CEE VC SUMMIT 2026


February 17, 2026·16 min read

Lisa Palchynska & Joy Laoun

100 must-watch European startups featured by Vestbee

Throughout 2025, Vestbee featured 10 promising European startups each month as part of our Startups of the month (SOTM) initiative. Numerous of these startups proved their value by successfully closing funding rounds. For instance, Czech AI startup Outfindo, which helps customers find the right products online, raised €1.2 million in funding in January; Polish SI Roboticsm which builds humanoid robots to replace low-skilled labor in industrial and defense environments, secured a pre-seed round in July.

Here, we’ve selected 100 standout companies from the series that show great potential and are worth watching. 

“Startups of the month” is a series highlighting tech startups from all sectors that originated in Europe. If you would like to introduce your company to Vestbee and participate in the selection process to be featured in the next edition, please complete the application by March 10.

100+ must-watch European startups featured by Vestbee in 2025

  • Austrian startup Acute XR specializes in creating VR and AR therapy games that support mental health treatment. The firm combines scientific rigor with immersive game design to make therapy engaging and accessible globally.
  • Estonian digital marketing startup AdLabs creates a bid optimizer tool for Amazon advertising to enhance speed and efficiency while giving PPC managers full control.
  • Polish startup Adspective seamlessly integrates ads into video content, unlocking new revenue for content owners. The firm enhances the viewing experience by minimizing traditional ad interruptions.
  • Latvian company Affire creates a SaaS management platform for MSPs to track, optimize, and manage clients’ SaaS applications. The platform automatically detects usage, delivers insights and alerts, and centralizes management in one dashboard.
  • French firm Aiffin develops an AI-driven platform for long-term vehicle leasing for SMEs. The firm evaluates creditworthiness in real time, approves contracts digitally, and delivers vehicles ready to use within minutes.
  • AI Recruit is an HRtech startup that uses AI to automate recruitment tasks. Its platform provides tools for parsing applicant data, matching candidates to roles, anonymizing CVs to reduce bias, and speeding up candidate searches.
  • Polish firm AIstats develops an AI-powered football app that uses computer vision and machine learning on 1.5 million matches to deliver live scores, real-time metrics, and performance insights.
  • Finnish firm Apiable offers a no-code tool to build and manage API portals. It connects to existing API gateways, helps bundle APIs into products, and supports access control, monetization, and onboarding.
  • Oslo-based API Genie is a no-code integration platform designed to simplify complex integrations and automate workflows without requiring any coding skills. 
  • UK and Romania-based SaaS startup AppWish develops an AI platform that helps development agencies build and manage client apps faster. It works by automating coding, project management, and client handoffs.
  • UK's AllFilm develops a global streaming platform focused on independent films, offering curated content on a pay-per-view basis. It connects filmmakers with audiences by showcasing award-winning shorts, documentaries, and features worldwide.
  • Swiss metal-manufacturing firm Apheros develops high-surface-area metal foams that optimize liquid and two-phase cooling. It improves heat transfer and fluid flow, providing energy- and cost-efficient thermal management for data centers.
  • Polish firm Aproco provides AI-powered automation for tasks like document processing, invoice management, data anonymization, transcription, and computer vision. It analyzes company workflows and implements customized solutions that integrate with existing systems to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
  • Poland’s startup Audomate provides an AI platform that automates compliance for crypto and finance, including whitepaper creation, document checks, and real-time monitoring. 
  • axem, based in Hungary, is building an AI coding assistant for regulated industries. Its platform streamlines software development in highly regulated sectors by offering intelligent guidance, code suggestions, and compliance support.
  • Romanian startup Behave develops a social currency platform linking content creators with local businesses for experience-based collaborations. Using a mobile app and physical card, creators exchange content for access to products and services.
  • Best Technicians is a London-based platform that connects skilled professionals like plumbers, electricians, and HVAC engineers with customers worldwide. Technicians can register for free, take jobs based on availability, and get paid without monthly fees. 
  • London-based Boldr develops connected home energy solutions, including smart heaters, thermostats, and an energy management app. Its platform integrates HVAC systems, batteries, EVs, and solar systems to automate energy use and enable homes to supply peak capacity to the grid.
  • Brizy, founded in Moldova and based in the UK, is the first white-label AI website builder, offering a perfect solution for agencies, SaaS companies, and hosting providers looking to deploy scalable, customizable web solutions with ease.
  • Broswarm, based in Lithuania, is combining state-of-the-art sensor technology with autonomous aerial systems to set new standards for safety, efficiency, and accuracy in detecting underground threats. Its solutions are designed to enhance security in both civilian and military contexts.
  • Germany-based firm develops COBY, a screen‑free AI companion for children that helps them manage emotions, routines, and coping skills. It works through voice interactions, story-based role-play, and guided exercises, while providing parents with anonymized insights on mood and behavior.
  • German startup Cerpro develops an AI platform that extracts features from technical drawings to create inspection and test reports. It works by analyzing uploaded drawings and automatically generating reports in the required format, reducing manual effort and errors.
  • Belgian firm ContourLab builds an AI platform that offers personalized style and fit recommendations to online fashion shoppers. It uses customer data to guide purchases, boost confidence, and reduce returns.
  • German HRtech startup Cooper offers an intuitive Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that streamlines the hiring process. It provides tools for posting jobs, screening candidates, scheduling interviews, and managing hiring workflows.
  • London’s startup Data Dumpling is an AI-powered platform that automates go-to-market strategies and customer acquisition for SaaS companies. The company streamlines inbound marketing through AI-driven research, content creation, and distribution, reducing the need for traditional sales outreach.
  • Berlin-based Djooky is a music investment platform that connects artists with fans and investors, allowing musicians to raise funds while sharing royalties. Investors can own a stake in songs, earn royalty income, and support emerging talent worldwide.
  • Finnish Eiffels AI develops a construction management solution that integrates directly into WhatsApp. Using AI and blockchain, it automates workflows, capturing essential data through voice, image, or text inputs to generate detailed daily reports and ensure document integrity.
  • Espoo-based startup epicMeets offers tools to help growth companies improve meetings and workshops. It uses AI to guide discussions, create customized agendas, and provide feedback to enhance collaboration and productivity.
  • Evermuse is an AI platform that transforms customer conversations into actionable product insights. It ingests calls and messages, analyzes sentiment and key needs, and generates evidence-based roadmap recommendations to guide product strategy.
  • Eterny is a Prague-based firm that develops a digital vault for managing personal and family wealth. Its platform organizes financial documents, contracts, insurance policies, and investment accounts in one place, with tools to track updates, optimize terms, and grant controlled access to trusted individuals.
  • Slovakian startup EHOSS creates sustainable solutions for livestock farming. Its manure management system connects farms with biogas plants, recycling manure into high-quality feedstock to reduce waste and emissions. 
  • UK startup Eduvo develops a platform that manages education mentorship programs, leads generation, and community engagement. It enables influencers, educators, and community makers to create, sell, and scale educational content while fostering interactive subscription-based learning communities.
  • London-based Finexer is a financial payment company that simplifies business banking integration. Open Banking technology enables seamless access to client bank accounts, payment initiation, and hassle-free cash flow management.
  • Spanish startup Floatech develops high-performance silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries, replacing graphite to significantly increase energy capacity. Its patented process ensures stable silicon expansion and enables efficient, durable battery performance.
  • London-based cybersecurity firm Fortyx Security develops AI-powered tools to prevent email data loss and detect insider threats. Its platform monitors communication patterns, builds behavioral baselines, and uses context-aware AI to stop sensitive information from being sent to the wrong recipients.
  • British startup Fruitify develops an AI platform that grades assignments, provides personalised feedback, and generates insights to enhance student learning. It combines AI assessment with teacher review, using custom or uploaded rubrics for accurate, editable feedback.
  • Ukrainian edtech firm GIOS works by providing an AI-driven online platform where schoolchildren learn mathematics through interactive lessons, gamified exercises, and personalized tutor guidance. The system combines theory, practice, and real-time feedback to develop critical thinking and reinforce skills.
  • UK-based company Hateble.dev creates a tool that evaluates websites and digital products, offering insights on speed, usability, and user experience. It operates by running AI-driven assessments and, if needed, supplements them with expert human feedback for improvements.
  • Vienna-based healthtech firm HeartBeat.bio develops organoid-based platforms to study human heart development and disease. The firm uses these models to identify and test potential cardiac drug targets.
  • Finnish firm Hookle provides small businesses with a full AI-powered marketing team in one app. It lets users create, schedule, and post content across all social channels, get daily content ideas, and track performance.
  • Porto-based Huppi is a platform that simplifies cash flow management for freelancers and small businesses. It offers free tools for invoice generation, expense tracking, tax calculation, and payment processing, helping users manage their finances easily and efficiently.
  • Romanian firm Hypermedia develops an AI-powered assistant that aggregates news, podcasts, and entertainment content. Users interact via voice or app to search, navigate, and consume personalized audio and text content in real time.
  • Kyiv-based startup IDVizer offers a B2B cross-platform video verification tool that allows businesses to quickly verify customer identities. It supports mobile, desktop, and CCTV devices, providing secure, high-speed recognition and easy integration with various platforms.
  • infrared.city, based in Austria, is a platform for intelligent and resilient design powered by AI. It makes complex climate simulations accessible for all stakeholders of the built environment, helping architects and urban planners create sustainable spaces.
  • KOOS.io helps platforms and marketplaces track contributors' impact and distribute rewards based on their contributions. It allows businesses to set clear rules for rewarding contributors when specific goals are achieved.
  • Warsaw-based Leezly provides an all-in-one platform for rental businesses, offering tools for property management, tenant tracking, contract handling, automated invoicing, and maintenance requests. 
  • Ligatio Group is a Polish tech company focused on material solutions for the orthopedic sector and 3D dental printing. It works with B2B clients such as dental clinics, prosthetic laboratories, and orthopedic units. 
  • Madrid-based company Lodgerin develops a digital platform that manages international mobility by connecting organizations, accommodation providers, and relocated individuals. 
  • London-based Logpilot develops predictive supply chain management solutions using proprietary models and fine-tuned LLMs. Its technology anticipates and resolves issues before they disrupt operations.
  • Slovenia’s startup LynxCraft develops an all-in-one cloud platform that simplifies homebuilding through streamlined design, permitting, sourcing, and construction processes. 
  • Polish Maia.AI develops an AI-powered analytics assistant for enterprises. The firm works by analyzing internal and external data to provide employees with insights and support decision-making through a secure chatbot interface.
  • Amsterdam-based MarketAdd.eu is an e-commerce platform that helps businesses create online stores for international sales. It offers technology, logistics, and legal support, simplifying entry into foreign markets.
  • Dublin-based firm MarketSizer develops an AI platform that tracks live subscription activity for B2B SaaS accounts. It detects trials, churn, and renewals, then pushes prioritized actions directly into CRMs to enable timely sales, marketing, and customer success interventions.
  • Germany’s startup Messpunkt.io develops a smart metering platform for real estate that monitors energy and resource consumption, automatically informing tenants. The firm works by providing modern devices, overseeing installations, and delivering real-time data and compliance-ready consumption reports.
  • Estonian-Ukrainian company Midcontract offers an escrow platform for freelance and agency work, securing client funds until project completion. It supports multiple contract types and processes payments in both fiat and cryptocurrency.
  • Muun Health, based in Estonia, is developing a wearable device for continuous monitoring of female hormones. The product provides personalized health insights and a deeper understanding of hormonal cycles, leading to enhanced well-being.
  • Romanian startup Narrio provides an AI-powered content operating system that helps experts and their teams create authentic, high-quality content at scale. The platform captures individual voices, structures content, and streamlines collaboration between experts and marketers.
  • Hungarian startup NeerY offers a no-code platform that helps restaurants manage their digital tools and optimize pricing using data. It also provides occupancy predictions and a user-friendly interface to boost reservations from social media and other channels.
  • Swedish startup Northgrounds helps businesses grow using AI, advanced analytics, and low-code tools. It enables companies to build future-ready, automated digital processes with minimal technical overhead.
  • Vienna-based fintech firm Northscope builds an AI-driven finance platform that automates month-end close, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis using data from ERP and data warehouse systems. 
  • Zurich-based Oncobit develops cancer-specific genomic fingerprinting and personalized monitoring tests to assist in therapy decisions. Its platform uses a blood sample to detect cancer markers in circulating tumour-derived DNA, enabling precise cancer and treatment monitoring.
  • Czechia’s OpinioAI helps businesses conduct synthetic market research by creating virtual buyer personas and segments. The firm provides instant data analysis, insight generation, and content evaluation from the perspective of target audiences.
  • Outfindo, a Prague-based startup, develops an AI-driven platform that helps customers find the right products by analyzing behavior and refining product data. The company equips retailers with easy-to-integrate tools to enhance personalization, increase conversions, and minimize returns.
  • Warsaw-based startup Petsy connects pet owners with verified local pet sitters through a secure platform. It operates in 40 Polish cities and four in the Czech Republic, serving over 90,000 users and ensuring reliable pet care.
  • Estonia-based PocoBit offers an AI-powered platform for creating engagement games, allowing businesses to transform existing materials into interactive, gamified experiences for HR, marketing, and training, enhancing engagement and learning through personalized challenges and feedback.
  • German fintech startup Puls Project offers a platform for real-time cash flow management and short-term business financing. Businesses can track liquidity, plan income and expenses, and access loans of up to €100,000 through connected bank accounts.
  • Lithuania-based firm Pulsetto develops wearable vagus nerve stimulators designed to reduce stress and improve sleep. The device works by activating the parasympathetic nervous system in just four minutes a day.
  • Polish startup Real Digital Exchange enables fractional ownership of high-value artworks through blockchain-based tokenization. It provides a platform for buying, selling, and holding art-backed tokens, with physical artworks stored securely in public museums.
  • Revidence is a platform operating across the Intellectual Property (IP) industry. It centralizes legal procurement and case management, replacing outdated, fragmented tools with a collaborative solution that streamlines global coordination for IP professionals. 
  • Romanian Rentnbuy develops a digital platform facilitating direct real estate transactions between property owners, tenants, and buyers. It offers tools for ID verification, automated contracts, and escrow payments to handle rentals and sales without intermediaries.
  • Berlin-based startup Ruby Care develops an AI-powered platform for oncology support, providing personalized complementary care for cancer patients. The system connects patients with vetted specialists and uses AI to generate individualized care plans covering nutrition, mental health, physical rehabilitation, and treatment navigation.
  • Portuguese startup SentiVue provides a platform that analyzes all customer interactions across channels using AI to evaluate agent performance and customer experience. It automates monitoring and integrates with existing systems to help businesses improve service and reduce churn.
  • Estonian startup Shopnest Africa is an AI-powered tool that helps African social media sellers manage multiple sales channels from a single dashboard. It offers features for customer targeting, order management, secure payments, and communication with customers.
  • SI Robotics, based in Poland, is building Europe’s full-stack humanoid robotics champion – sovereign hardware, AI readiness, and industrial-grade performance for logistics, defence, and construction.
  • Irish firm SafeHawk develops an AI platform that uses existing CCTV to detect and alert to safety rule breaches in real time. The firm works by analysing video data to identify risks, log incidents, and provide actionable safety insights.
  • Barcelona-based cybersecurity startup Secrets Vault creates a cryptographic protocol that uses images as secure keys to protect and share digital information. Encrypting data locally on the user’s device ensures secure password management and safe data sharing.
  • Polish-founded HR tech startup StartDrive develops a platform to recruit, onboard, and manage frontline teams. It automates candidate screening and plans to streamline operations for high-turnover industries like logistics and retail.
  • Poland-based company Syntro develops an automation platform for the pharmaceutical and medical industry. It generates compliant documents faster and with fewer errors by streamlining the creation process.
  • UK-based HRtech firm Sytuate develops a platform that strengthens managers’ leadership and decision-making skills. It uses real workplace scenarios and guided coaching to drive lasting change.
  • Czech startup Tapaya develops Taply, a platform and SDK that enables merchants and fintechs to embed in-app payment processing, including card payments and loyalty programs. The system centralizes configuration, compliance, and real-time analytics for seamless integration.
  • Tingit, based in Lithuania, is a global repair platform that unlocks repairs of any kind at scale by matching people and businesses with the right repair specialists. It is facilitated by an AI-powered repair assessment infrastructure that ensures fast and accurate service.
  • Austria’s company Tonestro develops music learning apps that teach brass, woodwind, and violin instruments using video lessons, interactive exercises, and real-time feedback on pitch and rhythm. The app tracks progress, provides sheet music, and guides practice with a built-in tuner.
  • Dutch startup Triggify develops a tool that enables users to monitor and automatically like LinkedIn posts based on customizable triggers and alerts. It helps users engage with niche-specific content, posts from their network, and mentions of their brand, boosting LinkedIn presence and expanding their customer base.
  • Warsaw-based fintech startup ToriiPay offers a flexible Request to Pay solution that streamlines payments, reduces costs, and improves cash flow. It enables seamless integration with banks, providing faster and more transparent transactions.
  • Prague-based company TruCrowd develops FaceTicket, a biometric solution that replaces traditional tickets with facial recognition for seamless and secure venue access. The startup’s software integrates with ticketing systems to enhance fairness, efficiency, and fan experience.
  • Estonian music publishing platform UniteSync streamlines rights management and royalty tracking for artists. The firm offers global coverage, real-time analytics, and automated royalty claims to ensure fair compensation.
  • VeeMind is a German B2B SaaS platform that helps HR and L&D departments measure and improve leadership quality using data-driven insights. It offers tools for leadership assessments, surveys, and feedback to boost productivity, reduce turnover, and enhance team performance.
  • Estonian startup Vita325 develops an AI-powered mobile platform that uses smartphone sensors to analyze movement and support prosthetic rehabilitation. 
  • UK-based startup Vindey provides an AI-powered platform for automating property management and sales workflows. It handles tasks like scheduling viewings, managing tenant inquiries, collecting rent, and nurturing leads across multiple channels.
  • Polish VisualCommerce builds an AI platform that produces product images, lifestyle visuals, videos, and descriptions for online stores. The startup analyzes uploaded photos and automatically generates, enhances, and organizes content for marketing and e-commerce use.
  • Czech Votify develops a secure online voting platform that enables legally binding votes with eIDAS verification and blockchain technology. It streamlines decision-making for companies, homeowner associations, and communities by improving engagement and reducing costs.
  • Czech firm Whatspot provides an online booking platform for businesses to manage meeting rooms, desks, parking spaces, and company vehicles. 
  • WHYZE Health, based in Dublin, is a platform that links patients, healthcare providers, and researchers to improve access to treatment options and clinical trials.
  • Wflow, based in the Czech Republic, helps companies digitize and automate their accounting processes. It makes it easy to collect, approve, and archive documents, such as invoices, and integrates smoothly with accounting systems.
  • Vilnius-based Workofo develops an AI platform that optimizes employee scheduling and resource allocation. The firm helps businesses boost efficiency, reduce costs, and improve employee satisfaction.
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