Ana Marija Kostanic 94 articles

Defense Tech

Defense Giant Rheinmetall to Acquire Croatian DOK-ING in a Record M&A for Regional Defense

By Ana Marija Kostanic 4 March 2026 4 mins read

Rheinmetall AG, the Düsseldorf-based defence technology group, has acquired a 51% majority stake in Zagreb-headquartered […]

AI

CEE AI Investment Trends 2026: Super Focused on Applied AI and ROI

By Ana Marija Kostanic 23 February 2026 4 mins read

Regional investors are increasingly viewing AI as a category currently caught in an overhyped bubble. […]

Analysis

Investment Trends 2026: What’s Hot and What’s Not for CEE Investors

By Ana Marija Kostanic 18 February 2026 9 mins read

If 2025 was about the shock of funding drying up, 2026 is about the sobering […]

Deals

Farseer Secures €6.07M Series A to Scale FP&A Platform Across Europe and North America

By Ana Marija Kostanic 16 February 2026 4 mins read

Farseer, a Croatia-based B2B SaaS, announced a $7.2 (€6.07) million Series A, with AYMO Ventures […]

Interview

Why Is a $700M Startup “Testing” Its AI in the Balkans?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 10 February 2026 7 mins read

Wonderful, the Amsterdam-based platform for autonomous enterprise AI agents, which secured $134 million in total […]

Deals

Why FirstMark Capital Just Put €20M Into Croatian Daytona?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 6 February 2026 5 mins read

Croatian infrastructure startup, founded by Ivan Burazin, Vedran Jukić, and Goran Draganić, closes a round […]

Deals

Top Funding Rounds Raised by Polish Startups in 2025

By Ana Marija Kostanic 29 January 2026 7 mins read

If 2024 was defined by its consistency for Polish startups, 2025 will be remembered as […]

Ecosystem

New Index! How Well do the CEE Countries Support the Journey of an Entrepreneur?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 27 January 2026 5 mins read

StartupBlink, a global startup ecosystem research platform providing data, rankings, and insights on innovation ecosystems, […]

Deals

Biggest Funding Rounds for Romanian Startups in 2025

By Ana Marija Kostanic 23 January 2026 6 mins read

After 2024, a year of stabilization for Romanian startups, 2025 has surpassed expectations. The most […]

Ecosystem

EU Inc Is Confirmed. What That Means?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 21 January 2026 4 mins read

“We will soon put forward our 28th regime,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […]

Deals

Biggest Funding Rounds for Serbian Startups in 2025

By Ana Marija Kostanic 19 January 2026 3 mins read

The Serbian startup ecosystem in 2025 navigated a “maturity test” as global venture capital slowed […]

Deals

Biggest Funding Rounds of Croatian Startups in 2025

By Ana Marija Kostanic 16 January 2026 5 mins read

For the Croatian startup ecosystem, 2025 was a year of stabilization and strategic shifts. While […]