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Blockathon – for public sector challenges finalists
RO Finaliștii Blockathon - for public sector challenges Blockathon - hackathon-ul de identificare a soluțiilor bazate pe blockchain pentru provocările din sectorul public s-a derulat în perioada 13-20 februarie 2021. Timp de o săptămână, echipele formate în timpul primului weekend al Blockathon-ului au lucrat la dezvoltarea ideilor de soluții Blockchain care ar ajuta în digitalizarea unor procese complexe din sectorul public, fiind sprijinite de o echipă de 23 de mentori regionali și parteneri din autorități publice. După prima zi în care au fost dezbătute idei, propuneri de soluții și abordări, s-au format două echipe care au propus următoarele idei: FastBlock-AI: echipa a propus o soluție bazată pe Blockchain în vederea trasabilității timpului și a documentelor în procesul de depunere și executare a cererilor cetățenilor către primărie, iar ca și use case primar a fost propus cel al cererilor pentru parcări. Digitalizarea Procedurilor Juridice: echipa a lucrat la ideea...
Bridging the gap between the Public & Private sector through blockchain technology
Between September 28th and October 5th, Spherik has offered 2 blockchain-related trainings, for the Romanian public and private sectors. The trainings were part of B-hub for Europe - a 2 years project financed through Horizon2020, under the Startup Europe umbrella....
30 Blockchain Startups joined the B-Hub For Europe Acceleration Program
B-Hub for Europe has announced the startups accepted in the 1st edition of the acceleration program. From a total of 99 applications received, 30 startups from Europe will be a part of the program starting this month. Who has applied to the program? The selected...
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Open Call for Blockchain-focused Startups & SMEs
An open call for European blockchain-focused startups and SMEs has been announced for the B-hub for Europe project. The program was created to support the increasing demand for new technologies across different sectors and mainly far beyond cryptocurrency and bitcoin. The program aims to build a blockchain community around the European ecosystem, map all the main actors in each European country and provide acceleration services that answer the needs of the blockchain startups. Blockchain startups & SMEs interested to scale up, can apply until September 8th on the B-Hub for Europe website. According to a survey conducted by B-Hub for Europe team between March and May 2020, blockchain-based startups & SMEs are in need of support for the following services: Customer Acquisition & Sales, Accessing Public Grants, as well as Funding and Investment opportunities and also, Customer Discovery and Internationalization. To answer these needs, B-Hub for Europe comes as a...
50 startups selected into the 2nd batch of DMS Accelerator
DMS Accelerator has officially announced the 50 startups and SMEs selected to take part in this year’s acceleration program. The companies were selected out of 206 applicants from the EU and other European countries. Who has applied to the program? A total of 32 countries have applied to the program, Romania being among the top 10: The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Finland. The applicants came from 14 various sectors of activity, with the two main sectors being: Healthcare & Artificial Intelligence, followed by Smart Cities & Transport, and Retail & Manufacturing. What happens now? After a really competitive selection process, which highlights the quality of the applicant companies as well as the innovative nature of the projects presented, the 50 best European startups and SMEs have been invited to join this 2020 program. During the acceleration program, they will have access to interactive webinars,...
KPMG Romania & Spherik webinars: practical advice focused on niched topics of interest for startup founders
Startups and founders that want to stay up to date with topics of interest for their companies have the opportunity to join the online webinars developed by Spherik in partnership with KPMG Romania. Three webinars are set to take place in the next weeks, as follows: Changes in the HR industry starts the series on June 22nd and is joined by Mădălina Racovițan, Partner & Head of People Services at KPMG Romania, Răzvan Radu, Co-founder at Humano, Bianca Ene, Co-founder & Head of Candidate Experience at Jobful, Claudia Stan, People Services Senior Manager at KPMG Romania. The webinar is focused on the changes in the HR industry that happened during the past few months. Speakers will approach topics such as how are the HR departments organizing the remote work, what are the latest challenges for the HR startups, and also which opportunities can appear for startups in the HR field. The webinar is available to watch on Spherik’s Facebook page. Entrepreneurial mindset from a legal...
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Connect Through Shared Interests, Passions and Values – See You There
After traveling to 21 countries on a quest to understand what motivates people and brings them joy and fulfillment, Marius Ciupe returned to Romania with a mission to bring his contribution to the less addressed part of people’s lives ㅡ the sense of community and...
We Need to Focus on Creating More Jobs – iFactor
With over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Cosmin Curticapean - Founder & CEO of iFactor, is the creator of 12 businesses. Varying from production and distribution, all the way to software and services, his latest endeavor is iFactor - an alternative SME...
Automate as Much as Possible – Nifty Learning
Leading a larger team of people handling training administration for other customers made Letitia Stefan - Nifty Learning’s CEO, aware of an acute problem in the HR industry: the redundancy of data entry and repetitive actions, plus the lack of an easy reporting tool....
Startup Funding Training Course in Bucharest
As a How To Web pre-event, the Startup Funding Training Course is a one-day workshop organized by Spherik, within the framework of MY-GATEWAY project. The course will cover both public and private types of funding for startups, and will be hosted by Krisztina Toth –...
If you want to go far, go together – Jobful
What started as Playful Software - a consultancy agency doing HR process optimization through gamification, has turned later into Jobful, one of the startups that took part in the 1st edition of the KPMG Startup Grow Pad program. “Basically, we wanted people to play...
Startup Funding Training Course via MY-GATEWAY Project
Startups can learn about private and public funding by joining the one-day course in Cluj-Napoca, on September 26th. The workshop is organized within the framework of MY-GATEWAY project. The course will cover both public and private types of funding for startups, and...