Startups

Ecosystem

Female Founders Summit Highlights Women’s Influence in Startup World

The Female Founders Summit, held in Tallinn in partnership with the Womenture Project on May 22 - spotlighted women's rising...

Incubators

Equalizer Foundation Launches Mentorship Program Powered by Morgan Stanley

Equalizer Foundation (Egyenlítő Alapítvány) is launching the next edition of its mentorship program, powered by Morgan Stanley, aimed at helping...

Ecosystem

Visegrád Countries Making Their Mark on Innovation Ecosystem

V4 startups are not only thriving domestically but are also making their mark internationally, entering the global innovation scene....

Competition

Significant Drop in FinTech Investments Recorded Last Year: This Competition Provides New Opportunity for Innovative Startups With Prizes up to EUR 10,000

More than 2,500 attendees will hear brilliant ideas from the top 10 teams at the Money Motion conference in Zagreb,...

Ecosystem

Womenture Looking to Boost Female Entrepreneurship

The Womenture project is looking to empower innovation agencies and accelerators to encourage partnerships to boost female entrepreneurship while broadening...

Ecosystem

Finance Ministry Expects 3-4% GDP Growth in 2024

Hungary’s economy is expected to grow by 3-4% in 2024, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga told a meeting of the...

Ecosystem

Fewer Companies Plan to Invest, DUIHK Survey Finds

The latest survey of business sentiment conducted by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK) shows fewer companies have...

Ecosystem

Subsidy Scheme Aids Over 1,000 Small Business Startups

A HUF 6 billion subsidy scheme launched by the government in the summer has helped Hungarians launch 1,040 small businesses,...

Incubators

Gov’t Relaunches Subsidy Scheme for Startup Incubators

Hungary's National R&D&I Office has relaunched a program to fund startup incubators with an allocation of around HUF 5 billion,...

Competition

Coca-Cola HBC, Mate Launch Coffee Grounds Recycling Contest

Coca-Cola HBC Hungary and the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences (Mate) joined forces to comprehensively investigate the coffee...

New Projects

Lazy Felix Promises an end to Downloading to Upload

Serial entrepreneur András Györfi recently launched the browser extension Lazy Felix, which received its second round of funding from Hiventures...

Competition

GVH Ramps up Booking Services Investigation

Hungary’s Competition Authority (GVH) has launched an accelerated investigation into the domestic market for online accommodation booking and accommodation services...

New Projects

IBar Startup Receives HUF 170 mln Investment

IBar, a startup company in the hospitality industry developing mobile applications for restaurants, pizzerias, bars, nightclubs and hotels, has acquired...

New Projects

Photon Aids Wolt Vienna With AI

In collaboration with Photon, Wolt, the food delivery platform entered the Austrian market this year. Photon is responsible for taking...

Ecosystem

Hiventures Invests HUF 365 mln in Access4you

Access4you, which certifies building accessibility for people with disabilities, has received a HUF 365 million injection from Hiventures, the venture...

Competition

EIT Health InnoStars Awards: A Helping Hand for Hungarian Healthtech Innovators

The CEE region has never been short of startup talent, but when it comes to healthcare, gaining access to real...

Startups

Hungarian Software Firm Bobcats Coding Expands to U.S. After Strong Debut Year

Hungarian software development company Bobcats Coding is making the rare leap from a local startup to a global player, expanding...

Startups

From Vienna to the World: ViennaUP 2025 Takes the Region by Storm

Some 15,000 participants from 95 countries turned the Austrian capital into a buzzing global startup hub once again this year,...

Startups

Vienna Back in the Saddle With Major European Startup Festival

Between May 8-16, Vienna will once again become a stage for the boldest ideas in innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity, thanks...

Startups

ViennaUP 2025 Startup Festival Returns as a Global Innovation Magnet

ViennaUP, one of Europe’s largest and most diverse startup festivals, is set to return this year with a nine-day innovation...

Startups

Fintech Startup Lightyear Secures Strategic Partnership With Petya Balogh

Lightyear, a fintech startup focused on investment education and financial technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Hungarian entrepreneur and...

Startups

Carbon Footprint Reduction Startup Goes Global, Backed by STRT Portfolio

A Hungarian startup specializing in reducing the carbon footprint of digital marketing activities, including websites and email campaigns, has secured...

Startups

Startup Looking to Support 1,000s of Agricultural Professionals

This fall, Hungarian startup Agrolynx is debuting its innovative agricultural software, which has the potential to simplify the daily work...

Competition, Startups

Econverse Budapest: 1st International Startup Competition to Empower Student Entrpreneurs

Are you ready to turn your entrepreneurial dreams into reality? International startup competition Econverse Budapest offers young innovators in Hungary...

Startups

PastPay Raises EUR 12 mln to Fuel Expansion Across European Markets

PastPay has secured EUR 12 million in Series A funding, the largest for a B2B buy now, pay later provider...

Startups

Denxpert Secures EUR 1 mln in Seed Funding

Denxpert, a Hungarian startup specializing in environmental, health, safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) software, received a significant investment of EUR 1...

New Projects

Everguest Unveils AI-Driven Tourism Solution, Attracting International Interest

Hungarian tourism startup Everguest is looking to revolutionize the tourism and hospitality sectors by leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance operations...

Competition

Project Avatar Wins Solve for Tomorrow 2024

The 2024 Solve for Tomorrow competition concluded with the Alternative Secondary School of the Budapest School of Economics' Project Avatar...

Ecosystem

Nearly 100 Hungarian SMEs Join Int’l Health Innovation Circuit

Over the past six months, more than 90 Hungarian SMEs have had the opportunity to showcase their healthcare innovations on...

Ecosystem

ViennaUP 2024: Thousands of Startups Take Over Vienna

International startup festival in the Austrian capital attracts over 10,000, with almost 70% arriving from abroad, organizers tell the Budapest...

EIT Health InnoStars Awards: A Helping Hand for Hungarian Healthtech Innovators

The CEE region has never been short of startup talent, but when it comes to healthcare, gaining access to real...

Hungarian Software Firm Bobcats Coding Expands to U.S. After Strong Debut Year

Hungarian software development company Bobcats Coding is making the rare leap from a local startup to a global player, expanding...

From Vienna to the World: ViennaUP 2025 Takes the Region by Storm

Some 15,000 participants from 95 countries turned the Austrian capital into a buzzing global startup hub once again this year,...

Vienna Back in the Saddle With Major European Startup Festival

Between May 8-16, Vienna will once again become a stage for the boldest ideas in innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity, thanks...

ViennaUP 2025 Startup Festival Returns as a Global Innovation Magnet

ViennaUP, one of Europe’s largest and most diverse startup festivals, is set to return this year with a nine-day innovation...

Fintech Startup Lightyear Secures Strategic Partnership With Petya Balogh

Lightyear, a fintech startup focused on investment education and financial technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Hungarian entrepreneur and...

Carbon Footprint Reduction Startup Goes Global, Backed by STRT Portfolio

A Hungarian startup specializing in reducing the carbon footprint of digital marketing activities, including websites and email campaigns, has secured...

Startup Looking to Support 1,000s of Agricultural Professionals

This fall, Hungarian startup Agrolynx is debuting its innovative agricultural software, which has the potential to simplify the daily work...

Econverse Budapest: 1st International Startup Competition to Empower Student Entrpreneurs

Are you ready to turn your entrepreneurial dreams into reality? International startup competition Econverse Budapest offers young innovators in Hungary...

PastPay Raises EUR 12 mln to Fuel Expansion Across European Markets

PastPay has secured EUR 12 million in Series A funding, the largest for a B2B buy now, pay later provider...

Denxpert Secures EUR 1 mln in Seed Funding

Denxpert, a Hungarian startup specializing in environmental, health, safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) software, received a significant investment of EUR 1...

Everguest Unveils AI-Driven Tourism Solution, Attracting International Interest

Hungarian tourism startup Everguest is looking to revolutionize the tourism and hospitality sectors by leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance operations...

Project Avatar Wins Solve for Tomorrow 2024

The 2024 Solve for Tomorrow competition concluded with the Alternative Secondary School of the Budapest School of Economics' Project Avatar...

Nearly 100 Hungarian SMEs Join Int’l Health Innovation Circuit

Over the past six months, more than 90 Hungarian SMEs have had the opportunity to showcase their healthcare innovations on...

ViennaUP 2024: Thousands of Startups Take Over Vienna

International startup festival in the Austrian capital attracts over 10,000, with almost 70% arriving from abroad, organizers tell the Budapest...