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UK-based insect tech startup Better Origin raised €16M in a latest funding round led by British VC Balderton and previous investors, Greek VC Metavallon and Germany-based Fly Ventures.

Sustainability

Greek-founded Better Origin raises $16M to fuel the future of food production

By Bojan Stojkovski 7 April 2022 2 mins read

UK-based insect tech startup Better Origin raised $16M in a latest funding round led by […]

Georgi Georgiev (CEO) and Yavor Stoychev (CTO), RevOps

Startups

Releva raises $870K for its AI marketing automation platform for e-commerce growth

By Elena Ivanova 24 March 2022 3 mins read

Releva, the Bulgarian AI-powered marketing, and Revenue Operations (RevOps) platform for e-commerce businesses closed an […]

PropTech

Bulgarian-founded InspectHOA raises $3.1M to save homeowners money and time

By Elena Ivanova 7 March 2022 5 mins read

InspectHOA, a US-based proptech startup with a Bulgarian co-founder, raised a $3.1M seed round for […]

Future of Work

The AI workplace collaboration startup Mentessa raises €1M to take on Slack

By Elena Ivanova 28 February 2022 5 mins read

Mentessa, the Munich-based AI platform for workplace collaboration, raised a €1M seed round led by […]

Nikolay Iliev and Peter Iliev, founders of CloudCart

Startups

Bulgarian CloudCart closes a strategic investment from Elevator Ventures and NV3 to expand in CEE

By Elena Ivanova 15 February 2022 3 mins read

CloudCart, the Bulgarian e-commerce platform that helps merchants digitize their businesses and start selling online, […]

Health

CoLumbo raises €2.1M to bring its AI-based assistance software to European radiologists

By Elena Ivanova 15 February 2022 6 mins read

CoLumbo, the Varna-based software for analysis of lumbar spine images obtained with MRI (magnetic resonance […]

Startups

Digital experience startup SessionStack raises €750K in a round led by BrightCap

By Elena Ivanova 17 January 2022 5 mins read

SessionStack, the Bulgarian startup that develops а Digital Experience Insights platform to help product teams […]

Startups

Romanian e-fulfillment startup Frisbo raises $2M to make next-day delivery an industry standard

By Elena Ivanova 7 December 2021 4 mins read

Frisbo, the Romanian e-fulfillment startup that matches online stores with a network of fulfillment operators […]

Sabine Gradistanac Skrgatic, BE-ON, and Dinko Novoselec, Partner at Feelsgood

Startups

Croatian financial consultancy startup BE-ON raises €1.3M from Feelsgood to solve financial exclusion

By Elena Ivanova 1 December 2021 2 mins read

Feelsgood, the first Croatian VC for impact investing, backed the domestic startup for financial advice […]

Abstract visualization of the venture debt deals

Could venture debt be the bridge between startups in Southeast Europe and global growth?

By Flashpoint 18 November 2021 21 mins read

Why is venture debt becoming increasingly attractive? When is the best time to raise venture debt, and how can it complement equity rounds? Furthermore, to what risks and legal considerations should founders pay attention? Finally, what should you keep in mind when choosing your venture debt lender?

Given that venture debt is a relatively unknown option with just about 2% market share and plenty of untapped potential in SEE, compared to 16% in the US, in this deep dive, The Recursive will be exploring the answers to these and other important questions. We’ll also discuss more in-depth aspects of the topic together with Donatella Callegaris and Denis Mosolov, Managing Partners at Flashpoint’s Venture Debt fund, one of the most active venture debt providers in Central and Eastern Europe.