Ana Marija Kostanic 100 articles

Interview

Vlad Gozman on Disrupting Mature Markets, 180° Pivoting, and Not Taking VC Money

By Ana Marija Kostanic 2 April 2026 7 mins read

From the early days of EU consulting to navigating the VR craze of 2016, career […]

Ecosystem

Serbian Startup Funding 2025: Investors Are Selective, but They’re Finally Committing Big

By Ana Marija Kostanic 1 April 2026 5 mins read

If you’ve been tracking the regional tech scene, you know the last few years have […]

Analysis

Will European Robotaxi Dream Survive Its Own Hype?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 28 March 2026 6 mins read

The reveal of Verne almost two years ago, a Croatian bet on urban autonomous mobility, […]

Interview

“Ability to Articulate a Vision and Build a Brand Is Just as Critical as the Code Architecture”

By Ana Marija Kostanic 24 March 2026 9 mins read

Building a globally competitive gaming company from Serbia struck most as wishful thinking back in […]

News

Croatian & Greek-Founded Edra Exits Stealth With Sequoia-Led Series A

By Ana Marija Kostanic 19 March 2026 4 mins read

Edra, a New York-based automation platform, emerged from stealth this week announcing total funding of […]

Web3

“Users’ Trust is Not a Byproduct of Growth”

By Ana Marija Kostanic 10 March 2026 8 mins read

“The rifle. Air rifle 10m, inside, and 5.6-millimetre calibre on 50m, outside.” While preparing for […]

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 […]