Horizon Europe Online Matchmaking for Cluster 6 - Calls 2025

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MARYIA HRISTOVA

Cluster organisation in agriculture and food

Sofia, Bulgaria

AGriventures 

Agriventures is an NGO and cluster situated in city Sofia, Bulgaria founded with the mission to supporting agri-food and biotech start-ups

Skills

  • project management
  • sustainability
  • Ecosystem Building
  • incubation
  • Startup support
  • Business Development
  • Law
  • Network development

Interests

  • Entrepreneurship
  • YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
  • agriculture and food
  • food sustainability
  • carbon farming
  • Digital Farming
  • Novel foods
  • circular economy
  • bioeconomy
  • women entrepreneurship in agrifood
  • ESG

Agriventures is an NGO and cluster situated in city Sofia, Bulgaria founded with the mission to supporting agri-food and biotech start-ups

Skills

  • project management
  • sustainability
  • Ecosystem Building
  • incubation
  • Startup support
  • Business Development
  • Law
  • Network development

Interests

  • Entrepreneurship
  • YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
  • agriculture and food
  • food sustainability
  • carbon farming
  • Digital Farming
  • Novel foods
  • circular economy
  • bioeconomy
  • women entrepreneurship in agrifood
  • ESG

Rossen Kolev

Director

Sofia, Bulgaria

Smart Farm Robotix Ltd. 

Manager of Bulgarian agri-tech start-up, building a unique weeding robot, specially suited for hard soils, hilly terrains, hot climates and small&medium farmers

Skills

  • Marketing
  • Sales
  • Market analysis
  • pricing
  • Channel Management
  • Team management
  • Finance & funding
  • Grants applications
  • project management

Interests

  • Robotics
  • Agri-tech
  • AI
  • green-tech
  • hiking
  • fishing

Manager of Bulgarian agri-tech start-up, building a unique weeding robot, specially suited for hard soils, hilly terrains, hot climates and small&medium farmers

Skills

  • Marketing
  • Sales
  • Market analysis
  • pricing
  • Channel Management
  • Team management
  • Finance & funding
  • Grants applications
  • project management

Interests

  • Robotics
  • Agri-tech
  • AI
  • green-tech
  • hiking
  • fishing

Angel Angelov

Professor

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Center of Competence AgriFoodSystems and Bioeconomy 

Director of Centre of Competence AgriFood Systems and Bioeconomy; Experise in Biotechnology, Fermentation processes, Functional foods, Food quality and safety.

Skills

  • project administration
  • Lecturer - biotechnology
  • innovation processes
  • Prepration of Horizon Europe work programmes

Interests

  • circular economy
  • bioprocesses
  • biotechnology
  • Alternative proteins
  • Metagenomics

Director of Centre of Competence AgriFood Systems and Bioeconomy; Experise in Biotechnology, Fermentation processes, Functional foods, Food quality and safety.

Skills

  • project administration
  • Lecturer - biotechnology
  • innovation processes
  • Prepration of Horizon Europe work programmes

Interests

  • circular economy
  • bioprocesses
  • biotechnology
  • Alternative proteins
  • Metagenomics

Kalina Stancheva

COO

Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Smart Farm Robotix Ltd. 

COO at Smart Farm Robotix & EU funding expert, driving innovation in agri-tech and sustainability. Seeking partners for Horizon Europe Cluster 6 projects.

COO at Smart Farm Robotix & EU funding expert, driving innovation in agri-tech and sustainability. Seeking partners for Horizon Europe Cluster 6 projects.

Velitchka Gotcheva

Associate Professor

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

University of Food Technologies 

Expertise in food technology, food biotechnology, food fermentations, functional foods, food quality and safety, food authenticity, food legislation.

Skills

  • Lecturer
  • Food labelling
  • Food biotechnology
  • food fermentations
  • Functional foods
  • food legislation
  • Fermented Foods
  • Food Microbiology
  • Lactic acid bacteria
  • Probiotics
  • food quality
  • food safety

Interests

  • Alternative protein
  • food waste utilization
  • Novel foods
  • risk assessment
  • food safety
  • food quality
  • lactic aic bacteria
  • Probiotics
  • Functional foods
  • Fermented Foods

Expertise in food technology, food biotechnology, food fermentations, functional foods, food quality and safety, food authenticity, food legislation.

Skills

  • Lecturer
  • Food labelling
  • Food biotechnology
  • food fermentations
  • Functional foods
  • food legislation
  • Fermented Foods
  • Food Microbiology
  • Lactic acid bacteria
  • Probiotics
  • food quality
  • food safety

Interests

  • Alternative protein
  • food waste utilization
  • Novel foods
  • risk assessment
  • food safety
  • food quality
  • lactic aic bacteria
  • Probiotics
  • Functional foods
  • Fermented Foods

Kristiana Apostolova

Project Developer and Manager

Varna, Bulgaria

Technical University - Varna 

Project writer & manager at Technical Uni - Varna, passionate about sustainable food systems, modern agri-food practices, and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Project writer & manager at Technical Uni - Varna, passionate about sustainable food systems, modern agri-food practices, and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Lachezar Filchev

Professor

Sofia, Bulgaria

Space Research and Technology Institute, SRTI-BAS 

Prof. Lachezar Filchev, expert in remote sensing and GIS at BAS, aligns with EU Missions 1 & 4: climate adaptation, healthy ecosystems, and land use.

Skills

  • remote sensing
  • GIS

Interests

  • Earth observation
  • remote sensing
  • Landscape ecology

Prof. Lachezar Filchev, expert in remote sensing and GIS at BAS, aligns with EU Missions 1 & 4: climate adaptation, healthy ecosystems, and land use.

Skills

  • remote sensing
  • GIS

Interests

  • Earth observation
  • remote sensing
  • Landscape ecology

Dessi Kovatcheva

Chairperson

Sofia, Bulgaria

POVVIK 

Commercialization activities

Commercialization activities

8 results

Countries

Organisation Types

Areas of Activity

Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption

Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors

Clean environment and zero pollution

Land, ocean and water for climate action

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal

Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities