Developing a CPU for cybersecurity, getting financed by Tim Draper and the future of Digital Banking from Revolut’s perspective are just a few of the subjects debated in the new episodes of the Eastern Europe Exposed podcast created by Techsylvania.

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Mihai Raneti, founder & CEO of CyberSwarm Inc — Developing a CPU for cybersecurity and getting financed by Tim Draper

To discover more about building a cybersecurity start-up in this part of the world and how you can convince an investor, such as Tim Draper, to finance it, hit play just below.

Building a hardware startup in Eastern Europe has some big advantages. For example, you can have a very strong R&D component here because research in Romania is much cheaper than in Western Europe. It’s a big advantage to develop something in Eastern Europe. On the other hand, in Eastern Europe, you have limited access to capital. — Mihai Raneti, founder & CEO of CyberSwarm Inc

Irina Scarlat, Country Manager at Revolut — Digital Banking and the future of the mobile-based current accounts

Basically you’ve turned the entire banking industry upside down and turned everything digital. Romania is a priority market for Revolut, because it is out of the euro zone, it has its own currency and the cost people pay for international transfers and the cost we pay every time we go out of the country is crazy big.

If you don`t have a Revolut card yet or you’re curious how a fin-tech startup is changing the banking system in Romania, take a listen.

Irina Scarlat leads Revolut’s operations in Romania and believes Romanians need to take back control of their finances. Before joining forces with Revolut, she`s been leading the marketing efforts of Uber in Romania,

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