| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.09.2025 | CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: AI Partnerships Driving the Region | Central and Eastern Europe ~
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The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest ne... |
| 03.09.2025 | Siena Secondary Fund II Secures Major Backing, Propelling European Tech Liquidity | Siena Secondary Fund II announces a major closing. EBRD and SmartCap each committed €10 million. This propels the VC direct secondaries market across Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordics. The fund targets high-growth technology compan... |
| 02.09.2025 | Siena Secondary Fund II builds momentum with institutional and founder backing | Siena Secondary Fund II, a VC direct secondaries vehicle focused on Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordics, has announced a major closing, with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Estonia’s state-owned SmartC... |
| 02.09.2025 | Major Closing for Siena Secondary Fund II with EBRD and SmartCap on Board | Company:
Siena Secondary Fund II, а VC direct secondaries fund focused on Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordics, announces a major closing with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and SmartCap, Estonia’s state-owned... |
| 18.08.2025 | Saminvest invests in Norrsken Evolve | Saminvest invests in Norrsken Evolve
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Saminvest has committed EUR 10 million to the new Swedish venture capital fund Norrsken Evolve. The fund will invest in impact-driven early-stage companies... |
| 18.08.2025 | Norrsken Evolve launches €57M fund to back "impact tech" | Norrsken Foundation has launched Norrsken Evolve, a new €57 million pre-seed fund aimed at backing startups working "at the intersection of impact, resilience, and scalability".
The fund will target early-stage founders across Eur... |
| 06.08.2025 | Bisly Powers European Green Building Revolution with €4.3M Funding | Bisly, an Estonian innovator, recently secured €4.3 million in new funding. This capital injection propels its ambitious European expansion. The company focuses on the DACH region and the United Kingdom. A new office will open in Poland, a ... |
| 06.08.2025 | Bisly Raises €4.3M in Funding | Bisly, a Tallinn, Estonia-based provider of scalable, smart building automation solutions, raised €4.3M in funding.
The round was led by 2C Ventures, with participation from existing investors, such as Aconterra, Pinorena Capital, founders ... |
| 06.08.2025 | Bisly raises €4.3M to expand AI building automation in Europe | The Estonian provider of scalable smart building automation solutions, Bisly, has raised a €4.3 million funding round. The funding will support Bisly’s expansion in the DACH region and the UK, as well as the opening of a new office in Polan... |
| 10.07.2025 | В Украине запустили новый оборонный фонд Darkstar объемом €15 млн | Источниками финансирования стали европейские предприниматели, семейные офисы, а также государственный фонд SmartCap. В ближайшие 6–12 месяцев фонд планирует увеличить объем средств до €25 млн.
Darkstar ориентирован на ранние стадии стартапо... |
| 02.07.2025 | Vok shifts urban deliveries into high gear with $6M Series A funding | Estonian mobility company Vok Bikes has raised $6 million Series A to further expand across Europe and accelerate the shift away from vans in city centres. It brings the company’s funding to $10 million.
Vok Bikes designs and manufactures a... |
| 02.07.2025 | Tallinn-based Vok Bikes raises €5 million to replace vans with next-gen electric cargo bikes | Vok Bikes, an Estonian company behind a new generation of four-wheeled electric cargo bikes, has raised €5 million to further expand across Europe and accelerate the shift away from vans in city centres.
The Series A funding round is led by... |
| 22.08.2024 | UP Catalyst: Turning CO2 into Gold for the Battery Industry | In the heart of Tallinn, a revolution is brewing. UP Catalyst, a trailblazer in sustainable carbon material production, has secured an additional €2.36 million in funding. This fresh capital is not just a number; it’s a lifeline for a visio... |
| 21.08.2024 | Tallinn-based UP Catalyst bags extra €2.3 million to offer a sustainable solution for the battery value chain | UP Catalyst, a pioneer in sustainable carbon material production directly from CO2 emissions, has successfully closed a €2.36 million seed extension round. The funding round saw equal participation from Warsaw Equity Group, a leading privat... |
| 05.07.2024 | Antler's Nordic Fund IIaAttracts €5M investment from SmartCap | SmartCap Venture Capital Fund has invested €5 million in Antler's Nordic Fund II, strengthening its commitment to early-stage startups and innovative tech investment strategies. The fund has also received anchor investments from the Export ... |
| 02.07.2024 | eAgronom raises €10M Series A2 round to boost sustainable farming practices | eAgronom, the Estonian agriculture-focused climate tech company helping farmers adopt sustainable practices has secured €10 million in its Series A2 equity round.
Founded in 2016, eAgronom works with over 3,000+ farmers in 14 countries.
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| 02.07.2024 | Tallinn-based eAgronom harvests €10 million to help farmers make a profitable transition to sustainable food production | eAgronom, an agriculture-focused climate tech company helping farmers adopt sustainable practices for the health of their soils and the planet, has secured €10 million in its Series A2 equity round. The round includes €4.2 million raised du... |
| 19.10.2023 | Bisly bags €3.6M to expand intelligent building solutions in the Nordic, DACH and UK markets | Tallinn-based intelligent building platform Bisly has raised a €3.6 million funding round. The fresh capital will see the startup expand its solution, which creates energy-efficient buildings, further in the Nordics and DACH region and ramp... |
| 19.10.2023 | Estonian Bisly raises €3.6M for energy-saving building automation in EU | Estonian Bisly raises €3.6M for energy-saving building automation in EU
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Tallinn-based intelligent bu... |
| 10.10.2023 | Estonian real-time soil insights startup Paul-Tech bags €1.4M to sow seeds in the UK market | Tallinn-based agritech startup Paul-Tech gives farmers and land managers real-time insights to improve their soil management. The Estonian company has just raised a €1.4 million Seed round which will see it advance its product offering and ... |
| 10.10.2023 | Estonian agritech startup Paul-Tech raises €1.4M | Estonian agritech startup Paul-Tech raises €1.4M
10 October, 2023, 14:25
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Tallinn-based agritech startup Paul-Tech that gives farmer... |
| 26.07.2023 | Estonian cleantech CupLOOP secures €2M | Estonian cleantech CupLOOP secures €2M
26 July, 2023, 17:40
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Tallinn-based CupLOOP, has secured a €2 million investment co-led by Sm... |
| 29.06.2023 | Estonian Vok Bikes raises €3.8M in a seed round | Estonian Vok Bikes raises €3.8M in a seed round
29 June, 2023, 14:04
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Tallinn-based startup Vok Bikes has raised €3.8 million... |
| 29.06.2023 | Estonia’s Vok Bikes raises €3.8 million to push delivery of its electric cargo bikes across Europe | Tallinn-based start-up Vok Bikes is supplying the last mile delivery space with its electric cargo bikes - it recently launched its new Vok XL model to the market which has a payload of up to 200kg.
The company has raised a €3.8 million See... |
| 27.06.2023 | Estonian agtech start-up eAgronom has raised $5.5 million to plough into its carbon credit programme for sustainable practices in farming | Estonian agritech start-up eAgronom is encouraging farmers to chose more sustainable farming practices by incentivising them with a carbon credit programme. It assesses the farms carbon footprint by green house gas monitoring. It is current... |
| 27.06.2023 | Estonian agtech startup eAgronom receives €5.5M | Estonian agtech startup eAgronom receives €5.5M
27 June, 2023, 13:32
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eAgronom, which helps farmers adopt more sustainable farming m... |
| 22.12.2020 | Venture capital house SmartCap launches new deep tech fund for Estonian startups: Here’s all you need to know | SmartCap is a small fund manager registered with the Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority, a subsidiary of KredEx. It manages a state venture capital fund with €80M. As per the company, SmartCap’s vision is to make Estoni... |
| 21.12.2020 | SmartCap launches deep tech fund for Estonian startups, calls for fund manager | Estonian government-held fund SmartCap is launching a new deep tech fund and seeking a manager to run it with patience. The firm will make the initial cornerstone investment of €15 million, and the fund manager is expected to raise more fro... |
| 14.02.2019 | 2018: Records for the Estonian startup sector + a new wave of entrepreneurs in the community | (Editor’s note: This post was syndicated from the Startup Estonia blog, with permission)
In summer 2018, we published our semi-annual statistics (see blogpost) where our seasonal startup entrepreneurs and investors were forecasting a record... |
| 23.08.2016 | Workflow software startup Scoro raises $1.9 million seed round | Scoro, a work management software startup, has secured a $1.9 million seed funding round. The round was led by SmartCap, the investment arm of the Estonian Development Fund, Inventure, and Alchemist Accelerator.
The Estonian startup builds ... |
| 02.03.2016 | Estonian tech job search platform Jobbatical secures $2 million in new funding | Jobbatical co-founders Ronald Hindriks & Karoli Hindriks
International tech job search platform Jobbatical, based in Tallinn, has announced a funding round of $2 million led by Union Square Ventures and Local Globe, the VC firm from Sau... |
| 03.12.2015 | Top deals seen in Central and Eastern Europe in November | Here is a list of some interesting deals from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), seen in November. Often overlooked by big US and Western European investors, the region offers many good deals, at much cheaper valuations compared to the US ma... |
| 10.11.2015 | Language learning platform Lingvist secures $8 million from Rakuten, Jaan Tallinn and others | Estonian-British startup Lingvist, which offers an online platform for speedy language learning, has raised $8 million in Series A funding, according to a report from Geenius (in Estonian).
The round was led by Japanese e-commerce and onlin... |
| 10.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 10, 2015
Early-Stage Venture-Capital Investors
Early-Stage Venture-Capital Investors | Careem secured $60M; Transfix raised $12M; Spiro closed $1.5M
Trucking remains the most widely used way of shipping goods, with heavy duty semi-trucks being responsible for shipping 70% of all U.S. freight.. But it's also an industry that h... |
| 23.10.2014 | Virtual fitting room solutions provider Fits.me receives €4.2m from CEO and existing investors in management buy-in | Virtual fitting room solutions provider Fits.me has completed a first close of €4.2m [$5.34m] of a €7m 'top-up' investment from its new chief executive, James B. Gambrell, backed by its major investors. The management buy-in comprises new m... |
| 11.06.2014 | Virtual fitting room company Fits.me appoints chief executive to drive expansion and growth | London, UK – June 11th 2014 – Fits.me, the leading virtual fitting room solutions provider, has appointed a new chief executive, James Gambrell, to expand the company into a global solutions provider for the world’s top apparel retailers. H... |
| 17.04.2013 | Fits.me Closes $7.2M Series A To “Aggressively Expand” Its Virtual Fitting Room Tech In Europe, Start Prepping For U.S. Push | Try-for-size-before-you buy virtual fitting room startup Fits.me has closed a €5.5 million ($7.2 million) Series A round. It’s not all new money — we covered the first €1.5 million tranche, back in January 2012 — but the startup has now add... |
| 08.10.2012 | Estonian Accelerator Startup Wise Guys Secures €1M Deal For Alumni Teams | Tallinn-based tech accelerator Startup Wise Guys – yes, really – has struck a useful deal for the alumni companies that pass through its programme. It’s secured a deal with a venture investor SmartCap, an Estonian based VC, where it will co... |
| - | LOGIN Startup Fair 2017 Calling Startups
| We invite all the startups to participate in the LOGIN Startup Fair on May 24-25 in Vilnius Tech Park, one of the biggest startup events not only in Baltics but in Central and Eastern Europe.
We stongly encourage you to exhibit your company... |