CEE 120 articles

Ecosystem

CEE Regional Investment Grew Almost 2X Faster Than the European Total

By Desislava Smokova 4 July 2025 4 mins read

CEE accounted for 2.2% of total European investment value, up from 1.9% in 2023, as […]

Interview

We Killed OKRs – and the Company Got Better

By Ana Marija Kostanic 4 July 2025 5 mins read

By the time has·to·be was acquired for €250 million by ChargePoint in 2021, it had […]

Guest Article

Why Are CEE Startups Taking a One-Way Ticket to U.S.?

By Petr Smid 3 July 2025 6 mins read

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is rich in talent. The region produces world-class engineers and […]

Deals

Polish SR Robotics Secures €8.5M to Scale Underwater Tech

By Lenka Vranová 1 July 2025 2 mins read

The newest deal comes from SR Robotics (SRR) based in Katowice, Poland. 👯 Founder(s): Tomasz […]

Deep Tech

“Many Excellent Technologies Have Failed Commercially” – Let’s Talk About Why

By Ana Marija Kostanic 27 June 2025 7 mins read

As one of Central and Eastern Europe’s biggest deep tech events gears up to land […]

Founder's School

Have a Broken Team? Look In the Mirror to Fix It

By Anna Liebel 26 June 2025 6 mins read

You are a resourceful, tireless leader. You’ve read enough research, incorporated several frameworks into your […]

Investors

Movens Capital Launches €60M Fund to Boost CEE Tech Startups from Pre-Seed to Series A+

By Lenka Vranová 23 June 2025 2 mins read

CEE tech startup fund Movens Capital has announced the launch of its second fund, a […]

Founder's School

“Germany Said My AI Startup Wasn’t Innovative Enough – So I Moved It to Poland”

By Stefan Gogoll 20 June 2025 4 mins read

When a German funding agency told us that “AI alone is not innovative enough,” I […]

AI

AI Action Plan For CEE: “We Don’t Need to Copy Silicon Valley to Succeed”

By Irina Stefanova 18 June 2025 5 mins read

Launched at the EU Digital Summit in Gdańsk on 17 June, the CEE AI Action […]

Defense Tech

Who’s Protecting Europe’s Future? Our New Report Reveals Why the Answer May Lie in CEE

By The Recursive 17 June 2025 3 mins read

At The Recursive, we’ve been tracking the rise of innovation ecosystems across Central and Eastern […]

SPONSORED Fintech

Billions in Tech Investments Wasted: How CFOs Can Stop Losing Money on their Tech Stack

By Payhawk 12 June 2025 4 mins read

With agentic AI, the role of а CFO is undergoing its biggest transformation since the […]

Guest Article

The Stoic Investor: How to Win with Boredom, Not Bravado

By Vasyl Matiy 9 June 2025 5 mins read

Decisions we think we make rationally are actually purely about emotions, short-term temptation, and blind […]