Ukrainian defense tech investment platform Resist.UA has launched Resist 2.0, a new European fund targeting up to €50 million to connect international investors with Ukraine's rapidly growing defense and dual-use technology sector.
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds for Albania & Kosovo, and key details about the startups.
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds for the Czech Republic and key details about the startups.
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds for Latvia and key details about the startups.
The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milestones, and emerging trends tied to the region’s innovation potential.
A look at seven Serbian companies that raised capital in H1 2026, from a Subotica battery gigafactory to a Belgrade AI workspace tool.
Coinbase and Kalshi are moving AI from customer support to the core trading floor. But as regulators circle, can we trust algorithms with real capital?
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds for Croatia and key details about the startups.
Superseding our biology is the key challenge that humanity faces. Sumon Sadhu maps out the next 30 years, from living through AGI to a future where medicine is a program you write and nature’s defaults become our decisions.
The Prague-based investment platform's latest investments come as pension savings begin to play a larger role in financing Europe's next generation of technology companies.
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds for Ukraine and key details about the startups.
Bulgarian VC firm Vitosha Ventures has announced the first 10 investments from its €34 million Fund II, which plans to back close to 80 Bulgarian startups by 2030.
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds for Bulgaria and key details about the startups.
This article tracks the history of Gulf Investors backing some of the most defining deep tech companies coming out of Central and Eastern Europe in the past 5 years. These scaleups operate cargo drones, robotaxi ecosystems, voice AI, hypercar manufacturing, clean energy, and longevity biotech.
As founders from across Eurasia gathered in Tbilisi for 500 Global Eurasia's Demo Day, the conversation extended beyond fundraising. Founders shared how working across fragmented markets, established industries, and complex business environments has influenced their approach to building startups.
The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milestones, and emerging trends tied to the region’s innovation potential.
Check the biggest H1 2026 funding rounds in Hungary and key details about the startups.
Lithuanian web intelligence giant Oxylabs accepts its first external check. The funding will help the company expand its AI-powered web intelligence infrastructure as demand for real-time web data continues to grow.
Green is sexy. Scaling it isn't. And somewhere in the Valley of Death, there are people building clean water and clean air — if we let them.
Every company is solving its own AI problems. Put enough of those companies in the same room, and individual experiences start to reveal where the industry is converging, where it isn't, and which questions remain genuinely unresolved.
What it takes to scale across borders when AI is rewriting defensibility and why mindset, trust, and focus still decide who wins - insights from Hellen’s Rock Founder Retreat
AI is transforming how companies operate, make decisions, and interact with customers. But as businesses rush to adopt new tools and increasingly autonomous AI agents, a critical question emerges: Are they moving faster than their security and governance can keep up?
In this episode of The Recursive's Roundtable, we explore the growing tension between innovation and control, and what it takes to adopt AI responsibly without slowing down progress.
The discussion brings together three experts from the AI, technology, and telecommunications sectors:
Plamen Nakov, Founder & CEO, DSS & alDentix
Tsvetina Lungarova, Data Protection Officer, Vivacom
Botty Dimanov, Co-founder & CEO, Tenyks
The conversation explores the risks of shadow AI, the differences in risk appetite between startups and large enterprises, and the challenges of protecting sensitive corporate and personal information. The speakers also discuss the role of trust, employee education, and human oversight, as well as AI's potential to strengthen cybersecurity by identifying vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them.
Key topics discussed:
☑️ Innovation vs. regulation: Is Europe's approach to AI governance slowing down innovation and putting European companies at a competitive disadvantage?
☑️ Data privacy and shadow AI: What happens to sensitive corporate and personal data shared with AI tools, and how can companies manage the risks?
☑️ AI agents and human oversight: How much autonomy should businesses give AI systems, and when should humans remain in control?
☑️ Trust, risk, and cybersecurity: How can companies balance AI adoption with security, and can AI itself become a tool for identifying and preventing cyber threats?
Three guests, three very different jobs, one thing in common: they're all in their twenties and already taking on a level of responsibility that usually comes later in a career.
In this episode of The Recursive Roundtable, we talk with Viktoriya Markileva (Head of Space Services at EnduroSat), Georgi Nichev (Marketing Specialist at Helios Marine, Co-Founder of Scylla), and Maria Nikolova (Strategic Partnerships Development Manager at BESCO) about what it's actually like to be trusted with real responsibility this early — what makes someone trust you with it, how they handle it, and whether a career needs to follow a clear path at all.
In this episode, we explore:
🟣 How Gen Zs think about failure,
🟣 what hustle culture looks like from the inside,
🟣 what progress actually means to them,
🟣 and whether they'd be willing to wait years for the next step in their career.
💡 This conversation is essential for entrepreneurs looking to hire young talent, and for any Gen Z professionals wondering if they are ready to take the leap into a leadership role.
In this episode of The Recursive Podcast, we sit down with Rakuten Viber CEO Ofir Eyal to discuss how the company is evolving beyond messaging through its partnership with OpenAI, the rise of AI-powered communication, and the long-term vision behind building a "super app."
The conversation explores how the company approaches privacy and responsible AI adoption, and why Europe has yet to embrace the super app model seen across Asia.
Ofir also reflects on his own journey from product manager to CEO, the leadership lessons he learned while navigating one of Viber's most challenging periods after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
In this episode:
☑️ Why Viber partnered with OpenAI
☑️ The future of AI inside messaging apps
☑️ Can Europe build a successful super app?
☑️ Privacy, security, and responsible AI adoption
☑️ How Viber makes money beyond messaging
☑️ Leadership lessons from scaling a global platform
☑️ Rebuilding after losing 40% of the business overnight
🎙️ Subscribe to The Recursive Podcast for conversations with the founders, investors, and technology leaders shaping the future of innovation across Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.
