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Fintech

8 startups, 3 countries: who is going to be the NEXT FinTech star in SEE?

By Elena Vrabie 7 February 2022 4 mins read

Techcelerator, a Romanian accelerator for tech startups, presented the second cohort taking part in their […]

Future of Work

How to choose a tech company that’s the right fit for your skills?

By Irina Nicoleta Scarlat 3 February 2022 3 mins read

The work environment in startups is often glorified in comparison with working for corporations, which […]

Startups

SeedBlink turns two, checks off €38M in funding rounds, and starts its EU expansion with Bulgaria and Greece

By Elena Vrabie 2 February 2022 3 mins read

Romanian-based crowdfunding platform SeedBlink announced it has raised €38M in 56 funding rounds for the […]

Startups

Romanian KFactory raises €600K to scale their sustainability solution to the DACH market

By Elena Vrabie 1 February 2022 3 mins read

KFactory, the Bucharest-based Industry 4.0 SaaS automation platform, has raised €600K in a round led […]

Leadership

Who are the empathetic SEE tech founders to join The Obama Foundation Leaders Europe program

By Elena Vrabie 31 January 2022 6 mins read

There are many ways in which we define a leader. It might be a person […]

Ecosystem

Romanian startups raised three times more capital in 2021

By Antoanela Ionita 28 January 2022 4 mins read

In 2021, Romanian startups raised a three times larger volume of capital compared to 2020, […]

Edtech

Romanian EdTech Brio raises €800K to help kids improve their performance at school

By Elena Vrabie 26 January 2022 3 mins read

Bucharest-based EdTech Brio, a platform that evaluates educational performance, has raised over €800K. €500K came […]

Gen Z

Why do Gen Zs want to be entrepreneurs?

By Elena Vrabie 24 January 2022 6 mins read

They think of themselves as creators of change. They are passionate, curious, and they deploy […]

Deals

Romanian-founded wellbeing company 7Card was acquired by global player Gympass in a European expansion move

By Elena Vrabie 20 January 2022 2 mins read

Bucharest-based wellbeing and fitness company Benefit Seven (7Card), which offers employees access to a network […]

Podcasts

The choice to not give up with Adina Huma from R-Create

By The Recursive 18 January 2022 2 mins read

Next on The Recursive podcast, we meet a female entrepreneur who is passionate about business […]

Investors

Romanian ROCA X joins the EuVECA fund and is raising a second fund in 2022

By Elena Vrabie 14 January 2022 6 mins read

At the end of 2021, the Romanian ROCA X Management team announced they have become […]

Climate Tech

Romanian bonapp.eco raises €800K to expand its food waste prevention app across Eastern Europe

By Antoanela Ionita 12 January 2022 2 mins read

Two months after its launch, Romanian startup preventing food waste in HoReCa bonapp.eco raised a […]