{"id":29749,"date":"2022-02-24T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=29749"},"modified":"2022-02-24T13:42:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:42:23","slug":"invest-sofia-is-a-partner-of-innovation-academy-2022-the-biggest-competition-for-early-student-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/invest-sofia-is-a-partner-of-innovation-academy-2022-the-biggest-competition-for-early-student-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest Sofia Is A Partner of Innovation Academy 2022 – The Biggest Competition for Early Student Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ninth edition of the Innovation Academy, the biggest competition for student startup ideas, will take place soon. The competition is organised by the innovation agency Innovation Starter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Again, Invest Sofia will join the hackathon as an institutional partner of the event together with the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria and the European Investment Bank. At the invitation of the organisers, our CEO Dr. Maria Hristova will be a speaker and a member of the jury.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Innovation Academy is the largest public-private partnership in the country between organizations from the private, academic, public and NGO sectors. The project aims at developing students’ entrepreneurial skills and at funding their early business ideas. The initiative started in 2014 in partnership with 1 university from Sofia. Today, the event is held nationwide, in partnership with 14 Bulgarian universities and training centers. So far, more than 4,300 participants and more than 720 teams have been trained in the project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Innovation Academy 2022 will be held in 3 main modules:<\/span><\/p>\n