About
Nikoleta Popkostadinova is Head of Marketing at LAUNCHub Ventures, with over 11 years of experience in marketing, brand, and employer branding across four tech acquisitions within the same organization (Melon and Frakton, later Kin + Carta and Valtech). She led the first full rebranding following two acquisitions and later scaled employer branding across Valtech's European offices, work that was recognized with a Gartner "Excellence in Employee Experience" Award and featured in a Gartner case study. In 2015, she founded LoveGuide, a sexual health education project offering classes to teens across 70 schools in Bulgaria and operating a YouTube channel with over 75,000 subscribers.
Experience
- LAUNCHub VenturesHead of Marketingcurrent2026 — presentSofia City, Bulgaria
- ValtechEmployer Branding Director, Europe2024 — 2026Sofia City, Bulgaria
- BlackPeak CapitalMarketing Consultant2024 — 2025Sofia City, Bulgaria
- Kin + CartaMarketing Communications and Responsibility Director, SEE2022 — 2024Sofia, Bulgaria
- Melon, part of Kin + CartaMarketing Communications and Responsibility Director2015 — 2022Sofia
- LoveguideFounder2014 — 2022Sofia
- Self employedFreelancer2006 — 2016
- ONE/EDNO - platform of contemporary cultureManager International Projects2012 — 2015Sofia
- RNW MediaContributor2011 — 2012Hilversum, The Netherlands
- Vice MagazineEditor2009 — 2010Sofia, Bulgaria
- КапиталJournalist2005 — 2008Capital weekly
Skills & more
Civil Society23Social Media52New Media9Editing25Facebook3Marketing Communications7Journalism51Newspapers8Editorial2Strategic Communications15Media Relations10Storytelling10
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User Generated ContentNews WritingOnline AdvertisingHuman RightsMagazinesOnline JournalismPublic RelationsCorporate CommunicationsPress ReleasesAdvertisingNewslettersProofreadingLanguages English
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Colleagues at LAUNCHub Ventures
Ivelina Nikolova
Ops Manager at LAUNCHub Ventures
Lyuben Belov
Founding Partner · Venture Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures
Petar Tsachev
General Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures
Rumen Iliev
General Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures
Stanislav Sirakov
General Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures
Stephane Gantchev
Venture Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures
Todor Valev
Investor at LAUNCHub Ventures
Vedran Blagus
Principal at South Central Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nikoleta Popkostadinova?
- Nikoleta Popkostadinova is Head of Marketing at LAUNCHub Ventures, with over 11 years of experience in marketing, brand, and employer branding across four tech acquisitions within the same organization (Melon and Frakton, later Kin + Carta and Valtech). She led the first full rebranding following two acquisitions and later scaled employer branding across Valtech's European offices, work that was recognized with a Gartner "Excellence in Employee Experience" Award and featured in a Gartner case study. In 2015, she founded LoveGuide, a sexual health education project offering classes to teens across 70 schools in Bulgaria and operating a YouTube channel with over 75,000 subscribers.
- Where does Nikoleta Popkostadinova work?
- Nikoleta Popkostadinova is Head of Marketing at LAUNCHub Ventures.
- Where did Nikoleta Popkostadinova go to school?
- Nikoleta Popkostadinova studied at University of Amsterdam (Master of Science, Communication Studies); American University in Bulgaria (Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communications); High School.
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