Boris Kolev

Boris Kolev is one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in Bulgaria. He started his entrepreneurship career on the age of 13 at the Junior Achievement Student Company program in high school. Right at the age of 18, he founded his first company ‘JT International’. His rapid success in the marketing innovations sphere got the attention of world business media and at the age of 19, the Business Week Worldwide Magazine ranked him in the top 3 of ‘Europe’s Best Young Entrepreneurs for 2007’. Currently Boris runs a group of 4 companies in the digital and software innovations sphere as well as 2 non-profit projects and recently founded a new local tech VC company, supporting and investing in the local startup ecosystem. One of his latest projects ‘DigiMark’ is ranked among top 5 fastest-growing tech companies in the country for 4 years in a row. DigiMark has grown quickly from small local mobile development startup to a global tech company with locations in Sofia, Porto, Utah, New York and San Francisco. As a personal cause in the last 9 years Boris is investing his free time, funds and efforts for the non-profit organization CSR Bulgaria, which is helping the Bulgarian businesses to implement corporate social responsibility and sustainable development strategies, achieving great impact in the Bulgarian society trough more responsible business practices. In 2016 Boris founded the tech VC company ‘DigiMark Ventures’ which has currently invested in 8 local startups in the sphere of Education, Healthcare, Biotech and AI. In 2013 Forbes magazine puts Boris in the first ’30 under 30′ list of the young Bulgarians with greatest potential. www.digimark.bg