Polish beauty and wellness appointment booking app Booksy is cutting roughly 20% of its global workforce, laying off close to 200 staff members worldwide. The management says the cuts are needed to accelerate technological transformation and the implementation of AI‑based solutions.
Emad Zand, former Northvolt executive, raised more than half a billion kronor for his new venture Tavion, funding the development of three battery storage parks in Poland.
Castorama Poland has entered a strategic cooperation with Polish tech startup Synerise to build its future through digital transformation, personalized experiences and stronger customer relationships.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.