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Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc.
Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Lafayette, California, focused on enhancing collaboration between entrepreneurial communities in the US and Bulgaria. It aims to advance Bulgarian technology startups and foster economic growth in the region.
Overview
What Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc. does
What Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc. is
Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Lafayette, California, focused on enhancing collaboration between entrepreneurial communities in the US and Bulgaria. It aims to advance Bulgarian technology startups and foster economic growth in the region.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2018
- Approximate age
- About 8 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 11, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc. as a community
Community overview
Bulgaria Innovation Hub (BIH) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2018, based in the United States. Its mission is to foster knowledge exchange and cross-cultural collaboration between the entrepreneurial communities in the US and Bulgaria, with the aim of driving innovation, growth, and human development. BIH focuses on advancing Bulgarian technology startups to help them become competitive global leaders.
Community focus
Bulgaria Innovation Hub invests in high-potential technology startups from Bulgaria and the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Southeast Europe (SEE) regions. The organization provides an equity-free accelerator program designed to support the growth of high-impact entrepreneurs. BIH emphasizes cross-cultural collaboration by connecting founders with seasoned mentors and organizing community events.
Member value
Members benefit from access to a mentor, advisor, and investor network, along with $10,000 in free AWS technology credits for two years. The community also offers interactive workshops and opportunities for cross-cultural collaboration.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- June 1, 2024
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Operators
- Benefits
- mentorship, network-access, and platform-credits
- Program types
- accelerator and community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Seed · Seed+
- Regions
- Europe · Global · North America
Community activity
Events and activity
Bulgaria Innovation Hub hosts various events, including Community Talks scheduled for June 2024 in Sofia and regular demo nights and graduation events for different cohorts, including a notable event for Cohort 9 in Palo Alto, CA.
Notable members
Key team members include Pavlina Yanakieva (CEO/Executive Director), Bogomil Balkansky (President/Board Member), and Galina Antova (Board Member), among others.
Common questions
What to know about Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc.
Upseed classifies Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc. under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 11, 2026
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