2015 was a record year for start-ups in Slovenia. According to the analysis prepared by the Silicon Gardens Investment Fund, Slovenian start-ups raised 127 million US dollars (114 million euros) last year. That's exactly 100% more than in 2014 and five times over the 2013 figure. The number of start-ups attracting investments have also doubled in the last few years. Most of the capital came from European venture funds, yet sources are getting diversified and Slovenian start-ups are becoming more and more attractive to US and Chinese investors.
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13 companies exhibited at this year's CeBIT fair in Hannover in April. The presentation was organized by the public agency SPIRIT. The companies present at the fair were a good example of Slovenia's growing and dynamic IT industry which focuses mainly on narrowly specialized and innovative software.
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The title of a study published back in 2007 was "Slovenia Created for Nanotechnology". Since then, Slovenia’s institutes and companies have made significant advances in technologies on the ultra-small scale. The developments range from new materials to new energy sources and from alternatives to antibiotics to self-assembled microlasers.
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