Fostering Digital Entrepreneurship, the Bulgarian example

2 July 2014, Sofia

BAIT projects integrated with Watify

BAIT Awards http://bait-awards.bg/

National Technology Transfer Office in ICT http://www.tto-bait.bg

The BAIT Awards

BAIT’s Awards Ceremonyhttp://www.bait-awards.bg/

Under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev

“The Bulgarian IT Oscars”

by Mario Gavrilov, journalist from Bulgarian National Television, The News

BAIT’s Awards Ceremony

• The editions up to now: - 2012 – 34 applications - 2013 – 76 applications - 2014 – 129 applications

The awarded categories in 2014

Categories Number of applications

Business Innovation 21

Student Award 9

Educational Award 18

Journalist Award 6

State Administration 10

Municipal Administration 6

STARTUP Company 11

E-business 15

Mobile Solutions 15

Corporate and Social Responsibility 10

Special Award for significant contribution 8

Incentive Diplomas 47

STARTUP Company Award

2012 – 3 applications 2013 – 6 applications2014 – 11 applications

BAIT network – 20 startups In partnership with the accelerators:

http://www.openaxel.com/ Virtual one-stop-shop for Startups and Acceleratorshttp://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/dem/ https://www.facebook.com/TechnoStart2/info

The winners:STARTUP Company Award

• 2011 – Nimero http://www.nimero.com/

2 products: Envision – Interactive teaching platform

Jumpido - Mathematics made fun with Kinect for Windows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8VnBx7eqA

The winners:STARTUP Company Award

• 2012 - Eventyard https://eventyard.net/ Eventyard is like foursquare for free-minded artists, venues and their events

The winners:STARTUP Company Award

• 2013 - Farmhopping Ltd. http://farmhopping.com/bg Farmhopping – an online platform linking small farms around the world with end users

The National Technology Transfer Office in ICThttp://www.tto-bait.bg

Sonya Petkova, Head of the TTO-ICT

A 2 year project, with the financial support of the Operational Programme "Development of the Competitiveness of the Bulgarian Economy"

Who?

have an idea?

looking for a solution?

need a partner?

search of market?offer or look funding?

IDEA

EVALUATION

PROTECTION

LICENSINGSERVICES

/PRODUCTS

MARKETING

REVENUE

MONITORING

How?

And - or

TTO-ICT, BAITSofia 1040, Bulgaria36 “Dragan Tsankov" Blv.Interpred WTC Sofia, Office B339

t. +359 2 946 1513 f. +359 2 946 1451 office@tto-bait.bgwww.tto-bait.bg

Where?

The first registrations and requests

• Registered companies:- The Scottish company Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) offering complete solutions for Design

Technology Co-Optimisation;- The English company Status Insurance Management Ltd – offering online platform for golf

insurance ;- A Bulgarian startup with an invention relating to clothes and accessories for people and animals

with an SOS signal and GPS system to show their location.

• Startups with request for free TTO services :- AgroTech Variations – the Cloud Gardener – a Web-based (SaaS), controller for irrigation systems;- GT Kary – an Android application advising by phone and online how to deal with damage sustained

on the road.

Thank you

Vessela Kalacheva, Executive Directorv.kalacheva@bait.bg

www.bait.bg

Sonya Petkova, Head of the TTO-ICT

s.petkova@bait.bg www.bait-tto.bg