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#StudyVisits

This October, we proudly showcased Moldova’s brightest startups at the Startup World Cup Grand Finale in San Francisco, CA, USA. Following the Startup World Cup: Moldova competition organized by Startup ...

16 Oct 2024
#Advocacy

Changes to the Labor Code in force as of April 1, 2024. The new amendments aim to clarify the procedure for granting annual leave and the possibility for unused days to expire. In detail, the new provisions entail new obligations ...

4 Apr 2024
#Community, #diaspora, #Events

This October, Startup Moldova organized an exciting meetup in San Francisco, USA, bringing together the Moldovan diaspora and the startup ecosystem. This event created long-lasting connections among professionals from various industries. The meetup attracted talented Moldovans from companies such as ...

16 Oct 2024
#StudyVisits

This October, we proudly showcased Moldova’s brightest startups at the Startup World Cup Grand Finale in San Francisco, CA, USA. Following the Startup World Cup: Moldova competition organized by Startup Moldova in August, which hosted over 400 participants, 15 investors ...

16 Oct 2024
#Events, #StudyVisits

At Startup Moldova, delegations are some of the most anticipated activities of the year. We organize about four each year, always aiming to select destinations and events that leave a lasting impact. Our goal is to help founders connect with ...

7 Oct 2024
#Community, #Events, #StartupWeekend
About our amazing edition of Startup Weekend!

On September 13th-15th, 2024, Glia Impact Hub in Chisinau became a hub of innovation and empowerment as Startup Moldova hosted the Techstars_ Startup Weekend: “Let’s Innovate Together.” This three-day hackathon had a clear and inspiring mission—to attract and empower women ...

24 Sep 2024
#Community, #Fundraising

On September 19th, startup founders and entrepreneurs joined us online for the September Edition of Investors’ Insights, featuring special guest Marius Ghenea, Managing Partner at Catalyst Romania, the oldest VC fund in Romania. About the Speaker Marius Ghenea is a ...

20 Sep 2024
#Advocacy

On August 22nd, we had the pleasure of hosting an insightful session featuring Ethan Mayer, Partner at Fairbridge VC and esteemed author of “12 Lessons I’ve Learned: Fixing Businesses So You Don’t Break Yours.” This edition of our Investor Insights ...


20 Sep 2024
#Advocacy, #Community, #Events

On September 12, 2024, Startup Moldova hosted a meet up event for startup founders and young entrepreneurs. The event featured a dedicated meeting with Vadim Codreanu, the new director of the Organization for the Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA). It provided ...

20 Sep 2024

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#StudyVisits

Startup Moldova team, together with Ilinca Crudu, Community Coordinator and Veronica Ţaruş, Investment Officer had an amazing time this year at Techsylvania, one of the most important events for startups and IT industry in Romania. This year we managed to ...

3 Jul 2024
#Community, #diaspora
Launch of the Diaspora Startup Moldova Hub

Connecting the Diaspora with Moldovan Startups The Diaspora Startup Moldova Hub is launching! This annual program aims to unite the expertise and resources of the Moldovan diaspora to support local startups. Startup Moldova is launching a special program that creates ...

26 Jun 2024
#Community, #GetToKnowTheCommunity

Q: Vitalii, tell us a bit about yourself and your role as the founder at Langly. What inspires you to continue your journey in the startup world, especially in the EdTech field, with so much competition? Vitalii: Let’s start from ...

6 Jun 2024
#Community

Are you considering the idea of launching a startup but don’t know where to start? We’ve put together a handy list of programs and opportunities available in Moldova, designed to support you whether you’re just formulating an idea or knee-deep ...

31 May 2024
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

How did Growee start, and where did the idea for an all-encompassing SaaS came from? Cristi Jora, CEO & Co-Founder of Growee: Growee began as an internal project at BinarCode. As our company expanded, we struggled to find a single ...

22 May 2024
#TalkToAnInvestor

We recently hosted an online session with Marius Istrate, Chairman of the Board at TechAngels, alongside the Startup community from Moldova. Get ready to discover Marius’s candid insights on how business angels invest in Eastern European startups and understand their ...

16 May 2024
#StartupWeekend

From April 19 to 21, the Techstars Startup Weekend, AI Edition, was held at Orange Kitchen. The event was an intense 54-hour marathon of innovation where entrepreneurial spirits brought their groundbreaking ideas to life. Alexandru Agatinei, CEO of How to ...

22 Apr 2024
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

FineGuide.ai is a startup that’s breaking new ground in the field of artificial intelligence, specifically in improving how businesses interact with their customers. Founded in June 2023, the idea behind FineGuide.ai resulted from the quick progress in AI technology and ...

22 Apr 2024

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#Community

The only acceleration program for the creative industries in Moldova is back. Yep!Moldova launches the second edition of the Creative Accelerator. More relevant, more challenging, more accelerated! The Creative Accelerator is a program that provides support, information, creative and entrepreneurial ...

26 Feb 2024
#Fundraising, #GetToKnowTheCommunity

The recent convening of the Startup Moldova Summit 2024 on March 14, 2024, marked an important moment for Moldova’s tech landscape. With over 500 participants and over 30 VCs and angel investors present, and more than 350 networking sessions with ...

18 Mar 2024
#DigitalHealth

The Digital Health Forum 2024, an initiative led by Startup Moldova and Technovator – Growing talent to innovate, served as a platform of innovation and collaboration in Moldova’s healthcare sector. The forum convened stakeholders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to explore the ...

7 Feb 2024
#DigitalHealth

What makes her story stand out isn’t just her impressive accomplishments, but the genuine warmth and humility that define her path toward making a meaningful impact on the world. Before venturing into the world of entrepreneurship, Elena dedicated three intense ...

30 Jan 2024
#DigitalHealth

Are you ready to explore new opportunities on how digital innovations are fundamentally transforming medical practice and the outlook on healthcare? Digital Health Forum 2024 awaits you, alongside experts in medicine, technology, government officials, and innovators to discuss the digitalization ...

30 Jan 2024
Startup Moldova Executive Director

After almost two years of leading Startup Moldova and contributing to its development, I am about to embark on another challenge. Beyond being a professional move, this is also a profoundly personal one, as Startup Moldova has long surpassed being ...

11 Jan 2024
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

In our rapidly evolving world, the legal landscape is no exception to the transformative power of technology. robolex, a Moldovan startup, has emerged as a key player, utilizing advanced technology to streamline the process of legal document generation. This article ...

15 Dec 2023
#Community, #TalkToAnInvestor

On December 7th at 6:00 PM, Startup Moldova hosted a workshop featuring Vladimir Gidirim, a prominent figure in the world of investments and venture capital. This event, a satellite session of the Alternative Funding Conference, focused on startups and small ...

12 Dec 2023

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#Community, #Events

On November 3rd, Startup Moldova hosted an online workshop featuring Adrian Gheorghe, Partner Development Advisor Partner & ISVs at Microsoft CE1. The workshop provided valuable insights, tips, and tricks on Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub. This article delves into the ...

8 Nov 2023
#DigitalHealth

In today’s fast-paced world, where stress and anxiety seem to be constants in our lives, the importance of mental health has never been clearer. According to NHS England, one in 4 adults and one in 10 children experience mental illness. ...

6 Nov 2023
#Community, #Events

On October 31st, 2023, the Dead Startups Gala was organized by Startup Moldova in collaboration with Community Builders at Artcor, marking a significant event in the Moldovan entrepreneurial community. The Gala serves as a unique platform for celebrating and learning ...

3 Nov 2023
#StartupWeekend

The October 2023 edition of Startup Weekend in Chișinău was not only a hub for tech experts and entrepreneurs but also a platform that welcomed young, budding talents. Among the 79 participants, the event saw the active involvement of four ...

23 Oct 2023
#StudyVisits

The Startup Moldova team, alongside community colleagues from Dreamups, Yep Moldova, XY Partners, and several founders of 12 startups from the Republic of Moldova, participated together at How to Web on October 4-5 in Bucharest. Over 300 startups from Central ...

10 Oct 2023

#DigitalImpactProgram

On September 12th and 13th, the Startup Moldova team, along with our colleagues from Startup City Cahul and the Embassy of Sweden, spent 2 days in Cahul, visiting the 6 beneficiaries of the Digital Impact Program’s phase 1. Through the ...

3 Oct 2023
#Events

Startup Moldova organized on September 26, 2023, in Chisinau, at iHub, a specialized event, providing an opportunity for startup founders to interact with key banking industry leaders and discuss the questions they had. The “Founders Meetup: A Dialogue with Banking ...

2 Oct 2023
#Events

On the 25th of August, under the initiative of the Startup Moldova Foundation, Chişinău’s Vino Pizza&Wine was the venue for yet another iteration of the ‘community “Speed Dating” event. This initiative is a part of a series of community-focused events, ...

29 Aug 2023

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#GetToKnowTheCommunity

Click School, an innovative Edtech startup, was launched in 2022 with a clear goal: to provide accessible and practical IT education and career guidance for anyone looking to enter the technical industry. What makes Click School special? Well, their innovation ...

20 Jun 2023
#Community, #Events

Moldova’s startup ecosystem has reached a new milestone as six promising startups participated in the prestigious WMF Festival in Rimini, Italy. This achievement is a testament to the dedication and hard work of these talented entrepreneurs who presented their innovative ...

19 Jun 2023
#Events, #StartupWeekend

Looking for inspiration in the EnergyTech industry? Look no further than the recent Techstars Startup Weekend Energy Tech in Chișinău! This amazing event brought together passionate individuals from different backgrounds to create innovative solutions to pressing energy challenges. During the ...

8 May 2023
#StartupMoldovaSummit

The Startup Moldova Summit 2023 recently concluded with much fanfare, bringing together some of the most innovative minds in the startup world to discuss the latest trends and developments. The Summit was a melting pot of ideas and perspectives, with ...

14 Apr 2023
#Community, #Events

On April 11, the Moldovan startup community had the opportunity to connect with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization – Dumitru Alaiba. #FoundersMeetUp The event was organised by Startup Moldova in partnership with Yep Moldova, ...

12 Apr 2023
#StartupMoldovaSummit

Chisinau, Moldova – The Startup Moldova Summit 2023 has been declared a huge success!. The event, which took place on March 17th, 2023, brought together over 320 brilliant minds, including startup founders, investors, and industry experts, from over 20 countries ...

24 Mar 2023
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

Beauty Tech is a rapidly growing field that merges the beauty industry with technology to create innovative and personalized solutions for consumers. From smart mirrors to virtual try-on tools, beauty tech is transforming the way we think about beauty products ...

23 Feb 2023
#Community, #Fundraising

11 Moldovan tech startups raised 11 mil USD in 2022, closing a total of 12 investment rounds. ...

16 Feb 2023

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One undeniable fact in the wake of the pandemic is that the HealthTech vertical has exploded. The urgency of the COVID crisis has provided a once-in-a-century opportunity to accelerate innovation in preventive care. Policymakers have enabled access to telemedicine and ...

22 Dec 2022

#TalkToAnInvestor

On December 2nd, we had an online discussion with Eyal Malinger, partner at the venture capital firm based in UK, Baringea. Beringea is a transatlantic venture capital investor that seeks to create lasting success for rapidly scaling entrepreneurial companies. Currently, ...

2 Dec 2022

#GetToKnowTheCommunity

The telecommunications (telecom) industry has interconnected the entire world, providing the network, infrastructure, smart and mobile devices. However, the traditional market is saturated. What does the future hold for the telecommunications industry? The answer is: innovative telecom startups like ENABLD. ...

30 Nov 2022
#DigitalImpactProgram

There are only 3 days left until the deadline for submitting Concept Notes ifor the Digital Impact Program for the Cahul region. And even though we hope that we have answered all the existing questions from the potential beneficiaries and ...

28 Nov 2022
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

Cryptocurrency exchanges, more so than stock exchanges, are vulnerable to being hacked and becoming targets of other criminal activity. Security breaches have led to sizable losses for people who have had their digital currencies stolen, this determining more companies to ...

10 Nov 2022
#TalkToAnInvestor

Yesterday, November 8th, we spent 3.5 hours in a super intensive workshop with Phillip M. Sparks on innovation management and creation of tech solutions with empathy. Phillp is the founder and AIDE for the evolution of ideas towards innovation at ...

9 Nov 2022
#DigitalImpactProgram

The Digital Impact Program is implemented by Startup Moldova Foundation with financial support from “EU4Moldova: Startup City Cahul” project implemented by Moldovan Association of ICT Companies (ATIC), and financed by EU in partnership with Sweden. The total budget of the ...

9 Nov 2022
#Events

Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad decisions. That was just one of the lessons of the evening at the Dead Startups Gala – a community event where we learned to embrace our mistakes and learn from our ...

31 Oct 2022

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#Events, #StartupWeekend

Between September 16-18, Startup Moldova organized at Vadul lui Voda Techstars Startup Weekend Chisinau 2022 which gathered over 50 participants: students, researchers, programmers and entrepreneurs from Chisinau and the regions, animated by innovation and technological progress. The event brought together ...

22 Sep 2022

#StudyVisits

On September 16, Startup Moldova Foundation took part in the most important economic event promoting our country – “Moldova Business Week 2022”. This year, the forum was held under the theme “Moldova – business relocation destination and solution for the regional supply ...

22 Sep 2022
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

The digital marketplace is an increasingly crowded place. Customers are doing their shopping mostly online and entrepreneurs are being forced to comply if they want to make a profit. However, the fundamentals of marketing have not changed: telling the right ...

12 Sep 2022
#Community

If you still have not heard of the Moldovan startup, Bloomcoding, it is time you do – the platform which is reinventing online coding education for children, by teaching kids how to code through Virtual and Augmented Reality experiences. The ...

29 Aug 2022
#TalkToAnInvestor

On August 23 we held an online discussion with Camron Zavell from Sorenson Impact, a fund from USA, Utah, investing into projects and startups that work on initiatives aligned with sustainable development goals, but at the same time are focused ...

24 Aug 2022
#Events

On Wednesday, August 17, we organized a meetup with the founders of technological startups from the Republic of Moldova. 35 founders and partners of the Foundation came to the event. The agenda of the event included a presentation of the ...

18 Aug 2022
#Events

We are bringing Startup Weekend back to Chisinau again! 70 people, together with amazing mentors and 1 international facilitator assigned by Techstars will gather together to build startups in 54 hours, between September 16-18. Some important details: The event will ...

26 Jul 2022
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

Each of us has ordered products with delivery at least once, not having to leave the comfort of our house. Delivery services have become extremely popular and, although it was considered that with the withdrawal of the pandemic this hype ...

21 Jul 2022

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If you happen to have an idea to create something similar to some popular applications, Zeroqode already has all the technical work done for you! Zeroqode offers a range of products and services that allow the creation of applications and ...

9 Jun 2022
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

The startup ecosystem in Moldova has a great advantage today – it is in full development! Our community benefits from various international and local opportunities, and at the same time, we can say that it faces a wide range of ...

2 Jun 2022
#Events
7 lessons learned at the Startup Club with Nikolay Manolov

At the Startup Club on May 31, we discovered many interesting things from the discussion with Nikolay Manolov. We got to know the XOR startup and the HR Tech dimension from a different perspective. For those who did not manage ...

1 Jun 2022
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

Probably no other innovation is spreading in all aspects of agriculture today, as massive as digitization. Technologies can help stimulate innovation for sustainable agri-food systems and contribute to better and safer food production, while preserving natural resources and biodiversity. AgTech ...

26 May 2022
#DigitalHealth

Digital technologies and innovations can have a significant impact on the development of medical systems and the way in which health services are provided and accessed. Collaboration between the most important players in the IT industry, medicine and the private ...

25 May 2022
#Events

On May 18, we had a special guest for our Startup Classes. Eoin, Head of Startups for CEE & MEA at HubSpot for Startups. Eoin is also an entrepreneur & angel investor, who built a company on his own at ...

19 May 2022
#TalkToAnInvestor

If you did not manage to join us for the online Startup Classes with Dave Perry on how to attract American investors to Moldova, then here we come with 6 most important lessons learned and takeaways from the discussion. Investors are interested ...

19 May 2022
#GetToKnowTheCommunity

The startup ecosystem in Moldova has certainly already heard of Planable. The initiative was created by three young people from Moldova: Xenia, Vlad and Sergiu, in 2016, and their product is already widely requested internationally. Planable is a collaboration tool ...

13 May 2022

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#AgTech, #Events

From December 10 to 12, future IT specialists, agricultural experts, entrepreneurs, marketing experts and other enthusiasts will gather at the AgTech Hackathon to develop practical solutions and contribute to the implementation of new technologies in agriculture. What? How? When? The ...

6 Nov 2021
#AgTech, #Events

Innovative agriculture has the potential to contribute to the development of a sustainable economy, which is why the digitalisation of the sector is becoming an urgent need to boost business. Although agricultural innovation brings many benefits and a number of ...

27 Oct 2021
#EnergyTech, #Events

Six local startups in the field of environmental technologies will develop their services and products, in order to expand abroad, within the Moldova Power Accelerator acceleration program. For 10 weeks, the newly launched businesses will have the expertise, mentoring and ...

18 Oct 2021
#Community

The EU4Digital guide for building ICT entrepreneurial ecosystems, with the ultimate goal of boosting the growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems in the Eastern partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine) by empowering their stakeholders. The guide ...

4 May 2021
#Events

Closer to scaling their business and getting financial resources from investors! We are talking about six local tech startups in the financial field, which presented their products at Startup Moldova Demo Day, Fintech edition. Previously, companies participated in an acceleration program, ...

15 Sep 2021
#Events

The Financial Times is partnering with Seedstars, a Swiss-based company that invests and supports startups from emerging markets, to host the first FTxSDG Challenge. The competition has been launched to empower promising, impact-driven startups and entrepreneurs with learning and funding opportunities. The ...

9 Sep 2021
#Advocacy

The EU4Digital guide for building ICT entrepreneurial ecosystems, with the ultimate goal of boosting the growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems in the Eastern partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine) by empowering their stakeholders. The guide ...

4 May 2021
#Community

The Training for trackers educational course took place between the 7th and 10th of April, and, by finalizing the course, the Moldovan startup ecosystem is now richer in certified mentors and experts in monitoring, helping, and advising a startup. Meet ...

16 Apr 2021

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Serghei Cobuscean

An experienced project manager in both public and private sectors, with focus on attracting and managing aid and investment. Serghei established strategic partnerships with international donors, raising significant funds (e.g., €7 million for energy efficiency initiatives). Provided strategic consultancy to over 50 public bodies and private companies, leading to improved operational efficiencies. Managed cross-border cooperation projects, coordinating with multiple partners from different countries. Communication language: ENG, RO