Anna Kowalski 
Estel Technologies, a Bulgarian AI‑native sales platform for tech staffing firms, raised €270,000 in a pre‑seed round led by Vitosha Ventures, with participation from angel investor Kerem Basak, to enhance its demand verification and lead‑scoring technology and expand across Europe and into the US.
Mądra Babcia, a fast‑growing media startup targeting the 50+ audience, secured a million‑zloty injection from investor Szymon Negacz. Despite the funding, the company now struggles with mounting debts, unpaid invoices and internal tension, putting its future in doubt.
Slovenian genomics and laboratory company GenePlanet secured a strategic investment from Lauxera Capital Partners. The deal also saw early investor BlackPeak Capital partially exit while staying on the cap table, providing GenePlanet with additional capital to expand its genetic testing and next‑generation sequencing services across Europe.
Clinica Prevencia is building a technology‑enabled medical operator that links its clinics, mobile ambulance service and AI assistant to standardise, automate and connect processes, aiming for a scalable, data‑driven healthcare platform.
Romanian AI startup DesignVerse announced a $5.5 million seed round led by Begin Capital and plans to launch its enterprise AI platform in the US, targeting sectors such as banking, cybersecurity, aviation and defense.
Romanian fertilizer maker Norofert secured a financing agreement with US fund GEM Global Yield that allows the fund to purchase up to $15 million of shares from major shareholder Vlad Popescu over three years, with the proceeds earmarked for scaling production and expanding into the US and Brazilian markets.
On 27 July 2026, Romanian company Autonom Services placed a €30 million autonomous bond (AUT31E) with a 5.97% fixed coupon on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The issue, consisting of 300 bonds of €100,000 each, was oversubscribed by nine institutional investors and will fund the firm’s growth and sustainability plans.
The article describes how Emilia Lewicka, after more than ten years of searching for a diagnosis for chronic pelvic pain, co‑founded the Polish startup Heliax in Wrocław. The company aims to reduce the costly and lengthy diagnostic process—often exceeding 50,000 PLN—by offering the Vitabloom solution, thereby shortening patients’ years of uncertainty.
Polish‑owned Baltic ticketing group PLG is acquiring Romanian ticketing startup iaBilet, which was previously bought majority‑owned by Polish fund Resource Partners eight months earlier. The founders will stay on board as PLG expands its ticketing technology in the region.
Polish defence‑tech startup PERUN has secured fourteen new grants from the National Centre for Research and Development as part of the state’s New Technologies programme, aimed at advancing security and defence solutions.