Romanian top startups had a bit stronger start in 2025 than in 2024.
FintechOS took the biggest investment of 2024 title, while DRUID AI is taking the same place this year, with substantial Series C. We also see some familiar names that were raising not so long ago, as well as some totally new ones.
Top 10 Romanian funding rounds in H1 2025 amounted to €80.07 million.
In this article, you can check biggest H1 2025’s funding rounds in Romania and key details about the startups.
This article is part of the CEE funding mapping series. Please feel free to contact us if we missed something: [email protected].
Romania H1 2025 Funding
DRUID AI
About: Provides an end-to-end platform for enterprise AI agents that combine large-language-model reasoning with integrations into core business systems and robotic-process automation.
Founders: Liviu Drăgan, Andreea Pleșea, Daniel Bălăceanu, Bogdan Grigorescu, Bogdan Pietroiu
Vertical: Conversational AI / Enterprise AI Agents
Latest round: $50.2M (€42.7M)
Stage: Series C
Investors: Karma Ventures, TQ Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, Earlybird Digital East, GapMinder, Smedvig Ventures, Alfabeat, Kinled Holding, Cipio Partners, SeedBlink
Total funding: $100.8M (€85.9M)
Bible Chat
About: App that uses conversational AI to make Bible study interactive and accessible.
Founders: Laurentiu Balasa, Marius Iordache
Vertical: Consumer App
Latest round: $14M (€11.9M)
Stage: Series A
Investors: True Ventures, Early Game Ventures, Play Ventures, Silicon Gardens, Underline Ventures
Total funding: $15M (€12.8M)
NXT Enterprises
About: Provides infrastructure to enhance global trade efficiency by tokenizing trade contracts, invoices, and assets, enabling faster payments, seamless financing, and increased transparency.
Founders: Catalin Fetean, Tiberiu Serbaneci
Vertical: Finance; Blockchain
Latest round: $8.2M (€7M)
Stage: Seed
Investors: Rollman Management, Criterion VC, Whitelist Ventures
Total funding: $9.1M (€7.76M)
Neurolabs
About: Provides synthetic computer vision solutions by utilizing algorithms to interpret image data for grocery and CPG industries, enabling object identification and classification without the need for coding or extensive data gathering.
Founders: Patric Fulop, Paul Pop, Remus Pop
Vertical: Retail & eCommerce
Latest round: $7.8M (€6.7M)
Stage: Series A
Investors: Nauta Capital, LAUNCHub Ventures, Lunar Ventures, TechStart Ventures, 7percent Ventures, id4 ventures
Total funding: $13M (€11.08M)
Footprints AI
About: Offers a next-gen retail media platform that empowers agencies and brands with advanced analytics and AI to optimize in-store and online advertising campaigns.
Founders: Dan Marc, Paul Gheorghiu
Vertical: Retail; Media & Ads
Latest round: €2.3M
Stage: Pre-Seed
Investors: Catalyst Romania, Seedblink
Total funding: $5.2M (€4.43M)
.lumen
About: Develops smart glasses designed to enhance mobility for the visually impaired, providing an alternative to traditional solutions like guide dogs and walking canes.
Founders: Cornel Amariei
Vertical: Assistive Tech
Latest round: €5M
Stage: Late Seed
Investors: Catalyst Romania, SeedBlink, EIC Fund, Tigrim, Slovakia Venture to Future Fund, Seedblink, Future Fund
Total funding: $25M (€21.3M)
Salestools AI
About: B2B SaaS platform leveraging AI to boost enterprise sales through autonomous digital agents.
Founders: Loredana Qvist, Jesper Qvist
Vertical: Sales
Latest round: €2M
Stage: Seed
Investors: GapMinder Fund II, 500 Global
Total funding: ~ €2.13M
Tengrai Artificial Intelligence
About: Creates art from text prompts, images, and drawings, featuring a multilingual prompt builder for user-friendly editing.
Vertical: Multimedia; Creative
Latest round: $1.2M (€1M)
Stage: Seed
Investors: This investment was spearheaded by key shareholders including Founder and TEDx curator Péter W. Szabó, economist and communications specialist Attila Balla, and Founder of Finančná nezávislosť and owner of Medico Group Dávid Zalaba, among others.
Founders: Péter W. Szabó
Total funding: $1.2M (€1M)
Tendersight
About: Uses AI to match European public procurement opportunities with vendors.
Founders: Andrei-Dragoș Pătraşcu, Călin Marin
Vertical: Government SaaS
Latest round: $1M (€850K)
Stage: Pre-Seed
Investors: N/A
Total funding: $1M (€850K)
QuickLegal
About: An AI-powered debt recovery solution increases collection rates while reducing costs, offering access to specialized lawyers for complex legal needs.
Founders: Iulia Andritoiu Caizer, Bianca Adelina Florea, Luminiţa Buşuricu
Vertical: Legal
Latest round: €620K
Stage: Seed
Investors: Bravva Angels, EIT Digital Accelerator
Total funding: $1.7M (€1.5M)
Other important deals and exits for Romanian ecosystem
In June 2025, Giles AI, UK-based healthcare startup with Romanian co-founder, secured over £700,000 in pre-seed funding through FounderCatalyst fundraising platform. Giles AI supports faster, smarter, and more compliant decision-making by delivering an AI-powered tool that enhances workflows in medical research, clinical trials, regulatory affairs, public health, CRO services and healthcare academia.
In May 2025, Servo AI, an AI-powered video analytics startup for brick-and-mortar businesses, has raised a €1.2 million seed round from Early Game Ventures to expand operations and build its product team in Romania.
In May 2025, PlaySafe ID, UK platform for gamers that keeps cheaters, hackers, bots, and predators out of games, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding from Early Game Ventures (lead).
In May 2025, healthcare technology companies Function Health and Ezra have announced their merger, with Function Health acquiring Ezra to integrate full-body MRI imaging with lab-based health assessments.
In April 2025, Cyberhaven, a startup founded by three Romanians and two Ukrainians has secured a financing of a €90 million Series D funding round led by StepStone Group, along with new investors Schroders and Industry Ventures. Here is more info on their journey to unicorn status.
In March 2025, Catalyst Romania Fund I announced the sale of its shares in avocatnet.ro (Inteligo Media), Information-as-a-Service platform dedicated to compliance and regulatory insights in Romania, back to the company’s founding team.
In February 2025, CODA Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Bucharest, has been acquired by the American company PDQ. This acquisition marks a significant milestone for Early Game Ventures and ROCA X as well, as they were early investors.
In January 2025, the US-based data analytics software company Databricks, co-founded by Romanian CTO Matei Zaharia, raised $5 billion in financing — the largest debt raise ever, according to a January 13 Bloomberg report. Just a month earlier Databricks announced its $10 billion Series J funding round.
