Vienna AI Startup Fonio Secures $17 Million Series A Funding from 20VC
Vienna-based AI startup Fonio, led by CEO Daniel Keinrath, raised $17 million in funding from 20VC after previously avoiding venture capital.
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Austrian Epigenome Editing Startup Epitome Therapeutics Raises €4 Million in Pre-Seed Round
Epitome Therapeutics, an Austrian BioTech startup focused on precision epigenome editing, secured €4 million in pre-seed funding led by XISTA Science Ventures and Caesar Ventures. The funding includes €2 million in equity and €2 million in non-dilutive grants. The company aims to develop its CADENCE platform for programmable gene expression and advance its first drug candidate.
Austrian Startup Launches GDPR-Compliant AI Agent as European Alternative to US Solutions
eustella, an Austrian startup, launched a GDPR-compliant AI agent aligned with European data protection laws. The AI uses models hosted in the EU, including Qwen 3.5, Gemma 4, and Mistral, and offers free and paid subscription tiers for features like web searches, travel planning, image generation, and collaborative projects.
Austrian Precision Immunology Company Graph Therapeutics Raises $5 Million in Series A Funding
Graph Therapeutics secured $5 million in funding to advance precision immunology
Vienna-based Eye Tracking Startup SOMAREALITY Raises €3 Million in Series A Funding
Vienna-based SOMAREALITY secures over €3 million to power real-time cognitive monitoring through eye tracking
TikTok Shop Expands Across Central and Western Europe with Launches in Four Countries
TikTok Shop launched in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Poland, allowing users to purchase products directly within the app
EasyGroup Launches easyDelivery to Unify Europe’s Fragmented Last-Mile Logistics
EasyGroup launches easyDelivery, a pan-European aggregator of delivery and pickup points for e-commerce
GymBeam Secures €30 Million to Expand Fitness E-commerce Platform to Vienna and Milan
GymBeam, a European fitness e-commerce platform, expands to Vienna and Milan, securing 30 million euros in funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
TikTok Shop Expands Across Central and Western Europe with Launch in Four New Markets
TikTok Shop launched in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Poland, allowing local sellers to sell products across EU markets
The Recursive CEE Forum 2026 Convenes in Vienna to Drive Cross-Border Startup Collaboration
The Recursive CEE Forum 2026 focused on cross-border collaboration and scaling in CEE