The European Startups Universe incubator was brought to Romania by ROTSA, with the Romanian technology startups at the beginning of their journey, either incorporated locally or in the diaspora, to have February 28 as their registration deadline, according to to a press release sent on Monday.The European Startups Universe is a parallel incubation program operating in 11 EU countries: Romania, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia. It takes 6 weeks to complete it, starting with March 2022.The initiative is officially supported by the European Commission's Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, and the European Committee of the Regions.In Romania, the initiative is implemented by ROTSA - Romanian Tech Startups Association, a non-profit organization that aims to promote, support and represent the interests of technology startups in Romania, regardless of vertical."It is our organizational mission to bring together the key players in the national ecosystem of technology startups, facilitating their communication and creating connections and partnerships between them. We are glad that we were selected to implement this programme at the national level because we have thus a better opportunity to support the initiatives of internationalization startups and to identify sources of financing to help them to grow," stated Cristiana Bogateanu, ROTSA executive director.The programme is aimed at all tech startups in the EU and aims to connect hundreds of startups at the beginning of the road with experts, founders of unicorn startups, investors, VCs, etc.The activities of the programme will take place online in March and April, during which time each team or founder of an early stage tech startup in the EU will have access to funding opportunities, the possibility of scaling to other EU countries and opportunities to find new customers.The incubation programme, organized nationally by the countries involved in the programme, will be followed by sessions with Angel-type investors at the European level, which will be handled by European Startup Universe HQ, the initiator of the project.
Representatives of the “Agrippa Ionescu” hospital in Bucharest confirmed on Monday, June 16, that former president Ion Iliescu has lung cancer. Earlier this month, former president Traian Băsescu also underwent a planned heart surgery at a hospital in Paris. Iliescu, who is 95 and was president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 […]
The phenomenon of violence against women perpetrated by their partners is more prevalent in Romania compared to other EU states, according to Eurostat data processed by Monitorul Social, a project of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, or FES. Almost half of the women in Romania (45.5%) have suffered psychological violence from their intimate partner, compared to the EU […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, is set to invest EUR 40 million in the company behind the region’s Burger King franchise, the Polish holding company Rex Concepts. The money will go toward supporting the chain's expansion by opening new quick-service restaurants in Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic. Rex Concepts, backed […]
Via Transilvanica, the long-distance trail that crosses the country, has unveiled a kilometer milestone on Șimian Island, an island on the Danube located downstream of Drobeta-Turnu Severin. It is a symbolic extension for the trail, which stretches from Putna, in northern Romania, to Drobeta Turnu Severin, marking seven years since the Via Transilvanica project began […]
In 1905, the first Siemens company was established in our country. Siemens S.R.L. has consistently invested in education and human capital development, providing scholarships worth nearly €1,900,000 to undergraduate, Master's, and PhD students, for over 10 years. The company maintains long-term collaborations with prestigious technical universities in Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, and Iași. In 2025, Siemens […]
The organizers of Bucharest's Neversea Kapital festival, scheduled for July 4–6, announced the names of two more guests that will complete the lineup, namely house sensation John Summit and techno star Paul Kalkbrenner. John Summit is a big name in the house and electronic dance genres. Recognized by Rolling Stone as “The Hottest Name in […]
