CEE VC SUMMIT 2026

Joy Laoun

News Editor, Vestbee
March 20, 2026

Polish VC firm Montis VC raises €50M to back Europe’s energy and industrial tech startups

The new fund is backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF) through the REPowerEU programme, PFR, and a group of family offices and private investors from across the CEE region.

March 20, 2026

Swedish VC firm Creadum leads $19M seed round in Hosted.ai to supercharge GPU efficiency

The investment saw support from People Ventures and Repeat Ventures, alongside lead investor Creadum.

March 19, 2026

Ukrainian Buntar Aerospace secures $10.4M to expand life-saving ISR technology

The round was led by Axon Enterprise, with participation from Munkene AS.

March 19, 2026

Dutch firm Reson8 raises €5M to develop Europe-focused speech AI

The €5 million pre‑seed round was led by Balderton Capital, with participation from NP Hard.

March 19, 2026

German firm eternal.ag emerges from stealth with €8M to automate greenhouse harvesting

The fresh round was backed by Simon Capital, Oyster Bay Venture Capital, EquityPitcher Ventures, and Backbone Ventures.

March 19, 2026

Spanish startup Health Lean Analytics raises €2.1M to expand into the US

The round was backed by Novanta Inc., Inderhabs, Namarel Ventures, and Braincats Consulting.

March 19, 2026

Dutch firm WorkFlex raises €37M to grow global business travel compliance platform

The funding round was led by Spectrum Equity, with support from Visionaries Club and s16vc.

March 18, 2026

Swiss firm Rivia raises €13M to enhance clinical trial data operations with AI

The Series A round was led by Earlybird, with support from Defiant and existing backers.