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Lace AI Secures a New Round to Fix $650B Revenue Leak in Home Services

By The Recursive 23 April 2025 2 mins read

Lace AI, a Bulgarian-founded startup, raised $19M to transform revenue intelligence in the home services […]

Guest Article

“We’re Not Pitching Ice to Eskimos Anymore”: Poland Enters the Scaleup League

By Damian Wielechowski 22 April 2025 6 mins read

The perception of Poland as merely an early-stage startup hub is rapidly becoming outdated. Its […]

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From Noise to Voice: How AdScout Brings Authentic Recommendations Back

By AdScout 22 April 2025 4 mins read

We’re bombarded with irrelevant ads from every corner: billboards on the road, audio ads in […]

Defense Tech

Why Now is the Time for Defense Tech in Europe

By Bogdan Iordache 17 April 2025 5 mins read

As I write this, I am flying over Europe and experiencing some above-moderate turbulences. However, […]

AI

4 Don’ts That Will Save You Time and Money While Building an MVP 

By Juliën Kreuk 17 April 2025 6 mins read

Over the past five years, I’ve worked on designing MVPs, consulted and observed many people […]

Investors

How CEE VCs Deployed Capital Across AI, Cybersecurity, and HealthTech in Q1 2025

By Teodora Atanasova 16 April 2025 4 mins read

A survey conducted by The Recursive in early 2025 revealed that 62% of CEE investors […]

AI

Digitalk Conference 2025: Where Tech Rebels, Founders, and Investors Decode the AI Economy

By The Recursive 16 April 2025 2 mins read

Where: Sofia, Bulgaria | When:  May 27, 2025 Digitalk Conference 2025 is back, bringing together […]

Investors

It Feels Like Déjà Vu: How Investors are Recalibrating in 2025

By Elena Ghinita 16 April 2025 5 mins read

The world feels tense. A potential US recession, ongoing war in Ukraine, political instability at […]

AI

The EU AI Act: What’s (Not) Going According to the Plan

By Elena Ghinita 16 April 2025 4 mins read

The EU AI Act is set to become the world’s first major regulation focused entirely […]

Deals

With New Debt Financing, Plum Aims for Profitability by 2025

By Teodora Atanasova 15 April 2025 4 mins read

In a 2023 interview with The Recursive, Victor Troukoudes, founder of Greek fintech Plum, said […]

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Polish BidFinance Raises €1.6M to Disrupt Europe’s Debt Trading Market with Real-Time Auctions

By The Recursive 15 April 2025 2 mins read

Polish fintech startup BidFinance has raised €1.6 million in funding from 4growth VC, FundingBox, and […]

AI

Hungarian Founders Are Bolder, but Going Global Is Still Hard

By The Recursive 14 April 2025 4 mins read

The Hungarian Startup Report 2024 dropped last week —and while the big money is still […]