Ognyan Popov

After 12 years living and working in Belgium and the Netherlands, Ognyan returned to Bulgaria to focus on one of his side projects that he started abroad: a mobile application that collects all the brochures of retail chains in one place. Soon after, it  became already available in almost all European countries, and a few years later, Netinfo/ NovaTV entered the company as a strategic investor. The company became a leader in Central and Eastern Europe with offices in Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest and Sofia, and on a monthly basis over 7 mln. users in Europe use the app to plan their purchases. 

In December 2019 the business was completely acquired by a German competitor, Oferista Group, as a result of which Ognyan became a shareholder in the German company. A year later, together with their German partners, they sold the entire company to the largest brochure company in Europe. After a short break, Ognyan starts several new initiatives as well as investments in developing companies. Together with a friend, they founded Swipe.bg, a platform for mobile phones with a second life, for which they recently attracted 1.4 million euros in growth capital. 

And recently, as a result of over 2 years of work behind the scenes, he launched, together with a partner and a group of investors, the newest taxi company in Sofia, Volt Premium Taxi, which completely changes the ideas of the people of Sofia about what a taxi service can be. The initial investment is over BGN 3 million, with the delivery of more BMW 5-series cars for the same value pending, with plans for more than BGN 10 million investments for 2025. 

During all these years, he is a proud member of Power of BG, an informal association of Bulgarian entrepreneurs with an impeccable reputation who help each other on their way to success. He believes that as a nation we can do more and he believes in partnership as a sustainable model for joint business development.