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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

What CEE Startups Need More Than Money

By Serhiy Tokarev 25 November 2025 6 mins read

The Central and Eastern European (CEE) has grown remarkably over the past decade, yet despite […]

Interview

e2vc Principal Tunya Irkad on Getting Into VC and Funding “Insane Founders”

By Ana Marija Kostanic 10 November 2025 7 mins read

“People often ask how I got into VC straight out of college. Truth is, it’s […]

Ecosystem

Cyprus Startup Reality Check: Can It Become More Than Tax Haven?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 17 October 2025 9 mins read

You might not think about Cyprus’ startup ecosystem much, or maybe you view it only […]

Deals

Dexory Raises €143M, Securing Romania’s Second-Largest Series C

By Livia Rusu 14 October 2025 3 mins read

Romanian-founded Dexory, a warehouse robotics and AI company that builds autonomous inventory robots, raised $165 million […]

Ecosystem

European Startups Just Got a Bay Area “Embassy”

By Ana Marija Kostanic 1 October 2025 5 mins read

European startups are continuously eyeing the United States for scale, capital, and partnerships, but too […]

Diaspora

7 Belarusian Startups Redefining Their Future Abroad

By Ana Marija Kostanic 10 September 2025 6 mins read

Belarus built a large, export-oriented IT sector during 2010s that by the 2020 employed tens […]

Deals

Biggest Funding Rounds in 2025 for Montenegro, Albania & Kosovo

By Ana Marija Kostanic 8 August 2025 3 mins read

Since the beginning of The Recursive, Western Balkans was a geographical category that encompassed part […]

Interview

The Most Powerful Room in Startupland? One Full of F*ckups

By Ana Marija Kostanic 17 July 2025 7 mins read

  99% of startups fail. How many times have you heard that line? Probably too […]

Travel Tech

I Scaled Startups Across Continents. Now I Help People Discover Africa

By Marina Cangelaris 16 July 2025 8 mins read

If you told me a few years ago that I’d go from scaling venture-backed startups […]

Interview

Valentina Milanova, Daye: “Solving women’s health is one of our lifetime’s most important challenges.”

By Teodora Atanasova 11 March 2025 5 mins read

The stigma surrounding gynecological health has long been a silent barrier for women. According to […]

Women in Tech

Moms in Tech: “I’ve become all work and no play”

By Kseniya Tarasevich 6 March 2025 5 mins read

Juggling motherhood and a career isn’t easy. The tech industry, like many others, still has […]