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.

The EU unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.0% in 2025, up from 5.9% in 2024, according to new data covering people aged 15-74 in the labour force, according to Eurostat.
Romanians spent €63 million in cinemas in 2025, a record level for the local market, reflecting a 7% increase compared with 2024, while the number of admissions remained stable at 11.2 million, according to data from the Romanian Film Center analysed by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
The rapid development of online commerce in recent years has transformed locker networks from an alternative delivery solution into an essential component of Romania's logistics infrastructure, according to representatives of Keba Romania, a provider of infrastructure and technology solutions for logistics, banking services and electric mobility.
Romania's National Commission for Strategy and Prognosis (CNSP) has cut its 2026 economic growth forecast by 0.9 percentage points to just 0.1%, down from the previous 1% projection, citing current macroeconomic conditions.
Enexus, a renewable energy development and construction company, entered 2026 with 210 MW under active construction across Romania, while securing an additional 195 MW pipeline with an estimated value of approximately €150 million.