A Shifting Landscape: CEE Tech in 2024–2025 as the Region Enters Its Next Chapter
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) tech ecosystem, as highlighted in Dealroom’s CEE Startups 2025 report, reveals a sector experiencing both resilience and recalibration. Much like other global tech markets, the past two years have been marked by a “two-speed” dynamic—strong early-stage momentum coupled with tightening conditions in late-stage funding. Despite macroeconomic strain, geopolitical instability, […]
Croatia’s Investment Rebound in 2024: Strong Momentum, Conservative Statistics, and Untapped Potential
“The latest Invest Europe 2024 Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Statistics confirm that private equity and venture capital activity in Central and Eastern Europe has rebounded strongly, with total investment in the region rising to €2.83 billion in 2024 as market confidence returns. Croatia is part of this positive trend, but it is important […]
BlackPeak Capital exits euShipments.com as Austrian Post acquires majority stake in regional e-commerce logistics leader
Austrian Post has agreed to acquire a 70% stake in euShipments.com, the leading integrated cross-border delivery and fulfilment provider in Southeast and Eastern Europe. The transaction marks a significant milestone for BlackPeak Capital, representing the first successful exit from its Southeast Europe Growth Equity Fund I (2021), following a four-year partnership focused on building a […]
Feelsgood Capital portfolio company Juicy Marbles launches Kinda Salmon, expanding alternative seafood collaboration with Revo Foods
Building on the success of their ongoing partnership, cult-favourite Slovenian meat alternative startup Juicy Marbles has introduced Kinda Salmon, a fermentation-derived salmon fillet developed together with Austria’s Revo Foods. The launch marks the second seafood product unveiled by the partners in the last two months and reinforces Juicy Marbles’ strategy of collaborating with leading animal-free […]
Provectus Capital Partners portfolio company Arsano Medical Group acquires Prima Nova, expanding specialist healthcare services in the Adria region
Arsano Medical Group, the largest and fastest-growing private healthcare group in the Adria region and a portfolio company of Provectus Capital Partners (PCP), has completed the acquisition of Prima Nova, a leading specialised polyclinic focused on occupational medicine, sports medicine and preventive healthcare services. The transaction marks another important milestone in Arsano Medical Group’s strategy […]
Annual General Assembly Meeting 2025
On 4 February 2025, the Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA) held its Annual General Assembly Meeting of members, followed by the constitutive meeting of the newly elected Management Board, at the Hotel Esplanade Zagreb and via Zoom video conference. CVCA membership, as of the day of the Assembly, included 20 regular members, […]
Europe’s investment elite gather to drive innovation and growth
The LP-GP Networking Event 2024, 9 – 11 October, brought together Europe’s private equity and venture capital elite in the scenic city of Dubrovnik. This invitation-only event, hosted by the Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA), catered to a select group of leading fund managers (GPs) and end-investors (LPs), whose collective assets under […]
BestInvest.hr brings together Croatian investors worth over three billion euros with awards for best investments in fast-growing and innovative companies
At the annual BestInvest Croatia conference, organised by the Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA) and held on 12 June 2024 at Hotel Westin, Zagreb, the annual awards for the best investments in fast-growing companies and startups, i.e., the best private equity and venture capital (PE&VC) investments, were presented. In the categories, the Founder of […]
Annual General Assembly Meeting & Xmas Networking Drinks 2023
On 13 December 2023, the Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA) held the General Assembly Meeting of its members, followed by the Management Board meeting and Xmas Networking Drinks. CVCA membership includes 18 regular members, fund managers of private equity, venture capital and mezzanine funds with headquarters or representative offices in Croatia who […]
Croatian Venture Capital Initiative 2 (CVCi 2)
In a pivotal development for Croatia’s entrepreneurial landscape, the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds of the Republic of Croatia joined forces in September 2023 to ink a groundbreaking funding agreement. This agreement marked the inception of the Croatian Venture Capital Initiative 2 (CVCi 2), an ambitious EUR […]