Ana Marija Kostanic 91 articles

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 […]

Ecosystem

Regional Cleantech Is Done Waiting

By Ana Marija Kostanic 9 January 2026 5 mins read

The cleantech narrative in Europe has long been dominated by the established hubs of the […]

AI

The Agency AI Reality Check: Why Your Clients Want a Discount (and Why You Shouldn’t Give Them One)

By Ana Marija Kostanic 29 December 2025 5 mins read

If you’ve spent any time on LinkedIn lately, you’d think the average IT agency is […]

Events

What It Takes to Win From CEE? Learn This February at Unlockit

By Ana Marija Kostanic 22 December 2025 4 mins read

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has long been known for its engineering talent. Yet, despite […]