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Investors
FUNDING ROUND
Romania’s ProductLead raises EUR 600,000 to further democratize content creation and expand in Europe
INVESTING IN AI
AI’s dark and light side: investing in AI startups – what to look for?
VENTURE CAPITAL
Crunchbase News: European VC hits all-time-high in Q1 2021
IPO
Romanian-founded unicorn UiPath’s IPO raises $1.3b valuing company at $29b
FUNDING ROUND
UK- Romanian FintechOS raises $60m in Draper Esprit-led Series B round to fuel global expansion
FUNDING ROUND
Bulgarian fintech startup Payhawk raises $20m from Klarna backers; eyes US market
Advertorial
SEE, CEE water startups & scaleups: Biotech Atelier Special Edition “Water & Biotechnologies” open for applications NOW
BLOCKCHAIN DEAL
Mastercard buys into leading Ethereum developer ConsenSys
FUNDING ROUND
Cloud-based AI chip maker Anari AI raises $2m seed funding in Earlybird’s first Serbian startup investment
EXIT
Bulgarian sports streaming scaleup FITE acquired by TrillerNet; makes “biggest exit” in LAUNCHub history
Ecosystem
Romanian tech startup community Launch accepting third cohort applications
MATCHATHLON
Romania’s Techcelerator launches SEE’s first matchathlon targeting eHealth, AI, SaaS startups
NFTs
NFT startup Dapper Labs wins massive round of funding from celebrity investors
IPOs for the Masses
Robinhood builds platform to democratise IPOs
IPO
US-Romanian unicorn UiPath files for IPO on New York Stock Exchange
Funding round
Online fraud fighter SEON lands EUR 10m in Hungary’s biggest series A round to date
Acquisition
LeanIX acquires Slovenian-founded SaaS management provider Cleanshelf
Neobrokerage
Despite criticism, neobroker Robinhood files for IPO
Investors
Aldea Ventures creates €100m fund to invest in 700 tech startups in Europe
UNICORN