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Romanian-founded hackajob raises ＄25M in Series B round

London-based startup hackajob, co-founded by a Romanian Răzvan Creangă, has raised $25 million in Series B funding round to continue leveraging its proprietary AI models to reimagine tech hiring process. Boston-based Volition Capital led the funding round. “We’ve built a product

Czech startup Cruxo secures €800k from Presto Ventures and Zaka VC

Prague-based startup Cruxo has secured €800,000 in funding from Czech VC funds Presto Ventures and Zaka VC. The funds will help develop a new source of high-margin revenue for retailers, the retail media.  “Globally, brands are investing hundreds of billions of

Over €96M raised across 127 transactions in Q1 2023 — Polish VC report

The global and European declines in the value of investments at the beginning of 2023 also manifested in the Polish VC and startup ecosystem. During this period 127 companies obtained a little over €96 million (PLN 446 million) from 68 funds.

Bulgarian Eleven Ventures leads a $2M round for Romanian-founded startup Pluria

Pluria, a remote and hybrid work solution, has raised $2 million. The round was led by Eleven Ventures, and joined by Croton Capital, WIT Angels Club, and Phoenix Venture Fund.

Ukrainian AI startup Osavul raises $1M seed from SMRK

Osavul, a Ukrainian software company focused on developing AI-powered solutions to protect states, businesses, and society from information threats, has just raised $1 million from the SMRK venture fund. The investment will be directed towards marketing and development of the

Finnish biotech Origin by Ocean receives €7.5M in seed funding

Espoo-based biotech startup Origin by Ocean has received €7.5 million to detoxify the chemical industry with algae-based solutions. The round consisted of €3 million from private funds of Voima Ventures and Lifeline Ventures, as well as a €4.5 million loan

Austrian Round2 Capital invests in German crowdtesting provider Testbirds

The Vienna-based Round2 Capital announced that it has invested a 7-figure amount of funding in Testbirds, that provides crowdtesting services for users. With the fresh investment, Testbirds aims to expand its customer base and to provide better services. “We are

Startup of the Day: Ukraine’s Zeely, a sales-growth mobile app

Zeely was founded by Ukrainians Dmytro and Yaroslav Samoiluk, and Alina Bondarenko, who were previously included in Forbes’s 30 under 30 list of young leaders in Europe. The startup develops AI-powered app designed for small and micro businesses to increase

Ukraine launches BRAVE1 cluster for the defense technologies development. What do startups expect?

BRAVE1, a single coordination platform in defense tech, was launched in Ukraine. The cluster aims to supply and transfer advanced Ukrainian technological solutions and comprehensive support of Ukrainian developers. Startups that have already joined BRAVE1 told AIN.Capital that they are

5 Ukrainian fintech startups to receive $10,000 each from Mastercard

Mastercard has selected five Ukrainian fintechs, working on remote identification services, online lending, automation of financial monitoring reporting, as well as solutions for small and medium-sized companies, for its Start Path Ukraine program. During six months, the selected startups will receive