中欧和东欧初创企业——2025年回顾

2025 in review 24th March 2026 - Keynote CEE tech update The CEE Paradox persists? CEE startupsraised €2.3B inVC in 2025 Recovery starting Q4 2025was led by late-stage rounds. Top rounds inCEE in2025-2026to date Breakout capital led by Estonia and Lithuania; late stage by Czechia, Slovakia and Ukraine The CEE investment landscape is increasingly diversified SaaS remains dominant, but Hardware has grown significantly, reaching 42% in 2025 Capital intensivesegments are on CEE startups funded since 2025 Strongoutcomes: theCEE Ecosystem is CEE has creatednearly 70unicorns & $1B+exits Since 2025, CEE hasproduced 8 new unicorns & $1B+ exits: Preply,Fintech-IT Group, CAST AI,Shelly Group, Diagnostyka,Hostinger, Uforce, andCzechoslovak Group Starting fromSeries C,CEE surpasses Breakout andlate-stage capitalin CEE remains The CEE paradox: strong outcomes despite limited capital, vastly under-tapped A large share ofCEE companiesraising toprounds since2025 are now Founders withroots in CEE arealso raising The CEEstartup