Choice raises €6.6 million to expand restaurant AI platform in CEE
Restaurant technology startup Choice has secured €6.6 million in new funding and is accelerating its expansion across CEE, including Romania, where it entered in 2025.
Restaurant technology startup Choice has secured €6.6 million in new funding and is accelerating its expansion across CEE, including Romania, where it entered in 2025.
Early Game Ventures (EGV) has announced a new seed investment of €1.5 million in the startup YOX, a job marketplace that uses AI to streamline the hiring process.
Romanian startup investment fund Early Game Ventures (EGV) has announced a new seed investment of €1 million in the space-tech startup Orbital Matter.
The West Region is opening a new chapter with the signing of an agreement for the first regional investment accelerator, an initiative by the West Regional Development Agency (ADR Vest).
Medicai, a local health-tech startup specializing in cloud-native medical imaging, is expanding its presence in the US market, backed by an investment of approximately €200,000.
BraveX Aero, a Cluj-based startup specialising in industrial drones, has secured €315,000 in funding from investors in the Transylvania Angels Network.
Fil Rouge Capital (FRC) has announced the launch of its latest €60 million venture capital fund (FRC3) and is officially expanding its operations into Romania.
This year should be a much better year for tech startup funding, after 2023 was the worst in nearly a decade.

Romanian airline Anima Wings has attracted three institutional investors as shareholders. The company signed deals with BT Asset Management, part of BT Financial Group, Winners Holding Investments and Evergent Investments.
BCR Group recorded a net profit of €118 million in Q1 2026, down 21% versus the same period of last year.
PPC and PPC blue Romania have secured €3.42 million in European funding through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for installing fast charging stations across Romania and Greece.
The Romanian leu depreciated on Thursday against the euro, which was calculated by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) at RON 5.1417, up 0.8% from the previous rate, recording a new historic low for the local currency.
Premier Energy has begun construction of its 200 MW/400 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project near Iași, Romania. The total development and construction cost is estimated at €75 million.