Find your path to Boyko
25 people in our graph share verified history with Boyko — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Keith RobinsonunlockedBoyko: together at Payhawk (2020–2026)
×4Boyko: together at Payhawk
×7Boyko: together at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
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 published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Co-founder & CTO at Payhawk
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Payhawk's investors · 5
Co-founders at Payhawk
HB
Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO
KD
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
Skills & more
C#24.NET18Object Oriented Design18JavaScript14SQL14OOP11LINQ11Visual Studio14Web Development11Design Patterns7ASP.NET7jQuery6
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HTMLSitefinityWeb ApplicationsCUDAGitMQLMachine LearningDelphiMSBuildProgramming LanguagesSoftware DesignSoftware DevelopmentLanguages 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 KaradzhovFrequently asked questions
- Who is Boyko Karadzhov?
- 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.
- Where does Boyko Karadzhov work?
- Boyko Karadzhov is Co-founder & CTO of Payhawk.
- What companies did Boyko Karadzhov found?
- Boyko Karadzhov founded Payhawk.
- Where did Boyko Karadzhov go to school?
- Boyko Karadzhov studied at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science); "M.V. Lomonosov" Sofia (High School, Optics/Optical Sciences).
- What podcasts and interviews feature Boyko Karadzhov?
- Tracked appearances include "How Payhawk's 70+ full-stack engineers align and collaborate".
Founder mafias
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Konstantin DzhengozovBachelor’s degree in EconomicsFounded PayhawkRaycho RaychevBachelorFounded EnduroSatVictor BotevBachelorFounded Iris AIVladimir PetrovMaster of ScienceFounded CapzlogVolen VulkovBachelor of Science - BSFounded EnhancvVes StoyanovComputer ScienceFounded Lightfield
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Same school
Also attended Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski19
Konstantin DzhengozovCo-founder & CFO of PayhawkMelissa Morano AurigemmaChief of Staff at Exceptional CapitalIvaylo SimovPartner at Eleven VenturesVeselina MarkovaInvestment Principal at Eleven VenturesRumen TrilevInvestment Associate at Urban Impact VenturesSiyka KostevskaVice President, Finance at Optum Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Payhawk - Тhe paperless corporate card7
Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of PayhawkKonstantin DzhengozovCo-founder & CFO of PayhawkKeith RobinsonSenior Advisor at OxxDan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture CapitalPerry BlacherPartner at Augmentum FintechMehmet AticiManaging Partner at Bek Ventures
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Also worked at Telerik28
Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of PayhawkKonstantin DzhengozovCo-founder & CFO of PayhawkEsther DominguezGeneral Counsel at .406 VenturesJoseph AlsopInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersTien WongTech investor, entrepreneur, and CEO; Chairman & CEO of Opus8Gail GoodmanSpecial Advisor at Data Point Capital
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