Lyft, the US ride‑hailing company, announced the European rollout of its existing app, enabling travelers from North America to book rides in Europe without downloading a new app. The expansion begins with Barcelona and Hamburg and will cover several major European cities by the end of October 2024, with plans to support local currency payments.
Polish startup autoMEE has raised a seed round of 10 million PLN, backed by venture capital fund Level2 Ventures and a group of private business angels, to develop its real‑time accounting solution.
Polish defence‑sector startup Prime ASI bought a controlling 70% share of JJB, which is licensed for weapons and ammunition trade. The management stressed the strategic value of the deal and said it may pursue additional acquisitions and new contracts across its group companies.
Polish startup WIDMO Spectral Technologies from Krakow was selected as a winner of the Scaling Land Restoration Challenge, an initiative of UpLink, the World Economic Forum’s innovation platform, recognizing its SGPR technology for supporting degraded land restoration projects
Polish robotics team Brave Mind Fighters topped its group in the prestigious international EngineAI URKL humanoid robot competition held in Shenzhen, China.
ICEYE has launched a new Satellite Technology Center in Warsaw, marking a major expansion of its Polish operations with a planned investment of more than 120 million PLN over the next three years to boost R&D and manufacturing.
PayPo is considering an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and may be valued at over 2 billion PLN.
MCI Capital has taken a controlling share in Poland’s aesthetic medicine chain Klinika Miracki, with the original founders staying on board to help grow the business.
Legimi is building a wider international distribution channel for its publishing partners, signing cooperation agreements with Kobo, ElevenLabs and Spotify to make its books available globally.
Polish AI startup Hellobot, which provides autonomous voice agents for businesses, secured a 5 million‑zloty financing round led by the Lowercap fund together with business angels, aimed at scaling its technology across the market.