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Edtech

Microlearning startup Code of Talent to expand globally with €1.7M Series A led by Catalyst Romania

By Antoanela Ionita 17 December 2021 3 mins read

Romanian microlearning platform Code of Talent closed a €1.7M Series A investment round led by […]

AI

Romanian .lumen receives €9M from the European Innovation Council to develop assistive technology for the blind

By Elena Vrabie 17 December 2021 3 mins read

.lumen, the Cluj-based AI research startup developing high-tech glasses that can assist blind people on […]

Startups

Gtmhub raises $120M in the largest funding round in the OKR software space

By Elena Ivanova 16 December 2021 5 mins read

In less than 12 months after closing a $30M Series B round, Gtmhub, the Bulgarian […]

Agritech

Turkish agritech Tarfin raises $8M to expand to Romania

By Elena Ivanova 16 December 2021 3 mins read

Tarfin, the Turkish agritech platform for flexible farmers financing through a Point of Sale (POS) […]

Diaspora

Nike acquired virtual shoemaker RTFKT to accelerate fashion in the metaverse

By Elena Vrabie 16 December 2021 3 mins read

American footwear manufacturing company Nike, Inc. acquired London-based startup RTFKT, which has Bulgarian DNA and […]

Retail

Germany-based Grovy brings instant delivery to Romania

By Antoanela Ionita 16 December 2021 3 mins read

Back in November, the entry of fast-delivery grocery player Rohlik in Romania was signaling the […]

Investors

Legendary music band Metallica invests in streaming company TrillerNet, the parent company of Bulgarian FITE

By Elena Vrabie 15 December 2021 3 mins read

Metallica, the legendary American heavy metal music band, has put its four decades of revenue […]

Fintech

The future of fintech with Marni Kruppa, Visa’s Head of Fintech for Europe

By Visa Innovation Program 15 December 2021 4 mins read

The successful completion of the third season of the Visa Innovation Program was officially celebrated […]

AI

Choose the AI startup of the year

By Bojan Stojkovski 15 December 2021 5 mins read

AI has made a big leap in 2021, and so have many of the AI […]

Investors

VentureFriends makes first closing of its new fund at €90M to expand its focus to Latin America and the Middle East

By Elena Ivanova 14 December 2021 3 mins read

VentureFriends, the early-stage venture capital firm with Greek roots, makes the first closing of its […]

AI

Greek Cube RM raises an $8M Series A to digitize tendering processes globally

By Elena Vrabie 14 December 2021 3 mins read

Cube RM, an AI revenue management software, has raised over $8M in a Series A […]

Deals

Romanian fintech Instant Factoring grabs €6.3M to extend microfinancing for small companies

By Antoanela Ionita 14 December 2021 3 mins read

Back in November 2021, after three years of growth in the Romanian market, fintech Instant […]