{"id":5243,"date":"2017-02-17T13:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T11:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=5243"},"modified":"2017-02-24T13:55:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:55:34","slug":"seven-young-bulgarians-in-forbes-30-under-30-europe-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/seven-young-bulgarians-in-forbes-30-under-30-europe-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Young Bulgarians in Forbes \u201c30 Under 30\u201d Europe 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven talented young Bulgarian entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders were included in the 2017 European edition of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the categories of Manufacturing and Industry, Social Entrepreneurs, and Arts and Style.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alexander Naydenov, 26, Social Entrepreneurship<\/b><\/p>\n

Alexander is the co-founder of <\/span>PaperHive<\/span><\/a> – an online coworking hub that serves as a resource for scholars and scientists to collaborate while reading complex texts, and to generate ideas for scientific research. In 2015 the German fund Exist that supports academic start-ups invested in PaperHive. One year later, the company announced that it will partner with one of the largest publishers of scientific, technical and medical literature – Elsevier.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Iliyan Dimov – 29, Emiliyan Kadiyski – 29, and Teodor Kostadinov – 23, Social Entrepreneurship<\/b><\/p>\n

Iliyan, Emiliyan and Teodor are the co-founders of <\/span>Vratsa Software Community<\/span><\/a>. Their organization provides free technical education and offers 9-month programming courses. Previously they\u2019ve won the Reach for Change social entrepreneurship competition and a Google RISE award.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rossi Mitova – 29, Social Entrepreneurship<\/b><\/p>\n

She created <\/span>Farmhopping<\/span><\/a> – an online marketplace for small family eco-farms to sell their products directly to customers. By eliminating the middleman, Mitova enables the farmers to offer their products at lower prices while increasing profit margins, Forbes said. In 2014 the company joined one of the biggest accelerator programs in Europe – Seedcamp. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Konstantin Rangelov – 25, Manufacturing and Industry<\/b><\/p>\n

He is one of the cofounders of <\/span>Dronamics<\/span><\/a>, a company developing car-sized aerial drones for cargo. Dronamics cargo drones can carry up to 350 kg at a distance of over 2,500 km. In 2015, Konstantin and his brother Petar won one of Europe’s largest startup competition – Pioneers Festival Challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kiko Kostadinov – 27, Arts and Style<\/b><\/p>\n

Kiko is the creative director of Mackintosh 0001. He unveiled his first collection in 2016 and is expected to show his Mackintosh 0001 capsule collection at the Paris Fashion Week in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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