We know Steve Keil as a manager (BMC, Sciant, Epiq, VMWare, Xentio), a VC(NEVEQ), a professor (Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski), and a startup founder and CEM (Chief Executive Mammoth) at MammothDB. I can’t overstate our excitement of having Steve as a speaker at the Balkan Venture Forum in Belgrade. And I have to admit, his is the coolest C-level exec title I’ve ever seen. It shows Steve’s larger than life sense of humor and fun-loving attitude with which he approaches life and success. And I have to agree, Steve is a mammoth bySEE DETAILS

It is by a surge of excitement and deep satisfaction that we compose this summary of the 7th edition of Balkan Venture Forum in Zagreb on December 3-4, 2015 at Hypo Centar. We are still under the impression of the amazing 2 days spent with our guests in a pre-Christmas spirit in the wonderful Zagreb. Brought together by the belief in innovation and entrepreneurship, 450+ people from different locations in the Balkans and Europe took part in the leading innovation forum on the Balkan. Among this huge number of attendees wereSEE DETAILS

Meet the best Early-stage Companies from the SEE Region that will take part in the Startup Competition Following an intense evaluation process by the BkVF selection committee, we are happy to come to you with the awesome news that the selection process is over and the participating startups are just a few rows of text away from you! We went through an extensive amount of fantastic ideas and presentations and we are ready to share with you the most promising startups for the upcoming edition of our Balkan Venture ForumSEE DETAILS

The Balkan Venture Forum is coming to Slovenia! After visiting the grassroots communities in Albania and Bosnia & Herzegovina, the 6th edition of the Forum is moving to one of the region’s powerhouse economies. For this sixth edition, the BkVF team is joining hands with COINVEST of COBIK (home to the annual COINVEST Tech Investment Conference). With combined forces, the BkVF COINVEST is shaping up to be one of this year’s most exciting entrepreneur-meets-investor events! Set across 2 days, 50 tech companies will be taking the stage at the Perla Casino & Hotel in NovaSEE DETAILS <span clas...

After having a blast in Sofia together with the amazing Bulgarian community, and a LOT of international friends , we continue the BkVF tour in exciting Tirana. A lot of already funded companies took the chance to pitch, and many others who pitched are now funded. In Tirana we are expecting big differences but also great similarities with the Sofia edition of BkVF. Click the image below to experience some of the VIBE in Sofia: The difference in Tirana is the much earlier stage of the local community. It is a starry eyedSEE DETAILS

We have some good news! We are delighted to confirm Mr. Baybars Altuntas’, business angel and a franchise king from Turkey, participation at BkVF Tirana. Baybars is an incredibly active business angel and entrepreneur, for those not familiar with his work. Some of his current engagements are: We have some good news! We are delighted to confirm Mr. Baybars Ambassador to Turkey & Balkan Countries at World Entrepreneurship ForumColumnist at Para Dergisi – Weekly Money MagazineExecutive Committee Member at EBAN – The European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and other Early Stage MarketPresident at Links AngelPresident at Business Angels Association –<a class="more-link" href="http://balkanventureforum.org/2013/10/17/workshop-and-keynote-by-baybars-altuntas...

As the fist day of BkVF Sofia passed with an amazing VIBE and most of all FUN, just kicking into the second day, I’d like to remind you about our great partner event that takes place on the 23rd. LeanCamp is an open, interactive, multi-track event, with tons of rooms and fast, 30-minute sessions on different cutting-edge practical topics. These revolve around Startups, Lean, Agile, Customer Development, UX, Design, real MVPs and metrics. Sessions can be talks, workshops, discussions, or other interactive formats. The difference is that the sessions are plannedSEE DETAILS

Venture and equity capital have been hot topics in this region recently and Southeastern Europe is no stranger in innovation in technology, energy and science. With this in mind, Balkan Unlimited first kickstarted a long-term commitment to exploring investment and financing opportunities in this region with the Balkan Venture Forum in Skopje earlier this year. We are now ready for the next step in that commitment and we believe the region is as well, so we have organized the Balkan Venture Forum in Belgrade, which will take place at Belgrade’sSEE DETAILS

The first edition of the Balkan Venture Forum in Skopje, proved that there is great excitement and need for a regional gathering of the top startups, experts and investors, joined together in a quest for progress through innovation. This allowed BkVF to grow into the largest Balkan’s innovation showcase and investment forum, which demonstrates the recent explosion of the regional startup eco-system and willingness to work together. It was very rewarding to see in Skopje many of the community leaders, brilliant startup founders and movers and shakers from all countries in theSEE DETAILS