The news of Summify being acquired by Twitter is great news for Romanian entrepreneurs. It’s one more proof that you can be successful, coming from this part of the world. There’s a bit of a controversy on weather this was a good exit or not – check out Natasha’s post on Goal Europe. All debates on the exit strategy aside, it is undoubtedly recognition of the value the Summify team created.
Summify just announced their recent acquisition by Twitter. The startup started in Romania, joined the Bootup Labs accelerator in Canada, moved to Vancouver and has gone through a couple of pivots. The final product, an application that creates a summary of the most important pieces of news shared on the user’s network, was launched in the summer of 2010.
Brainient, the Romanian startup developing a platform to support video advertising, announced earlier today that they closed another funding round, raising $1.8m from a collection of investors. The main investor is Prague-based Credo Ventures. Atlas Venture, Estag Capital and existing investors Serry Coutu and 500 Startups have also
Startupers out there, if you’re in Bucharest on January 26th, this is a must-attend event!
One of North America’s top angel investors, Boris Wertz, is hosting an event in effort to get to know the Bucharest start-up community and meet its many talented entrepreneurs and engineers.
Speak League is the winning project of Startup Weekend Romania. I went as a visitor to see the final pitches of SW and I gotta tell you, I was wow-ed by the idea. Speak League started with an idea on Friday, which was developed into a startup, with a business model and a working demo that was performed live on stage on Sunday evening. The team of 4 was formed on the spot and
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