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The '''IT sector of Belgrade''' is the concentration of information technology centers and service providers in the Serbian Capital of Belgrade, comprising 6,924 companies as of {{as of|2013|alt=2013}}.<ref name=novosti>{{cite web|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/beograd.74.html:430759-U-Beogradu-radi-120000-firmi |title=U Beogradu radi 120.000 firmi |publisher=Večernje Novosti|date=23 April 2013 |accessdate=4 November 2013}}</ref> The IT sector in Serbia is projected to become largest sector of the Serbian economy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-29 |title=IT sektor, perspektiva srpske privrede - Serbia.com |url=http://www.serbia.com/srpski/sektor-perspektiva-srpske-privrede/ |access-date=2016-09-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Microsoft, Huawei, and Kaspersky have opened development centers Belgrade. Microsoft Development Center Serbia was, at the time of its establishment, the fifth such center in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/serbia/mdcs/default.aspx |title=Microsoft Development Center Serbia |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=1 April 2011 |accessdate=15 May 2013}}</ref> Other global IT companies that choose Belgrade for their regional or European center include Asus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emportal.rs/vesti/srbija/62935.html |title=Asus otvorio regionalni centar u Beogradu |publisher=Emportal.rs |accessdate=16 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522124646/http://www.emportal.rs/vesti/srbija/62935.html |archivedate=22 May 2011 }}</ref> Intel,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekapija.com/website/sr/page/140159 |title=Centar kompanije 'Intel' za Balkan u Beogradu – Srbija deo 'Intel World Ahead Program' |publisher=E kapija |accessdate=7 July 2009}}</ref> Dell,<ref>{{cite web |last=Beograd |first=Ana Vlahović |url=http://pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/183266/Srbija+centar+IT+industrije.html |title=Srbija centar IT industrije |publisher=Pressonline.rs |date=25 September 2011 |accessdate=12 March 2013 |archive-date=26 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926161604/http://pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/183266/Srbija+centar+IT+industrije.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Huawei, and NCR.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.ekapija.com/website/sr/page/762729/NCR-planira-da-udvostruči-broj-zaposlenih-u-Srbiji-u-2014 |title=NCR planira da udvostruči broj zaposlenih u Srbiji u 2014 |publisher=eKapija |date=24 July 2013 |accessdate=4 November 2013 |language=Serbian}}</ref> These major investments generated over €678.3 million in Serbia's exports in 2015.<ref name="next.ft.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/2189040-izvoz-it-sektora-dostigao-678-miliona-evra-informacione-tehnologije-kljucne-za-privredni-razvoj-srbije | title=IZVOZ IT SEKTORA DOSTIGAO 678 MILIONA EVRA: Informacione tehnologije ključne za privredni razvoj Srbije! }}</ref>
== Startup community == Nordeus, a local video game startup, is one of Europe's fastest-growing gaming companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/IT/354594/Srpski-Zakerberg-Branko-je-napustio-Majkrosft-i-u-Srbiji-napravio-firmu-koja-je-partner-Fejsbuka|title=Srpski Zakerberg: Branko je napustio "Majkrosft" i u Srbiji napravio firmu koja je partner "Fejsbuka"|work=Blic.rs}}</ref> In five years of operation, Nordeus has grown to over 150 employees and €64 million of yearly sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fi.apr.gov.rs/prijemfi/cir/podaci.asp?strSearch=20622849&kod=4b26ef5b4d28554b26d363b9365efa5b7e9c282f&godina=2013|title=Подаци о обвезнику|publisher=fi.apr.gov.rs}}</ref>
Another local startup, FishingBooker, was founded in 2013 and now employs over 90 people. FishingBooker has been described as "the world’s largest online travel company that enables [users] to find and book fishing trips."<ref>{{cite web |date=13 March 2019 |title=Be Ready to Learn and Catch a CEO's Attention |url=http://nevena.blog/2019/03/13/be-ready-to-learn-and-catch-a-ceos-attention |work=nevena.blog}}</ref> Like Nordeus, FishingBooker, is a bootstrapped startup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netokracija.rs/vukan-simic-fishingbooker-156540|title=Vukan Simić (FishingBooker): Svaki dan na posao dolazi 80 ljudi koji veruju u ono što stvaramo – to je naš najveći uspeh|work=Netokracija.rs|date=20 May 2019 }}</ref>
In the first quarter of 2016, more than US$65 million has been raised by Serbian startups including US$45 million for Seven Bridges (a Bioinformatics firm) and US$14 million for Vast (a data analysis firm).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://startit.rs/srpsko-americki-seven-bridges-uzeo-investiciju-od-45-miliona-dolara-za-brzi-razvoj-terapija-za-rak/ | title=Srpsko-američki Seven Bridges uzeo investiciju od 45.000.000$ za brži razvoj terapija za rak | date=16 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://startit.rs/vast-uzeo-investiciju-od-14-miliona-dolara-za-razvoj-b2c-proizvoda-i-sirenje-u-beogradu/ | title=Vast uzeo investiciju od 14 miliona dolara za razvoj B2C proizvoda i širenje u Beogradu | date=12 February 2016 }}</ref> Also in 2016, a Belgrade-based website AskGamblers which generates over €810,000 in revenue and €620,000 in profits was sold to Catena Media for €15 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://startit.rs/askgamblers-akvizicija-15-miliona/ | title=Domaći proizvod AskGamblers prodat za 15 miliona evra | date=4 April 2016 }}</ref>
The startup community is supported by a non-profit organization called Startit which acts as an incubator for new companies. Startit raised US$108,000 from its Kickstarter campaign in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Startit Center — Tech Community For A Better Society |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/startitcenter/startit-center-tech-community-for-a-better-society |access-date=10 August 2022 |website=Kickstarter}}</ref> allowing it to expand its Belgrade center, build a second center in Inđija (completed in February 2016), and expand further to other cities with strong IT industry: Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Vršac, Subotica, Šabac.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://startit.rs/centar/ |title=Startit Centar — otvaranje na jesen |website=startit.rs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801055632/http://startit.rs/centar/ |archive-date=2015-08-01}} </ref> Other developments include an agriculture drone startup that uses drones for land surveying, TeleSkin an app which can identify and track skin cancer and there was another successful Kickstarter for Hexiwear a customizable smartwatch for developers.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://startit.rs/srpski-agrodrone-razvija-poljoprivredu-buducnosti/ | title=Srpski AgroDrone razvija poljoprivredu budućnosti | date=24 December 2015 }}</ref>
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