Author Archives: Monica Obogeanu

Romanian startup Nexi goes to Rockstart – a story of the first steps made right

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Nexi demonstrated their strong technical knowledge with a clear focus on what they are currently building. The selection committee saw great potential in their current product and several ways to develop what they have as a business. Rockstart Accelerator believes that with the right mentorship, Nexi will be very successful with their new approach dealing with a well-known issue“.

Balkan Venture Forum – Skopje, April 18th and 19th 2012

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Eastern European startups, investors and tech enthusiasts, are all expected on the 18th and 19th of April in Skopje, Macedonia for the Balkan Venture Forum. The event promises to bring the best high-tech entrepreneurs from the area to an audience of international venture capital and corporate investors.

The event’s agenda is filled with panels, pitches and reverse pitches

Two more days to apply for School for Startups Romania 2012

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Whether you’re already an entrepreneur or you’re just considering entrepreneurship as a career alternative, whether you’ve already found your business idea or you’re still searching for it, School for Startups Romania just might be the thing you need right now!

Conceived as a one-year program, School for Startups offers the help and support a startup needs in the initial phase of the business, which is said to be the most failure-prone.

A chat with Boris Wertz, investor and founder of the GrowLab accelerator

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Following the accomplishments of Romanian startups Summify (who he had invested in and was recently bought by Twitter) and SunnyTrail (who recently graduated the GrowLab accelerator), Boris Wertz visited Bucharest last month to meet the local tech entrepreneurial scene.

During the “Acelerate your startup with GrowLab” event, local startups were offered the opportunity to deliver 1-minute pitches and receive Boris’s feedback.

Rockstart accelerator – just a few more days for applications!

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With only 3 days left for applications for the next program, the Rockstart accelerator recently announced a new awesome batch of mentors. Mind you, we’re pretty proud to have Bogdan Iordache on that list! :)

So what is Rockstart Accelerator?