Made in Croatia
Friday, 26 April 2019
Croatian Architect Creates YouTube Content Devoted to ''Hidden'' Zagreb
As Lucija Spiljak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 24th of April, 2019, Vid Juračić, a young Croatian architect, is the initiator of the fun and educational YouTube project ''Kvart priča''. ''It's important to try and do a variety of things while you're still at college because that's the right time to experiment and capture your dreams,'' these are the thoughts which are guiding 26-year-old Vid Juračić, a young Croatian architect, YouTuber and entrepreneur, and the initiator of the aforementioned educational and entertaining YouTube series project. As part of the series, Vid visits various Zagreb neighbourhoods and, through the stories of this…
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Croatia's ''Include'' Attracting Investment and Attention
When it comes to results, Croatia's Include published an impressive 115 percent growth in revenue in the first quarter of the year, and an average selling price growth of almost 40 percent. As Tomislav Pili/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 23rd of April, 2019, one of the main stars of the Croatian startup scene, entrepreneur Ivan Mrvoš, is continuing to impress. Just two years after Include's first capitalisation through Funderbeam, recapitalisation is about to happen again, aiming this time at almost ten times the amount. Before today's public announcement of the campaign, Include's main man revealed that his company, which is…
Monday, 22 April 2019
Studio from Zagreb Updates Official Game of Thrones App
Filming locations are not the only connection between the Game of Thrones and Croatia. The global television sensation, which is currently broadcasting its eighth and final season, has another Croatian “touch” – the Five agency from Zagreb is the author of the latest update of the official app accompanying the TV series, entitled A World of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones App, reports Poslovni.hr on April 22, 2019. The update was developed for one of the world's largest publishing houses, Penguin Random House. The Five agency has been working together with the publisher for years, and the…
Saturday, 20 April 2019
Bayern Munich and Alfons Schuhbeck, Powered by Croatian Olive Oil from Chiavalon
April 20, 2019 - More success for the olive oil kings of Istria, as Chiavalon penetrates the upper echelons of German football and gastronomy. Looking for a happy Croatian success story which is going global? Look no further. Although I have only met one of the brothers once, I am still smiling from that meeting all these years later. A Croatian success story to warm the heart and give hope to any budding entrepreneur. In a country where succeeding as an entrepreneur is very much the exception rather than the rule, to do so as emphatically as Tedi and Sandi…
Monday, 15 April 2019
Croatia's Nocturiglow Begins Creating ''Low Tech'' Products for Elderly
As Bernard Ivezic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 14th of April, 2019, Croatia's Nocturiglow is currently the biggest startup ''surprise'' in the Republic of Croatia. The story of this startup, which won best pitch at the first Investors Conference @ Algebra Lab, has accelerated beyond all possible expectations. The Nocturiglow team has developed a low-tech care product for the elderly and infirm which has the same name as the company itself, for those who struggle to get up to go to the bathroom to urinate, or for those who simply cannot for whatever reason. The only, conditionally speaking that is, "technological"…
Friday, 12 April 2019
Microblink Launches Document Scanning App BlinkCard
Microblink, an R&D company from Zagreb, has developed the fastest mobile document scanner in the world, introducing a new product – BlinkCard. It is a scanner of credit and debit cards, which is sold as a software component for embedding into fintech mobile apps, which have become a hot topic in the last few months with the rise of mobile banking, reports Poslovni.hr on April 12, 2019. Damir Sabol, the co-founder and co-owner of Microblink, said that BlinkCard is available as a test app for free at Google Play and Apple Store mobile app stores. He says BlinkCard is a…
Monday, 8 April 2019
EU-Startups Website Points to 10 Croatian Startups to Follow
EU-Startups website published a list of 10 Croatian startups you should pay attention to in the year 2019. Out of the ten they seem to believe are going to be the most successful, 2 are working in the tourist sector and one is in the gastronomy, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, since tourism and hospitality are still the major Croatian creators of growth, so it's no wonder that there are innovative companies working in that field. The ten Croatian startups you should pay attention to are: Rentlio, Pointers Travel, TalentLyft (HR tool for companies), Mediatoolkit (media monitoring…
Monday, 8 April 2019
Croatia's ''Include'' Sees Smart Benches Conquer Chilean Market!
The Croatian company Include from Solin has strengthened its exports, entered the Polish and even the Chilean markets, a new investment round is on its way, and of course greater production and employment will naturally follow that. As we reported recently, during the first quarter of 2019, this remarkable Croatian company from Solin recorded some excellent export performance, and it seems that Include is just going from strength to strength. As Marta Duic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 7th of April, 2019, the amount of orders placed, when compared to just one year ago during the first quarter of 2018, increased by a…
Sunday, 7 April 2019
Croatian Success Stories: Family Business Dream Becomes Reality
Can one succeed in doing business on Croatian territory? Yes, one certainly can. Asteria, a Croatian family company started by Dubravka and Veronika Vuković in the village of Banova Jaruga near Sisak in the continental part of the country, marked its first anniversary of being in business at the end of February 2019. As Marta Duic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 6th of April, 2019, this mother and daughter team successfully run their business which involves producing sleepwear, and the combination of Dubravka's long-standing experience in the textile industry and Veronika's knowledge gained about entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Economics in…
Sunday, 7 April 2019
Istrian Entrepreneur Launches First Croatian Organic Ginger Beer
Marko Bratović, an entrepreneur from Kaštelir in Istria, will soon launch a craft tonic and a ginger beer under the Count's Drinks brand. The first 600-litre series is expected around Easter, reports Poslovni.hr on April 7, 2019. “The idea came spontaneously, through personal experience. My wife Urša wanted to drink ginger beer in pregnancy, and we realised that there was no such beer on our market. We started producing it at home and realised that we could achieve excellent quality and that no one is producing a completely natural, craft tonic. The idea was born, and we started to work…
Saturday, 6 April 2019
Snapchat Integrates Croatia's Photomath for Solving Mathematical Problems
As Mia Biberovic/Netokracija writes on the 5th of April, 2019, Snapchat's camera is set to become even smarter, as was stated yesterday at the Snap Partner Summit. Namely, an expanded reality platform was presented for developers under the name of Scan, and among the first partners is Croatia's very own Photomath, which will now enable Snapchat users to easily solve mathematical tasks. For a while now it has been able to be seen that Snap has been heading in the direction of expanded reality more strongly. This was yet more visible when the wildly popular app introduced real-world scanning, recognition…
