| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.10.2025 | The biggest European transportation deals in H1 2025 | In the first half of 2025, European transportation companies raised €1.5 billion across 33 deals, around 4.5 per cent of total capital and 1.7 per cent of deal activity within European tech (€33.7 billion across 1,941 deals).
Funding in tra... |
| 19.09.2025 | CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: New €500M Fund, SEON’s Over €67M Raise, and DRUID AI’s Global Push | Central and Eastern Europe ~
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The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest ne... |
| 18.09.2025 | Dronamics Announces Strategic Partnership with Kawasaki Motors | Bulgaria, Japan ~
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Kawasaki Motors, a global leader in engine, motorcycle and powersports production, announced a strategic partnership with Bulgarian scale-up Dronamics, a manufacturer of civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). T... |
| 05.09.2025 | Is Relying on Dual-use Technology a Trap? | Company:
For decades, defense technology and commercial technology ran on parallel tracks. The idea of mixing the two was often unthinkable, especially in the world of startups and venture capital. Today, that wall is crumbling, and the dis... |
| 31.07.2025 | Europe's Drone Powerhouse: Dronamics Secures Major Investment, Eyes Global Skies | Dronamics, a leading Bulgarian cargo drone developer, just secured a groundbreaking €30 million investment from the European Innovation Council's STEP initiative. This significant funding underscores Europe's urgent drive for strategic auto... |
| 30.07.2025 | “Who Controls the Skies, Controls the Future”: Inside Dronamics with Svilen Rangelov | Bulgaria ~
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In 2014, brothers Svilen and Konstantin Rangelov, co-founders of Bulgarian cargo drone airline Dronamics, made a pact: they wouldn’t shave their beards until their full-scale drone, the “Black Swan,” successfully flew. I... |
| 12.06.2025 | Dronamics Selected for €30M EU Investment to Advance Strategic Drone Tech | Bulgaria ~
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Bulgarian cargo airline Dronamics has been selected for an equity investment of up to €30 million under the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP), a flagship initiative of the European Innovation Council (EIC... |
| 03.04.2025 | Bulgaria’s digital future: The quiet power behind innovation | Bulgaria’s tech ecosystem is rapidly emerging as a leading innovation hub in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), attracting significant investment and global recognition.
The recently published report Central and Eastern European startups 202... |
| 02.04.2025 | CEE Innovation Forum: The Region’s Tech Leaders to Meet Top DACH Investors and Corporates in Vienna Тhis May | Vienna, Austria ~
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Key Highlights: Exclusive matchmaking opportunities with top investors and corporates from the DACH region at the CEE Innovation Forum on May 12, organized by The Recursive and weXelerate and part of the ViennaUP ... |
| 10.12.2024 | In 2024, Bulgaria’s Startups Raised Only Half of 2023’s Total, The State of AI in CEE Report Shows | Bulgaria ~
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Bulgaria’s AI and tech ecosystem is undergoing rapid transformation, emerging as a significant player within Central and Eastern Europe. With increasing investment, the development of pioneering companies, and organized ... |
| 20.08.2024 | GITEX Global 2024: A Tech Odyssey in Dubai | The tech world is buzzing. GITEX Global 2024 is set to be a monumental event. From October 14 to 18, the Dubai World Trade Centre will transform into a hub of innovation. This is not just another tech conference; it’s a launchpad for the fu... |
| 15.08.2024 | GITEX Global 2024 To Feature A Stellar Lineup Of Speakers From October 14-18, 2024, At Dubai World Trade Centre The GITEX Global 2024 early confirmed speaker line-up includes eight fast-growing startu... | The 44th edition of the annual Dubai-based tech and startup event GITEX Global, which will be held at Dubai World Trade Centre on October 14-18, 2024, is set to feature a stellar line-up of speakers and host delegates from 180 countries.
Al... |
| 10.07.2024 | The Largest Funding Rounds in H1 2024 for Bulgaria: Dronamics & Nasekomo Lead the Way | Bulgaria ~
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In the first half of 2024 the Bulgarian innovation ecosystem has witnessed a couple of exciting milestones, marked by a Series A round, multiple early-stage investments, and a few mergers and acquisitions (details of whi... |
| 12.06.2024 | Unlocking the Potential of Central and Eastern Europe: A Focus on the Green Transition Forum | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
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The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region is on the brink of a significant transformation towards sustainable development and green technology. This shift is not only essential in the fight against climate cha... |
| 28.03.2024 | EIC Scaling Club announces its first 48 European deeptech scaleups | Today the EIC Scaling Club unveiled the selection of the first 48 European deep tech scaleups to join its curated community of standout companies, investors, corporate innovators, mentors, media firms and other industry stakeholders.
The li... |
| 25.03.2024 | After €10M from EIC Dronamics Is Preparing Its Commercial Launch in Greece | Bulgaria ~
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Last week, Bulgarian cargo airline Dronamics secured a substantial €10M investment from the European Innovation Council, following a previous grant of €2.5M, received in February. Moreover, Svilen Rangelov, the co-founde... |
| 19.03.2024 | UK-Bulgarian cargo drone airline Dronamics receives €10M from EIC | UK-Bulgarian cargo drone airline Dronamics receives €10M from EIC
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| 19.03.2024 | EIC recommits to cargo airline Dronamics with €10M investment | Bulgarian cargo airline Dronamics has received a €10 million investment from the European Innovation Council following its previous €2.5 million grant last February.
Dronamics, the world’s first cargo drone airline, operates large long-rang... |
| 07.03.2024 | SeedBlink Welcomes to Its March 2024 Startups Insights Hour | SeedBlink’s Startups Insights Hour will take place on March 20th As usual, the pitching event will take place online via Zoom The evening’s pitches will be by Oveit, NXTLVL, MindAhead, and SimplicityDX
On March 19th, the renowned Romanian ... |
| 13.02.2024 | SeedBlink Invites to Its February 2024 Investors’ Insights Hour | Another edition of SeedBlink’s Startup Insights Hour will take place on February 20th As usual, the pitching event will take place online via Zoom The pitching startups are CoLumbo, Vestinda, and Atmos
On February 20th, the famous Romanian... |
| 29.01.2024 | SeedBlink and CollabWriting Invite to an Extended Presentation Event | Another edition of SeedBlink’s Startup Insights Hour will take place on February 8th As usual, the event will take place online via Zoom The whole hour will be dedicated to Collabwriting
On February 8th, the well-known Romanian crowd inves... |
| 17.01.2024 | SeedBlink Invites to Its Investors’ Insights Hour with Extended Startup Pitches and Q&As | Another edition of SeedBlink’s Startup Insights Hour will take place on January 25th As usual, the pitching event will take place online via Zoom The pitching startups are Sessions, NutritionPro, and Fantix
On January 25th, the well-known ... |
| 18.12.2023 | The Largest Funding Rounds for Central and Eastern Europe in 2023 | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Romania ~
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As the CEE region continues to establish itself as a key player in the global tech landscape, 2023 saw an influx of investment that has been pushing the development of regional st... |
| 02.08.2023 | Against All Odds: The Story of the World’s First Cargo Drone Airline with Svilen Rangelov from Dronamics | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
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In our latest podcast episode, we explore the journey of Svilen Rangelov, the co-founder and CEO of Dronamics, the world’s first cargo drone airline.
Svilen’s passion for fast, affordable, and green freight is tra... |
| 27.07.2023 | Dronamics Launches Commercially This Year and Returns to SeedBlink for Another Round | Bulgarian drone cargo airline Dronamics is back on SeedBlink to raise EUR 2M Undisclosed investors have pre-committed EUR 1M Dronamics plans to launch commercially in late 2023 The raised investment will fund the company’s in-house R&D ... |
| 18.07.2023 | Dronamics Returns to SeedBlink, Aims to Raise €2 Million | Online investment platform SeedBlink is raising money for Dronamics for the second time.
SeedBlink is a European securities crowdfunding platform that seeks to list private securities for firms raising capital from VCs as well. SeedBlink is... |
| 18.07.2023 | Video interview: Dronamics CEO Svilen Rangelov on building the first cargo drone airline in the world (out of Bulgaria) | Bulgarian cargo drone manufacturer Dronamics today extended its pre-Series A funding round to raise €2 million euro from private investors exclusively via SeedBlink, the Romania-based crowdfunding platform.
A few months back, the company ra... |
| 22.06.2023 | The CEE’s Robotics Vanguard: A Spotlight on 15+ Leading Innovations | Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia ~
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The global robotics industry is experiencing significant growth, with the market size projected to increase from $16.78 billion in 2022 to $35.68 billion by 20... |
| 25.05.2023 | Dronamics Cargo Drone Takes First Flight, Paving the Way for the Future of Deliveries | LONDON and SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dronamics, the world's first cargo drone airline, announced today the successful completion of the first flight of its flagship aircraft, the Black Swan, at Balchik airport in Bulgari... |
| 25.05.2023 | The Black Swan Takes Off as Dronamics Makes Its First Cargo Drone Flight Test | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
In a historic moment for the global logistics industry, Dronamics, the world’s first cargo drone airline, announced the first successful flight of its flagship aircraft, the Black Swan. The event, held at the Balchik airpo... |
| 13.03.2023 | Il mercato del Venture Capital a febbraio 2023 | Come è andato il mercato del Venture Capital a febbraio 2023? Partiamo subito da qualche dato. Gli investimenti in VC (venture capital) in Europa a febbraio 2023 ammontano a 423 milioni di euro, registrando una leggera flessione rispetto ai... |
| 20.02.2023 | UK-based Dronamics raises USD 40 million in pre-Series A funding | London, UK-based cargo drone airline with a license to operate in Europe, Dronamics raised USD 40 million in pre-Series A funding. The pre-Series A round took place on February 17, 2023. Several venture capital funds and angel investors fro... |
| 17.02.2023 | Drone Deliveries Are Coming to Europe as Dronamics Nabs $40M in Pre-Series A Round | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
The Bulgarian cargo drone airline Dronamics raises a $40M pre-series A round from VCs and angel investors from 12 countries, including Founders Factory, Speedinvest, Eleven Capital, and the Strategic Development Fund (SDF)... |
| 17.02.2023 | UK-based Dronamics bags €37.6M to launch autonomous cargo drone airline in Europe | London-based Dronamics, a freight drone airline with a European operating authorisation, announced on Friday that it has raised $40M (approximately €37.61M) in a pre-Series A round of funding.
The investment came from Founders Factory, Spee... |
| 17.02.2023 | The UK-Bulgarian Dronamics, cargo drone airline, receives €37.6M in a pre-Series A round | The UK-Bulgarian Dronamics, cargo drone airline, receives €37.6M in a pre-Series A round
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| 17.02.2023 | Dronamics Raises $40M in Pre-Series A Funding | Svilen Rangelov, co-Founder and CEO at Dronamics
Dronamics, a London, UK- based cargo drone airline with license to operate in Europe, raised a total of $40m in pre-Series A funding.
Backers included Founders Factory, Speedinvest, Eleven Ca... |
| 17.02.2023 | Autonomous cargo drone airline Dronamics reveals it’s raised $40M, pre-Series A | Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate world of cargo. It’s here where the economic savings could be most significant. ... |
| 30.12.2022 | ‘Black Swan’ Drone Passes Transport Cargo Approval in EU, to Start Operations in 2023 | Inno Flores, Tech Times 30 December 2022, 07:12 pm
The European Union just approved a pilotless cargo aircraft to transport freight the size of a delivery van. As its manufacturer aims to debut this drone in 2023, this would be the first &q... |
| 26.12.2022 | „Duba zburătoare”: Doi bulgari fac drone cargo pentru distanțe de până la 2500 km | Doi antreprenori bulgari au lansat o „linie aeriană” de drone cargo, care transportă mărfuri pe distanțe de până la 2500 km, iar din anul 2023 urmează să-și deschidă operațiunile în Uniunea Europeană.
Compania Dronamics a fost fondată în 20... |
| 28.11.2022 | ASF Licenses SeedBlink Under ECSPR Outstandingly Speedy | Romanian investment crowdfunding platform SeedBlink got licensed under the ECSPR in accordance with European Law Being governed by the license adds to the platform’s credibility and transparency and brings forth SeedBlink’s pan-European amb... |
| 25.11.2022 | Bulgaria’s Dronamics receives €2.5M grant for cargo drone fleet development | Bulgaria’s Dronamics receives €2.5M grant for cargo drone fleet development
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| 24.11.2022 | Cargo Drone Airline Dronamics Seals a €2.5M EIC Grant Prior to Its Series A | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
Dronamics, the Bulgaria-born company that develops the world’s first cargo drone airline, announces that it has been awarded a €2.5M grant by the European Commission under the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator ... |
| 24.11.2022 | “World’s first cargo drone airline” company Dronamics receives €2.5M grant from EIC | London-based Dronamics, a cargo drone airline with a license to operate in Europe, announced on Thursday, that it has received an award grant of €2.5M from the European Commission under the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator prog... |
| 29.08.2022 | SeedBlink Accelerates Westward Expansion by Acquiring a Dutch Crowd Investment Platform | SeedBlink announces its acquisition of Symbid – the Dutch pioneer of crowd investment Aside from the consolidated portfolio and investor pool, SeedBlink benefits from increased credibility in Benelux while Symbid gains access to SeedBlink’s... |
| 25.05.2022 | Bulgarian Dronamics obtains license to self-authorize flight operations across the EU | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
Bulgarian Dronamics, the cargo drone operator, became the first company in the industry to obtain an EU operational license, allowing it to self-authorize flight operations across EU countries.
The announcement comes at a ... |
| 07.04.2022 | Athens will host Tech Tour Digital SEE to matchmake investors and scaling startups | Athens, Greece ~
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The third edition of Tech Tour Digital South East Europe launches this spring to meet notable regional startup founders with investors interested in this locality.
Tech Tour is one of the largest communities in Eur... |
| 11.03.2022 | SeedBlink Wraps Up Two Years and Shares Future Plans | SeedBlink, Romania-based crowdfunding service for investors and startups, issues a report detailing two years of its history The reports sums up the platforms’ experience both with investors and founders, as well as tips for them SeedBlink’... |
| 25.01.2022 | Eleven Ventures raises €60m fund to invest in South-Eastern Europe based startups | Eleven Ventures, a Bulgarian venture capital firm that focused on pre-seed and seed investing in South-Eastern Europe (SEE), has announced the final closing of ‘Eleven Fund III’ at Euro 60 million on 24 January 2022. The venture capitalist ... |
| 26.11.2021 | Everything about the upcoming €3M IPO of Dronamics | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
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Dronamics, the Bulgarian aerospace startup for unmanned drones, officially received approval from the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) for its IPO on the BEAM SMEs Growth Market. The cargo drone company will be look... |
| 16.11.2021 | Bulgarian Dronamics aims to raise €3M in an IPO | The Bulgarian company Dronamics is aiming to raise €3 million (BGN 5,8 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange’s SME growth market BEAM. The IPO will be held in December 2021. Dronamics in a nutshell
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| 16.08.2021 | Dronamics: the sky is not the limit (Interview) | “It all started back in 2014. I remember my brother asking me if I could bring some Bulgarian cheese over to the Netherlands, where he was working at an aerospace company at the time.
So, we came up with the idea of a flying van that can sh... |
| 20.07.2021 | Are cargo drones the future of logistics? Everything about DHL’s partnership with Dronamics | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
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The Bulgarian aerospace startup that develops unmanned cargo drones, Dronamics, is making a significant step towards commercializing its service by going into partnership with the international logistics company D... |
| 30.06.2021 | Bulgarian Dronamics to produce 60 cargo drones for one of the world’s biggest logistics providers | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
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Dronamics, the Bulgarian deep tech startup, specializing in the development and operations of autonomous cargo drones, announced a partnership with international freight provider Hellmann. As part of the deal, Hel... |
| 04.06.2021 | Don’t miss these startups exhibiting at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 | We’re just five days away from TC Sessions: Mobility 2021, where thousands of mobility movers and shakers will dive deep into the game-changing technology that’s reinventing the way we move people — and pretty much everything else — around ... |
| 13.05.2021 | 7 big successes of the Campus X community in 2021 | Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, 2020 opened many new opportunities for the companies and professionals within our coworking community who kept making a major impact in their fields.
And the start of 2021 was no different. Fro... |
| 15.12.2020 | 8 Campus X community successes in 2020 | 2020 challenged all of us in many ways. It pushed us outside of our comfort zone and we found ourselves navigating through an uncertain new reality.
While we are excited to wave 2020 goodbye, the truth is that hard times made us more creati... |
| 18.11.2019 | Nigeria’s Hello Tractor, Kenya’s BuuPass win $15k each in Bosch Africa Smart Mobility prize | Nigeria’s Hello Tractor and Kenya’s BuuPass have each won $15 000 and three month’s acceleration in Bosch Africa’s Smart Mobility competition.
The two startups were among the 222 teams from 27 countries that submitted applications for the c... |
| 18.11.2019 | Nigeria’s Hello Tractor, Kenya’s BuuPass win $15k each in Bosch Africa Smart Mobility prize | Nigeria’s Hello Tractor and Kenya’s BuuPass have each won $15 000 and three month’s acceleration in Bosch Africa’s Smart Mobility competition.
The two startups were among the 222 teams from 27 countries that submitted applications for the ... |
| 14.04.2019 | The Bulgarian Tech & Digital Startup Ecosystem: Who is Who in 10 Words | In the past seven years, the Bulgarian IT ecosystem is thriving at a rapid pace. However, it still remains relatively unknown in the global technology scene.
Despite the fact that the country has not produced a unicorn yet, or is not at top... |
| 18.09.2018 | The Trending Topics Guide to the 18 Bulgarian Startups to Watch | What is going to be Bulgaria’s next success story after Telerik or HelloHungry? What’s Bulgaria best at? Will Bulgaria ever give birth to a B2C product such as Skype or Spotify? The answer, of course, varies depending on who you might be as... |
| 22.05.2016 | Africa is becoming a testbed for commercial drone services | Jake Bright Contributor
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| - | The Big Reveal: Watch LIVE the unveil of Dronamics’ first-ever Black Swan drone | We have been sharing with you the big and small success stories of Dronamics, the Bulgarian startup that is now the world’s leading middle-mile cargo drone developer and operator.
Today, December 7th, the company is reaching another major m... |
| - | Bulgarian Dronamics raises $40M to power new generation drone solutions | Dronamics, the world’s first cargo drone airline with a license to operate in Europe, announced that it has raised a total of $40 million in pre-Series A funding from venture capital funds and angel investors from 12 countries as the compan... |
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| - | Cargo star Dronamics is raising €2M in a Pre-Series A SAFE round | Dronamics is the world’s first licensed cargo drone airline, offering an innovative and sustainable solution for middle-mile logistics. Now, the Bulgarian-led company is raising €2 million in a Pre-Series A SAFE round, as a Series A round i... |
| - | Dronamics: How a Bulgarian startup wants to reinvent e-commerce with its cargo drone | Well hidden in the subareаs of the Bulgarian capital city Sofia, a team of 14 engineers and logistics experts is working on a technology that might change the world of e-commerce. It all started with two brothers trying to come up with a so... |
| - | Dronamics is now the first drone cargo airline to get an operational license | The Bulgarian middle-mile cargo drone developer and operator Dronamics announced that as of today (May 25th), the company is a holder of its first drone airline license – the EU’s Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC). The LUC is recognized ... |
| - | The day has come! Dronamics IPO kicks off today. | A while ago, we shared with the big news of the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of the world’s leading middle-mile cargo drone developer and operator a – Dronamics.
Well, the day has come! Dronamics in a nutshell
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| - | DRONAMICS | “Dronamics offers an all-in-one solution for the middle-mile powered by our Black Swan cargo drone, a network of droneports, and fully mobile control and cargo systems. ” |
| - | DRONAMICS | “HOME | DRONAMICS” |
| - | Dronamics grabs award for “Sustainable Drone Technology Company” | The Bulgarian middle-mile cargo drone developer and operator Dronamics has won the award in the category for “Sustainable Drone Technology Company of the Year 2022″ in the Freightweek Sustainability Awards (FSA).
“Thank you to all the reade... |
