| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.05.2026 | DesignVerse Secures $5.5M to Revolutionize Enterprise Software Modernization | DesignVerse secured $5.5M seed funding. The AI startup modernizes critical enterprise software. Its platform builds reliable, compliant applications fast from existing client data. This speeds digital transformation for aviation, finance, a... |
| 13.05.2026 | Romanian DesignVerse raises $5.5M to modernise legacy enterprise software | Bucharest-based DesignVerse, the enterprise software startup using AI to modernise complex legacy systems, has raised more than $5.5 million in seed funding as demand grows for tools that can safely accelerate software development in missio... |
| 13.05.2026 | DesignVerse Raises $5.5 Million Seed Funding To Advance AI‑Driven Modernization Of Mission‑Critical Enterprise Software | DesignVerse, an AI enterprise software startup whose platform has already helped modernize aviation infrastructure across Europe, has raised more than $5.5 million in seed funding. The company said the round underscores growing demand for A... |
| 15.04.2026 | Startup Moldova Summit 2026 Showcases Global Ambition from Emerging Ecosystems | Moldova’s largest startup summit gathers 2,000+ participants, founders, investors, and tech leaders this April The event’s programme covers AI, DeepTech, scaling strategies, funding trends, and global market expansion The agenda features 60... |
| 18.02.2026 | 5 Romanian Fintech Startups to Watch, According to Investors | Romania ~
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Independent market projections indicate that total digital payments in Romania could climb to nearly $93.5 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual rate of just over 20%. This growth is opening new opportunities for ... |
| 11.12.2025 | 18 Deep Tech Startups from CEE You Should Keep an Eye On | CEE ~
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Europe possesses world-class research institutions and scientists, and Central & Eastern Europe is no exception to that. For that matter, the European market already treats this sector like a safe harbor. Deep Tech acted ... |
| 24.10.2025 | LynxCraft – The Winner of How To Web’s 2025 Spotlight Competition | Slovenian LynxCraft won How To Web’s 2025 Spotlight competition, beating 100+ CEE startups The platform streamlines homebuilding with AI-driven design, budgeting, supplier selection, and project management The reward of EUR 180K investment ... |
| 23.07.2025 | 10 Biggest Funding Rounds in Romania (H1 2025): DRUID AI Leading the Top | Romania ~
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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 fami... |
| 18.06.2025 | Techsylvania 2025 Returns to Cluj with Global Tech Leaders Shaping the Future of Innovation | Techsylvania 2025 returns on June 25–26th in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with global tech leaders This edition’s topics include startup resilience, employment in the AI era, and regulated market strategies The event features 40+ speakers from com... |
| 06.11.2024 | FigVision – The Winner of How To Web Conference’s 2024 Spotlight Competition | How To Web Conference took place in Bucharest on October 2-3rd, 2024, and included a variety of insightful speeches, panel discussions, and the Spotlight startup competition FigVision, the Romanian startup that makes design seamless and eff... |
| 10.09.2024 | How To Web Returns with a Must-Attend Startup Event of the Season in CEE | This year’s How To Web Conference will traditionally take place in Bucharest this October The roster of speakers will be amended by celebrated book authors As usual, the Conference will be complemented by Spotlight competition for startups ... |
| 29.08.2024 | How To Web Conference 2024 Spotlight Competition Announces Final Call | 2024’s edition of How To Web Conference will once again take place in Bucharest in October As usual, the Conference will host CEE’s biggest startup competition Startups are welcome to apply for the Spotlight competition before September 1st... |
| 22.07.2024 | FintechOS Bridges Traditional Financial Institutions with Innovation and Brings in USD 60M in Series B+ | Romanian platform for financial product development Fintech OS secures USD 60M of Series B+ investment The platform facilitates innovation for traditional financial institutions by providing a seamless environment for developing tailored fi... |
| 10.06.2024 | Techsylvania 2024 Calls Tech Visionaries to Cluj | Techsylvania put together a truly stellar list of speakers for its 2024 edition The place is the regular Cluj-Napoca, and the date is June 26-27th Tech celebrities from household-named companies and organizations will share insights on a va... |
| 08.05.2024 | start-up.ro Presents Its First Tigers Summit | start-up.ro calls Romanian tech and business tech pros and enthusiasts to the first edition of its Tigers Summit The event will take place on May 28th at Nayam Events in Bucharest Industry leaders will discuss the ongoing and future progres... |
| 11.04.2024 | 2024 Edition of 0100 Conference CEE Welcomes LPs, Investment Professionals and Service Providers of the Region | Zero One Hundred welcomes LPs and all investment professionals, alongside service providers, to 0100 Conference CEE The event will take place on May 14-16th at Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV Top-tier investment thought leaders and key ... |
| 05.04.2024 | Romanian platform Genezio receives $2M in pre-seed investment | Romanian platform Genezio receives $2M in pre-seed investment
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Genezio, a Romanian developer of serverless platfo... |
| 13.09.2023 | ChatGPT-powered tool for enterprises, Druid, focuses on US with new funding | The European startup is expanding its US presence with $30 million in new funding
For many, ChatGPT has become a regular go-to tool for quick but thorough information. Naturally, this has spilled over into work, which has led companies incl... |
| 03.08.2023 | TOP cele mai mari dificultăți ale startup-urilor de inteligență artificială. Ce finanțări vizează (raport Google for Startups și Techcelerator) | Aproape jumătate dintre startup-urile de inteligență artificială care vor să atragă finanțări în următorii doi ani vizează sume de peste un milion de euro, arată raportul “RO AI MAP 2022/2023”, realizat de Google for Startups și Techcelerat... |
| 14.06.2023 | Romanian HRtech Undelucram receives €1M in a late-seed round | Romanian HRtech Undelucram receives €1M in a late-seed round
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The Bucharest-based operator of online employees’... |
| 15.05.2023 | Four CEE funds receive €80M from Romanian Recovery Equity Fund | Four CEE funds receive €80M from Romanian Recovery Equity Fund
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Romanian Recovery Equity Fund will invest €80 mi... |
| 12.05.2023 | Synaptiq’s AI for Cancer Treatment Raises EUR 600K+ on SeedBlink | Romanian medtech Synaptiq is raising a Seed Round of EUR 600K on SeedBlink Synaptiq’s AI-powered solution dramatically speeds up the contouring of organs at risk The startup will use the investment to complete the clinical trials necessary ... |
| 09.05.2023 | Noi finanțări UE de 80 de milioane EUR din PNRR, pentru investiții în firme românești, prin 4 fonduri de equity. Lista domeniilor incluse | Firmele românești, inclusiv startup-uri, vor putea obține noi finanțări în schimbul unei părți din afaceri, prin 4 fonduri de investiții, care au primit un capital total de 80 de milioane de euro, din fondurile europene alocate prin Planul ... |
| 28.12.2022 | Romanian Cloud MedTech Medicai Sets Sails Overseas | Romanian medtech Medicai detects demand in the US and plans expansion The cloud-based platform offers instant access and exchange of medical imagery between patients and doctors within and outside a medical facility The startup is looking t... |
| 16.12.2022 | Romanian HRtech Undelucram raises €200k from GapMinder | Romanian HRtech Undelucram raises €200k from GapMinder
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Bucharest-based online employee community Undelucra... |
| 16.11.2022 | 18 Venture Capital Myths Busted With Cristian Dascalu From Gapminder VC | Bucharest, Romania ~
“I started my entrepreneurial path in 2010 by organizing and curating TEDxCluj. But the community needed something else, so I extended the interaction beyond the conference,” Cristian Dascalu, partner at Romanian Gapmin... |
| 28.10.2022 | Romanian Yarooms raises €2M for its workspace management software development | Romanian Yarooms raises €2M for its workspace management software development
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The Bucharest-based Yarooms, ... |
| 31.07.2022 | Facilitating the Creative by Streamlining the Procedural with Planable | Planable is a Moldova-born social media facilitation startup It helps streamline the generation of social media generation and allows marketing teams to focus on the creative aspect of the process The startup focuses on product development ... |
| 19.05.2022 | Romania’s Cyscale nabs €3 million to boost cloud security | Within most modern infrastructures, all cyber assets are interconnected, generating a massive digital footprint for organisations. Understanding risk can make the difference between a security programme that works, and alert fatigue that bu... |
| 03.05.2022 | Romanian AI startup DRUID attracts $15 million in order to expand globally | Furthermore, DRUID will extend its technological leadership by adding new capabilities to its conversational AI offering and constantly evolving on the user experience promise.
The current financing round was led by Karma Ventures and Hoxto... |
| 23.02.2022 | Romanian XVision Lands EUR 1M to Expand Westward and Continue Helping Radiologists | Romanian AI startup XVision significantly speeds up and facilitates the works of radiology doctors The startup brought in EUR 1M of investment from an impressive list of Romanian and Polish investors The company already works in four CEE co... |
| 21.12.2021 | Innoship’s Expansion Plans Come True as the Startup Teams Up with OLX Group | OLX Group enters into a strategic partnership with Romanian delivery management platform Innoship. The partnership is a part of OLX’s series of measures on improving the experience of their users. Innoship offers an innovative and universal... |
| 30.11.2021 | Dan Mihaescu, GapMinder VC, on the generation of Vikings founders conquering new territories | Bucharest, Romania ~
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“The ecosystem is growing very fast these days,” Dan Mihaescu shares with The Recursive. We meet the founding partner of GapMinder, a Romanian VC with a $45M fund, at the end of a busy month.
GapMinder has just... |
| 22.09.2021 | The SEE entrepreneurs started here: Politehnica University of Bucharest | Bucharest, Romania ~
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“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
The value of education is immeasurable. Looking forward, choosing a university to pursue is one of the most influencing decisions for one... |
| 11.05.2021 | In search of the right VC and accelerator: a guide for SEE founders | Company:
Take a detailed look behind the numbers, approaches, and terms of some of the venture capital funds and accelerators in Romania, Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria, which together make available more than €450M for investment in innovati... |
| 20.04.2021 | FintechOS raises USD60 million in Draper Esprit-led Series B funding round to fuel global expansion
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| 20.04.2021 | FintechOS raises $60 million in Draper Esprit led Series B round | London-based FintechOS has raised $60 million in a Series B round.
Led by Draper Esprit, whose previous investments include Revolut and N26, the round also saw participation from existing investors LAUNCHub, Earlybird Digital East, Gapminde... |
| 24.02.2021 | LAUNCHub Ventures-backed Startups Raise over 32 mln EUR in Series A Rounds | Bulgarian fund LAUNCHub Ventures has a training programme that helps startups prepare for raising Series A investments
Their “Series A Academy” has yielded financing for 5 out of 8 startups
LAUNCHub completed the first closing of its new fu... |
| 09.02.2021 | Raiffeisen’s Elevator Backs Finqware with €500K of Investment | Finqware secures €500K of investment from Raiffeisen’s Elevator Ventures in seed round.
These funds will be used for product development.
The startup is on its way to procure a TPP license in the next several months.
Finqware is an already... |
| 01.02.2021 | Startup Cities in SEE: Who is Who in the Emerging Bucharest Ecosystem? | Bucharest, Romania ~
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A recent survey by BroadbandDeals.co.uk classifies Bucharest as the best city for remote working for 2020. Taking into account factors such as Internet speed, cost of living, and availability of jobs for remote... |
| 23.01.2021 | 8 investors tell us the story behind the Romanian startup boom | With record funding levels and three unicorns to show, local investors are buoyant about Romania’s prospects heading into 2021. We caught up with eight of them recently, and heard how the country’s technical talent pool, broadband access an... |
| 22.01.2021 | Cartloop, a startup that helps eCommerce brands bring the in-store experience online raises a €300K investment from GapMinder VC | Bucharest, September 29, 2020:
The company targets global extension
Cartloop, a startup that helps eCommerce brands build customer relationships and increase sales by texting customers in real-time received a €300,000 investment from GapM... |
| 22.01.2021 | DRUID attracts a $ 2.5 million Series A investment. The GapMinder investment fund leads the round | Bucharest, January 12th, 2021
DRUID, a company specialized in developing intelligent virtual assistants (chatbots) for Enterprise organizations, announces the attraction of a new round of financing of 2.5 million dollars. The round was led... |
| 22.01.2021 | Innoship Startup Raises 550,000 EUR as Seed Investment from GapMinder Venture Partners | Bucharest, 5 August 2020
The funding will support the company’s initial growth spurt to become the leading orchestrator of multiple last-mile delivery options for independent eCommerce businesses in Romania and in CEE.
Innoship startup, t... |
| 11.12.2020 | Bucharest-based Innoship Wants to Set Up a Branch in CEE Next Year | Romanian scaleup Innoship wants to open an office in CEE after a 550,000 EUR investment
The company’s platform aggregates multiple delivery options for retailers, allowing them to optimise their costs
Innoship is one of the finalists of UiP... |
| 05.08.2020 | Softul românesc Innoship ce ajută magazinele online să administreze mai bine contracte de curierat primește o investiţie 550.000 de euro | Startup-ul Innoship, dezvoltatorul soluției de tip SaaS (software as a service) cu același nume, care permite business-urilor din retail și ecommerce să administreze eficient propriile contracte de curierat și multiplele opțiuni de livrare,... |
| 10.12.2019 | Romanian startup FintechOS raises €12.6M to transform traditional banks | In the latest development, FintechOS, the technology as a service platform for financial services organisations has secured GBP 10.7 million (approx €12.6 million) in a Series A round.
The funding round was led jointly by Earlybird‘s Digita... |
| 19.09.2019 | Dan Mihaescu: Most Of The Early Stage Companies In Romania Are Designed For The Local and Regional Market | Trending Topics has started a series of interviews with venture capital, private equity, and angel investors from Bulgaria and Eastern Europe, to better understand their mindset, strategies, and put together a well-rounded picture of the in... |
| 18.07.2019 | Romanian HR startup Undelucram raises €300K from GapMinder and Oana Ciornei | Costin Tudor, CEO and Gabriela Radu, CBDO at Undelucram/Photo: Undelucram Facebook page
Romanian HR startup Undelucram receives 300.000 euros from GapMinder Venture Partners BV and Oana Ciornei, Managing Partner Amrop Romania & Global A... |
| 21.11.2018 | Romanian FintechOS lands €600K from GapMinder VC | FintechOS team / Photo: FintechOS' Facebook page
Romanian fintech startup, FintechOS, has just received €600.000 from the Romanian Venture Capital Fund, GapMinder, the fintech announced. Reportedly, the money will be used for expanding the ... |
| 22.10.2018 | Romanian recruitment startup SmartDreamers raises €1.2 M to further expand globally | Photo: SmartDreamers Instagram
Romanian social media recruitment automation startup SmartDreamers, has raised €1.2 million in a new investment round closed this October, European media announced. Reportedly the new fund will be used for Sma... |
| 07.03.2018 | Ce tipuri de finanţări există pentru startup-urile IT din România: Fonduri europene, guvernamentale şi investiţii private - avantaje şi dezavantaje | În ultimii ani a apărut un număr tot mai mare de modalităţi prin care antreprenorii cu idei interesante în special pe zona de tehnologie îşi pot transforma proiectele în afaceri, de la fonduri europene sau din bani de la bugetul de stat la ... |
| 27.02.2018 | Program de accelerare cu finanţări de până la 100.000 euro pentru proiecte IT: Cine se poate înscrie şi ce greşeli trebuie să evite | Programul de accelerare Techcelerator a fost lansat oficial la Bucureşti şi Cluj şi oferă finanţări de până la 100.000 euro pentru proiecte IT. Iată ce spun iniţiatorii acestui program despre aşteptările pe care le au de la cei care se însc... |
| - | 7 startups from the 3rd Techcelerator program batch financed with €350,000 by GapMinder | Techcelerator is the first accelerator in Romania to provide also financial support to Romanian technology newly established companies through its strategic partner, GapMinder Venture Partners BV, co-financed through the Competitiveness Ope... |
| - | DRUID attracts a $ 2.5 million Series A investment. The GapMinder investment fund leads the round | The rest of the amount was invested by Early Game Ventures and private in-vestors. Thus, DRUID becomes one of the best-capitalized startups in Romania, with total investments worth 5.8 million dollars attracted since its launch in 2018.
Acc... |
| - | Google Invests In Romanian Typing Biometry Startup | TypingDNA, a Romania born startup that has developed an AI-driven system allowing authentication based on a person’s typing on a keyboard, raised a $7m Series A round led by Google’s Gradient Ventures. With the fresh funding, the company th... |
| - | Romania’s Cyscale nabs €3 million to boost cloud security | Within most modern infrastructures, all cyber assets are interconnected, generating a massive digital footprint for organisations. Understanding risk can make the difference between a security programme that works, and alert fatigue that bu... |
| - | GapMinder fund selects 26 startups for its Techcelerator boot camp | Techcelerator is the first accelerator in Romania to provide also financial support to Romanian technology newly established companies through its strategic partner, GapMinder Venture Partners BV, co-financed through the Competitiveness Ope... |
| - | Program de accelerare pentru startup-uri româneşti: Finanţări de până la 100.000 euro | A fost lansat un nou program de accelerare care se adresează startup-urilor românești de tehnologie, Techcelerator, cu sedii în București și Cluj-Napoca. Pentru început 15-20 de firme vor putea primi finanţări de 25.000 euro, respectiv 75.0... |
| - | Undelucram.ro receives EUR 300,000 investment from GapMinder Venture Partners, Oana Ciornei | 17th of July 2019
Undelucram.ro, the largest online community dedicated to both employees and employers in Romania, continues its expansion on international markets with a EUR 300,000 investment received from GapMinder Venture Partners BV ... |
| - | FintechOS raises $60 million in Draper Esprit led Series B round | London-based FintechOS has raised $60 million in a Series B round.
Led by Draper Esprit, whose previous investments include Revolut and N26, the round also saw participation from existing investors LAUNCHub, Earlybird Digital East, Gapminde... |
| - | FintechOS gets EUR 600,000 in financing from GapMinder VC Fund | FintechOS, a company specialized in accelerating the digital transformation of financial institutions, received EUR 600,000 in financing from GapMinder VC, going up to a total of EUR 1.6 million. The company aims to attract another EUR 400,... |
