Over €2 billion grant funding in Q1 2025 for investments in start-ups
The authorities are preparing to launch more than 15 separate funding lines, with allocations ranging from €50,000 to more than €57M.
The authorities are preparing to launch more than 15 separate funding lines, with allocations ranging from €50,000 to more than €57M.
The total value of the investment amounted to RON 7.788.593,26, of which 70% represents European funds, which was successfully attracted by the REI Grup team.
InvestALIM results: out of a total of 37 companies - eight are projects successfully managed by the REI team.
The Modernisation Fund, Regional Programmes, Rural Development - Agriculture and Start-up Nation 2024 receive the largest allocations. Financial support ranges from €20,000 to over €57 million.
The Ministry of Finance is preparing a new state aid scheme for investments, similar to GD 807/2014: annual budget is estimated at €150 million.

Banca Transilvania Group has entered the exchange-traded fund market by launching the BT Index Romania ETF BET-TR, managed by BT Asset Management.
Romania's annual inflation rate will increase and remain at higher levels than previously forecast during March-June 2026, according to the minutes from the National Bank of Romania's monetary policy meeting held in early April.
Hidroelectrica has signed a contract for €8.7 million in non-reimbursable financing from the Modernisation Fund to implement a battery storage facility at the Porțile de Fier II hydroelectric plant.
Romanian awareness of sustainable construction concepts reaches 86%, significantly above the European average of 69%, according to the barometer published by Saint-Gobain's Observatory for Sustainable Construction.
Romania's job market in Q1 2026 showed a significant imbalance between supply and demand, with applications on OLX Locuri de Muncă rising 10.6% to 2.62 million whilst total job postings dropped 43.1% to 41,221 compared to the same period in 2025.