CEE venture funding is becoming more concentrated in 2026, with fewer early-stage deals, larger growth rounds, and more capital flowing into security and defence.

Trinity Robotics manufactures Konyk ONE, an unmanned ground platform for military logistics, casualty evacuation, and mine-cleaning operations.

Polysense develops an AI-native platform that automates in-line quality control for food manufacturers using real-time imaging and synthetic data.

Europe remains a fundamentally early-stage ecosystem and business angel networks and syndicates are becoming an important source of pre-seed, seed, and often Series A capital.

The fresh capital will finance HEALANT's commercial launch, scale up its manufacturing process, and expand its go-to-market and partnership operations.

CTHINGS.CO will use the fresh capital to accelerate its expansion in North America, strengthen its sales efforts, and continue developing its platform.

The company's technology is already used at 20+ production sites, including facilities operated by Volvo Group Trucks, SKF, and Parker Hannifin.

The company said its systems completed more than 19,000 missions in Ukraine in 2025.