For the Croatian startup ecosystem, 2025 was a year of stabilization and strategic shifts. While the total investment figures didn’t match the record-breaking peaks of previous years, the focus moved toward high-quality Seed rounds and notable exits.
This performance follows a very high bar set in 2024. That year began with a massive €100M investment into Verne, bringing the H1 2024 total to €124M. By comparison, H1 2025 started more slowly with only €17.02M in top funding rounds, as the market adjusted to a more cautious global investment climate.
While early 2025 was characterized by a “funding drought,” the year ended with several significant success stories, including the acquisition of SplxAI and Airt. These moves, alongside steady Seed rounds for companies like Wasp and GlycanAge, suggest that while the capital inflow has become more measured, the maturity and exit potential of Croatian startups continue to grow.
We estimate that (counting in the rounds under €500k), total funding for Croatian startups in 2025 reached ~€47M, while €43.8M of that amount relates to the biggest rounds.
Below, you can find the biggest 2025 funding rounds in Croatia, along with key details about the startups. Check the rest of the Central and Eastern Europe 2025 mappings here.
This article is part of the CEE funding mapping series, done with the support of Dealigence platform. Please feel free to contact us if we missed something: [email protected]. / If the deal’s original currency wasn’t the euro, we convert it to the ratio listed on the publishing day.
Croatia Top 2025 Funding
GlycanAge
About: Aging is measured and understood through glycans, which are complex molecules influencing inflammation and immune function. The GlycanAge® test provides insights into biological age and the effects of lifestyle and environmental factors, aiding in preventative care and health optimization.
Founders: Nikolina Lauc
Vertical: BioTech, HealthTech
Latest round: $8.7M (€7.4M)
Stage: Seed
Investors: Kadmos Capital, SQ Capital, LauncHub Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Guinness Ventures, BrightCap Ventures, South Central Ventures, Impetus Capital, Vesna Deep Tech VC and Lightfield Equity
Total funding: €13.52M
SplxAI
(Acquired by Zscaler in November 2025)
About: Provides cybersecurity services specifically for AI applications and chatbots, helping enterprises, startups, and scaleups identify and mitigate threats through both proactive and defensive strategies. Features include protection against prompt injection, social engineering attacks, and other vulnerabilities, ensuring trust and safety in AI technologies.
Founders: Kristian Kamber; Ante Gojsalić
Vertical: CyberSecurity
Latest round: $7M (€6.09M)
Stage: Seed
Investors: Inovo.vc; LAUNCHub Ventures; Runtime Ventures; South Central Ventures; DNV; Rain Capital
Total funding: €7.83M
Wasp
About: A declarative domain-specific language enables the development of full-stack web applications using minimal code, integrating seamlessly with React, Node.js, and Prisma. It simplifies frontend, backend, and deployment processes by providing a unified approach with zero configuration and adherence to best practices.
Founders: Matija Šošić; Martin Šošić
Vertical: AI; No-code
Latest round: $3.70M (€3.22M)
Stage: Seed
Investors: Metis Ventures; Y Combinator; Lunar Ventures; Tokyo Black; Abstraction Capital; Acequia Capital; Abstraction Capital; Fifth Quarter Ventures; HV Capital; Big bets; 468 Capital
Total funding: €4.63M
Moontop
About: A digital platform and app for managing flexible employee benefits, allowing companies to offer tax-efficient perks like food, sports, beauty services, and educational vouchers, which employees redeem through the app for a wide range of local services, optimizing both employer costs and employee choice.
Founder: Branimir Gospić
Vertical: Human Resources
Latest round: €2.7M
Stage: Early VC
Investors: SQ Capital
Total funding: €2.7M
Lebesgue
About: An AI-powered analytics platform designed for e-commerce businesses to enhance profit and marketing ROI by integrating store performance with advertising data in a user-friendly dashboard. It offers automated auditing of ad campaigns, trend identification, actionable recommendations, and conversion tracking through a proprietary data tracking pixel.
Founder: Josip Begić
Vertical: Marketing; Sales
Latest round: $3M (€2.61M)
Stage: Seed
Investors: Interactive Venture Partners; Bridge Investments; K20 Fund; Fil Rouge Capital (FRC)
Total funding: €3.06M
Hypefy
About: An AI-powered platform simplifies influencer marketing for brands by automating workflows, managing campaigns, and helping to find suitable influencers to achieve measurable results. It aims to save time and reduce stress associated with traditional influencer marketing processes.
Founders: Stjepan Zelić, Filip Špiranec and Davor Šibenik
Vertical: Marketing
Latest round: €1.70M
Stage: Seed
Investors: Fil Rouge Capital (FRC); Euroventures; Interactive Venture Partners; Oktogon Ventures; InterCapital
Total funding: €1.94M
Arkensight
About: Transforms distributed visual data from various sources (like satellites, vehicles and drones) into real-time actionable intelligence for critical infrastructure, utilizing AI for automated inspection, object detection, geolocation, and change tracking through natural language processing.
Founders: Domagoj Ćorić; Luka Studen; Bruno Ćorić
Vertical: Data Analytics; AI
Latest round: €600K
Stage: Seed
Investors: Silicon Gardens
Total funding: €600K
Compass AI
About: AI-powered infrastructure that scales advisory services without scaling headcount. Effectively envisioned as 24/7 AI CFO that connects financial data with business context in one intelligent system. Besides tracking income & expenses, it offers growing businesses visibility on different fronts: from forecasting cash flow, flagging savings opportunities, to delivering strategic insights.
Founders: Nikola Jakić
Vertical: FinTech; AI
Latest round: €500K
Stage: Seed
Investors: Fil Rouge Capital
Total funding: €500K
Other important news
In November 2025. After facing implementation challenges with their initial financial AI technology, the Croatian startup Airt pivoted toward the rapidly growing field of agentic AI and autonomous systems. This strategic shift culminated in their acquisition by Synthpop, a health-tech company that recently secured $15 million to automate complex administrative processes in healthcare.
In December 2025, Croatian company Webpower Adria has been sold to the Dutch group Spotler Group, a leader in email marketing and marketing automation. The company was founded in 2016 as a local partner of the Dutch Webpower, when there was no real alternative to Mailchimp in regional market, and today more than 250 companies from the region cooperate with them.
