpf50FDNzPU575f4mQHd4jL2srStcPKEqtlFqomTHMwf-Ccih40RqC0gBOHQTwaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trade\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Economic Office at the Embassy of Bulgaria in Berlin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The discussions\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were focused on startup collaborations and traditional and technological\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">industries in the two capitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The talks with <em>Dr<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Christian Herzog<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, founder <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the platform and head of the Digital Business and Startup Companies Division at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berlin-partner.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berlin Partner f\u00fcr Wirtschaft und Technologie<\/a>, were mainly focused on the joining of Sofia to the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startalliance.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start Alliance<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">platform, the business network of the most\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attractive business centers in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin Partner is a public-private partner network that has been supporting the local and foreign business for more than 20 years and has shaped the face of the German capital as an attractive business destination. The organization cooperates with the Berlin State Senate and with more than 280 companies dedicated to promoting the city and responsible for the image of the German capital around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aim of Start Alliance is to help startups in adjusting their business models to international requirements, support their global growth and accelerate corporate innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past few years, Sofia has been showing a sharp development of the technology sector and entrepreneurial environment and is enjoying a strong international investor interest. The inclusion of Sofia in the alliance will be an extraordinary opportunity for our city to be a valuable partner in the network, which has now included undisputed startup hubs like Beijing, Berlin, Dubai, London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, Vienna and Warsaw<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, CEO Danailov said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, opportunities for cooperation in the field of traditional and technological industries and partnership initiatives between the two cities in support of startup businesses were also discussed at the meeting with Berlin Partner. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[su_spacer size=&#8221;10&#8243;][su_spacer size=&#8221;10&#8243;][\/su_spacer]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSofiaInvestmentAgency%2Fposts%2F788200734889067&amp;width=500\" width=\"400\" height=\"680\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[su_spacer size=&#8221;10&#8243;][su_spacer size=&#8221;10&#8243;][\/su_spacer]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The activation of the economic relationships between Sofia and the German capital was also the focus of the discussion with representatives of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate Department of Economics, Energy and Business of Berlin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Stefan Yonkov, Bulgaria\u2019s commercial representative in Berlin, both cities have many common interests in entrepreneurship, high technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) and many others. Our country is an <a href=\"http:\/\/iconomist.bg\/13461-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%82-%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%B2-%D0%91%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F?fbclid=IwAR2DqoiQ0R4h1NKzhVICK2QR4SldL0fT1e-NuaqdDdoiUdxRzCs6rEcol8M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attractive business partner <\/a>because of its geographic location with convenient logistical connection to leading German business markets as well as due to our EU membership, access to educational institutions and qualified staff, the currency board, stable economic environment, favorable tax policy, high competitiveness and lower production costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[su_spacer size=&#8221;10&#8243;][su_spacer size=&#8221;10&#8243;][\/su_spacer]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; New opportunities for partnership initiatives\u00a0between Sofia and Berlin were discussed during the two-day visit of Vladimir\u00a0Danailov, CEO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=15604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}