If you want to help the biggest Bulgarian conference for Free & Open Source Software, we will be delighted to find a way for you to join this OpenFest and promote you, your company and/or products in a way which is beneficial for you and our visitors.
Please reach us using the contacts below so that we can share more info about how this partnership will be useful:
email: sponsors@openfest.org
Phone: +359886149067
SiteGround is a Bulgarian product company, an established leader in the international technology market. With more than 19 years of global experience, today it is the largest independent company in its field, with server centers in Europe, Asia and America and over 2.8 million customer domains worldwide. SiteGround also develops a number of its own products and applications, installed more than 3 million times.
The Faculty Students’ Council at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (FMI) was established on 01.XII.1999 and is one of the pioneers in student organizations at the faculty level. The foundation of the Students’ Council was prompted by the need to protect and represent the interests of students and doctoral students at FMI in front of university structures such as management, administration, etc. The members of the FSC represent the students in the FMI General Assembly (the local analogue of the Sofia University General Assembly), where we account for 18 to 20% of all members of the assembly. The main goal of the Faculty Students’ Council is to build an environment of mutual assistance between students.
DEV.BG started with the idea to gather all tech people in Bulgaria in a single place where they can interact with each other, gain insights into their career, level up their professional development and can also easily land at their next tech job.
Today at DEV.BG there are 30 000+ of them. Along with more than 1200 partners – tech companies from any type and size – we made the difference we we`re all looking for – Bulgaria now is a great place for tech business and a destination for hiring top talents.
StorPool is an entirely Bulgarian company that develops its own software-defined storage product used by dozens of companies around the world. The unique software solution helps large corporations, cloud builders, SaaS vendors, MSPs, hosting and cloud providers to provide fast and reliable services to their customers. StorPool is one of the few Bulgarian companies that have successfully developed from a startup to a global storage vendor whose product is recognizable worldwide.The company was founded in 2011 and continues to grow rapidly. Its main mission is to continue to provide a quality product that delivers value to the market as well as to compete successfully with global market leaders. StorPool’s belief is that there is a team of exceptional people behind every innovation and successful product. The intelligence and hard work of its team are the main driving force and they are the reason for the success of the company. They are the engine that drives it to continuous growth, provides an even better product and strengthens its position in the global market for storage solutions.
Hack Bulgaria is a hacker school, where we do programming courses, using the flipped classroom model.
We focus on solving interesting & hard practical problems, which develop skills for using the “tools of trade” of the given technology, working in teams & writing good code with tests.
The courses right now revolve around Python, Ruby, Frontend JavaScript, NodeJS, Java, Android and System C.
The BulStream team has been recording and broadcasting live conferences, lectures, motivational seminars, awards events, ceremonies and small concerts since 2007. They participated in one of the first live broadcasts on the Internet in Bulgaria. Their portfolio also includes product photography and videography for the best possible presentation of your product, pre & post production (technical consulting, construction of studio environment, preparation of pre-content and graphics packages, editing, color correction), as well as audio processing.
TUES is a secondary school, established in 1988, in the structure of a university, the teaching staff including professors from universities and academic communities. Currently, the school is ranked second in the capital and is, perhaps, the most desirable professional school in Bulgaria.
Olimex Ltd is a leading provider for development tools and programmers for embedded market.
The company has 28 years experience in designing, prototyping and manufacturing printed circuit boards, sub-assemblies, and complete electronic products.
We are established in 1991 in Plovdiv – the second largest city in Bulgaria.
We have extensive knowledge in analog, digital, and microcontroller design, and we offer our own-designed development boards, programmers and emulators for rapid prototyping ARM, AVR, MSP430, MAXQ and PIC microcontrollers.
init Lab is a Hackerspace in Sofia, a place to gather different people with hacker ways of thinking and interesting ideas.
LimeChain is a leading Blockchain Development and Consulting company. Founded in 2017, they’re one of the world’s leading blockchain companies, contributing to some of the most exciting projects in the Web3 ecosystem, including Polkadot, Ethereum, Hedera Hashgraph and more.
At Bytehome, we integrate cutting-edge technology with eco-conscious design to create intelligent, energy-efficient living spaces that enhance everyday living.
With Bytehome’s intuitive design and advanced AI, we’re not just building smart homes but smarter, more connected communities that are paving the way for a cleaner, more sustainable future.
Culligan Bulgaria – everything you need to provide clean, high-quality water for your business or household.
At Culligan, we are committed to building a better, more sustainable world by improving both our social and environmental impact. At Culligan, we believe that cleaner, healthier water can improve the lives of people around the world and is a key driver towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing our future.
Software university offers the most in-depth software engineering program in Bulgaria. SoftUni’s software engineering and QA engineering professional programs aim to build all the fundamental knowledge and practical skills necessary to become a software engineer and QA engineer, working with the latest software technologies and learning the best practices in both spheres. The programs start with free courses in which everyone who is interested can join. For application and more information here 👉 https://softuni.bg/.
Sofia Tech Park develops activities to support start-ups, small and medium enterprises, science, education and innovation.
Coworking, Coliving, Events.
We offer many business-related events, lectures, learning and development opportunities, alongside social activities, such as night outs, movies, brunches, and many other internal and external happenings.
Serving more than 550 members and supporting their growth, Networking Premium is currently the highest-ranked coworking space in Google and Coworker.com and was nominated for the best coworking space for 2022.
Cyber Security Talks Bulgaria – a series of free events was launched in Bulgaria in May 2022. The events aim to create a community of professionals, students and enthusiasts in the field by providing a venue and opportunity to share ideas and opinions in a relaxed and open manner, thus maintaining a constant focus on Information and Cyber Security in the country. You can find out more about Cyber Security Talks Bulgaria on our official website.
The events are held every second Tuesday of the month at a different venue provided by the host and sponsors of the current edition.
Founded in the late 1990s in Sofia, Chaos is a leading global visualization technology company. Its products empower architects, visualizers, artists, and designers to visualize their ideas in the best possible way.
After the merger with the Grman-based company Enscape and the acquisition of Cylindo and AXYZ Design, Chaos’ team now includes nearly 800 professionals based in offices in 11 cities worldwide. Almost half of the team is working in Bulgaria, developing key company products such as the renderer V-Ray, which was awarded a Technological Academy Award and an Engineering Emmy Award.
TUES is a secondary school, established in 1988, in the structure of a university, the teaching staff including professors from universities and academic communities. Currently, the school is ranked second in the capital and is, perhaps, the most desirable professional school in Bulgaria.
TUES offers the environment of continuity between older and younger students, and the IT business in Bulgaria is built by graduates of the school, who currently hold management positions at IT companies. Part of the students who graduated from the school are involved in the teaching activity. They want to help the younger generation and give them the opportunity to develop, which they have also received. The TUES Alumni Association is the link between the business and the school. We support the extracurricular activities of the school and, in addition to the hackathon and the open day, we have other initiatives that aim to give additional knowledge and skills on topics that the students recognize from the business side.
Banker (“Банкеръ”) is a media outlet that for the last 30 years has consistently covered in detail topics related to the economic and financial life, the problems of the business, as well as the political processes and changes in the state. In-depth professional analyses, investigations and commentaries are our trademark.
The first issue of the Banker newspaper appeared on the Bulgarian market on April 12, 1993. In those turbulent times of sudden changes, filled with difficulties, disappointments, but also with many hopes, it made an impression with the idea of not disappointing, especially the ones who were committed to integrity and were open to the new. And it did so by means of only one thing — the power of free speech!
For 28 years the newspaper was printed every Friday in 48 full-color pages. In 2021, the printed edition of Banker was transformed into a digital newspaper (eBanker.bg) and a daily news site (banker.bg).
New Bulgarian University was established on 18 September 1991 with a resolution by Bulgarian Parliament. The National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency, which reviews Bulgaria’s higher education teaching, granted NBU maximum accreditation in three consecutive accreditations in 2001, 2006, 2012 and 2019. Since 2004, NBU is an accredited partner of the Open University UK.
The mission of New Bulgarian University is to be an autonomous liberal education institution dedicated to the advancement of university education by offering accessible and affordable opportunities for interdisciplinary and specialized education and research of high quality. Bringing its academic potential to the service of society, the University prepares its graduates for the challenges of modern democratic life cultivating critical and creative thinking, sensitivity to cultural difference, and problem‐solving.
Redis is a leading tech company known for the speed and efficiency of its databases, offering both cloud and on-premise products. With a new office and team in Sofia this year, Redis will be at Open Fest to showcase the company and career opportunities for software engineers.
Man Group is a technology-empowered, diversified active investment management focused on delivering performance and client portfolio solutions.
Man Technology is responsible for building a robust tech platform that facilitates alpha generation, portfolio management, trade execution, operations, compliance, risk management and accounting, as well as providing firm-wide end user collaboration tools. Our platform is built to handle scale, complexity and customization.
With approximately 450 engineers, Man Technology is structured into a number of distinct teams, some building cross-cutting technology and others aligned to an individual investment manager building specific quant or portfolio management tools, or systematic trading systems.
We believe that Man Group is the place to be if you want to work where forward-thinking, open, collaborative technology meets both quantitative and discretionary investment management.
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the global certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals. With more than 250,000 certification holders, it’s the world’s first and largest vendor-neutral Linux and open source certification body. LPI has certified professionals in almost 190 countries, delivers exams in multiple languages, and has more than 700 training partners all over the world. LPI professional certifications LPIC-1, LPI-2 and LPIC-3 are among 10 Top Linux Certifications 2023.
LPI’s mission is to promote the use of open source by supporting the people who work with it.
The BulStream team has been recording and broadcasting live conferences, lectures, motivational seminars, awards events, ceremonies and small concerts since 2007. They participated in one of the first live broadcasts on the Internet in Bulgaria. Their portfolio also includes product photography and videography for the best possible presentation of your product, pre & post production (technical consulting, construction of studio environment, preparation of pre-content and graphics packages, editing, color correction), as well as audio processing.