Country: Croatia

The Recursive

How Croatia Is Rewriting the Tech Transfer Playbook (of the Region)

Europe is all-in on technological sovereignty. That means a big bet on deep tech — the startups born from heavy-duty science, the ones trying to solve […]
May 27th, 2026
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Vedran Blagus Joins LAUNCHub Ventures

The Western Balkans, once a whisper in the global startup conversation, are finding their voice. With countries like Croatia producing unicorns such as Infobip and Rimac […]
May 26th, 2026
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The Recursive CEE Forum: We Don't Need More Talk About "Potentials"

The Recursive CEE Forum 2026 returned to ViennaUP with a clear thesis: CEE doesn’t need more talk about potential — it needs more cross-border execution. Building […]
May 25th, 2026
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Inflammaging in Clinical Practice: GlycanAge’s New Data

Inflammaging in Clinical Practice: Bringing the Science to Clinicians Two decades before longevity became a venture-backed category, Gordan Lauc, a leading professor of biochemistry and molecular […]
March 30th, 2026
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Will European Robotaxi Dream Survive Its Own Hype?

The reveal of Verne almost two years ago, a Croatian bet on urban autonomous mobility, still feels fresh to me. It was a glimpse into the […]
March 28th, 2026
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How Machines Absorb Cultural Heritage (And What Gets Lost in Translation)

An AI confidently declares that Nikola Tesla was Serbian. Prompt the same model in Croatian, and Tesla becomes Croatian. Both answers arrive with perfect grammar. Neither […]
March 26th, 2026
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Wonderful Raises $150M Series B at $2B Valuation for Enterprise AI Agent Platform

Croatian-cofounded Wonderful has raised a $150 million (€128 million) Series B round led by Insight Partners, reaching a $2B valuation just eight months after emerging from […]
March 12th, 2026
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Defense Giant Rheinmetall to Acquire Croatian DOK-ING in a Record M&A for Regional Defense

Rheinmetall AG, the Düsseldorf-based defence technology group, has acquired a 51% majority stake in Zagreb-headquartered DOK-ING, a specialist in uncrewed ground systems for mine clearance and […]
March 4th, 2026
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Eastern Europe’s Venture Market Holds Steady at €3.6B in 2025 as Deal Count Falls

Eastern Europe attracted €3.6 billion in venture capital across 1,034 transactions in 2025, accounting for 5.5% of total European VC investment despite representing roughly one-third of […]
February 23rd, 2026
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