CEE VC SUMMIT 2026

Joy Laoun

News Editor, Vestbee
March 16, 2026

Prague-based Choice raises $7.1M to expand AI-powered restaurant platform across Europe

The Series A was led by Alea Capital Partners, with participation from Reflex Capital, Smartlink, and J&T Ventures.

March 16, 2026

Estonian firm BaBayte secures investment to build AI-powered drone survivability systems

The round was backed by US-based VC firm Green Flag Ventures.

March 16, 2026

Paris-based VC firm Elaia closes €134M deeptech seed fund

The fresh fund saw support from Bpifrance, BNP Paribas, and the Max Planck Foundation.

March 13, 2026

Ukrainian edtech firm Kodree raises $10M to scale AI-powered learning platform globally

The investment came in the form of a non-dilutive credit facility provided by PvX Partners.

March 13, 2026

WhiteBridge AI raises $3M to build verified people search and online identity insights

The seed round was led by FIRSTPICK VC, with participation from First Degree, NGL.VC, Scalewolf.VC, BADideas.fund, Nectolabs, Plug and Play, and several angel investors.

March 13, 2026

Austria's startup Another Earth raises €3.5M to scale AI-powered synthetic satellite data platform

The funding round saw support from Wake-Up Capital, existing investors Rockstart, Inovexus, and Stamco AG.

March 13, 2026

Spanish VC firm Samaipata raises €110M Fund III to back AI-native European startups

The Fund III is backed by the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), KfW, and Spanish family offices.

March 12, 2026

French firm Waiv raises $33M to scale AI-powered precision oncology testing

The round was co‑led by OTB Ventures and Alpha Intelligence Capital.