Innovation Map: The top 60+ FinTech startups in CEE

The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region has witnessed a remarkable surge in fintech startups and companies in recent years, bringing about a financial industry revolution and transforming how individuals handle their finances. Notably, Bulgarian fintech companies alone recorded revenue surpassing $800 million in 2021, with expectations of further growth in the coming years.

These innovative companies offer a diverse array of products and services, encompassing digital banking, expenses management, e-commerce, peer-to-peer lending, payment processing, and more, spanning various verticals.
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Tribute Brand
Location: Zagreb, Croatia

Solution: Tribute Brand is an online marketplace for buying and selling fashion-focused NFTs. It is a B2C digital fashion brand producing 3D-designed digital goods for use across the photo, AR/VR, gaming & the metaverse. It also develops software and applications for the new digital fashion economy and collaborates with luxury fashion brands.

Unloc
Location: Wroclaw, Poland

Solution: Uloc is a financial products and consumer services platform on Solana that aims to provide NFT holders with better rights and more opportunities in Web3 than are afforded to owners of art, collectibles and property in Web2 or the real world.

EnterDAO
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Solution: EnterDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization for crypto-based product development. The organization allows users to build core products LandWorks which enables period-based renting of land in Web3 metaverse games.

MultiversX (Elrond)
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Location: Bucharest, Romania

Solution: Elrond is a highly scalable, fast and secure blockchain platform for distributed apps, enterprise use cases and the new internet economy. Recently the startup rebranded itself MultiversX to reflect its pivot to Metaverse exploration.


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