Eastern Europe Exposed - A podcast about startups, founders and investors, created by Techsylvania
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Eastern Europe is the land of talent that is most of the time unrecognized by the media. Here, you will discover technical experts, founders, and investors, who’ve built impressive companies or kickstarted local ecosystems. This podcast is hosted by Vlad Ciurca, the co-founder of Techsylvania. Its aim is to shed a bit of light on the other side of the curtain and to find the next big thing coming out of Eastern Europe. Nonetheless, it tries to direct West’s direction towards East.
Location:
Romania
Description:
Eastern Europe is the land of talent that is most of the time unrecognized by the media. Here, you will discover technical experts, founders, and investors, who’ve built impressive companies or kickstarted local ecosystems. This podcast is hosted by Vlad Ciurca, the co-founder of Techsylvania. Its aim is to shed a bit of light on the other side of the curtain and to find the next big thing coming out of Eastern Europe. Nonetheless, it tries to direct West’s direction towards East.
Twitter:
@techsylvania
Language:
English
Website:
http://techsylvania.co/
Email:
contact@techsylvania.co
Episodes
Digital Marketing Trends in CEE - Conv. with Andra Stuparu, Digital and E-comm Leader CEE at Philips
12/22/2022
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 channels and many more.
Duration:00:21:28
With surgical precision in frontier technologies— with Irina Haivas, VC Partner at Atomico
11/18/2020
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 deeper understanding of it, Irina has a strong eye when it comes to the companies they invest in. Discover more insights found at the intersection of healthcare, tech and VC funds, in this dedicated session.
Duration:00:25:17
The Journey Of Great Products In Eastern Europe- Behind The Scenes With Ivan Klaric, CEO Score Alarm
8/3/2020
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 journey and the tech ecosystem in this region of Europe.
Duration:00:17:02
How To Fundraise With Zero Connections With Fang Yuan, Director At Baidu Ventures
6/2/2020
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 are some questions that can help us differentiate between a great business idea and a VC-backable idea—discover them by hitting play.
Duration:00:23:15
COVID-19 crisis within an 800 person organization with Calin Vaduva, CEO of Fortech
4/27/2020
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 company, and Calin talks about Fortech and how its well-defined organizational structure can be the backbone of a productive output at all times.
Duration:00:20:54
Looking for European Diamonds with Andrei Cionca, Founder of RocaX
1/7/2020
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 investors look for when choosing to support the right startups.
Duration:00:15:40
Romanian IT ecosystem insights with Voicu Oprean, Founder and CEO at AROBS
11/27/2019
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 market developing forecasts. He is also exposing his investor’s point of view, listing key startup success attributes.
Duration:00:14:35
European Travel Startup Success Story with Dennis Vilovic, Founder of TroopTravel
11/27/2019
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 TroopTravel really works.
Duration:00:16:32
Technology for a healthy lifestyle with Mikael Fredholm, Founder of Monday App
11/19/2019
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 his switch from corporate to IT entrepreneurship.
Duration:00:15:35
About Turning Points With Bogdan Herea From PitechPlus
11/19/2019
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 partner and future plans.
Duration:00:17:57
Growing global scale startups with Karel Obluk, General Partner at Evolution Equity Partners
10/22/2019
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 improvements in preparing for growth, but also the source of startups’ ideas and future investing opportunities.
Duration:00:17:50
The future of image recognition apps is coming from Eastern Europe - with Georgi Kadrev (Imagga)
3/30/2019
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 businesses. Georgi Kadrev, founder and CTO explained for us how Imagga's API was born and what it can do. Hit play and you can find out more about the future of AI and how can an API like this evolve.
Duration:00:13:26
How to take your business international | Advice from 4 founders & CEOs
1/30/2019
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 Colceriu (Frisbo) - took their businesses international and are now sharing some key advice about the process.
Duration:00:31:37
On Cybersecurity and the startup scene in Eastern Europe with Florin Talpes (Bitdefender)
10/19/2018
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 startups in this sector and how they can rise from Eastern Europe.
Duration:00:24:12
Digital banking and the future of the mobile-based current accounts with Irina Scarlat from Revolut
9/30/2018
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 Scarlat, Country Manager at Revolut shares the challenges the digital banking alternative is facing in Eastern Europe.
Duration:00:18:34
Mihai Raneti on developing a CPU for cybersecurity and getting financed by Tim Draper
9/23/2018
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 he convinced Tim Draper to invest a million dollar in CyberSwarm.
Duration:00:18:38
The Future of Advertising with Anda Gansca (Knotch) and Katherine Manderfield (The New York Times)
9/13/2018
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 New York Times’ T Brand Studio and Anda Gansca, CEO and Co-Founder of Knotch, the leading, independent provider of real-time intelligence for marketers. This conversation took place on the stage of the 5th edition of Techsylvania and it is an eye opener...
Duration:00:19:18
What is the mindset of technical experts from Eastern Europe with Emoke Starr, Prezi’s Head of HR
4/11/2018
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 oriented culture. Bonus: The kitchen experiment and why Prezi is better than other presentation tools in a Harvard University study: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0178774
Duration:00:14:43
Exploring Romania with Cory Reid, US based entrepreneur and angel investor
12/7/2017
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 and how he’s planning to get involved in the local startup ecosystem.
Duration:00:25:28
LAUNCHub’s Partner Rumen Iliev on investing in Eastern Europe
9/6/2017
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 into venture capital and what he’s looking at when deciding to fund an entrepreneur.
Duration:00:25:48