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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 […]

Podcasts

Can Games Fix Our Broken Education ft. Yane Frenski

By The Recursive 19 June 2025 < 1 mins read

Can Games Fix Our Broken Education? 📚 In this powerful episode of The Recursive Podcast, […]

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 […]

News

CEE Orbit Capital Launches €100 Million Growth Debt II Fund

By The Recursive 18 June 2025 2 mins read

Venture debt firm Orbit Capital has announced the launch of its second investment fund, Growth […]

Deals

Greek Bitloops Closes €1M to Turn Figma Designs into Production Code

By The Recursive 18 June 2025 2 mins read

Greek-based Bitloops, an AI-powered frontend development platform, has raised €1 million in a pre-seed round […]

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 […]

Deals

Dronamics Selected for €30M EU Investment to Advance Strategic Drone Tech

By The Recursive 12 June 2025 2 mins read

Bulgarian cargo airline Dronamics has been selected for an equity investment of up to €30 […]

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 […]

News

Frontline-Ready Drone Defense Solutions Took Center Stage at Prague Hackathon

By The Recursive 11 June 2025 3 mins read

With European defense tech investment exceeding €1 billion last year, the urgency to turn innovation […]

Deals

ReSpo.Vision Raises €4.2M to Redefine How Football Is Watched

By The Recursive 10 June 2025 2 mins read

The newest deal comes from ReSpo.Vision based in Warsaw, Poland. 👯 Founder(s): Paweł Ostreicher (CEO & […]

Money in Motion

How Multi-Family Offices Are Shaping Investment Strategies for HNWIs in CEE

By Elena Ghinita 10 June 2025 3 mins read

As high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) in Central and Eastern Europe seek more structured and sophisticated ways […]

Inside The Recursive

From a Park Bench to One of Europe’s Most Influential Voices: Why Irina Obushtarova Stepped Down as a CEO

By Etien Yovchev 10 June 2025 16 mins read

After nearly a decade of shaping the narrative of innovation in Central and Eastern Europe, […]