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About the Elevate Program

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Participants
Mentors

Mentors

    • Svetozar Georgiev ('02)
    • Asparuh Koev - founder of Transmetrics
    • Dobrin Grancharov - Smule
    • Laura Kelly – AUBG
    • Elena Nikolova - Escreo
    • Ivaylo Shipochki – Verto Digital
    • Vladimir Davchev - Takeaway
    • Kostadin Dzengozov - Payhawk
    • Bilyana Dimitrova – Dimitrova & Staykova Law Office
    • Nikola Yanev – Eleven Ventures
    • Belizar Marinov – Eleven Ventures
    • Andrey Gurov - AUBG
    • Victor Schiller – R Cubed Group
    • Michael Cohen - AUBG
    • Nedyalko Delchev - AUBG
    • Angel Nikolov - Ufleet
    • Arthur Pantelides - AUBG
    • Noel Ceta – Apollo Digital
    • Jordan Petrov - KickFlip
    • Svetla Simidchieva - SlothWorks
    • Georgi Malchev - Xplora
    • Svetlozar Georgiev - Telerik
    • Tihomir Petkov - TaxiMe
    • Hristo Neychev – Consultant.
    • Vladi Rusev - Connecto
    • Petar Svarc - Melon
    • Georgi Ivanov – NobleHire
    • Georgi Ivanov – NobleHire
    • Hristo Borisov – Payhawk
    • Ivo Vasilev – Reloyalty
    • Lubomir Nokov – Harmonica
    • Dimitar Mitkov – Out2Bound
    • Rene Tomova – CreativeShower
    • Hristo Chernev - TaxiMe
    • Mark Phillips – NomadStays
    • Noel Ceta – Apollo Digital
    • Yordan Zhechev - founder of DDB
  • Founder talks:

    • Angel Ivanov
    • Asparuh Kolev
    • Hristo Georgiev – software engineer Raiffeisen Switzerland
    • Rene Tomova
    • Velina Getova
    • Tihomir Petkov – founder of TaxiMe
    • Angel Nikolova – founder of Ufleet
    • Peter Svarc
    • Lubomir Nokov
    • Ivo Vasilev
    • Vladi Davchev – founder of BGmenu
    • Vladi Rusev – Connecto.ai
    • Mark Philips
    • MENTORSHIP:
    • Svetozar Georgiev ('02)
    • Andrey Gurov
    • Michael Cohen
    • Robert Philips
    • Belizar Marinov
    • Tanya Pavlova
    • Ina Pekova
    • Ralitza Nikolaeva
    • Victor Schiller
    • Bilyana Dimitrova
    • Nikola Yanev
    • Rossen Ivanov
    • Georgi Milchev
    • Dobrin Grancharov
    • Angelina Ivanova
    • Noel Ceta
    • Dimitar Mitkov – Out2Bound
    • Ognyan Vasilev – Salesforce
    • Nikolai Kazmi – co-founder and CTO at Domestica
    • Elena Nikolova - co-founder and CMO at Escreo
    • Georgi Ivanov
    • Boryana Petrova
    • Arthur Pantelidis – AUBG Faculty
    • Jordan Petkov
    • Svetla Simidcheva
    • Tzvetelina Teneva
    • Evelina van Mensel
    • Hristo Neychev
  • Founder talks, Workshops and Mentorship sessions:

    • Ivo Vasilev – CEO of Reloyalty
    • Kosta Jordanov – Co-founder & CEO of FITE TV
    • Radoslav Georgiev – Co-founder of GtmHub
    • Alan Hutchinson – CEO of ProsFit
    • Svetozar Georgiev ('02), Telerik
    • Georgi Petrov, Founder of NitroPack & SMSBump
    • Hristo Neychev
    • Svetla Sidimcheva
    • Rene Tomova
    • Tzvetelina Teneva
    • Georgi Ivanov
    • Jordan Petrov
    • Teofil Shikov
    • Georgi Malchev
    • Rossen Ivanov
    • Nikola Yanev
    • Belizar Marinov
  • Founder talks, Workshops and Mentorship sessions:

    • Georgi Kadrev – Co-founder and CEO of Kelvin Health
    • Radoslav Georgiev - Co-founder and CTO of GtmHub
    • Kosta Jordanov - Co-founder and CEO of FITE
    • Stoil Vasilev – VP Corporate Development at SumUp
    • Georgi Ivanov – Founder and CEO of NobleHire
    • Hristo Borisov – Co-founder and CEO at Payhawk
    • Hristo Neychev
    • Svetla Sidimcheva
    • Rene Tomova
    • Ina Toncheva
    • Vladimir Borachev
    • Svetlozar Georgiev
    • Jordan Petrov
    • Dimitar Mitkov
    • Bilyana Dimitrova
    • Irina Obushtarova
    • Noel Ceta
    • Georgi Malchev
    • Nikola Yanev
    • Belizar Marinov
  • Founder talks, Workshops and Mentorship sessions:

    • Alexander Lefterov
    • Anguel Nikolov
    • Belizar Marinov
    • Bilyana Dimitrova
    • Diana Dimitorva - Stanoilova
    • Dimitar Mitkov
    • Georgi Georgiev
    • Georgi Kadrev
    • Georgi Petrov
    • Georgi Ivanov
    • Georgi Malchev
    • Georgi Nenov
    • Hristo Neychev
    • Hristo Chernev
    • Hristo Borisov
    • Irina Obushtarova
    • Ina Toncheva
    • Ivo Vasilev
    • Ivaylo Shipochki
    • Jordan Petrov
    • Kosta Jordanov
    • Nikola Yanev
    • Raycho Raychev
    • Radoslav Georgiev
    • Pavel Velkov
    • Ognyan Vasilev
    • Vyara Stefcheva
    • Rene Tomova
    • Petar Svarc
    • Boris Kolev
    • Svetozar Georgiev
    • Vladimir Borachev
    • Svetla Simidchieva
    • Rumyana Kercheva
    • Palev Velkov
    • Georgi Ivanov
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Season 5
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Season 5

*Operating startup

  • We are an indoor vertical farm, growing the largest product range of microgreens with the highest quality in Bulgaria! Currently, we are an entirely B2B business delivering microgreens only for restaurants. For the moment we have more than 30 top high-end restaurants in Sofia. The whole process is very sustainable and environmentally friendly. We are growing our greens ONLY with water and light without any sort of chemicals and synthetics, 100% organic!

  • ZapomniGo - Ignite your memory power. The tool that facilitates learning through flashcards & quizzes. Mesembria is an educational software company that focuses on creating educational software that empowers Bulgarian youth to learn better.

    In order to achieve this, our team has decided to provide a platform where students of different ages can create and distribute flashcards. The short-term goals of the project are to reach as many students as possible. The long-term goals of the project are to become a vital part of Bulgarian education, such that students, teachers, and professors integrate the product into their day-to-day education.

  • SportPRO is a revolutionary way of supporting the development of Bulgarian sport. This is a platform, which will connect talented young athletes with socially responsible sponsors, thus establishing sustainable and fruitful linkage between the business world and the sports industry. Our role will be to mediate and facilitate the process of sponsoring promising athletes.

  • Foodilizer is an innovative company that addresses the environmental challenges associated with food waste by converting it into nutrient-rich compost. We support hotels, restaurants, and other establishments in responsible waste management while also producing nutrient-rich compost that can be used to enhance soil quality and promote sustainable farming and gardening practices.

  • We are revolutionizing the coffee industry by turning used coffee grounds into stylish, eco-friendly reusable cups, brewing a sustainable future one cup at a time.

  • Bizmarket is an online marketplace that connects people who want to sell their business and people who want to buy a business. Bizmarket offers assistance throughout the whole process and makes acquiring your dream business a smooth experience.

  • masculine society, precisely- How to look good, fresh, and confident. The physique, posture, and clothing are the main factors for that impression, but, probably, the most important one is the good haircut. Nowadays, it is hard for a customer to find a reliable barber, who is at the same time a professional and a “friend”. We help our customers, by connecting them with these barbers, through a mobile application. There, they can find different barbershops, comments, and reviews of a barber, make an appointment, and benefit from many more features and bonuses.

Teams SE4
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Season 4

*Operating startup

    • Coordinator: Martin Stoilkov
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    PossePay is a fintech web platform that will provide a solution for online payments for bars and restaurants. The start-up is at the idea stage and the team consists of two AUBG senior students and three non-AUBG students.

    *Operating startup

    • Coordinator: Natalia Vasileva
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    Education+ is a platform for youth opportunities that connects youngsters with NGOs and businesses. It is one of a kind place - a marketplace for opportunities, a social network, and an interactive portfolio builder. The start-up is at the idea stage and the Education+ team consists of two freshmen girls studying at AUBG.

    *Operating startup

    • Coordinator: Iliyana Petrova
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    Starseeds naturals is a Bulgarian startup for natural artisan skincare that aims to create products inspired by nature, with the purest and highest quality ingredients that can effectively help in skin care, and to spread the idea of an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle. The start-up is at the prototype stage and currently validating the market in stores and the team behind it consists of two AUBG alumni.

    *Operating startup

    • Coordinator: Daria Naydenova

    Puzzld is a fashion brand that is making functional, stylish bags with separate compartments for all the objects one may need to have with them. Their bags save people’s time . The start-up is at the prototype stage and the team behind the idea consists of two senior AUBG students.

    • Coordinator: Nikita Lishansku
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    GoCoffee is an innovative project that combines the best of coffee shops and vending machines. The team distributes self-service coffee stations that need only one square meter of area and no staff to deliver exceptionally good whole-bean coffee.

    *Operating startup

Teams SE3
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Season 3

*Operating startup

    • Coordinator: Nikol Peeva
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    Bulgaria’s first digital C2C fashion resale service for brand-new and pre-worn fashion goods sparks an eco-conscious retail movement that will reduce the fashion industry's environmental impact.

    *Operating startup

    • Coordinator: Darina Stanoilova
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    A one-of-a-kind 3in1 place that transforms three times during the day: morning-lunch - suitable for brunch; afternoon - for snacks and studying; evening - for cocktails and networking.

    *Operating startup

    • Coordinator: Georgi Staykov

    А local journalism platform focused on the city of Sofia. We tackle politics, business, leisure, and investigations through text and graphical representation.

    • Coordinator: Tsvetana Haydushka

    A storytelling audio platform that enables you to dive into the history of museum exhibits, heritage sites, and landmarks.

    • Coordinator: Martin Stanchev

    A crowdfunding platform that aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future by creating a symbiotic network of corporates, individuals and project owners, paving the way for sustainable finance.

    • Coordinator: Sofia Boneva

    An innovative Bulgarian digital platform for online courses led by professionals in fields ranging from business and media to psychology and art.

    • Coordinator: Elena Ivanova

    An urban sustainability app that aims to make it more convenient and incentivizing for consumers to develop green habits and become conscious shoppers.

Teams SE2
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Season 2

*Operating startup

    • Coordinator: Rosen Dinchev
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    Video Production and Creative Design outsourcing.

    *Operating startup.

    • Coordinator: Dimitrina Pashova
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    Vending machines for products that promote health and sex education.

    • Coordinator: Kalina Dimitrova

    A unified platform where J1 housing offers can be uploaded and reviewed.

    • Coordinator: Kristina Borisova

    Hand-made cosmetic products with natural ingredients with a cause.

    • Coordinator: Georgi Georgiev
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    A platform for booking our thematic interactive tours across the Balkans.

    • Coordinator: Plamen Kostov
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    The identity of the future. Where you manage your financial life.

    • Coordinator: Andreyana Andreeva
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    Pate Mate serves as a specialty gourmet Mate Infusions that fuel energy.

Teams SE1
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Season 1

*Operating startup

  • Support the Grannies: [email protected]

    We want to hire grannies to produce traditional Bulgarian foods (лютеница, кьопоолу, и т.н.) and export them to Scandinavian countries. We want to improve the lives of Bulgarian pensioners (for every 4 hours of work on making products they get paid 5 without working. Instead the team will organize events that aim to integrate elderly people in contemporary society i.e. digital literacy, social networks)

  • Not a math game. it is The Game!: [email protected]

    We are an interactive and visually compelling game that aims to icentivise children to learn math while incorporating competetive elements.

    • Coordinator: Yuliy Yuliev
    Barzo, Anabolno, Vkusno: [email protected]
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    We are the first Bulgarian fitness tracking app aiming at providing diet and fitness guidance through AI and ML.

    *Operating startup.

    • Coordinator: Maria Vasileva
    The world is yours:

    We want to build an application to connect people traveling between cities.

  • Clothes tell stories:
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    We are a clothing brand that tailors stories into their garments. The idea behind the brand is to start a culture inspired by a fantasy world and transfer it to the reality via their

  • Charge your devices here .. there & everywhere: [email protected]

    We are a team that wants to integrate wireless charging devices in public planes and at-home furniture.

Elevate Team team members

Elevate Team

Season 5

Nikola Yanev team members

Nikola Yanev

Chief of Party of Elevate

Martin Stanchev team members

Martin Stanchev

Managing Director of Elevate

Daria Naidenova team members

Daria Naidenova

Managing Director of Elevate

Georgi Vankov team members

Georgi Vankov

Financial Manager at Elevate

Mariela Nikolova team members

Mariela Nikolova

Website Developer

Nikol-Valeri Dimitrova team members

Nikol-Valeri Dimitrova

Marketing Manager at Elevate

Emilian Pramatarov team members

Emilian Pramatarov

Marketing Manager at Elevate

Elevate FAQ

Elevate Donors Season 5

Our program is proud to have the support of people who believe in the entrepreneurial spirit of the AUBG community. The supporters of the program help it run, gather pool of investment, and reward the most prominent ideas.

Elevate Exclusive partners ($10,000+)

  • Georgi Petrov
  • Hristo Borisov
  • Daniel Tomov
  • Dimitar Tsotsorkov
  • Svetozar Georgiev
  • Ivo Tzenov

Elevate Ambassadors ($500+)

  • Radoslav Georgiev
  • Vilislav Slavev

Elevate Supporters (Up to $500)

  • Desislava Manova
  • Kliment Bogdanov
  • Rossen Petkov
  • Doncho Angelov
  • Hristo Chernev
  • Martin Ouzounov
  • Svetlana Ouzounova

Elevate Futurists ($5,000+)

Media Partners

Partners

  • AUBG Environmental Sustainability Initiative Fund