Ahead of Prague’s municipal elections, the Czech Startup Association brought together the city’s main political candidates to discuss its startup future, securing broad support for stronger innovation infrastructure, closer university ties, startup-friendly procurement, and a flagship tech event.
Croatian gaming-café franchise Friendly Fire raises €4M, led by AYMO Ventures, to fund international expansion across 11 countries.
The Budapest-based platform, already used by more than 600,000 students in over 30 countries, plans to expand across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milestones, and emerging trends tied to the region’s innovation potential.
Vilnius-based Guideless has raised €1M in pre-seed funding led by Superhero Capital.
The AI data platform serves more than 200 international blue-chip clients, while its new majority owner plans to accelerate its global expansion.
Lithuanian deep-tech startup Litilit has secured an €8M loan from ILTE to advance R&D and make its femtosecond laser technology more scalable for industrial applications.
Bulgarian AI infrastructure startup DiscreteStack has secured €800K to expand into finance, insurance and the public sector.
Sheryl Sandberg is backing Bulgarian entrepreneur Vince Gaydarzhiev’s second venture, Self Inspection, as the AI startup looks to expand its vehicle inspection platform into Europe.
Astute, a B2B platform with a Serbian founder at the helm, has raised an oversubscribed pre-seed round, with launching its new platform.
The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milestones, and emerging trends tied to the region’s innovation potential.
The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milestones, and emerging trends tied to the region’s innovation potential.
Bulgarian startup Estel Technologies has raised €270K in pre-seed funding led by Vitosha Ventures to expand its AI-native platform for tech staffing sales. The company aims to help recruiters identify real hiring demand, automate lead qualification, and reduce time spent on outdated opportunities.
Across Europe, business angel education is becoming an increasingly important part of building stronger innovation ecosystems, and the new ESIL Angel Academy is leading that effort.
Bulgarian enterprise infrastructure startup Tiger Technology has raised a Series A round to accelerate its global expansion and advance its hybrid cloud data platform.
Serbian Ominimo has officially reached a $1.6 billion valuation following its Series B investment round, which included participation from the investment arm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Ukrainian defense tech investment platform Resist.UA has launched Resist 2.0, a new European fund targeting up to €50 million to connect international investors with Ukraine's rapidly growing defense and dual-use technology sector.
The Prague-based investment platform's latest investments come as pension savings begin to play a larger role in financing Europe's next generation of technology companies.
Bulgarian VC firm Vitosha Ventures has announced the first 10 investments from its €34 million Fund II, which plans to back close to 80 Bulgarian startups by 2030.
The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milestones, and emerging trends tied to the region’s innovation potential.
Lithuanian web intelligence giant Oxylabs accepts its first external check. The funding will help the company expand its AI-powered web intelligence infrastructure as demand for real-time web data continues to grow.