Croatia 173 articles

Interview

Why Is a $700M Startup “Testing” Its AI in the Balkans?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 10 February 2026 7 mins read

Wonderful, the Amsterdam-based platform for autonomous enterprise AI agents, which secured $134 million in total […]

Deals

Why FirstMark Capital Just Put €20M Into Croatian Daytona?

By Ana Marija Kostanic 6 February 2026 5 mins read

Croatian infrastructure startup, founded by Ivan Burazin, Vedran Jukić, and Goran Draganić, closes a round […]

Deals

Croatian InsiderCX Secures Seed Round to Expand Its AI-powered Patient Experience Platform

By Lenka Vranová 27 January 2026 3 mins read

The newest funding is a seed round secured by InsiderCX based in Varaždin/Zagreb, Croatia. 👯 […]

Deals

Biggest Funding Rounds of Croatian Startups in 2025

By Ana Marija Kostanic 16 January 2026 5 mins read

For the Croatian startup ecosystem, 2025 was a year of stabilization and strategic shifts. While […]

Deals

GlycanAge Founders on Boosting Transition From “Wellness” Biomarker to Hospital Diagnostic

By Teodora Atanasova 18 December 2025 5 mins read

Glycans, sugar molecules that shape immune response, inflammation and ageing, are well studied in research […]

AI

From Seed to Exit: Croatian-Founded SplxAI Acquired by Cloud Behemoth Zscaler

By Ana Marija Kostanic 3 November 2025 3 mins read

SplxAI, the fast-rising Croatian-founded company specializing in securing AI applications and large language models (LLMs), […]

News

Provectus Capital Partners Secures Over €162M First Close for Second Southeast Europe Buyout Fund

By The Recursive 8 October 2025 2 mins read

Provectus Capital Partners (“PCP” or “Provectus”), one of Southeast Europe’s leading private equity firms, today […]

Deals

Founder Red Flags: Behaviors That Shut Investors Out

By Ana Marija Kostanic 7 October 2025 6 mins read

At Infobip Shift’s Startup stage in Zadar, Croatia – a small crowd of founders, investors, […]

Deals

CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: Cat Longevity, Laser Weeds, and Drone Swarms

By Lenka Vranová 3 October 2025 3 mins read

The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, […]

Ecosystem

“There is no liquidity in Europe, period.”

By Ana Marija Kostanic 19 September 2025 6 mins read

“Is there hope for Europe?” might sound like the beginning of a grim political debate, […]

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From AI Literacy to Fluency: Embedding AI into Startup Operations

By Hellen's Rock Capital 27 August 2025 4 mins read

During his keynote at the 3rd Hellen’s Rock Capital Founder Retreat, Sameen Jalal, CTO of […]

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Raising Big Money Without Losing Control, So the Business Legacy Endures

By Hellen's Rock Capital 20 August 2025 5 mins read

“I never compromised on control.” That was one of the enduring messages from Sacha Dragić […]