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Doing business with the public sector
As part of the Blockathon event, of which you can read more here, we had a fireside chat with Daniel Homorodean (CEO of Arxia, founder of the startup Process Player and vice-president at Cluj IT Cluster), focusing on how to to sale digital products and services to the public sector ( public institutions, including municipalities, ministries, universities, etc). Daniel is also coordinating the “Electronic invoicing” workgroup of the National Council for Digital Transformation of the Authority for the Digitalization of Romania (ADR) and is involved in the development of technical standards for e-administration, at national and European level. Process Player is a product that helps public authorities manage the public procurement processes. While promoting it, Daniel and his team have engaged with 1000+ authorities from Romania, thus he was the perfect guest for this fireside chat. The main takeaways about the sales process were the following. We refer to the Romanian public sector and...
Blockchain: Applicability & Potential for Transformation in the Romanian Public & Private Sectors
Spherik Accelerator organizes within the B-hub for Europe project a series of trainings for the Romanian private and public sector, between September 28 and October 2 and respectively October 5-9. The trainings are meant to contribute to the awareness of the concept...
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...
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DMS Accelerator wants to boost the European Data Startup Ecosystem
50 European data-centric SMEs and Startups will be selected to enjoy this support and accelerate their businesses. With the aim of transforming the European data market, the Data Market Services (DMS Accelerator) project has launched its second call to select the most promising data-centric SMEs and Startups. These startups will benefit from different support services in the fields of fundraising, acceleration, data standardisation, legal and GDPR, marketing, promotion, and data skills, among others. The program, which in its first edition received more than 150 applicants from all corners of Europe, is selecting the 50 most promising companies of 2020, from all the applications received from March 16 to May 31 through the official application form. After that, these startups will be contacted by the different partners of the DMS accelerator program in order to adapt and fine-tune the training and services according to their real needs and expectations. The DMS Accelerator program...
Spherik is one of the investors for the Romanian eHealth startup Telios
As part of the long-term strategy to become an innovation platform, aimed at supporting innovation in key domains, Spherik marks its first step towards its mission by investing in Telios, alongside Transylvania Angels Network, Growceanu, TechAngels Romania, and 2 foreign investors, an investment fund from the Netherlands and a private investor from Belgium. The $200,000 raised by Telios in this new seed investment will be used for expanding awareness of telemedicine in Romania, strengthening market position, increasing the medical staff, and enhancing the abilities of the platform. ”We are serving both corporate managers who have to work from home, and truck drivers or warehouse workers who need health advice while they are on the road or in difficult, hard to reach locations. We have by far the largest socio-economic footprint in Romanian telemedicine, which puts us in a very good position to have a strong contribution to healthcare during COVID-19 crisis. More companies and...
Spherik joins the Pan-European #EUvsVirus innovation hackathon
Alongside other Romanian ecosystem stakeholders, Spherik has joined the pan-European non-profit EUvsVirus hackathon, as part of the team of national curators. The event will take place online, during the weekend of April 24 - 26, and aims to gather 60,000 people in 300 virtual teams, designed to find, in the shortest possible time, innovative solutions to overcome the challenges related to coronavirus. Everyone can join the open-call via the website https://euvsvirus.org/, where they will find all the necessary information. Corporations, universities, public administrations, NGOs, SMEs, startups, and accelerators can get involved and participate. Developers, designers, creatives and problem solvers with expertise in healthcare, business, sociology, education are encouraged to apply. Other experts in the fields of digitalization, business, health, education, etc., who can support teams with their expertise, are called to join the team of mentors. And for those who need some extra...
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KPMG Romania and Spherik Accelerator are launching the 2nd edition of the KPMG Startup Grow Pad program
Following a successful 1st edition completed earlier this year, KPMG Romania, together with Spherik Accelerator, are launching the open call for the next generation of tech startups. Developed by KPMG Romania, in partnership with Spherik Accelerator, KPMG Startup Grow...
11 Startups Were Selected to Attend Slush 2019 via My-Gateway Project Competition
The wait is over as My-Gateway project is ready to announce the winners of the #SlushCompetition. The criteria which had to be met for the judges to make the final decision are represented by the idea, the quality of the pitch-deck, the motivation to attend,...
Entrepreneurship in eight steps. Find the skills you need all in one place
One of the main differences between small and large companies is the flexibility you need to show in terms of learning new skills and be ready to study areas you would have never dreamed of reading about. In small businesses the core team counts: no one can afford to...
Spherik Accelerator Takes Startups to SLUSH 2019
Startups are invited to apply for the chance to win FREE tickets at SLUSH 2019, via Spherik Accelerator, as part of My-Gateway project. Between November 21-22, one of the biggest events for tech and non-profit startups in Europe, bringing talents, thousands of top...
Spherik alumni Jobful raises 100,000 € Angel Investment Round
Jobful, one of the startups from KPMG Startup Grow Pad program, has raised the first 100k euros investment round, from 3 angel investors. The startup developed the first gamified recruitment platform in Romania and with the help of this investment, seeks to continue...
Access2Finance for Startups – Powered by Spherik
On June 14, during ICEE.fest: Upgrade 100 festival, in Bucharest, join us at the FOCUS Stage 4, for the Access2Finance workshops & presentations, powered by Spherik Accelerator, as part of My-Gateway project. Starting 11:00, learn about the secrets of the European...