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People
People on Europa Now: profiles of the founders and makers giving the European tech scene its accent.
Founders
Building Compostable Packaging in Bulgaria: Angela Ivanova on LAM'ON's Mission
The co-founder and CEO of LAM'ON Compostable Films discusses how her Bulgarian startup is tackling the 1.2 million metric tons of laminated paper waste generated annually through bio-based, compostable solutions.
Founders
Perk's Chief Product Officer on AI, Automation, and Building a Century-Old Company
Nikita Miller, who joined Perk as Chief Product Officer in September 2025, discusses how the rebranded travel platform is using AI to eliminate administrative burden and expand globally beyond its European roots.
Founders
Spider Silk and Scaling Deep Tech: Inside PrintyMed's Mission to Revolutionise Medical Materials
Jekaterina Romanova, CEO of Latvian biotech firm PrintyMed, discusses how biomimetic spider silk could transform regenerative medicine, the role of European funding in deep-tech ventures, and the regulatory hurdles facing innovation.
Founders
Building Pan-European Payments: Lena Hackelöer on Brite's Journey Beyond Borders
The founder and CEO of Brite Payments discusses how her Swedish fintech scaled to 27 markets, why European payment sovereignty requires more than ideology, and the persistent challenges women face in raising capital for tech ventures.
Founders
Tim Schumacher on Building a Founder-Centric SaaS Platform and Scaling Climate Tech
The co-founder of saas.group and General Partner at World Fund discusses how his acquisition platform has grown to 18 independent brands across 30 countries while maintaining founder autonomy and pursuing climate impact.
Founders
Two brothers, two jobs: the Vii Studio co-founders Vidzhai Hukasian and Viru Gukasian
One brother leads on product vision, the other on operations. Europa Now looks at how that partnership has shaped Vii Studio, a design and development studio that started out as NiceWeb in 2010 and whose designers, developers and marketers now work remotely.
People
The real markers of financial security have nothing to do with luxury goods
True wealth rarely makes itself known through possessions or status symbols. Instead, the financially secure reveal themselves through subtler behavioral patterns—an unhurried approach to life, freedom from financial anxiety, and conversations that rarely center on money.
People
The Invisible Crisis: Why Your Mid-Thirties May Be Your Loneliest Years
A tech entrepreneur discovers that mid-thirties loneliness isn't about being alone—it's about being surrounded by people who need you for what you do, not who you are.