Elena Nikolova

Community & Ecosystem Strategist | Building Entrepreneur Networks & Programs at Scale | Angel Investing & Female Entrepreneurship

📍 Bulgaria🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 2 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2025
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Aug 2025
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Board Member
Jan 2024
Bulgarian Angels Club (ex-CEO Angels Club) is a group of senior executives and entrepreneurs related to Bulgaria investing their own money in early stage startups in return for equity. Our members make their own investment decisions and they can invest together or individually. They also provide expertise, contacts and pro-active mentorship to increase company value. The Club looks for early stage, normally post-accelerator startups that are highly scalable and that can show us how the company will get to break-even or to a clear meaningful mile stone (e.g.Seed or Series A.Funding) within 12-24 months on the basis of our one-time investment. This typically means smallish teams (2 to 5 people), with serious domain expertise and a product that is either currently in the market or already in beta.
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2025
Investor
Aug 2025
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2024
Fulbright Civil Society Scholar - research on female entrepreneurship
Aug 2024
Endeavor is the leading global network of, by, and for high-impact entrepreneurs innovating Elsewhere. We support 3,000+ high-growth, high-impact entrepreneurs across 50+ markets.
Board Member
Jan 2024
Bulgarian Angels Club (ex-CEO Angels Club) is a group of senior executives and entrepreneurs related to Bulgaria investing their own money in early stage startups in return for equity. Our members make their own investment decisions and they can invest together or individually. They also provide expertise, contacts and pro-active mentorship to increase company value. The Club looks for early stage, normally post-accelerator startups that are highly scalable and that can show us how the company will get to break-even or to a clear meaningful mile stone (e.g.Seed or Series A.Funding) within 12-24 months on the basis of our one-time investment. This typically means smallish teams (2 to 5 people), with serious domain expertise and a product that is either currently in the market or already in beta.
2021
Co-founder & Ambassador
Feb 2021
ESCREOs mission is it to help you fulfil your professional potential by building the bests work environment possible. We strive to create products that spark your imagination, give a boost to your creativity and help you become more productive. ESCREOs first product is a whiteboard paint which turns any smooth surface a place for writing and sharing ideas. Our acoustic solutions address the challenge of "noise pollution" and offer a range of possibilities to decrease the background noise and increase focus and concentration. Our team has always been united by the idea of launching products, projects and initiatives which support our identity - wake up the inner child, be brave and have fun.
late stageDesign Services
2020
Entrepreneur in Residence
Nov 2020
The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded, AI-powered startups. Since 2009, our structured methodology, global mentor network, and platform have helped over 8,900 founders across 100+ countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Whether you’re an employee ready to make the leap, a solo founder with a big idea, or a first-time entrepreneur looking for direction, we provide the AI toolkit, structured sprints, expert feedback, and investor network to take you from Zero to Founder, faster and cheaper than ever before. And when you’re ready, our venture fund Founder Capital and global investor network are there to write your first check.
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