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.
Self Inspection, a San Diego‑based AI startup founded by Bulgarian entrepreneur Vince Gaydarzhiev, closed a $10 million round led by Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners with participation from strategic automotive and financial investors. The funding will be used to build new products, grow its enterprise client base and launch operations in Europe.
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.
Strategic Development Fund and Dronamics agreed to establish a joint venture for drone manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe.
Mirror 360’s Organizational MRI system uses AI to gather honest feedback from employees and provide real-time insights to leaders
Trimaranix launches as one of Southeast Europe’s largest agentic AI consultancies
Paypercut raises €5M to scale cross-border payments in CEE
Bulgarian satellite startup EnduroSat in talks for $200m Series C funding round