The seventh edition of Engaged Investments aims to bring together around 500 investors, founders, and innovation leaders from more than 20 countries in Prague this October to discuss the future of venture capital, startup scaling, and Europe's technological competitiveness.
The Regional Defence and Security Summit is hosted by the Bulgarian media and events group Capital. The forum serves as a hub for political, military, and industry leaders to network and discuss critical security, infrastructure, and defense industry challenges in the region.
How to Web Conference is the leading startup and technology conference in Eastern Europe. Held in Bucharest, Romania, it brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and technology leaders for three days of insights, networking, and innovation.
The Recursive CEE Forum returned to ViennaUP on May 20, 2026, bringing together ~500 founders, investors, corporates, policymakers, and ecosystem builders from across Europe. The program spotlighted cross-border collaboration, scaling and tech transfer, market expansion, and the future of investing — with a special focus on energy, AI, robotics, and deep tech.
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The Recursive Founder Files series brings together the brightest minds in the region to tackle the realities that founders and investors often shy away from. Every episode focuses on the unique startup landscape in a given CEE country, while it may also bring in perspectives from other CEE markets.
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What it takes to scale across borders when AI is rewriting defensibility and why mindset, trust, and focus still decide who wins - insights from Hellen’s Rock Founder Retreat
At Croatia's Nuqleus Liftoff, EIB and EIC officials outlined a strategic push into deep tech. Backed by new capital to bridge early-stage funding gaps, the focus is on utilizing scientific excellence to drive industrial scale. Can the region help Europe build a deep tech moat?
“When researchers come to us, it doesn’t start with a negotiation,” Viktor Olsson of KTH Innovation explains. Here’s how Sweden’s founder-friendly university model is creating a deep tech powerhouse and what CEE can learn from it.
More than 120 investors managing over €10B in assets showed up in Maribor this May. Podim exposed a reality shaping Europe’s tech ecosystem: while founders from smaller markets are entering global competition earlier, the infrastructure needed to scale still feels fragmented and relationship-driven.
