{"id":9627,"date":"2017-12-15T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T08:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=9627"},"modified":"2017-12-15T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T09:00:29","slug":"seven-bulgarian-teams-europe-100-challengers-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/seven-bulgarian-teams-europe-100-challengers-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Bulgarian Teams and Individuals in the New Europe 100 Challengers 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9462 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/neweu100.jpg\" alt=\"7-Bulgarians-New-Europe-100-2017\" width=\"487\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/neweu100.jpg 692w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/neweu100-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/neweu100-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/neweu100-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/neweu100-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/neweu100-133x75.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/>Seven Bulgarian teams and individuals have been listed in the\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Europe 100 Challengers 2017<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0For a fourth year in a row the edition acknowledges the brightest and best citizens of central and eastern Europe\u2019s &#8211; those who are changing the region\u2019s societies, politics and business environments and displaying fresh approaches to prevailing problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teams and individuals from 14 countries were selected by Google, the Financial Times, Res Publica (the Warsaw-based journal), and the state-supported Visegrad Fund promoting integration within central Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the challengers from Bulgaria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anita Klasanova &#8211; co-founder and chief technologist of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smartorganic.eu\/en\/our-brands\/roobar-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roo Brands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which makes energy bars and cookies from dried fruits, raw nuts and superfoods. The inspiration for the company came from Ms Klasanova\u2019s search for healthier snacks for her own children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimitar Dimitrov &#8211; CEO of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tickey.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an app that makes it easier for people to use public transport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zanni Sabev, Blagovest Dimitrov, Lyubomir Yanchev &#8211; co-founders of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/seemelissa.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MClimate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8211; IoT company which helps users control cooling and heating systems in their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joana Koleva, Iva Tsolova, Anton Gavrailov &#8211; co-founders of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/jamba.bg\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamba<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an online platform providing training and career assistance for disabled people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rossi Mitova &#8211; founder and CEO of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/farmhopping.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmhopping<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an internet shopping platform connecting farmers and consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Naydenov &#8211; co-founder of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/paperhive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PaperHive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an online hub where scholars can collaborate in reading complex texts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neven Boyanov &#8211; a digital entrepreneur recently involved with creating\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/divacare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DivaCare<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a platform that helps women recover from breast cancer treatment through a cloud-based mobile platform that connects patients with their doctors, physical therapy providers, and support groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more details of the New Europe 100 list see<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ne100.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.ne100.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven Bulgarian teams and individuals have been listed in the\u00a0New Europe 100 Challengers 2017. \u00a0For a fourth year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9627","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=9627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}