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HUGE NEWS: Cluster Member Growyze Wins Major UK Disruptor Award! 🏆

Dear Friends and Partners,

We are thrilled to share good news: our esteemed member, the UK-based SaaS startup Growyze is the winner in a prestigious competition organized by the British Association of Small Businesses (BASA), securing the award for “BASA Disruptor Product and Campaign of the 2025 Year.” This accolade honors outstanding product-related initiatives launched since the beginning of 2022. 

Smart City Expo World Congress 2025

Every year in November, Barcelona hosts the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC). In 2025, it will be the leading international event for cities and smart city solutions. This year, SCEWC will be held on 4-6 November 2025, and the main theme will be “Time for Cities”. Compared to last year, the exhibition area will be increased so that over 1,100 exhibitors can present the full potential of tomorrow’s city technologies to 25,000 visitors and representatives from over 850 cities.

The focus of this edition of SCEWC will be on AI and how it and smart technologies will support urban transformation!

Our member is a finalist for the 2025 Best of UK Small Business Awards

Our member, the based in UK startup company growyze just been announced as a Finalist for the 2025 Best of UK Small Business Awards (BASA). This is another huge milestone for this company - let’s keep the momentum going and show the impact we’re making together. The BASA Awards® exist to recognize, reward, and promote exceptional small businesses. They provide recognition across 150+ categories, celebrating the achievements of small businesses in the U.S.🎉 The public vote is now open until 12 October, and every single vote counts! Let our members, partners and stakeholders support growyze with voting, so that a Bulgarian company can receive this special award🚀

Vote for growyze in two simple steps here!!!

Creation of a Cluster Center for Smart Urban Technologies

The Cluster Sofia Knowledge City envisages the creation of a “Cluster Center for Smart Urban Technologies”. A shared R&D infrastructure will be built for the development, testing, integration and implementation of technologies in the field of IoT, Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation.

The initiative is motivated by the concept of a New European Bauhaus and supports the cluster’s goal of creating investment conditions for the benefit of cluster members and the city’s innovation ecosystem. The initiative will be implemented in cooperation with с National Center of Excellence Mechatronics and Clean Technologies.

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