Vestbee Winter Pitch, held in December, marked the second edition of the pitching program, which connects European startups with leading global investors. Organized by Vestbee, Europe’s premier platform for startups, VC funds, accelerators, and corporates, and powered by HubSpot for Startups, the program attracted over 1000 applicants. From this pool, 50 startups were selected to engage with venture capitalists and business angels, including Molten Ventures, 500 Global, Eleven Ventures, OTB Ventures, KAYA VC, Creandum, Flyer One Ventures, Elevator Ventures, Karista, HEARTFELT_.
Here we share the list of top 50 must-follow startups from Vestbee Winter Pitch:
- ablute is a Portuguese startup that develops automated healthcare diagnostic solutions integrated into everyday devices. Its smart toilet with an integrated urinalysis device enables frequent and convenient health monitoring.
- Agile Loop, a London-based company, builds an AI foundation model enabling computers to perform tasks on any software via human language prompts. Its technology powers custom AI agents and simplifies web and software interactions.
- AHILAB, a London-based startup, develops an app that connects advertisers with Generative AI applications and GPTs. The platform allows businesses to monetize AI-generated content by running targeted promotional campaigns to drive leads and sales.
- Autonomous Minds, a Vilnius-based stealth startup, is building a no-code platform where AI co-workers take over administrative and management tasks. The platform aims to enhance efficiency by replacing manual tool execution with semi-autonomous AI, driving productivity beyond 100x.
- Axiology is a Vilnius-based company that offers a DLT-based trading and settlement system for tokenized securities, aiming to disrupt the EU bond market. It enables retail investors to easily buy and sell bonds through a simplified, cost-effective process.
- Banani AI, a Ukrainian-founded and Lyon-based startup develops an AI-powered tool that enables users to quickly generate interactive and editable UI designs from text descriptions, even without design skills. The platform offers fast customization, multi-screen prototypes, and easy sharing or exporting of designs in various formats.
- Biohifas is a Lithuanian biotech startup that uses mycelium to transform industrial side streams into food-grade substrates. It focuses on solid-state fermentation, side-stream processing, and raw material conservation.
- Boost.space is a Prague-based startup that connects and centralizes data from various cloud tools to create a unified business database. It helps companies manage their data more effectively, improving sales and marketing results through better organization and analysis.
- Cargofy, a Ukrainian-founded startup, offers an AI-driven logistics platform that streamlines truck-to-load matching, trip coordination, and delivery tracking. It enables trucking companies to find tenders, automatically book loads, and optimize fleet operations for greater efficiency and fewer empty miles.
- clone:it, a German company, develops a BIM-based 3D project management app for construction sites. It uses augmented reality to compare designs with built structures, facilitates documentation, and integrates tools for 3D modelling, scanning, and data management.
- Cognitiwe is a Tallinn-based firm that provides a Predictive Vision AI platform that helps fresh food retailers analyze shelf stocks for freshness, stock levels, and sales performance.
- Crosscheck is a Ukrainian-founded company that provides an AI-powered platform to help businesses manage sustainability compliance and certifications. Its tools simplify processes, enhance transparency, and meet global compliance standards.
- CulturePulse, a Bratislava-based firm, uses AI to analyze complex social dynamics and streamline decision-making processes. Its ARES platform provides rapid, data-driven insights to enhance strategies in corporate, academic, and governmental sectors.
- DataWhisper, based in London, provides safe and compliant AI agent solutions for Fintech and Payments through a low-code, visual platform. Its SmartInsights tool enables businesses to create AI workflows with real-time compliance monitoring, ensuring transparency, risk management, and regulatory alignment.
- DUUABL, a Tallinn-based company, is a digital platform that connects businesses with construction and repair taskers, providing technology-driven solutions for efficient operations. It equips taskers with digital tools to manage their work, boosting transparency and scalability in the construction industry.
- Elmo, an Estonian company, develops and operates teledriven car-sharing services using 4G remote-controlled vehicle technology. The system enables contactless car delivery, optimizing fleet efficiency while reducing personnel costs and emissions.
- f3nice is an Oslo-based startup that produces metal powder for additive manufacturing using 100% recycled scrap, reducing CO₂ emissions by up to 75%. The startup focuses on creating a circular economy by transforming high-value metal waste into sustainable feedstock for industrial use.
- Fideum is a London-based fintech startup that provides end-to-end, regulatory-compliant blockchain infrastructure to drive digital transformation for financial institutions, banks, and SMEs. Supported by Mastercard Europe, it helps organizations explore, develop, and capitalize on digital assets.
- FleetFox, based in Tallinn, is a fleet servicing marketplace designed to optimize operations for large B2B fleets. It offers services like car washing, relocation, light maintenance, and damage inspections in 11 cities across six countries, helping fleets lower costs and improve efficiency.
- HalloSophia is an Austrian startup that offers a platform for AI systems to involve human experts in complex tasks. It integrates with existing tools for seamless AI-to-expert collaboration.
- hiPets, a Warsaw-based company, creates a mobile and web app that simplifies booking pet-related services, including vet visits and pet sitting.
- Impli, a London-based biotechnology company, develops a biosensing platform that monitors key hormone levels during IVF. The device uses NFC technology to provide real-time readings on smartphones, eliminating the need for frequent blood tests.
- Koios AI, a London-based startup, creates conversational AI systems that use voice analysis to predict personality traits and adapt responses in real time. The platform integrates psychometric insights with contextual information to support applications in customer service, employee engagement, and leadership development.
- Leo CybSec is a London-based cyber security company that offers AI-powered solutions to protect organizations from digital threats. It provides subscription-based packages designed to adapt to businesses of all sizes.
- LynxCraft, a Slovenia-based company, simplifies homebuilding with a cloud-based platform powered by patented algorithmic construction technology. It offers design options, real-time pricing, time forecasts, and connections to contractors and suppliers.
- MELP is a Vilnius-based company that develops an employee engagement platform that helps businesses manage benefits, recognition programs, and communication to boost employee well-being and retention.
- Milluu, a Bucharest-based digital platform, streamlines the apartment rental process by managing everything from listing and tenant selection to contract signing and utility payments. It allows both owners and tenants to complete the entire rental experience online.
- MindOne is a Budapest-based firm that develops an AI-native no-code platform for building applications. It combines the complexity of tools like Bubble with the simplicity of Notion, enabling users to create business logic using natural language.
- Momentum Transfer, a Berlin-based startup, provides accessible synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and advanced materials characterization services. It offers affordable, high-quality data and streamlined access to cutting-edge facilities for materials R&D.
- Motics is a London-based startup focusing on muscle rehabilitation through an innovative approach to engaging and empowering patients. Its Motics Copilot automates clinical note-taking, referral letters, and other administrative tasks, helping healthcare professionals save time.
- mytalents.ai is a Vienna-based AI-powered corporate training platform that offers an automated Course Creator, enabling businesses to create custom learning videos in minutes. It also provides an AI up-skilling platform to enhance employee knowledge and productivity.
- Naco Technologies is a Riga-based company that enhances Green Hydrogen systems with future-proof nano coatings, improving robustness and reducing reliance on critical materials. Its solutions boost performance and lower costs, enabling scalable, industrial-ready hydrogen production.
- Noctua Care, a French medtech startup, offers a digital clinic that provides Digital Therapeutics (DTx) for cardiovascular patients. Its platform guides patients through disease understanding, stress management, diet, physical activity, and finding socio-professional support.
- Photosynthetic, based in Amsterdam, has developed a new microfabrication solution that builds 3D structures using one million light beams controlled by a proprietary algorithm. This solution enables faster printing speeds than current methods while maintaining sub-micron resolution.
- Salesforge is a Tallinn-based startup that develops a sales engagement platform to optimize sales team performance. It automates tasks like cold email outreach and prospecting, enhances multilingual messaging, and uses machine learning to streamline decision-making and improve efficiency.
- SLY is an Italian-founded startup based in California that provides a sensing platform called Treeage to detect fires and industrial gas leaks with precision. Treeage uses AI-powered sensors and software to deliver real-time alerts and environmental monitoring.
- Spendbase, a Ukrainian SaaS management platform, helps IT and finance teams simplify software procurement, automate usage management, and optimize spending. It uncovers shadow IT, identifies unused licenses, and monitors planned versus actual expenses, helping organizations maximize ROI on software investments.
- Sprive is a London-based fintech startup that develops an AI mortgage assistant app to help homeowners manage and pay off their mortgages efficiently. The app identifies overpayment opportunities and ensures users are on optimal mortgage deals.
- StratifAI, a Berlin-based medtech startup, develops AI models that analyze histology images and clinical data to guide oncology treatment decisions. It also supports biopharma research with biomarker identification and customizable tools.
- Telma AI, a Prague-based company, provides AI-driven solutions for automating customer and employee interactions across multiple channels. Their platform enhances efficiency, reduces costs, and enables businesses to drive additional revenue.
- TensorPix is a Zagreb-based startup that offers an online AI-powered video and image quality enhancement platform. It enables users to upscale, enhance, and compress videos and images, all within a web browser, without the need for installation or expensive software.
- Trapi is a UK firm that simplifies integrating travel APIs by connecting frontend and backend systems. It reduces development time and costs by automating UI customization, testing, and documentation for quick API integrations.
- Unbound Potential, a Zurich-based company, develops membrane-less redox flow battery technology for long-term energy storage. It focuses on providing efficient and sustainable solutions for energy storage.
- UncovAI, a Nice-based company, provides a platform for detecting AI-generated text and images using mathematical hypotheses, avoiding resource-heavy deep learning models. It delivers an efficient and sustainable solution for distinguishing generative AI content.
- Upli, a biotech startup based in London, uses biotechnology to improve infant formula by replicating the health benefits of breast milk. It aims to enhance infant nutrition for better health outcomes.
- Walk15 is a Vilnius-based healthcare startup developing a sustainable activity platform offering company step-challenge solutions. It helps organizations boost employee engagement in physical activity, reduce CO2 emissions, and promote sustainability by planting trees based on walking steps.
- Wheel AI, an Amsterdam-based company, offers AI-powered growth solutions for online stores, focusing on affordable digital advertising strategies for smaller budgets. It simplifies the complexities of online advertising, enabling small and medium businesses to grow hassle-free.
- Whyze Health is a Dublin-based medtech startup that connects patients, healthcare providers, and researchers through a secure digital platform. It improves treatments and makes clinical trials more accessible by unifying healthcare data for better patient outcomes.
- xAID, a Spanish healthcare company, offers an AI-powered emergency solution focused on increasing revenue and upsell opportunities through medical imaging, specifically chest and abdomen CT scans.
Previously, we highlighted 10 companies that caught the attention of global investors and pitched their solutions to leading backers.
