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.

Romania's consolidated general budget execution for the first four months of 2026 ended with a significantly reduced deficit of RON 23.95 billion (€4.79 billion), representing 1.17% of GDP, compared to a deficit of 2.92% of GDP recorded in the same period of 2025.
The EU employed 3.4 million people with information and communication technology (ICT) education in 2025, representing a 5.1% increase from 3.2 million in 2024.
Premier Restaurants Romania, the operator of McDonald's restaurants in Romania, has launched a national recruitment campaign as part of its expansion plans. The company aims to create over 500 new jobs in 2026, with more than 1,400 positions planned over the next three years.
The judicial liquidator Biriș Goran Insolvență has announced the public auction of an industrial platform covering 24,628 sqm of land and 16,494 sqm of buildings on Calea Griviței, Bucharest.
Romanian travellers are turning the 1 June long weekend into an early-summer getaway moment, according to Kiwi.com booking data.