CEE 150 articles

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 […]

Others

Have You Missed CEE’s Deep Tech Awakening in Zagreb?

By Desislava Smokova 10 July 2025 4 mins read

Last week, the capital of Croatia became the center of European deep tech innovation. Around […]

Metaverse

Augmented Reality Is No Longer Just for Games

By Vladislav Polikarpov 9 July 2025 6 mins read

Augmented reality is no longer just for games. Industries like real estate, education, live events, […]

AI

Using AI ≠ Using It Well: What Research of 3,200 Regional SMEs Revealed

By Irina Stefanova 8 July 2025 4 mins read

A new report by the AI Chamber, based on insights from more than 3,200 small […]

Events

Doers Summit Expands to Dubai: First Middle East Edition Comes in November 2025

By Desislava Smokova 7 July 2025 2 mins read

The Doers Company is bringing its flagship event to the Middle East for the first […]

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 […]