Anna Kowalski 
Mediobanca becomes a shareholder of Polish quantum‑fintech startup FinQbit, valuing the company at €20 million and launching a cross‑border collaboration with London’s Founders Factory, while adding former PKO Bank Polski CEO Zbigniew Jagiełło to its advisory board.
The Polish Development Fund granted a 106.5 million PLN loan to renewable‑energy startup PST to fund a 70 MW solar farm in north‑west Poland, supporting the country’s clean‑energy transition.
In the latest “5 sips of coffee” roundup, the most notable startup event was the merger of Polish tech firms cyber_Folks and Shoper, which values the combined company at almost one billion dollars, signalling the creation of a new heavyweight in the European SaaS/e‑commerce market.
Polish startup Creotech Instruments secured a near‑€14 million contract with ESA to deliver the SAWA satellite, which will monitor space weather. The agreement covers the full mission lifecycle, marking a major milestone for the company in the European space sector.
Romanian fintech Finqware, founded in 2018, is expanding its Open Banking platform across Central and Eastern Europe, opening new hiring pipelines in Romania, Hungary and Croatia and extending its banking connectivity to several additional countries.
The Romanian job platform eJobs reported record application numbers in 2023 and highlighted sectors with the highest hiring chances for 2026. It also announced the launch of a new fast‑hiring platform, iajob, which currently lists over 8,200 positions, including more than 1,000 in the medical/health sector.
Polish e‑commerce ecosystem player cyber_Folks reported double‑digit growth in Q2 2026, with revenue up 27% to 269 million PLN and adjusted EBITDA up 23% to 88.3 million PLN.
Polish biotech startup Science4Beauty, which develops next‑generation skincare products using its patented recombinant‑protein technology, has completed a funding round worth 7 million PLN, backed by 4growth VC, Hard2beat and a group of business angels.
Polish fintech Zen.com introduced a new service enabling users to make instant cash deposits at thousands of partner locations across Europe and have the money transferred to a recipient’s account in Poland in up to 15 minutes.
Palo Alto Networks bought the AI‑focused security automation startup Console, founded in 2024 by Romanian Andrei Serban. The deal, terms undisclosed, will allow Console’s AI agents to be integrated into Palo Alto’s security platforms, accelerating its vision of AI‑enhanced security workflows.