A fund aimed to speed up financing of stat-ups with a budget of 100 million leva (about 50 million euro) is going to ease access to financing of start-ups in Bulgaria. The news has come from Deputy Minister of Economy Alexander Manolev at the opening of a conference that attracted more than 200 managers, business leaders and investors from 27 countries. The deputy minister pointed out that the business environment in Bulgaria is favorable and that not only start-ups from Bulgaria but also from neighboring countries have received capital from various risk investment funds. The Ministry of Economy vowed that during the new programming period it would continue support for the development of a sustainable ecosystem to the benefit of entrepreneurs in the country.