cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis

Ragnar is the co-founder of Pipedrive, the leading sales CRM platform that raised $91M and has more than 90k customers from all around the globe. Ragnar is not yet another Estonian unicorn founder. He is a true ecosystem builder with non-profit co-working spaces, non-profit hackathons ran across EMEA and he is also an active angel investor.

What’s in this episode?

1) How US VCs forced Pipedrive team to relocate to the Valley

2) Growing while breakeven in a red ocean space

3) Victory of Pipedrive’s global and consumer-first approach

4) How it is impossible to beat Pipedrive because it is truly a global company

5) Ragnar’s ecosystem development initiatives around CEE

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cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis

Karoli is the founder of Jobbatical, the company that offers relocation and immigration services to top firms like Transferwise and Twilio. Karoli is passionate about creating a borderless world and re-designing the future of work.

What’s in this episode?

1) How to receive DMs on Twitter from top-tier VCs and closing $10M

2) Pivoting after realizing that your service is a vitamin rather than a pill

3) Talent arbitrage opportunity and the talent shortage that will cost $8T globally

4) Re-thinking the main pillars of the society that we created artificially

5) Country most people are moving away from and where they relocate

You can reach us through our website or @getcced on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis

Fite is an independent digital combat sports network that started in Bulgaria and grew to more than 1.5M users. Started as a generalist entertainment streaming service, Kosta realized that he had to focus on specific verticals and dominate those.

What’s in this episode?

1) Exiting and buying back the company in the early 2000s

2) Living through 2 great financial meltdowns as an entrepreneur

3) Pivoting to focus on a specific vertical and dominating that

4) Fundraising from local (Bulgarian), pan-European and US VCs

5) Evolution of the Bulgarian ecosystem over the past 2 decades

You can reach us through our website or @getcced on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis and Marton Medveczky.

Roland is the founder of IND Group, a fintech company that opened offices in 8 different countries and became one of the top 100 fintech companies globally. After 17 years as the Chairman, the company got acquired by Misys in 2014.

What’s in this episode?

1) Moving from building websites to servicing financial institutions

2) Digitizing a legacy industry

3) Expanding regionally around Central Eastern Europe

4) Building partnerships with other fintech players in the value chain

5) Roland’s life after exit as an angel investor

You can reach us through our website or @getcced on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Marton Medveczky.

Balint is the founder of Team Distinction, a mobile software development company that was selected amongst the fastest growing in Europe by Deloitte and was bought by Skyscanner.

What’s in this episode?

1) Starting a mobile dev-shop at the right time

2) Bootstrapping to exit

3) Life after exit; merging with a large organization

4) Motivations of becoming an angel investor

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cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis

Vladimir started Ubervu, a social media monitoring tool, in 2007 and grew it to 100s of customers with big names including Disney & Fujitsu. He sold it to Hootsuite in 2013 and stayed there for 3 years. He is now building Deepstash.

What’s in this episode?

1) How to sustain the culture across 3 offices in Boston, London, and Bucharest

2) The exit process and why Vladimir stay at Hootsuite for 4 years?

3) Evolution of SaaS metrics and playbook over the past decade

4) Why did Vladimir bring in a professional CEO after launching the US office?

5) Vladimir’s new adventure, Deepstash

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cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis

Tatyana is the CEO of ClaimCompass, a flight delay compensation platform that has received more than 150k claims to date! The company aims to get become the leading player in the $100B/year market with 90% left unclaimed.

What’s in this episode?

1) Competing with local mom and pop shops

2) Automating manual processes to beat competition

3) Partnerships and API strategy to further differentiate and scale customer acquisition

4) Impact of 500 Startups and fundraising from US investors as a European company

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cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Marton Medveczky.

Peter is the founder of NNG, the in-car connectivity company that has more than 1,000 employees across 12 offices and is one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe. Working with 30 car makers and almost all of the Tier-1 suppliers, NNG was founded in Hungary with a mission to make navigation easier.

What’s in this episode?

1) The shift from services to a product company full of pivots

2) Advantages of bootstrapping and the customer-first mindset

3) Dealing with large car manufacturers and doubling down on car connectivity

4) Peter’s changing role from CTO to CEO

5) Evolution of the Hungarian startup ecosystem over the past decade

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cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis

Rina is one of the few people in our region who has done the full circle, going from investing to entrepreneurship and back to investing after 2 successful endeavors. This episode is full of insights from someone who has raised around $50M from VCs, raised her own VC fund and did 40+ investments.

What’s in this episode?

1) Moving from white-collar to co-founder @ Peak

2) Raising €35M in 2 years and the explosion of social games

3) Running a highly operational marketplace business

4) Investing in 40+ early-stage startups in the region

You can reach us through our website or @getcced on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

cc: is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.

Hande is the CEO of Insider, an end to end growth management platform for enterprises. Started in Turkey, Insider grew regionally and raised Series A from Sequoia. The company currently has more than 500 employees in 20 offices worldwide and generates more than $20M in annual recurring revenue.

What’s in this episode?

1) Growth methodology and expansion playbook

2) Strategies to differentiate in a red ocean market

3) Sustaining the culture in 20 countries

4) Talent comparisons and why Insider built an AI team in Ukraine

5) The end goal for Insider and Hande’s motivation in growing the company

You can reach us through our website or @getcced on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.