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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

Czech-Slovak Readmio Secures €1M from Polish Simpact Ventures

By Lenka Vranová 5 February 2026 2 mins read

Czech-Slovak fairy-tale storytelling app Readmio secured new funding from a Polish impact fund. 👯 Founders: […]

Deals

Romanian EdTech Startup Kinderpedia Raises €2.2M in Growth Funding Round

By Lenka Vranová 5 February 2026 2 mins read

Romanian Kinderpedia raised €2.2M as part of a €3.5M funding round. The round remains open […]

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ElevenLabs Raises $500M Series D at $11B Valuation

By Teodora Atanasova 4 February 2026 2 mins read

Polish-founded ElevenLabs has raised $500 million (€425.28 million) in a Series D round, valuing the […]

Listicle

8 Soon-to-Be Unicorns in CEE, According to Investors

By The Recursive 4 February 2026 3 mins read

In 2025, CEE continued to produce new unicorns in various verticals: language learning, hospitality software, […]

Defense Tech

Europe’s Defense Tech Investing Plays by Different Rules

By Joachim Enegaard 3 February 2026 10 mins read

A few years ago, defense was still a taboo word in most European venture conversations. […]

Deals

Polish Nomagic Secures Series B Extension to Scale Physical AI for Warehousing

By Lenka Vranová 2 February 2026 2 mins read

Polish Nomagic, a provider of AI powered robotics for warehouses and the fulfillment sector, announced […]

Analysis

Less Than 50% of CEE VCs Expect a Better Investment Climate in 2026

By Teodora Atanasova 30 January 2026 9 mins read

In 2025, global VC remained highly selective, with capital continuing to concentrate around AI. The […]

Deals

CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: EnduroSat Awarded Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ Contract

By The Recursive 30 January 2026 2 mins read

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

Podcasts

Why Raising Too Late Kills Startups

By The Recursive 30 January 2026 < 1 mins read

Why Raising Too Late Kills Startups? In this episode of The Recursive Roundtable, we unpack […]

Deals

Top Funding Rounds Raised by Polish Startups in 2025

By Ana Marija Kostanic 29 January 2026 7 mins read

If 2024 was defined by its consistency for Polish startups, 2025 will be remembered as […]

Fintech

How Afranga Brings EU-Regulated Private Credit to Retail Investors Across 27 Countries

By Anna Atanasova 29 January 2026 4 mins read

In 2021, European regulators rolled out a new licensing framework that fundamentally changed who could […]