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  • Casper Scooter

    Casper Scooter

    Casper Scooter is revolutionizing urban mobility with its eco-friendly rental system. Designed to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, these smartphone-controlled electric scooters let you skip parking hassles and navigate the city with ease. Rent by the minute and experience the future of urban transportation!

  • WellScanPro

    WellScanPro

    WellScanPro is transforming healthcare accessibility with its mobile app that enables online consultations, making quality care affordable and reachable for everyone. Co-founded by industry experts—Cem Struja, Prof. Ercan Canhasi, Hadis Karatashi, Sati Kaya, and Zejnel Morina—WellScanPro is set to launch in Kosovo by Q4 2024 and expand across the Balkans by Q4 2025. Their commitment goes beyond technology; by donating 10% of annual profits to bolster healthcare infrastructure in underserved regions, WellScanPro is making a real social impact.

  • EarthCare.ai

    EarthCare.ai

    EarthCare.ai is building the world’s largest climate intelligence platform, revolutionizing access to quality environmental data amid a global crisis that causes over $300B in damages. By sourcing data on solar & UV, winds, rain, floods, storms, hurricanes, wildfires, vegetation health, and more, and merging it via proprietary algorithms and AI, EarthCare.ai creates a single, visual platform to detect severe events, identify risk areas, and forecast future challenges.

  • Insylink POS

    Insylink POS

    Insylink POS is an all-in-one management system that simplifies restaurant and coffee shop operations by integrating menu management, inventory tracking, QR code menus, and secure payments. It replaces fragmented tools to boost efficiency, reduce errors, and enable data-driven decisions. Beyond food and beverage, Insylink offers tailored software solutions for healthcare, retail, banking, real estate, and government organizations, optimizing workflows and elevating customer experiences.

  • BlueX

    BlueX

    BlueX is transforming the labor market by seamlessly connecting self-employed blue-collar professionals with businesses in need of skilled expertise. By streamlining the hiring process, BlueX empowers independent professionals to showcase their skills and secure reliable opportunities, enhancing workforce efficiency and driving economic growth.

  • Adria ScaleUp Initiative Launched at ESG Adria Summit 2025

    Adria ScaleUp Initiative Launched at ESG Adria Summit 2025

    The Adria ScaleUp Initiative officially launched today at the ESG Adria Summit 2025 in Porto Montenegro, marking a pivotal step toward strengthening regional cooperation and accelerating the growth of scale-up ventures in the Western Balkans and beyond.

    This exclusive roundtable brought together over 40 influential voices from across the startup and innovation ecosystem — including participants from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Albania, as well as professionals from Europe and the United States.

    The session focused on:

    • Building frameworks that support startups transitioning into scaleups
    • Addressing investment challenges across the region
    • Strengthening cross-border collaboration
    • Introducing the Adriatic ScaleUp Initiative and its mission

    Moderated by Nina Nikolić, Co-Founder of the Western Balkans Startup Alliance (WBSA), the discussion featured insights from:

    • Uranik Begu, Director for CEE, Plug and Play Tech Center
    • Biljana Braithwaite, CEO, Sustineri Partners

    The energy in the room was solution-oriented and bold, underscoring a shared vision to make the Adria region a thriving hub for scalable innovation.

    “This initiative reflects the momentum we’re seeing across our ecosystems,” said Nikolić. “We’re not just talking about growth — we’re building the structures that enable it.”

    WBSA extends a sincere thank you to everyone who contributed their insights, support, and passion for making the region a place where innovation can grow — and scale.

  • Ecosystem Cafe | 3.. 2.. 1.. LAUNCH!

    Join us for our Augst #Ecosystem Cafe series, where we will be discussing the strategies for building and growing successful startups in the region. Our distinguished panelists are investors and startup builders covering Europe and beyond. Listen to the webinar with Jeff Tomlinson from serial entrepreneur and Leart ogjani, Founder of Symbolt and Skins Agency. The webinar is moderated by Alexander Stamboliev, CEO of BAU Accelerator and EIT National Secretary for North Macedonia.

  • Ecosystem Cafe | Made in Western Balkans

    We are launching Ecosystem Cafė series with a great startup panel, Senita Slipac founder and CEO of #Orea, Marin Nikolla founder of Rentfromlocals, Ariton Zanev founder and CEO and Jovana Madjovska founder both from Task N Go.

  • Ecosystem Cafe | Money Money You Know

    Join us for our upcoming #Ecosystem Cafe series, where we will be discussing the latest trends and strategies for building and growing successful innovation ecosystem. OUr distinguished panelists are investors and startup builders covering Europe and beyond.

  • Ecosystem Cafe | Invest in Tomorrow

    Listen to the Western Balkans Startup alliance webinar, discussing ecosystem building from corporate and innovation agency perspective. Our distinguished guests are Tanja Kuzman, PWC SEE, Director of innovation, Startups and Digital and Markus Raunig, Chairman of Austrian Startups.