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Eastern Europe is 🔥: check out the latest Venture in Eastern Europe 2024 Report, freshly out of the oven! Despite global market headwinds, €3.89B flowed into Eastern European startups in 2024. Our new Venture in Eastern Europe Report 2024, a collaboration with Infobip, provides an in-depth analysis of this steady growth. Key highlights: 💰 Late-stage investments dominated, exceeding €2.44B. 🏭 Turkey, Poland, and Greece led in funding, each surpassing €500M. ⬆️ Romania's venture market reached €130M, hitting a new high. We invite you to dive into all the data, exclusively on the Eastern European region: https://lnkd.in/dEykF8h5 Brought to you by How to Web and Infobip, in partnership with Underline Ventures and BCR Seed Starter Romania, with the support of Endeavor Romania, Cherciu & Co, Launch Romania, Global Tech Connect, UK/Romania Business, RUF - Romanian United Foundation. #VentureinEasternEurope

Next on the Tech Builders agenda: ☕ coffee with PortfoLion Capital Partners. Join us next Thursday in the early hours for an honest startup talk with Mark and your usual suspects from the How to Web team. *This event has very limited spots, so make sure to apply fast for a chance to join.

Are you ready to transition from outsourcing to product building? Join us at our first edition of The Leap of Tech Meetup for an insightful discussion on how to navigate this shift. This gathering is designed for technology professionals who want to explore new opportunities in product development and productized services. Meet your hosts: 👋 Lucian Popovici | Bridging Gaps & Cegeka Romania 👋 Edward Alexandru Cretescu | Regista & ANIS Romania 👋 Alexandru Agatinei | How to Web 🎤 We’re excited to welcome our guest speaker, Alexandru Lapusan, CEO of Zitec, who will share his expertise in building successful products. As the Romanian tech landscape evolves, we're seeing a significant shift in focus—from outsourcing to product innovation. The IT&C industry shows an impressive growth, reaching over €15.5 billion in turnover this year. But in order to stay competitive, we need to embrace product building as the next logical step. Join us at this first edition to Take the Leap of Tech together 🚀 #Product #BucharestMeetups

In the light of both national and global events, independent journalism is needed more than ever to tell the true story. An informed society is a powerful society, and one of its consolidation bricks is public interest journalism: investigations, fact-checking, education—all these play a crucial role in combating abuse and manipulation. It's time to build #TechForGood and empower independent media in times of struggle. If you have the skills to do it and the drive to build a knowledge-first society, join AmpliFY ONG's hackathon next weekend. 👥 You can register individually or with an already formed team. If you come alone, we will help you find a team before the event. 🔥 Spots are limited to 30. 👉 Details and registration form here: https://bit.ly/3R2Kovr #TechHackathon #EthicalMedia

This week ▶️ in Bucharest ▶️ for #TechBuilders 👨💻👩🏽💻 We're meeting up with EIT Jumpstarter to find out all about their pre-acceleration program and discuss European opportunities for tech builders. If you want to jumpstart your business, this is a not-to-be-missed gathering. Join us to discover how you can build your dreams in ⏩ fast-paced mode. Seats are limited and apply-only 📩 Find out more about the event and make sure to apply fast: https://lnkd.in/dB4mXTAd *This is an official side event of Fostering cross-sector collaboration - EIT Community Hub Romania: https://lnkd.in/dzAgsbiN

Romania is emerging as a powerful hub for tech startups in Eastern Europe! With bold founders and growing investments, the local ecosystem is making waves in the region. 👀 Our Venture in Eastern Europe 2024 Report highlights some of the top deals shaping Romania’s startup scene👇 : 🔴 FintechOS (€54M, series C, investors: Bek Ventures, BlackRock, Cipio Partners, Gapminder VC, Molten Ventures, OTB Ventures) 🟡 BibleChat.AI (€12.4M, series A, investors: Play Ventures, Underline Ventures, Silicon Garden, Early Game VC) 🔵 dotLumen (€5M, series B, investors: Catalyst Romania, European Innovation Council Fund, Sweden's Tigrim Capital, Seedblink) The Venture in Eastern Europe 2024 Report is brought to you by How to Web and Infobip, in partnership with Underline Ventures and BCR Seed Starter Romania. Romania Data Partners: Bravva Angels, Catalyst Romania, Early Game Ventures, Fortech Investments, GapMinder VC, Hellen's Rock Capital, SeedBlink, Simple Capital, Transylvania Angels Network (T.A.N.), TechAngels Romania , V7 Capital, ROCA X. #VentureinEasternEurope

The startup world is also known as the land of the gritty 🐅, and the market's brutality has always shaped some of the best founders and their tech companies. Check out our Venture in Eastern Europe 2024 Report to find out all the data on last year's region VC investments 🔗🔗 link in comments 🗣️ Alexandru Agatinei, CEO How to Web & Co-Author Venture in Eastern Europe Report #VentureinEasternEurope #VCinsights #StartupNews

That’s a wrap! 👋 Check out this cool #aftermovie from the final stage of the very first accelerator for Romanian tech startups with global ambitions—a project spearheaded by UPGRADE 100 and How to Web, based on Arieli Innovate's methodology. Huge thanks to Raiffeisen Bank Romania and AmCham Romania for their trust—and major congratulations to the finalist startups whose passion and energy were truly off the charts: 🏆 Oveit, Revelio Medical, LENDOX, KFactory®, RepsMate, Plant an App, Sales Partner, Irisphera, DATA SWEEP, Recycllux, Ruuts.travel, sigtree Technologies, and #MommyHai. A big shout-out goes to our key team members: Or Haviv, Elite Ozer (Arieli Capital), Smaranda Heroiu (Upgrade 100), Andreea Elena Iancu, PhD, Alexandru Agatinei, Monica Zara, and Bogdan Iordache (How To Web). -- Special thanks as well to Bogdan Popa, Andreea Porojan, and Laura Mihaila (Raiffeisen Bank) for their tremendous support on the ground. See you at #GOGLOBAL Season 2! 🚀🌎

Fresh 🗞️: UiPath acquires SoftBank-backed startup Peak as it plots AI agents play. “With the acquisition of Peak, we are accelerating our mission to strengthen our vertical AI solutions strategy,” said Daniel Dines, Founder and CEO of UiPath. #TechNews #UIpath #StartupNews

In one week, we're meeting with EIT Jumpstarter to find out all about their pre-acceleration program and discuss European opportunities for tech builders. If you want to jumpstart your business, this is a not-to-be-missed gathering. Join us to discover how you can build your dreams in ⏩ fast-paced mode. We'll be joined by industry leaders and startup builders who can give you a behind-the-scenes overview: 🎙️ Andreea Clejanu (Purcaru), Head of Operations at Rayscape 🎙️ 🚀 Piotr Boulangé, Project Lead at EIT Jumpstarter 🎙️ Evelin Regina Szasz, Program Lead at EIT Health InnoStars Seats are limited and apply-only 📩 Find out more about the event and make sure to apply fast: https://lnkd.in/dB4mXTAd #TechBuilders #HowtoWebEvents #BucharestEvents #BucharestMeetups #AccelerationPrograms #StartupEvents