Can Small Businesses Get Funding Before They Know They Need It? | Claurelle Rakipovic of Pipe
A small business owner may only start looking for money when payroll is due or a new location becomes possible. Claurelle Rakipovic believes finance should reach the business earlier, while there is still time to act. Pipe is built around that idea. The embedded capital platform allows software companies to offer financing directly to the […]
From Credit Suisse to SCRYPT: Caroline Bansraj on the Transition to Digital Assets
The Drofa Comms team is pleased to announce that an interview from the Women Leading the Way series with Caroline Bansraj, COO of SCRYPT, is already live! After 30 years in traditional finance, she made one conscious step towards digital assets and never regretted it. Caroline didn’t start over, as she came into the industry […]
Lagoon Co-Founder Nadia Sergejuk on Leadership, Scaling and Blockchain Innovation
The path into blockchain is rarely a straight line. For Nadia Sergejuk, Co-Founder & COO at Lagoon, it began all the way back in 2015. It was on a seminar on programmable agreements overlooking the City of London. What started as curiosity gradually became conviction. She watched blockchain evolve into a technology capable of transforming […]
Why Are Women Still Overlooked in Fintech Hiring? | Nadia Edwards-Dashti of Harrington Starr
Nadia Edwards-Dashti has spent close to twenty years putting people into fintech jobs, and the Drofa Comms team is delighted to announce her as the guest on the newest Women Leading the Way episode! Nadia is a Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer at Harrington Starr, the financial services and fintech recruitment firm she helped build […]
MiCA’s Transitional Period Has Closed. What Does It Mean for Europe’s Digital Asset Market?
On 1 July 2026, the 18-month grandfathering window under MiCA in the EU and EEA closed. After this date, any entity providing digital-asset services to EU clients without the required licence is in breach of EU law. So, it must cease offering such services. In fact, the crypto industry has long been waiting for this […]
Crypto Keeps Talking to the Already-Converted, Not the Sceptics — Cath Jenkin of Kernel Media
Most people know Catherine Jenkin by a single byline: Opinion Editor at Cointelegraph. Far fewer know that it’s just one of her jobs out of four. Catherine also works at OM Bank, heads up strategic partnerships at BankerX, and co-founded Kernel Media. Whatever the workplace, her goal is to find the truth. Then, she can […]
Women Reshaping Web3: Inside Philippine Blockchain Week 2026
Drofa Comms served as a General Media Sponsor at Philippine Blockchain Week 2026, one of the region’s largest blockchain gatherings. It has brought thousands of founders, investors, women from Web3 and policymakers to Manila. As part of our Women Leading the Way initiative, Content Manager Vladimir Rozhankovsky sat down with industry leaders to hear what […]
Why Is Financial Motivation Not Enough to Retain Staff?
Drofa Comms is happy to announce that a new op-ed on employee retention was published by our HR Director, Anna Lekomtseva, in The HR Director. Her piece argues why financial motivation is not enough to stop people from resigning. Why Money Alone Doesn’t Retain Talent The op-ed opens with an observation most HR leaders recognise […]
Drofa Comms Named Finalist in Four Categories at the European Agency Awards 2026
Drofa Comms has been shortlisted for four categories at the European Agency Awards 2026. What’s even more striking is that we’ve swept every category we entered in our first year applying! The agency is a finalist for Best Agency Culture, shortlisted alongside Opinium, Searchmind and Traffic Today, among others. Drofa Comms was also named a […]
From Language Studies to bunq’s C-Suite: Bianca Zwart on Why Strategy Isn’t a Straight Line
Bianca Zwart didn’t study finance. She studied languages — five of them — because she wanted to understand how people think, not because it looked like the smart move. The Drofa Comms team is delighted to announce that our latest Women Leading the Way interview, with Bianca Zwart, Chief Strategy Officer at bunq, is now […]