Angels from everywhere are flocking to Balkan conferences to spawn a local San Francisco
dunkhippo33 · x · 2026-10-13
At Balkan startup conferences, angels are arriving from around the world — not just Europe — to find opportunities, share deals, and invest better. The mood: having watched San Francisco from afar, how do we spawn that at home? With a fragmented regional market of only 17M people, local teams targeting local markets may not be venture-scale but would solve real needs.
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