Hype or Reality? Launch of the Serbian Startup Ecosystem Report
summary
Combines Startup Genome public data with an original Digital Survey Initiative and PwC analysis to peer‑compare Serbia (Belgrade+Novi Sad) to Budapest/Bucharest/Warsaw; finds €125M reported ecosystem value with ~€100M going to one deal, only ~30 startups receive external investment per year, and roughly 3 active VCs in-country. Funding volume is orders of magnitude below peers (stated ~9× lower per capita, ~5,000× fewer deals than the UK), many startups are bootstrapped and globally oriented, and local mentor/investor connections are weak.
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- 0:00Start
- 4:28Number of startups
- 8:58Low... 9x lower than average
- 9:33Early stage funding in numbers
- 12:48Why is it important?
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