Asparouhov: Up to half of Endurosat's team are Western European expats
Delian Asparouhov · Delian Asparouhov: Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | E1183 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jul 29, 2024 · at 4:52
Delian Asparouhov, Partner at Founders Fund and Co-Founder of Varda Space Industries, highlights Bulgarian space startup Endurosat as proof that Eastern Europe is attracting top tech talent.
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“One of the now largest nano-satellite integrators, Endurosat is this company that basically builds, like, I think, like, sub-thirty kilogram-type satellites, is based in Sofia. They have now built out this, like, fifteen-story skyscraper that has as nice of facilities as we have here, and you can just feel the energy when you walk in, and by the way, the people that are working there, It's like a fourth or maybe a half of the team is like Italian, French, German, English that have escaped the, like, you know, sort of socialist, like, you know, communist regimes of Western Europe to try and basically, you know, work in a country that still believes in, you know, sort of capitalism.”
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