#Iva Ivanova

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US Open Junior Girls' Singles photos

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Juniors turning Seniors in 2025

Gymnasts born in 2009. Feel free to message me gymnasts who competed internationally that I do not have on this list.

Andorra

Aitana Garcia

Astrid Rieger

Armenia

Inesa Adamyan

Tatev Khachatryan

Australia

Alisa Kochemazova

Kiara Koburn

Austria

Melina Maerk

Julia Millmann

Azerbaijan

Nuray Ahmadzada

Govhar Ibrahimova

Sakinakhanim Ismayilzada

Ayan Sadigova

Belgium

Maya Bijnens

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Esma Huskanovic

Iva Benic

Bolivia

Tatiana Gutierez Siles

Emma Sofia Jimenez Barriga

Brazil

Fernanda Regalo Alvaz

Lavinia Silveiro

Stephany Popoatzki

Bulgaria

Eva Emilova

Andrea Ivanova

Tsveteyoana Pencheva

Dara Malinova

Oleksandra Shalueva

Canada

Jana Alemam

Julianna Kaminsky

Emily Liu

Chile

Laura Rich

Amanda Depaux

Leonor Fuente-Alba

Retamales Machuca

Karime Meneses

Colombia

Juliana Villarreal

Sara Correa

Emiliana Vargas

Croatia

Iana Bencic

Vita Franov

Ana Jurkovic

Cyprus

Lavita Bezdenezhnykh

Aikaerini Christofi

Alexandra Constantinou

Alissa Jaser

Sotiroulla Marselli

Czehia

Kristina Gyulzadyan

Anna Kofronova

Svetlana Moravcova

Adela Navarova

Sara Suchankova

Sofie Ella Urbanova

Karolina Mandikova

Egypt

Alia Ahmed

Rashda Elzayat

Espagna (Spain)

Violeta Bacigalupo

Celia Rodriguez

Bianca Rodriguez

Estonia

Meibel Kudak

Elys Kretelle Kukk

Nika Oborskaja

Polina Tubaleva

Finland

Aino Toermanen

Linnea Piispanen

France

Lena Kieffer

Naia Okasha

Great Britain

Alexandra Krokhmal

Lottie Cahill

Tallulah Crabtree

Alexandra Marshall

Lucy Taylor

Georgia

Elene Tsulukidze

Ana Berdzenashvili

Mariam Gelashvili

Teona Nakhutsrishvili

Liza Kordzade

Elene Tsulukidze

Germany

Emily Dik

Raya Dudeva

Olivia Falk

Lisa Tenenbaum

Alina Ott

Greece

Stefania Bakopoulou

Aiaterini Cholidi Ntali

Eleftheria Kantere

Constantina Stoleriu

Hungary

Boglarka Barkoczi

Fruzsina Grek

Boglarka Horvath

Goergia Koszegy-Kohary

Israel

Alona Tal Franco

Meital Maayan Sumkin

Italy

Margherita Fucci

Carlotta Fulignati

Anna Pergentili

Ludovica Platoni

Japan

Rin Matsuda

Yuna Tanaka

Kazkhstan

Dariya Kusherbayeva

Kyrgysztan

Arina Gazieva

Asema Badykeeva

Marem Isaeva

Korea

Seohyun Park

Suyeon Park

Seojin Won

Kuweit

Noor Alrezaihan

Latvia

Margarita Ardaseva

Alise Lebedeva

Sofia Nikole Reinsonas

Lituania

Anastasija Volocko

Vile Sperskaite

Nijole Mickute

Luxembourg

Lola Diedrich

Moldova

Daria Sliusarenko

Mexico

Constanza Galindo

Zoe Lozano

Mongolia

Minjin Khurelbaatar

Ayalguu Purevdorj

Munkhgerel Soronzonbold

Norway

Charlotte Gailiunaite

New Zealand

Neala Wicomb

Athena Li

Poland

Maria Aszklar

Sara Lakomczak

Pola Swietochowska

Olivia Maslov

Portugal

Carolina Freitas

Leonor Baptista

Mafalda Santos

Romania

Amalia Lica

Arianna Alexandru

Andreea Nastasa

Alexandra Patrascu

South Africa

Tricha Richards

Chade Jansen

Amy Rose George

Buhle Ngcobo

Singapore

Kate Lee

Slovenia

Alja Ponikvar

Elli Cof

Zarja Drevensek

San Marino

Eva Bombagioni

Serbia

Ema Tosic

Switzerland

Viktoria Benkoe

Charlene Pasche

Lhadon Tsenstsang

Slovakia

Xenia Benkovitsova

Sona Mikundova

Laura Romanova

Tunisie

Mariem Karray

Turkey

Eysan Ates

Deniz Oskay

Fatma Elif Polat

Damla Sel

Aleyna Gursoy

Melek Duru Ozen

Ukraine

Kseniia Solomon

USA

Greta Pavilonyte

Isabella Chong (thanks @fabiochampioraro)

Uzbekistan

Lola Djuraeva

Michel Nesterova

Adelya Fayzulina

Guli Nasimboeva

[lubashivaya]

#SaturdayMourning 🕯 06.08.2022 #inmemoriam 🎙🌟🕊 @josoaresofcial #Repost @amauzo.nini —— "Tudo começou no princípio. Vieram os Árabes. Os negros converteram-se. E começaram a chamar-se Sofia, Zainabo, Zulfa, Amade, Mussá. E tornaram-se escravos. Vieram os os marinheiros da cruz e da espada. Outros negros converteram-se. Começaram a chamar-se José, Francisco, Antônio, Moisés. Todas as mulheres se chamaram Marias. E continuaram escravos. Os negros que foram vendidos ficaram a chamar-se Charles, Mary, Georges, Christian, Joseph, Charlotte, Johnson. Batizaram-se. E continuaram escravos. Um dia virão outros profetas com bandeiras vermelhas e doutrinas messiânicas. Deificarão o comunismo, Marx, marxismo, Lenine, leninismo. Diabolizarão o capitalismo e o Ocidente. Os negros começarão a chamar-se Iva, Ivanova, Ivana, Tânia, Kasparov, Tereskova, Nádia, Nadioska. E continuarão escravos. Depois virão pessoas de todo o mundo com dinheiro no bolso para doar aos pobres em nome do desenvolvimento. E os negros chamar-se-ão Sônia, Karen, Erica, Tânia, Tatiana, Sheila. Receberão dinheiro deles e continuarão escravos." Paulina Chiziane (O Alegre canto da perdiz) ~ *Imagem: @ndartlife * (em MetaBiz) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg7VgKuuq29/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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NORDWIND // theatlasmagazine.com Photographer + Creative Director / Sebastian Kapfhammer @_kapfhammer Stylist + MUA / Andrea Malessardi @andreamalessardi Hair / Günter Steininger @fell_salon Model / Charline Desiree @charlinedesiree @ Wiener Models @wiener_models Styling + Fashion / Iva Ivanova @ivaivanova.design

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Apple Series 6 - The Future of Workout from Ian Pons Jewell on Vimeo.

Director - Ian Pons Jewell Dop - Mauro Chiarello UW DOP: Eric Börjeson Hero Talent - Aina Cabrero Production company - Reset Content Managing Director - Dave Morrison Executive Producer - Deannie O'Neil Producer - Jon Adams Director’s Assistant - Emmanuelle Le Chat VFX - The Mill Choreographer - Charlie Mayhew Editor -Tobias Suhm @ Whitehouse Post

CLIENT - APPLE CCO - Tor Myhren Group Creative Director - Nick Jones Creative Directors - Brian Murphy, Lee Shultz Art Director -Diego Cardoso de Oliveira Writer -Caio Maroni Giannella Executive Producer -MJ Otto Brenaman Producers - Tim Allan, Hannah Murray Music Supervisor - Charlotte von Kotze Production Service Company: Icon Films Sofia Producer: Emil Rangelov Producer: Beba Yordanova Production Manager: Vladdy Karanikolov 1st AD: Krassimir Hazarbassanov 2nd AD: Monika Ivanova Location Manager: Anton Karakutev Production Coordinator: Irina Cherkelova Drone Crew: Anywhere (Iva Slavova, Dimitar Krastev) 1st AC/Focus Puller: Lubomir Somov Gaffer: Pavel Mitov DIT: Jivko Chakarov SFX Supervisor: Ivo Jivkov UW Supervisor: Ian Creed Playback: Petar Shterev Key Grip: Ivan Alexandrov Stylist: Tsvetomir Goranov Make Up Artist: Valentin Valov Local VFX Supervisor: ImmerseFX

VFX: THE MILL EP: Alex Fitzgerald  Production Co-Ordinator: Jasmine Lewis-humphrey Creative Directors:  Dan Williams   Storyboard Artist: Tito Fernandes   2D Lead Artists:  Tom Luff Gianluca Di Marco   2D Artists:  Adam Arnot  Charles Dockerill  Didem Ergor Henning Glabbart Jorge Oliva Joseph Dymond Valeria Scalamandre  3D Lead Artists:  Edward Shires   3D Artists:  Andrew Batholomew Bethan Williams  Dan Yargici Gabrielius Burokas Harsh Borah  Jao Pires  Kate Garbielova Laurie Estampes  Maxime Cronier  Paul Donnellan Robert Moore  Roman Vrbovsky Stefan Hoare  Will Burdett Deniz Cinar Emre Sumer  Hamish Ballingall David Neale  Matte Painters:  Henrik Holmberg  Can Y. Sanalan Andrew Brooks Colourist: Alex Gregory Finish Artist: Holly Mclean

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I was commissioned by the "Hristo Botev" in Orizovo to paint amural with the face of Pavel Matev - bulgarian poet, writer, lyricist, editor. In the mural there is a calligraphy with a part of poem "Letter to Mom", on which a song was later made, sung by Emil Dimitrov. Thanks to Iva Ivanova @djidjivia and everyone who helped make this happen. Tse 2020 Бях поканен от училище ОУ" Христо Ботев" с.Оризово да създам стенопис с лика на Павел Матев - български поет, писател, редактор и текстописец. В стенописа има калиграфия с част от неговото стихотворение " Писмо до мама", по което по късно е направена песен и изпълнена от Емил Димитров. Благодаря за поканата, помоща и подкрепата на Ива Иванова @djidjivia и на всички, които допринесоха това да се случи. Tse 2020 #art #muralart #brushes #paint #painting #calligraphyart #calligraphycyrillic #calligraphy #cyrillic #graffart #graffiti #graffitiphotography #graffitimural #graffitiportret #portraitdrawing #mural #spraypaint #spray #poetry #tseart #арт #българскоизкуство #граффити #графити #портрет #павелматев #калиграфия #калиграфија #поет #рисунок (at Оризово) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFgo0hSDc5Z/?igshid=174yyx7hs6eu9

[art-now-ukraine]

"Iva", Tetiana Ivanova

by Tatiana Ivanova.The portrait of little girl. The soft delicate painting for a child face and expressive for other parts of picture. It has classical silver + pink coloring the same italian Giovanni Boldini. The portrait opens feelings of child, her world.

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Iva/673205/1870072/view

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The female founders of Bulgaria

“Compared to other industries, the tech sector is still relatively young and doesn’t carry the burden of legacy traditions. In my experience, it is not gender-biased, but instead, it’s merit-driven, focused on one’s own capabilities,” Alexandra Mechkova, CEO of Telerik Academy, says. Mechkova comes from a liberal arts education and marketing background and has no formal education in technology, yet she has been working in the IT sector for close to 15 years and now leads the private tech talent academy.

There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU. We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT.  Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering backgrounds and others did not have any technology experience in previous careers.

“I think that the tech industry needs to diversify the ways software is being developed. Nowadays we are so dependent on technology that it’s truly important to involve as many different points of view as possible”, Sophia Lyateva, Women Techmakers Lead, says. She comes from a PR and communications background but got excited by the tech sphere some five years ago.

Yes, there’s no data on how many women are indeed working in the tech and startup sphere, but we collected as many stories as possible. Below you can find 42 stories of female founders, investors, community builders, and leaders.

“Very often, not always, of course, ventures started by women have a social impact element”, says Maya Zlatanova, founder of FindMeCure, an online platform allowing everyone struggling with a medical condition to access treatments in development. Alongside with her two mail cofounders, one of them – her husband, Zlatanova trying to attract $420K funding, get accepted in Techstars Accelerator in London, and helped over 2K patients to find treatments. “I indeed think it all about the skills, experience, and patience, and has nothing to do with gender nowadays. Generally, I don’t like speaking of female founders and male founders – the more we diversify by gender, the more one looks like an exception”, Zlatanova says.

“For me, it all started as a cause and the tech and business model came later”, Iva Gumnishka, founder of Human in the Loop, shares. Her company provides training and testing data for machine learning solutions. The special thing about it is the fact that it actually trains refugees to process the data. “Even though I am a woman, young and had nothing to do with technologies before I started my company, I’ve never experienced disrespect and I’ve already worked with most of the IT companies in Bulgaria”, says Gumnishka. According to her, there are enough female founders and role models in Bulgaria to look up to.

After a cancer diagnosis, Boryana Gerasimova changed her career path – from IT specialist to co-found her first healthcare startup NutriGen. She is now running her second venture – Re: Gena, another personalized medicine company, targeting early prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.  Gergana Stancheva and Angela Ivanova have developed a biodegradable laminating film to make the printing industry more eco-friendly. Their company Lam’on is already testing the product and has its pilot clients. Lubomila Jordanova started Plan A, a data-driven platform that contributes to the fight against climate change. Six years ago, together with four other male enthusiasts, Rositsa Mitova started Farmhopping, an online market for farm products that already works with over a hundred Bulgarian farms.

[bulgariaadvice]

The female founders of Bulgaria

“Compared to other industries, the tech sector is still relatively young and doesn’t carry the burden of legacy traditions. In my experience, it is not gender-biased, but instead, it’s merit-driven, focused on one’s own capabilities,” Alexandra Mechkova, CEO of Telerik Academy, says. Mechkova comes from a liberal arts education and marketing background and has no formal education in technology, yet she has been working in the IT sector for close to 15 years and now leads the private tech talent academy.

There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU. We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT.  Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering backgrounds and others did not have any technology experience in previous careers.

“I think that the tech industry needs to diversify the ways software is being developed. Nowadays we are so dependent on technology that it’s truly important to involve as many different points of view as possible”, Sophia Lyateva, Women Techmakers Lead, says. She comes from a PR and communications background but got excited by the tech sphere some five years ago.

Yes, there’s no data on how many women are indeed working in the tech and startup sphere, but we collected as many stories as possible. Below you can find 42 stories of female founders, investors, community builders, and leaders.

“Very often, not always, of course, ventures started by women have a social impact element”, says Maya Zlatanova, founder of FindMeCure, an online platform allowing everyone struggling with a medical condition to access treatments in development. Alongside with her two mail cofounders, one of them – her husband, Zlatanova trying to attract $420K funding, get accepted in Techstars Accelerator in London, and helped over 2K patients to find treatments. “I indeed think it all about the skills, experience, and patience, and has nothing to do with gender nowadays. Generally, I don’t like speaking of female founders and male founders – the more we diversify by gender, the more one looks like an exception”, Zlatanova says.

“For me, it all started as a cause and the tech and business model came later”, Iva Gumnishka, founder of Human in the Loop, shares. Her company provides training and testing data for machine learning solutions. The special thing about it is the fact that it actually trains refugees to process the data. “Even though I am a woman, young and had nothing to do with technologies before I started my company, I’ve never experienced disrespect and I’ve already worked with most of the IT companies in Bulgaria”, says Gumnishka. According to her, there are enough female founders and role models in Bulgaria to look up to.

After a cancer diagnosis, Boryana Gerasimova changed her career path – from IT specialist to co-found her first healthcare startup NutriGen. She is now running her second venture – Re: Gena, another personalized medicine company, targeting early prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.  Gergana Stancheva and Angela Ivanova have developed a biodegradable laminating film to make the printing industry more eco-friendly. Their company Lam’on is already testing the product and has its pilot clients. Lubomila Jordanova started Plan A, a data-driven platform that contributes to the fight against climate change. Six years ago, together with four other male enthusiasts, Rositsa Mitova started Farmhopping, an online market for farm products that already works with over a hundred Bulgarian farms.

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The female founders of Bulgaria

“Compared to other industries, the tech sector is still relatively young and doesn’t carry the burden of legacy traditions. In my experience, it is not gender-biased, but instead, it’s merit-driven, focused on one’s own capabilities,” Alexandra Mechkova, CEO of Telerik Academy, says. Mechkova comes from a liberal arts education and marketing background and has no formal education in technology, yet she has been working in the IT sector for close to 15 years and now leads the private tech talent academy.

There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU. We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT.  Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering backgrounds and others did not have any technology experience in previous careers.

“I think that the tech industry needs to diversify the ways software is being developed. Nowadays we are so dependent on technology that it’s truly important to involve as many different points of view as possible”, Sophia Lyateva, Women Techmakers Lead, says. She comes from a PR and communications background but got excited by the tech sphere some five years ago.

Yes, there’s no data on how many women are indeed working in the tech and startup sphere, but we collected as many stories as possible. Below you can find 42 stories of female founders, investors, community builders, and leaders.

“Very often, not always, of course, ventures started by women have a social impact element”, says Maya Zlatanova, founder of FindMeCure, an online platform allowing everyone struggling with a medical condition to access treatments in development. Alongside with her two mail cofounders, one of them – her husband, Zlatanova trying to attract $420K funding, get accepted in Techstars Accelerator in London, and helped over 2K patients to find treatments. “I indeed think it all about the skills, experience, and patience, and has nothing to do with gender nowadays. Generally, I don’t like speaking of female founders and male founders – the more we diversify by gender, the more one looks like an exception”, Zlatanova says.

“For me, it all started as a cause and the tech and business model came later”, Iva Gumnishka, founder of Human in the Loop, shares. Her company provides training and testing data for machine learning solutions. The special thing about it is the fact that it actually trains refugees to process the data. “Even though I am a woman, young and had nothing to do with technologies before I started my company, I’ve never experienced disrespect and I’ve already worked with most of the IT companies in Bulgaria”, says Gumnishka. According to her, there are enough female founders and role models in Bulgaria to look up to.

After a cancer diagnosis, Boryana Gerasimova changed her career path – from IT specialist to co-found her first healthcare startup NutriGen. She is now running her second venture – Re: Gena, another personalized medicine company, targeting early prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.  Gergana Stancheva and Angela Ivanova have developed a biodegradable laminating film to make the printing industry more eco-friendly. Their company Lam’on is already testing the product and has its pilot clients. Lubomila Jordanova started Plan A, a data-driven platform that contributes to the fight against climate change. Six years ago, together with four other male enthusiasts, Rositsa Mitova started Farmhopping, an online market for farm products that already works with over a hundred Bulgarian farms.

[bulgariasr]

The female founders of Bulgaria

“Compared to other industries, the tech sector is still relatively young and doesn’t carry the burden of legacy traditions. In my experience, it is not gender-biased, but instead, it’s merit-driven, focused on one’s own capabilities,” Alexandra Mechkova, CEO of Telerik Academy, says. Mechkova comes from a liberal arts education and marketing background and has no formal education in technology, yet she has been working in the IT sector for close to 15 years and now leads the private tech talent academy.

There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU. We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT.  Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering backgrounds and others did not have any technology experience in previous careers.

“I think that the tech industry needs to diversify the ways software is being developed. Nowadays we are so dependent on technology that it’s truly important to involve as many different points of view as possible”, Sophia Lyateva, Women Techmakers Lead, says. She comes from a PR and communications background but got excited by the tech sphere some five years ago.

Yes, there’s no data on how many women are indeed working in the tech and startup sphere, but we collected as many stories as possible. Below you can find 42 stories of female founders, investors, community builders, and leaders.

“Very often, not always, of course, ventures started by women have a social impact element”, says Maya Zlatanova, founder of FindMeCure, an online platform allowing everyone struggling with a medical condition to access treatments in development. Alongside with her two mail cofounders, one of them – her husband, Zlatanova trying to attract $420K funding, get accepted in Techstars Accelerator in London, and helped over 2K patients to find treatments. “I indeed think it all about the skills, experience, and patience, and has nothing to do with gender nowadays. Generally, I don’t like speaking of female founders and male founders – the more we diversify by gender, the more one looks like an exception”, Zlatanova says.

“For me, it all started as a cause and the tech and business model came later”, Iva Gumnishka, founder of Human in the Loop, shares. Her company provides training and testing data for machine learning solutions. The special thing about it is the fact that it actually trains refugees to process the data. “Even though I am a woman, young and had nothing to do with technologies before I started my company, I’ve never experienced disrespect and I’ve already worked with most of the IT companies in Bulgaria”, says Gumnishka. According to her, there are enough female founders and role models in Bulgaria to look up to.

After a cancer diagnosis, Boryana Gerasimova changed her career path – from IT specialist to co-found her first healthcare startup NutriGen. She is now running her second venture – Re: Gena, another personalized medicine company, targeting early prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.  Gergana Stancheva and Angela Ivanova have developed a biodegradable laminating film to make the printing industry more eco-friendly. Their company Lam’on is already testing the product and has its pilot clients. Lubomila Jordanova started Plan A, a data-driven platform that contributes to the fight against climate change. Six years ago, together with four other male enthusiasts, Rositsa Mitova started Farmhopping, an online market for farm products that already works with over a hundred Bulgarian farms.

[bulgariaifos]

The female founders of Bulgaria

“Compared to other industries, the tech sector is still relatively young and doesn’t carry the burden of legacy traditions. In my experience, it is not gender-biased, but instead, it’s merit-driven, focused on one’s own capabilities,” Alexandra Mechkova, CEO of Telerik Academy, says. Mechkova comes from a liberal arts education and marketing background and has no formal education in technology, yet she has been working in the IT sector for close to 15 years and now leads the private tech talent academy.

There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU. We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT.  Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering backgrounds and others did not have any technology experience in previous careers.

“I think that the tech industry needs to diversify the ways software is being developed. Nowadays we are so dependent on technology that it’s truly important to involve as many different points of view as possible”, Sophia Lyateva, Women Techmakers Lead, says. She comes from a PR and communications background but got excited by the tech sphere some five years ago.

Yes, there’s no data on how many women are indeed working in the tech and startup sphere, but we collected as many stories as possible. Below you can find 42 stories of female founders, investors, community builders, and leaders.

“Very often, not always, of course, ventures started by women have a social impact element”, says Maya Zlatanova, founder of FindMeCure, an online platform allowing everyone struggling with a medical condition to access treatments in development. Alongside with her two mail cofounders, one of them – her husband, Zlatanova trying to attract $420K funding, get accepted in Techstars Accelerator in London, and helped over 2K patients to find treatments. “I indeed think it all about the skills, experience, and patience, and has nothing to do with gender nowadays. Generally, I don’t like speaking of female founders and male founders – the more we diversify by gender, the more one looks like an exception”, Zlatanova says.

“For me, it all started as a cause and the tech and business model came later”, Iva Gumnishka, founder of Human in the Loop, shares. Her company provides training and testing data for machine learning solutions. The special thing about it is the fact that it actually trains refugees to process the data. “Even though I am a woman, young and had nothing to do with technologies before I started my company, I’ve never experienced disrespect and I’ve already worked with most of the IT companies in Bulgaria”, says Gumnishka. According to her, there are enough female founders and role models in Bulgaria to look up to.

After a cancer diagnosis, Boryana Gerasimova changed her career path – from IT specialist to co-found her first healthcare startup NutriGen. She is now running her second venture – Re: Gena, another personalized medicine company, targeting early prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.  Gergana Stancheva and Angela Ivanova have developed a biodegradable laminating film to make the printing industry more eco-friendly. Their company Lam’on is already testing the product and has its pilot clients. Lubomila Jordanova started Plan A, a data-driven platform that contributes to the fight against climate change. Six years ago, together with four other male enthusiasts, Rositsa Mitova started Farmhopping, an online market for farm products that already works with over a hundred Bulgarian farms.

[hotbulgaria]

The female founders of Bulgaria

“Compared to other industries, the tech sector is still relatively young and doesn’t carry the burden of legacy traditions. In my experience, it is not gender-biased, but instead, it’s merit-driven, focused on one’s own capabilities,” Alexandra Mechkova, CEO of Telerik Academy, says. Mechkova comes from a liberal arts education and marketing background and has no formal education in technology, yet she has been working in the IT sector for close to 15 years and now leads the private tech talent academy.

There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU. We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT.  Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering backgrounds and others did not have any technology experience in previous careers.

“I think that the tech industry needs to diversify the ways software is being developed. Nowadays we are so dependent on technology that it’s truly important to involve as many different points of view as possible”, Sophia Lyateva, Women Techmakers Lead, says. She comes from a PR and communications background but got excited by the tech sphere some five years ago.

Yes, there’s no data on how many women are indeed working in the tech and startup sphere, but we collected as many stories as possible. Below you can find 42 stories of female founders, investors, community builders, and leaders.

“Very often, not always, of course, ventures started by women have a social impact element”, says Maya Zlatanova, founder of FindMeCure, an online platform allowing everyone struggling with a medical condition to access treatments in development. Alongside with her two mail cofounders, one of them – her husband, Zlatanova trying to attract $420K funding, get accepted in Techstars Accelerator in London, and helped over 2K patients to find treatments. “I indeed think it all about the skills, experience, and patience, and has nothing to do with gender nowadays. Generally, I don’t like speaking of female founders and male founders – the more we diversify by gender, the more one looks like an exception”, Zlatanova says.

“For me, it all started as a cause and the tech and business model came later”, Iva Gumnishka, founder of Human in the Loop, shares. Her company provides training and testing data for machine learning solutions. The special thing about it is the fact that it actually trains refugees to process the data. “Even though I am a woman, young and had nothing to do with technologies before I started my company, I’ve never experienced disrespect and I’ve already worked with most of the IT companies in Bulgaria”, says Gumnishka. According to her, there are enough female founders and role models in Bulgaria to look up to.

After a cancer diagnosis, Boryana Gerasimova changed her career path – from IT specialist to co-found her first healthcare startup NutriGen. She is now running her second venture – Re: Gena, another personalized medicine company, targeting early prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.  Gergana Stancheva and Angela Ivanova have developed a biodegradable laminating film to make the printing industry more eco-friendly. Their company Lam’on is already testing the product and has its pilot clients. Lubomila Jordanova started Plan A, a data-driven platform that contributes to the fight against climate change. Six years ago, together with four other male enthusiasts, Rositsa Mitova started Farmhopping, an online market for farm products that already works with over a hundred Bulgarian farms.

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The female founders of Bulgaria

“Compared to other industries, the tech sector is still relatively young and doesn’t carry the burden of legacy traditions. In my experience, it is not gender-biased, but instead, it’s merit-driven, focused on one’s own capabilities,” Alexandra Mechkova, CEO of Telerik Academy, says. Mechkova comes from a liberal arts education and marketing background and has no formal education in technology, yet she has been working in the IT sector for close to 15 years and now leads the private tech talent academy.

There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU. We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT.  Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering backgrounds and others did not have any technology experience in previous careers.

“I think that the tech industry needs to diversify the ways software is being developed. Nowadays we are so dependent on technology that it’s truly important to involve as many different points of view as possible”, Sophia Lyateva, Women Techmakers Lead, says. She comes from a PR and communications background but got excited by the tech sphere some five years ago.

Yes, there’s no data on how many women are indeed working in the tech and startup sphere, but we collected as many stories as possible. Below you can find 42 stories of female founders, investors, community builders, and leaders.

“Very often, not always, of course, ventures started by women have a social impact element”, says Maya Zlatanova, founder of FindMeCure, an online platform allowing everyone struggling with a medical condition to access treatments in development. Alongside with her two mail cofounders, one of them – her husband, Zlatanova trying to attract $420K funding, get accepted in Techstars Accelerator in London, and helped over 2K patients to find treatments. “I indeed think it all about the skills, experience, and patience, and has nothing to do with gender nowadays. Generally, I don’t like speaking of female founders and male founders – the more we diversify by gender, the more one looks like an exception”, Zlatanova says.

“For me, it all started as a cause and the tech and business model came later”, Iva Gumnishka, founder of Human in the Loop, shares. Her company provides training and testing data for machine learning solutions. The special thing about it is the fact that it actually trains refugees to process the data. “Even though I am a woman, young and had nothing to do with technologies before I started my company, I’ve never experienced disrespect and I’ve already worked with most of the IT companies in Bulgaria”, says Gumnishka. According to her, there are enough female founders and role models in Bulgaria to look up to.

After a cancer diagnosis, Boryana Gerasimova changed her career path – from IT specialist to co-found her first healthcare startup NutriGen. She is now running her second venture – Re: Gena, another personalized medicine company, targeting early prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.  Gergana Stancheva and Angela Ivanova have developed a biodegradable laminating film to make the printing industry more eco-friendly. Their company Lam’on is already testing the product and has its pilot clients. Lubomila Jordanova started Plan A, a data-driven platform that contributes to the fight against climate change. Six years ago, together with four other male enthusiasts, Rositsa Mitova started Farmhopping, an online market for farm products that already works with over a hundred Bulgarian farms.

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The female founders of Bulgaria

“Compared to other industries, the tech sector is still relatively young and doesn’t carry the burden of legacy traditions. In my experience, it is not gender-biased, but instead, it’s merit-driven, focused on one’s own capabilities,” Alexandra Mechkova, CEO of Telerik Academy, says. Mechkova comes from a liberal arts education and marketing background and has no formal education in technology, yet she has been working in the IT sector for close to 15 years and now leads the private tech talent academy.

There are many numbers regarding women in tech, engineering, and startup sector one could quote depending on their hypothesis. We chose one that has representativeness – women accounted for 26.5 % of ICT specialists in Bulgaria in 2017. This is the highest score across the EU. We found another interesting piece of data as well: only 2% of the companies are founded entirely by women, and 20% have a female co-founder, stats the latest report by EDIT.  Our observation, however not backed by any data, is that women are rather the business development engines in tech companies, regardless of the fact that some of them come from engineering backgrounds and others did not have any technology experience in previous careers.

“I think that the tech industry needs to diversify the ways software is being developed. Nowadays we are so dependent on technology that it’s truly important to involve as many different points of view as possible”, Sophia Lyateva, Women Techmakers Lead, says. She comes from a PR and communications background but got excited by the tech sphere some five years ago.

Yes, there’s no data on how many women are indeed working in the tech and startup sphere, but we collected as many stories as possible. Below you can find 42 stories of female founders, investors, community builders, and leaders.

“Very often, not always, of course, ventures started by women have a social impact element”, says Maya Zlatanova, founder of FindMeCure, an online platform allowing everyone struggling with a medical condition to access treatments in development. Alongside with her two mail cofounders, one of them – her husband, Zlatanova trying to attract $420K funding, get accepted in Techstars Accelerator in London, and helped over 2K patients to find treatments. “I indeed think it all about the skills, experience, and patience, and has nothing to do with gender nowadays. Generally, I don’t like speaking of female founders and male founders – the more we diversify by gender, the more one looks like an exception”, Zlatanova says.

“For me, it all started as a cause and the tech and business model came later”, Iva Gumnishka, founder of Human in the Loop, shares. Her company provides training and testing data for machine learning solutions. The special thing about it is the fact that it actually trains refugees to process the data. “Even though I am a woman, young and had nothing to do with technologies before I started my company, I’ve never experienced disrespect and I’ve already worked with most of the IT companies in Bulgaria”, says Gumnishka. According to her, there are enough female founders and role models in Bulgaria to look up to.

After a cancer diagnosis, Boryana Gerasimova changed her career path – from IT specialist to co-found her first healthcare startup NutriGen. She is now running her second venture – Re: Gena, another personalized medicine company, targeting early prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.  Gergana Stancheva and Angela Ivanova have developed a biodegradable laminating film to make the printing industry more eco-friendly. Their company Lam’on is already testing the product and has its pilot clients. Lubomila Jordanova started Plan A, a data-driven platform that contributes to the fight against climate change. Six years ago, together with four other male enthusiasts, Rositsa Mitova started Farmhopping, an online market for farm products that already works with over a hundred Bulgarian farms.