In this episode, Andra Stuparu, Digital and E-commerce Leader CEE at Philips shares insights into their strategy since the outbreak of the war, key differences between the CEE and global markets in terms of e-commerces trends, smart shopping ch

With surgical precision in frontier technologies— with Irina Haivas, VC Partner at Atomico

Nov 18th, 2020 25m 18s

This episode of Eastern European Podcast puts Irina Haivas, Partner at high-profile VC fund Atomico, under the spotlight about her career journey from a surgeon to a startup investor. Knowing the healthcare industry from within and having a d

The Journey Of Great Products In Eastern Europe- Behind The Scenes With Ivan Klaric, CEO Score Alarm

Aug 3rd, 2020 17m 2s

Ivan Klaric founded the first tech company to introduce native mobile apps to the sports betting industry in 2012 and got acquired by Superbet in 2017. In this episode, Vlad Ciurca discusses with him about his background, entrepreneurial journe

How To Fundraise With Zero Connections With Fang Yuan, Director At Baidu Ventures

Jun 2nd, 2020 23m 15s

In this episode of Eastern European Exposed, Fang is helping us understand the traditional VC options as well as identifying some alternative paths. Even if you have a strong business model or an innovation that makes you stand out, there still

COVID-19 crisis within an 800 person organization with Calin Vaduva, CEO of Fortech

Apr 27th, 2020 20m 54s

In this episode, Calin Vaduva, the CEO of Fortech, one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Central and Eastern Europe reveals details about their risk mitigation plan. The COVID-19 situation also affects the workflows within a large

Looking for European Diamonds with Andrei Cionca, Founder of RocaX

Jan 7th, 2020 15m 32s

in this episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad is talking to Andrei Cionca, Founder of Roca X, an investment fund that invests in technology startups, bridging early-stage startups with experienced VCs. Find out useful insights on what investo

Romanian IT ecosystem insights with Voicu Oprean, Founder and CEO at AROBS

Nov 27th, 2019 14m 35s

in this episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad is talking to Voicu Oprean, founder and CEO of AROBS (https://www.arobs.com/), one of the biggest Romanian IT company. Voicu reveals the challenges of growing an IT company in this landscape and m

European Travel Startup Success Story with Dennis Vilovic, Founder of TroopTravel

Nov 27th, 2019 16m 33s

in this episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad interviews Dennis Vilovic, Founder of TroopTravel, a European startup success story. They discuss how they came up with the startup idea, tips and tricks for successful investors pitches and how T

Technology for a healthy lifestyle with Mikael Fredholm, Founder of Monday App

Nov 19th, 2019 15m 35s

in this episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad is talking to Mikael Fredholm, Founder of Monday App, a platform that offers a variety of healthy solutions for improving wellbeing. Mikael gives some insights on their success recipe, but also on

About Turning Points With Bogdan Herea From PitechPlus

Nov 19th, 2019 17m 57s

in this episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad is eager to get more insights from Bogdan Herea, Founder and CEO at PitechPlus, about their recent company acquisition, the entire process, from envisioning this moment, to finding the right partn

Growing global scale startups with Karel Obluk, General Partner at Evolution Equity Partners

Oct 22nd, 2019 17m 50s

In this episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad gets some insights from Karel Obluk, General Partner at Evolution Equity Partners. The experienced investor shares the challenges that startups face on the path of becoming unicorns, changes and i

The future of image recognition apps is coming from Eastern Europe - with Georgi Kadrev (Imagga)

Mar 30th, 2019 22m 34s

Deep in Eastern Europe a company build on fresh ideas and innovation is rocking the image recognition global scene. Imagga is based in Sofia (Bulgaria) and has created the next generation of image recognition applications for developers and bus

How to take your business international | Advice from 4 founders & CEOs

Jan 30th, 2019 31m 11s

To create a successful company is hard enough, but to scale it to international markets and all that from Eastern Europe it's a true challenge. Four founders & CEOs - Dan Isai (Salad Box), Sergiu Biris (Zonga), Mihai Dragan (Oveit), Bogdan Colc

On Cybersecurity and the startup scene in Eastern Europe with Florin Talpes (Bitdefender)

Oct 19th, 2018 24m 1s

Florin Talpes, founder and CEO of Bitdefender, the most successful Romanian IT company and a leading technology player in the global software security market, talks about cybersecurity at Techsylvania 2018. He also covers the subject of startu

Digital banking and the future of the mobile-based current accounts with Irina Scarlat from Revolut

Sep 30th, 2018 18m 19s

An in-depth look at digital banking and how Revolut will change the future by allowing everyone to have a secure, mobile-based current account that allows users to hold, exchange and transfer without fees in 25 different currencies.Irina Scar

Mihai Raneti on developing a CPU for cybersecurity and getting financed by Tim Draper

Sep 23rd, 2018 18m 23s

Romanian startup founder, Mihai Raneti talks about the challenges an entrepreneur from Eastern Europe faces when developing a CPU specialized for cybersecurity which empowers every device to defend itself in case of a cyber attack. Find out how

The Future of Advertising with Anda Gansca (Knotch) and Katherine Manderfield (The New York Times)

Sep 13th, 2018 19m 9s

In this episode we are taking an in-depth look at the future of advertising. Who better to explore this segment and predict the challenges we are going to face in the next years than Katherine Manderfield, Director of Content Strategy at The Ne

What is the mindset of technical experts from Eastern Europe with Emoke Starr, Prezi’s Head of HR

Apr 11th, 2018 14m 34s

In the fourth episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad interviews Emoke Starr, the Head of HR for Prezi (https://prezi.com). They discuss about Prezi’s products, how you develop a tech company out of Eastern Europe, how you stimulate a product o

Exploring Romania with Cory Reid, US based entrepreneur and angel investor

Dec 7th, 2017 25m 19s

In the third episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad interviews Cory Reid, Managing Director at Tyton Partners. Cory will talk about his journey from starting and leading multiple companies in the US, to why he’s now spending time in Romania an

LAUNCHub’s Partner Rumen Iliev on investing in Eastern Europe

Sep 6th, 2017 25m 39s

In the second episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad interviews Rumen Iliev, at Bulgarian seed fund LAUNCHub. Rumen will talk about how they got started with one of the first investment funds focusing on Eastern European startups, how we got i

On skobbler's Acquisition And Building A Tech Company From Romania with Philipp Kandal

Apr 27th, 2017 21m 57s

In the first episode of Eastern Europe Exposed, Vlad interviews Philipp Kandal, a German entrepreneur who was the co-founder and CTO of skobbler and now is the VP of Engineering at Telenav. Phillipp will talk about how he built skobbler into a

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