CEE VC SUMMIT 2026

Lisa Palchynska

Editor-in-Chief, Vestbee
July 23, 2025

Promising climate tech startups to watch, according to investors

CapitalT and Impact Ventures share their picks of noteworthy climate techstartups.

July 22, 2025

Polish insurtech company Trasti secures €20.7M in record-setting deal for CEE

This equity round marks the largest insurtech investment to date in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.

July 21, 2025

Ukraine's The Fourth Law raises funding to bring batterfield-ready AI to FPV drones

Among the investors is Double Tap Investments, a Ukrainian-Finnish firm focused on dual-use and defence technologies.

July 21, 2025

Auxxo raises €26M in first close to back female-founded startups in Europe

The fund will back female-founded pre-seed and seed startups across Europe.

July 11, 2025

Ukrainian frontline robots maker Tencore raises $3.74M from MITS Capital

Led by MITS Capital, the deal sets a precedent for future international investments in Ukraine's defence tech sector.

July 9, 2025

Darkstar launches pan-European defence fund with €15M first close

Backed by over 40 founders and builders across Europe, the fund’s largest limited partner is Estonia’s SmartCap Defence Fund.

July 8, 2025

French deeptech startup Arago raises $26M to replace electricity with light in AI chips

Arago's photonic AI chip uses light to run AI tasks, making it 10-30 times more efficient than Nvidia's chips.

July 8, 2025

Ex-Monzo employees' Gradient Labs raises $13M to scale AI agents for financial services

Led by Redpoint Ventures, the Series A round brought Gradient Labs's valuation to $60 million.