Where does Boyko Karadzhov work?

Boyko Karadzhov is Co-founder & CTO at Payhawk.

What companies did Boyko Karadzhov found?

Boyko Karadzhov founded Payhawk.

Boyko Karadzhov

Founder

Co-founder & CTO at Payhawk

Sofia, Bulgaria

FoundedPayhawk

About

Boyko Karadzhov co-founded Payhawk in 2018 with Hristo Borisov and, as CTO, built the platform beneath Bulgaria's first unicorn — a company valued at $1 billion in 2022 and past $100 million of annual recurring revenue by 2026, serving customers in 33 countries. He spent seven years at Telerik as a principal software engineer building enterprise software before leaving to start the company, and has since grown Payhawk's engineering organisation past seventy full-stack engineers, organised around cross-functional autonomy. His stated ambition is a software company whose culture makes it a global leader in fintech.

Beyond investing

Founded: Co-founded Payhawk in 2018 with Hristo Borisov, his long-time Telerik colleague.
More: Spent seven years at Telerik building enterprise software, rising to principal software engineer, before leaving to found Payhawk. Grew Payhawk's engineering organisation past seventy full-stack engineers, organised around cross-functional autonomy. His stated ambition is to build a software company that nurtures performance and innovation to become a global leader in fintech.

From Boyko's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Co-founder & CTO at Payhawk

Intro paths

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In turn, Boyko can intro founders to Payhawk's investors below.

Payhawk's investors · 5

Eleven VenturesSofia · $270K – $1.6M checks HubSpot VenturesCambridge · $500K – $5M checks Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks QED InvestorsAlexandria · $30K – $25M checks Sprints CapitalLondon

Co-founders at Payhawk

Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO

Konstantin DzhengozovCo-founder & CFO

Experience

Payhawk - Тhe paperless corporate cardCo-founder & CTOcurrent2018 — presentSofia, Bulgaria
TelerikSoftware Engineer, Principal2014 — 2018Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria
TelerikSenior Software Developer2014Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria
TelerikSoftware Developer2011 — 2014Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria
MarvenaSoftware Developer2010 — 2011Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria

Education

Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science2008 — 2016
"M.V. Lomonosov" SofiaHigh School, Optics/Optical Sciences2004 — 2008

Skills & more

C#24.NET18Object Oriented Design18JavaScript14SQL14OOP11LINQ11Visual Studio14Web Development11Design Patterns7ASP.NET7jQuery6

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HTMLSitefinityWeb ApplicationsCUDAGitMQLMachine LearningDelphiMSBuildProgramming LanguagesSoftware DesignSoftware Development

Languages Bulgarian · English

Data Science at Scale Specialization — Coursera Course Certificates
Communicating Data Science Results — Coursera Course Certificates
Practical Predictive Analytics: Models and Methods — Coursera Course Certificates
Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms — Coursera Course Certificates
Computational Neuroscience — Coursera Course Certificates
Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions — Coursera Course Certificates
Security Awareness Training — SANS Institute
High-Quality Programming Code — Telerik Academy
MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional — Microsoft
MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Web Applications — Microsoft

From Boyko's professional profile.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Boyko Karadzhov

How Payhawk's 70+ full-stack engineers align and collaborate

The Software House · tsh.io

Frequently asked questions

Where does Boyko Karadzhov work?: Boyko Karadzhov is Co-founder & CTO at Payhawk.
What companies did Boyko Karadzhov found?: Boyko Karadzhov founded Payhawk.

Paths to reach Boyko

People who overlapped with Boyko at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.

Together at PayhawkBoyko: Co-founder & CTO

Hristo Borisov2018–2026Co-founder & CEO of PayhawkAmerican University in Bulgaria · Nottingham Trent University Konstantin Dzhengozov2018–2026Co-founder & CFO of PayhawkHarvard Business School Executive Education · Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski · University of National and World Economy Keith Robinson2020–2026Senior Advisor at OxxINSEAD · The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) · The Wharton School Dan Lupu2020–2026Investor at Earlybird Venture CapitalIESE Business School · ROCA Executive MBA @ BBS-ASE (Romanian-Canadian) · University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest Perry Blacher2019–2026Partner at Augmentum FintechHarvard University · University of Cambridge Mehmet Atici2020–2026Managing Partner at Bek VenturesBoğaziçi University · Shanghai University

Same school

Also attended Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski10

Konstantin DzhengozovCo-founder & CFO of Payhawk Melissa Morano AurigemmaChief of Staff at Exceptional Capital Ivaylo SimovPartner at Eleven Ventures Veselina MarkovaInvestment Principal at Eleven Ventures Rumen TrilevInvestment Associate at Urban Impact Ventures Siyka KostevskaVice President, Finance at Optum Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Payhawk - Тhe paperless corporate card8

Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk Konstantin DzhengozovCo-founder & CFO of Payhawk Keith RobinsonSenior Advisor at Oxx Dan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture Capital Perry BlacherPartner at Augmentum Fintech Mehmet AticiManaging Partner at Bek Ventures

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Also worked at Telerik20

Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk Konstantin DzhengozovCo-founder & CFO of Payhawk Esther DominguezGeneral Counsel at .406 Ventures Joseph AlsopInvestor at Alsop Louie Partners Tien WongTech investor, entrepreneur, and CEO; Chairman & CEO of Opus8 Amit AnandFounding Partner & Managing Director at Jungle Ventures

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