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In the past decade, Poland has become a hub of innovation with more than 3,000 startups — Polish ecosystem overview by VCleaders

Poland’s startup scene has seen steady growth in recent years, with around 3,000 startups currently operating. The total ecosystem is valued approximately at €47.7 billion in 2023. Software, fintech, and health are the top startup industries. VCLeaders has created Ecosystem

Ukrainian-Dutch Cloudprinter secures financing from U.Ventures

Ukrainian-Dutch startup Cloudprinter has secured a fresh round of financing. The company’s investors included the Ukrainian VC fund U.Ventures and Brabant Development Company, a Dutch family office, as well as others, Startup Rise EU reports. The company does not disclose

Roosh Ventures invests in GlassFlow during $1.1M round

Berlin-based startup GlassFlow has raised $1.1 million in a Pre-Seed funding round. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds, with participation from Robin Capital, TinyVC, and the Kyiv-based generalist VC firm Roosh Ventures, as well as saw the support of several

Austrian biotech HeartBeat.bio raises €4.5M pre-Series A round

Austrian biotech startup HeartBeat.bio has raised €4.5 million in a pre-series A funding round to drive the development of an organoid screening platform for cardiac drug discovery. The investors included i&i Biotech Fund, Invest AG, aws Gründungsfonds II, and Tensor

Kuva Space, Finnish Earth observation firm, announces €16.6M in a Series A round

Kuva Space has announced the raising of €16.6 million funding round to launch its microsatellite constellation. The investment was backed by Voima Ventures, Nordic Foodtech VC, Earth VC, Springvest, and Business Finland. About Kuva Space: Investors’ list: “We are extremely

Tallinn-based Flowstep closes pre-seed round of €755k led by Tera Ventures

Flowstep is a UX copilot that helps to analyze the applications and design new products, has closed a pre-seed funding round of €755,000 for its further product development. Tera Ventures led the investment, Specialist VC and several angels joined it.

“We’re passionate about establishing a globally recognized company based in Poland.“ Interview with Certifier

Recently, Ukrainian-founded startup Certifier, which designs a system to manage digital credentials through a certificate builder, templates, emails, security, and analytics, raised $700,000 from Movens Capital, FundingBox Deep Tech Fund, Black Pearls VC, and DEPO Ventures. Now, the company is

Austrian Female Founders announces Grow F accelerator for gender-diverse startups

Vienna-based organization Female Founders has announced the launching Grow F, a 5-week investment readiness program for female founders. Current cohort (October-November 2023) is focused on SaaS companies. The application deadline is November 17. Startups can apply here.

Polish company Jetson receives $15M in seed round for the development of flying cars

Polish-founded company Jetson has received $15 million to design and develop modern flying car models. Interestingly, one of the investors who backed the startups is the popular singer Will.i.am, leader of the Black Eyed Peas, MamStartup reports. “Jetson is on

In 2013, the M&A market in Ukraine was valued at €15.3B. Now it is only 1% of the amount

The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) has published a report on the M&A market in Ukraine, its trends and prospects for 2000-2023 with a focus on the 2022 market. According to the study, the year of the full-scale war, 2022