Portuguese digital‑health startup Hope Care raised €6 million in a Series A round led by Iberis Capital to expand its regulated remote patient monitoring platform across Europe, adding new offices in Germany and Romania and scaling programmes in Portugal, France and Switzerland.
Romanian mattress retailer Dormeo Home SRL was fined €2,000 by the National Authority for the Supervision of Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) after an investigation found the company continued to send marketing SMS and phone calls despite a consumer exercising their right to object, violating GDPR provisions.
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.
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.
Former eMAG CEO Iulian Stanciu is scaling his post‑eMAG venture, Network One Distribution, by establishing a local logistics presence in the Netherlands to serve its four appliance brands across Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, marking a shift from a Romania‑centric export model to direct Western‑European stock and distribution.
Linehub, a European performance‑marketing network comprising brands such as Daisycon, Affiliprint and Sovendus, announced the hiring of Bart Zoetmulder as Group Director Sales. In his new role he will strengthen the commercial organisation, improve collaboration across the group’s labels and drive new‑business growth as the company targets €100 million in revenue within the next two to four years. The move reflects Linehub’s ambition to expand internationally and reduce reliance on large tech platforms.
Romanian real‑estate investment firm Novere Capital listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s main market, aiming to grow its institutional‑grade portfolio to €100 million by 2028 while increasing recurring revenue and maintaining a prudent capital structure.
Salt Bank introduced Salt Business, adding a Business Savings Account that pays interest from the first leu saved (up to 4% per year) and a Salt POS mobile app that enables merchants to accept contactless card, Apple Pay and Google Pay payments directly from their phones, with a 1% transaction fee and free monthly administration for qualifying businesses.
Romanian esports startup Nexus Gaming announced a near‑2 million‑EUR investment to expand its physical infrastructure across Bucharest and Cluj, aiming to boost content production, host international tournaments and position Romania as a leading destination for esports events in Europe.