#Giant slavania software#

There are many other ideas that come out of Slovenia but don’t market themselves as Slovenian,” he added.īut the 2 million nation located in the south-eastern part of Emerging Europe has much to boast about and much to offer. Based on the east coast of the US and in Slovenia, they are a Slovenian business at heart.

#Giant slavania software#

For example, Genialis is known for its software for the life sciences. “There has been so much development in this area, but we do not necessarily hear about it because we don’t know it is Slovenian. “This was when we here in the UK didn’t know much about mobile banking,” Mr Košak said during an Invest in Slovenia seminar organised in early December in London by the Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe (COBCOE) and the British-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce.

“Unlike more established markets, such as Gemany, which - with 16 companies per one million inhabitants - is the overall European leader, Slovenian hidden champions are relatively young, founded in the 1990s, with revenues under 200 million euros in 2015.”Īccording to Miha Košak, a special adviser at Emona Capital, there are many examples of successful concepts in fintech and meditech with Moneta, an open mobile payment system that was created in 2001 being one of them.

“Akrapovič, Atech, Bisol Group, Instrumentation Technologies, Metrel, NiceLabel, Optotek, Tajfun are just a few examples,” says Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, regional director for Croatia, Hungary, Slovak Republic and Slovenia at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Poland has only 0.7 such businesses per 1 million inhabitants, the Czech Republic and Hungary each 0.4. As defined by Professor Hermann Simon, a German business leader and author, hidden champions are firms that are market share leaders - amongst the world’s top three or number one in the continent, with turnover below 1 billion euros and yet not generally known to the public. Two-time world champion in the discipline Worley claimed her second consecutive podium less than a month before she bids for her first Olympic medal in Beijing from February 4-20.Slovenia is Emerging Europe’s leader in the number of ‘hidden champions’ - 3.5 per one million inhabitants. Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia failed to earn any points on the day after the Italian missed the cut for the second run and is third in the overall standings, 209 points behind Shiffrin. Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami, in action after recovering from Covid-19, posted the fifth best time in both runs. Shiffrin, who missed the race in Linz, Austria after testing positive for coronavirus, has a 135-point advantage in the overall standings on Slovak Petra Vlhova, who trailed in 15th at 2.55sec.

The 29-year-old Hector claimed her fourth consecutive podium and moves ahead of Shiffrin in the World Cup giant slalom standings. US star Mikaela Shiffrin holds the overall lead in the women's alpine skiing World Cup rankings despite finishing seventh, 2.05sec off the pace in the event which replaced the one cancelled in Maribor because of lack of snow. Hector posted the fastest time in both runs to finish 0.96sec ahead of France's Tessa Worley with Italy's Marta Bassino third at 1.32 sec.