Circeus is betting that Europe’s established software companies can scale further with the right shared infrastructure.

Centaurs and unicorns have been all over the startup headlines again lately. And they are just two of the animals investors talk about. Over the past few years, investors have come up with many other ...

After 20 years building Poland's startup ecosystem, AIP Seed CEO Dariusz Zuk says the missing piece is density at the top: founders who have scaled, private capital and big exits. He is building a VC ...

The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest ...

Ivan Maltsev has spent a decade building and investing in crypto across three continents. His read on 2026: the UAE leads on regulation and ecosystem, the US still owns the venture capital, and Europe ...

Ahead of Prague’s municipal elections, the Czech Startup Association brought together the city’s main political candidates to discuss its startup future, securing broad support for stronger innovation ...

Spotlight 2026 will select 20 early-stage startups to pitch at How to Web Conference, taking place between October 6-8 in Bucharest. The five finalists will advance to the main conference stage, while ...

Polish Edge AI Startup CTHINGS.CO Raises €1.8M to Power U.S. Expansion Warsaw-based edge AI startup CTHINGS.CO secured over €1.8 million from Navivo Capital, the new fund's first investment, to ...

Paypercut has raised a €5M seed round to expand its payments platform across Central and Eastern Europe. The Sofia-based fintech, which now serves more than 200 merchants across eight markets, plans ...

A Prague-based AI lab founded by three former DeepMind researchers who built a poker-beating algorithm has raised the largest single investment Creandum has ever made, valuing the trading startup at ...

Teodora Atanasova is Senior Editor at The Recursive, covering startups, venture capital, and innovation across Central and Eastern Europe. She reports on emerging technologies, founders, and the ...

Ana Marija is the Editor-in-Chief of The Recursive. Even though her beginnings go back to mainstream media, her passion for technology prevailed. She polished her journalistic and editorial craft at C ...