What CEE Startups Need More Than Money
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) has grown remarkably over the past decade, yet despite […]
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What CEE Startups Need More Than Money
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) has grown remarkably over the past decade, yet despite this, the region’s startup ecosystem remains constrained. And the bottleneck is not a lack of capital, nor is it simply a matter of political risk or market size, as people sometimes assume… The CEE startup ecosystem, with its total startup enterprise value growing 15.5 times since 2014, exceeds the European average, and the region saw...
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