‘Covid-19 and business in Bulgaria: challenges and opportunities’ Webinar

А webinar for the Bulgarian innovation ecosystem by Tzvete Doncheva.

The world as we know it may never be the same. As the Covid-19 outbreak accelerates, businesses need to be agile and resilient in order to withstand. In the age of uncertainty, collaboration in the innovation ecosystem is paramount to minimize the economic risks.

This panel will bring together the perspectives of established leaders from the startup, corporate and investment scene in Bulgaria to discuss the challenges and opportunities stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak for Businesses not only in the country, but abroad.

What are the differences and similarities between the current situation and previous economic downturns?

What are the essential steps founders and business owners should take to best prepare their companies and teams for a challenging time ahead?

What are the new opportunities, presented by behavior shifts resulting from the pandemic?

The brilliant panel of speakers will address these questions and more.

Filip Genov, Founder and CEO, F27
Georgi Pavlov, Vice-Chairman, AG Capital
Iva Gumnishka, Founder and CEO, Humans in the Loop
Ned Dervenkov, Vice Chairman, BESCO
Stoyan Angelov, Founder, Evedo
Thibaut Taittinger, Founder, Puzl CowOrKing

🎙Speakers

About Filip Genov:
Filip Genov is the CEO and Founder of F27 and has over 25 years of experience in banking, innovations, and technology. He has created and managed several 500+ million euro financial institutions. He is the Founder and MD of Sophia Lab, Chairman of the SEE’s Annual FinTech and InsurTech Summit. Filip is also a venture partner at NV3, an early stage Bulgarian venture capital fund

About Georgi Pavlov:
Georgi Pavlov was the Executive Director of Address Real Estate (2011-2019) and the Vice-Chairman of AG Capital, the largest Bulgarian property business group and has been a board member of the group for more than 10 years. He was previously Development Director at Stara Planina Holding, a large industrial group that is listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. He is the founder of Proptech.bg, a community that aims to bring PropTech companies, start-ups, industry experts and investors together.

About Iva Gumnishka:
Iva is a social entrepreneur passionate about connecting vulnerable communities to the future of work. At Humans in the Loop, she employs refugees and conflict-affected people in Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq for providing image and data labeling for Artificial Intelligence. She is a Columbia University graduate and part of Forbes 30 under 30 Bulgaria for 2018

About Stoyan Angelov:
Stoyan is the Founder and CEO of evedo.co – A world ecosystem and marketplace for the event & entertainment industry. Stoyan is a serial entrepreneur with a lot of experience in the events industry, startups, and blockchain technologies.

About Thibaut Taittinger:
Thibaut is a French serial Entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience in the property and startup space. Addicted to innovation and building communities, he founded Puzl CowOrKing in 2014, named the best IT Coworking space in the CEE region. Puzl fosters creativity and collaboration between its 600+ members.

💬 About Ecosystem by Tzvete Doncheva

Tzvete is an expert networker in London’s tech scene, who’s most recently helped develop the ecosystem and portfolio initiatives at London-based PropTech venture capital firm RHV. She’s transitioned from journalism (BTV and Euronews) to startup business development, advising companies on positioning, event strategy and innovation management (Nitrous for London Connectory). A core activity of her work has been identifying innovative solutions (PropTech and Mobility) and connecting the key stakeholders in the public and private sectors (transport and real estate) to enable an open dialogue and future progress.

This is what this “Ecosystem” panel will aim to do, with a focus on exploring the opportunities stemming from COVID-19 for businesses in Bulgaria and beyond.