Startup directory in Europe
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Answear.com
Answear.com is a Krakow-based online fashion retailer founded in 2011 that sells apparel, footwear, and accessories from over 500 international brands across Central and Eastern Europe. The company operates in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine, and went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2021. Answear focuses on mid-to-premium fashion with strong logistics and localization for each market. It has become one of the leading multi-brand fashion e-commerce platforms in CEE, competing with Zalando and About You in the region.
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Anyfin
Anyfin is a Stockholm-based fintech founded in 2017 that helps consumers cut the cost of their existing loans and credit-card debt by refinancing them at lower rates, using a photo of a statement and data-driven credit assessment. It has expanded from Sweden into Finland, Norway and Germany with a focus on reducing borrowing costs rather than lending more.
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Anyline
Anyline is a Vienna-based computer vision company founded in 2013 that provides mobile OCR and scanning SDK technology, enabling smartphones and tablets to read text, barcodes, IDs, license plates, and meter readings using the device camera. The company serves enterprise clients in energy, logistics, government, and automotive, with deployments in over 100 countries. Anyline has raised approximately $20 million and partners with organizations like the US Department of Homeland Security. It is a standout Austrian deep-tech company that turned on-device AI scanning into a scalable B2B platform.
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Aphea.Bio
Aphea.Bio develops microbial-based biological crop solutions that replace synthetic pesticides and fertilisers — biostimulants, biofungicides, bioherbicides and bioinsecticides — using its proprietary APEXbio™ platform. The technology was spun out of research at Ghent University, KU Leuven and VIB. Co-founded in 2017 by Isabel Vercauteren (CEO) and Steven Vandenabeele, the company raised a €70 M Series C in July 2023 backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, SFPIM, BNP Paribas Fortis and Innovation Industries. In 2025 it secured a VLAIO grant to launch its TRANSCEND platform screening 5,000 proprietary microorganism candidates. Aphea.Bio holds B Corp certification and is a Ghent biotech hub anchor.
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Apify
Apify turns the web into an API by providing a platform where developers build and monetize “actors” that extract data from websites. It has become a critical part of the AI data supply chain, powering scraping, monitoring, and automation at scale. The company bootstrapped to profitability before raising capital and maintains a strong open developer ecosystem. By 2026, Apify is a global leader in web automation infrastructure.
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Aptamedica
Aptamedica is a Warsaw-based medtech startup developing a real-time, point-of-care therapeutic drug monitoring platform for intensive and critical care. Its core product, AptaSense, is a bedside analyzer that uses single-use, aptamer-based (DNA biosensor) test strips to measure blood concentrations of antibiotics such as vancomycin, gentamicin and amikacin, plus the sepsis biomarker procalcitonin, returning results in roughly one minute from a venous sample — removing the need to send samples to a central lab and enabling immediate, precise dosing. The platform extends beyond the handheld analyzer: AptaFlow integrates into haemodialysis circuits for continuous real-time drug monitoring, while AptaSoft is an AI-assisted dosing tool aimed at neonatal care. New analytes such as troponin and digoxin are in the development pipeline and can be added via software. Founded by Maciej Łach, Mateusz Fil and Kamil Pawełkiewicz, the company is at prototype stage and has taken part in Polish innovation programmes including Warsaw Booster and the Mother and Child Startup Challenge; no external funding round has been publicly disclosed to date.
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Aptoide
Independent alternative Android app store and distribution platform with 430M+ users and 1M+ apps, one of the largest Android stores globally, with an AppCoins crypto rewards layer. Founded 2009.
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Aqemia
Aqemia is a Paris-based pharmatech company building an AI-driven drug discovery platform that combines quantum-inspired physics and machine learning to generate and prioritise novel drug candidates at scale. Founded in 2019 by quantum physics researcher Maximilien Levesque and former BCG consultant Emmanuelle Martiano, the company aims to design new molecules faster and cheaper than traditional methods. It raised a 60M euro Series A and later a $38M round led by Cathay Innovation in December 2024, bringing total funding past $100 million as it moves toward clinical trials and global expansion, including a London office.
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AQUILE
AQUILE LTD, based in the village of Brestnik near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, owns and operates the Wingrain brand of healthy, crunchy snack products aimed at health-conscious consumers. The company is co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds under Bulgaria's Innovation and Competitiveness operational programme through an investment from Morningside Hill Capital Management.
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Araris Biotech
Araris Biotech is a Basel-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded in 2020 as a spin-out from the Paul Scherrer Institute and ETH Zurich. The company develops a proprietary antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) linker technology that enables precise attachment of cytotoxic payloads to standard, unmodified antibodies for targeted cancer therapy — unlike conventional ADC approaches that require chemical modification of the antibody itself. This plug-and-play technology gives pharma partners a faster, cleaner path to next-generation ADC cancer treatments. Araris raised a CHF 36 million Series A in 2023 led by V-Bio Ventures, with participation from Novartis Venture Fund and Pfizer Ventures. The company represents Switzerland's strength in precision medicine and its deep integration between academic research institutes and commercially focused biotech.
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Arbio
Arbio Group is a Berlin-based proptech company that operates an AI-native operating system for managing short-term rentals and serviced apartments across Europe. It combines full-stack property management services with technology to automate core operations including dynamic pricing optimisation, guest communication, accounting, and distribution across booking platforms, while keeping human oversight for hospitality quality. The company has grown partly through strategic acquisitions of existing property-management portfolios, and serves property owners and managers across the DACH region and beyond.
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Arcads
Arcads is an AI-powered platform for creating video advertisements, primarily UGC-style ads featuring AI actors and avatars. Users provide a script, choose or customise an avatar, and the platform generates polished video ads with localisation across 30+ languages. It targets performance marketers, direct-to-consumer brands, and marketing agencies. Founded in 2024 by Dylan Fournier and Romain Torres, the company raised a $16 million seed round in December 2025 led by Eurazeo and said it was already profitable, with more than half of its users based in the United States.
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Ardoq
Ardoq is an Oslo-based cloud-native Enterprise Architecture SaaS platform founded in 2013. It helps large organisations map, analyse and manage their technology portfolios, enabling data-driven digital transformation decisions. Clients include Carlsberg, Condé Nast and the US Federal Communications Commission. The company raised $125 million in a Series D round led by EQT Growth in March 2022, bringing total funding to $159 million at a $300 million valuation. In 2025 it launched an AI governance module to help enterprises oversee AI adoption risk, and appointed a new Chief Revenue Officer to accelerate North American expansion.
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Ark Climate
Provides software that helps municipalities plan, coordinate and measure climate-protection efforts, integrating energy and emissions data so urban planners can track progress toward climate-neutrality goals. Works with 40+ German cities.
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Aroma Global 3
Aroma Global 3 d.o.o., based in Zagreb, produces and sells 100% natural, handmade gelato and sorbets under the aROMA brand, with packaging and store design inspired by 1960s Italian "La Dolce Vita" style that has won a Red Dot design award. The company runs gelato shops as well as an aROMA Academy and gelato tours, offering dairy-based gelato, water-based sorbets, biscotti, affogato and gelato frappe. It is backed by Croatian investor Prosperus Invest and has received EU regional development co-financing.
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Artificial
Artificial, operating as Artificial Labs, provides digital broking and underwriting technology for the specialty and commercial insurance markets, with a focus on the Lloyd's of London and global wholesale London market. Its two primary products are Smart Underwriting, a digital underwriting platform helping carriers deploy capital on lead and follow risks, and Smart Placement, placement-strategy tooling for brokers. Reported partners include Apollo, PPL, Lockton, Convex, Chaucer, and BMS Group. Headquartered in London, the company raised a $45M Series B in February 2026 to fund global expansion.
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ARX Robotics
ARX Robotics is a Munich-based defence technology company building autonomous mobile robotics and digitalisation platforms for European armed forces, founded by former German Bundeswehr officers. Its products include the Gereon RCS tracked reconnaissance robot, the Hector autonomous wheeled platform, and Mithra OS, a software system for modernising existing military vehicle fleets. The company positions itself around strengthening Europe's technological resilience and sovereignty in defence. In 2025 it expanded its Series A round to a total of 42 million euro, with backers including HV Capital, Omnes Capital, the NATO Innovation Fund, Project A and Speedinvest.
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Aseto
Aseto is a Cyprus-based artificial intelligence startup specialising in speech recognition, speech-to-text technology, and machine learning model development. The company was a gold partner of the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, with its machine learning engineer among the event's confirmed speakers presenting on STT model research. Aseto develops AI-powered voice and audio processing tools targeting enterprise clients and developer teams.
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asgoodasnew
asgoodasnew is a Frankfurt-based re-commerce platform specializing in professionally refurbished consumer electronics including smartphones, laptops, tablets, and wearables. Founded in 2012, the company offers devices graded by condition with up to 30-month warranties, providing a trusted alternative to buying new. asgoodasnew handles its own refurbishment and quality assurance processes in-house, differentiating it from pure marketplace models. The company has grown steadily in the German and European market and is part of the broader circular-economy movement alongside Back Market and refurbed, helping reduce electronic waste across Europe.
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Aspora
Aspora, formerly known as Vance, is a cross-border banking and remittance fintech for the Indian diaspora, primarily serving non-resident Indians sending money to India. It offers international money transfers at live mid-market exchange rates, alongside expanding products including currency savings accounts, bill payments, and mutual-fund investing, with further banking, credit, and insurance services planned. The company launched as Vance in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch and rebranded to Aspora in April 2025. It is headquartered in London with additional offices in Bengaluru and Dubai.
