Katarzyna Groszkowska & Lisa Palchynska

The AI market faces a global shift, driven by DeepSeek and regulatory frameworks like the EU AI Act and UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan. FIRSTPICK, Roosh Ventures, and J&T Ventures reveal the strategies they’re using to adapt to the rapidly changing AI landscape.

Philippine Horak, Principal at Orange Ventures, and Maximilian Schausberger, Managing Director at Elevator Ventures, shared their insights on the trends and challenges shaping CVC funds in today’s startup ecosystem.

Gerda Mazi Larsson from The Case for Her, Philippa Allen from Calm/Storm Ventures, and Jun Deng from Joyance Partners share their insights on trends and challenges in femtech.

Vestbee has compiled a comprehensive list of the most active CVC funds investing in European startups.

Vestbee compiled a list of the most active investors that back European defence tech startups. The collection includes funds with a clear market focus as well as generalists with investments in defence or dual-use startups over the past two years.

Femtech involves technology-driven solutions for women’s health, including reproductive health and menopause management. We’ve put together an overview of this growing sector and its global and European funding landscape.

The participants from the Estonian cohort —GaltTec, Lobster Robotics, and Revobeam — shared with Vestbee the challenges they faced during the program and the insights they gained to advance the global defence sector.

Vestbee compiled a list of the most active investors that back European companies at the growth stage of their development, which we consider to start from Series B.