Startup directory in Europe
Browse startup organisations across Europe. Each entry links to its country, city, and sector pages.
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Petcube
Pet-tech company founded in Kyiv in 2012 making interactive pet cameras with treat dispensers, GPS trackers and AI safety alerts, plus a Petcube Care subscription and online vet service.
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Pharmacelera
Pharmacelera is a Barcelona-based computational drug discovery company headquartered at the Parc Cientific de Barcelona, combining computer-aided drug design, AI and machine learning, and high-performance computing to explore larger and more diverse chemical space. Its software suite, including PharmScreen, exaScreen, and PharmQSAR, helps pharma and biotech companies with target identification, hit identification, hit-to-lead, and lead optimization by finding novel hits and improving ligand binding properties. Clients referenced on its site include Sanifit Laboratoris and Wren Therapeutics.
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Photomath
Photomath is a Zagreb-founded consumer edtech app that lets students photograph a math problem with their phone camera and get back a step-by-step explanation of how to solve it, from early primary arithmetic all the way up to single-variable calculus. Founded in 2014 by Damir Sabol as an internal demo of a computer-vision OCR system at his company MicroBlink, Photomath became one of the most downloaded education apps in the world, with hundreds of millions of installs across iOS and Android and particularly strong usage in the US, Brazil, and parts of Europe. In 2022 Google acquired Photomath, integrating its solver into Google's broader education products, but the core engineering team continues to operate out of Zagreb, making it one of the most successful consumer tech exits ever achieved from Croatia and a flagship example of how world-class computer vision IP can ship from the Balkans into billions of users' pockets.
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Photoneo
Photoneo is a Bratislava-based robotics and machine-vision company focused on giving industrial automation systems reliable 3D perception in difficult physical environments. Its technology is built for tasks where standard 2D imaging or lower-quality depth sensing breaks down, such as picking mixed objects from bins, sorting items on fast-moving lines, or guiding industrial robots through high-precision work. That makes Photoneo important in the real economy layer of European tech, where better software alone is not enough and the limiting factor is accurate machine perception tied to physical execution. The company therefore sits at the intersection of robotics, manufacturing, logistics, and AI-enabled industrial automation. In ecosystem terms, it is a strong example of Slovak deep-tech with direct relevance to fulfillment, production, and warehouse efficiency across Europe. It also complements other automation businesses in the directory by representing the sensing layer that physical automation depends on before workflow software and robotics orchestration can deliver full value.
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Photoroom
Photoroom is a Paris-based AI company founded in 2019 that builds photo-editing tools which automatically remove and replace image backgrounds and generate product visuals, aimed primarily at e-commerce sellers and marketers. Its app has been downloaded tens of millions of times and it trains its own generative image models. It raised a 43 million dollar Series B round in 2024 led by Balderton Capital and Aglae Ventures.
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Phubber
Phubber is a Tbilisi-based fashion re-commerce marketplace that combines the feed-driven social-shopping pattern popularized by Depop and Vinted with a mixed C2C and small-B2C inventory model tuned for the Caucasus. Buyers browse a scrollable, algorithmically ranked feed of pre-loved and indie-brand apparel; sellers can list in minutes with photos taken directly from the app; and the platform handles payments, local delivery integration, return flows, and dispute mediation so that trust — the usual blocker in peer-to-peer fashion — is not the user's problem. Phubber emerged as a breakout from the 500 Georgia/Eurasia program and is one of the more visible consumer-marketplace experiments coming out of Georgia, where most local tech is still B2B and fintech. It is a useful data point on how social-commerce patterns originally built for Western Gen-Z audiences are being re-implemented for emerging regional markets.
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Phyre
Phyre is a Bulgarian mobile digital wallet offering a free EUR current account opened entirely from a phone, contactless and peer-to-peer payments, Apple Pay support, IBAN transfers, e-vignette purchase, utility bill payment and loyalty-card storage, plus a free virtual Mastercard. In partnership with PB Personal Finance it also offers an instant credit line of up to €2,000, applied for and signed entirely in-app. Payment services are provided via licensed e-money firm Paynetics.
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PhysicsX
PhysicsX applies machine learning and generative AI to advanced engineering simulation across aerospace, automotive, and energy systems. The platform accelerates design loops by reducing simulation time for fluid, thermal, and structural modeling, helping industrial teams move from concept to validation faster.
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Phytoform
Phytoform (Phytoform Labs) is a UK agritech company based in Harpenden, in the Greater London commuter area, using AI and genome editing to develop novel, nature-identical crop traits aimed at making agriculture more resilient and sustainable. It partners with companies to translate scientific discoveries into real-world crop improvements. Phytoform was founded by Dr Will Pelton and Dr Nicolas Kral.
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Picnic
Picnic is a Dutch online supermarket that rebuilt grocery delivery around planned logistics instead of adapting the economics of traditional retail stores. Customers order through an app, while Picnic fulfills from dedicated infrastructure and delivers on optimized neighborhood routes using tightly managed electric vehicles. That routing-first model makes the company structurally different from on-demand marketplaces because it reduces waste, increases drop density, and improves unit economics over time. As a result, Picnic is often discussed less as a consumer app and more as a logistics and software company disguised as a supermarket. It is a useful addition to the directory because it represents a European scale-up that won by controlling operations, data, and delivery cadence rather than by pursuing convenience at any cost. The company also broadens the dataset's coverage of e-commerce and supply-chain innovation, showing how category-defining startups can emerge from dense urban operations and disciplined software-led execution. For founders and investors studying European tech, Picnic is a strong reference case for how operational complexity can become a defensible moat rather than a burden.
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PicsArt
PicsArt is a Yerevan-founded creative platform and photo/video editing suite that has grown into one of the most downloaded creative apps globally, with over 150 million monthly active users. The platform combines AI-powered editing tools, templates, stickers, and a creator community into a mobile-first experience used by casual creators and small businesses alike. Founded in 2011 by Hovhannes Avoyan, PicsArt raised over $130 million and represents Armenia's most prominent consumer technology export, demonstrating that world-class creative tools can be built and scaled from the region.
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Picus Security
Picus Security is an Ankara-founded cybersecurity company that built one of the earliest commercial breach-and-attack simulation (BAS) platforms — software that continuously runs safe, controlled attack techniques against an enterprise's production environment to see which ones are actually detected and blocked by the deployed security stack. Instead of trusting vendor claims, security teams get a measured, MITRE ATT&CK-mapped view of where their SIEM, EDR, firewalls, and email gateways are silently failing. Founded in 2013 by Alper Memiş and Volkan Ertürk, Picus has raised over USD 80 million from Turkvent, Earlybird, and Mastercard Ventures among others, and is regularly named a leader in Gartner's security validation and exposure management categories. It is one of the most internationally credible Turkish cybersecurity companies and a strong example of the region's deep-tech security talent.
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Pigment
Pigment is a Paris-based enterprise planning platform founded in 2019 by Eléonore Crespo and Romain Niccoli, both former Criteo executives. The software enables finance, revenue, and HR teams to build collaborative budgets, forecasts, and scenario models in a flexible, real-time environment that replaces rigid spreadsheet workflows. Pigment has raised over $400 million from investors including ICONIQ Growth, Meritech Capital, and Greenoaks, reaching a valuation above $1.4 billion. The platform serves customers including Figma, Deliveroo, and Webhelp. Pigment is part of a new generation of European enterprise software companies challenging legacy planning tools like Anaplan and Adaptive Planning.
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Pigu / Hobby Hall Group
Pigu / Hobby Hall Group is a Vilnius-headquartered Baltic e-commerce marketplace group operating localized online retail platforms across Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland under brands including Pigu.lt and Hobby Hall. The group sells electronics, home goods, fashion, and sporting equipment, combining marketplace and first-party retail models. It is one of the largest e-commerce operators in the Baltic states, with strong brand recognition and logistics infrastructure tailored to the region. The group competes with Amazon and local players by offering local-language customer service, fast regional delivery, and curated assortments.
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Pikralida
Biotech drug-discovery company developing PKL-021, a small-molecule MMP inhibitor program for acute neuroprotection after stroke and traumatic brain injury, with additional applications in field-ready snakebite treatment.
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Pipedrive
Pipedrive is a sales-focused CRM platform originally founded in 2010 in Tallinn, Estonia by Timo Rein, Urmas Purde, and a team of experienced salespeople and developers. The platform provides an intuitive pipeline-management interface that helps small and mid-sized businesses track deals, automate follow-ups, and forecast revenue. Pipedrive serves over 100,000 paying companies in 175 countries and employs more than 850 people. In 2020, Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority stake at a reported $1.5 billion valuation. Pipedrive is one of Estonia's most prominent tech exports and a pillar of the Baltic startup ecosystem.
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Pitch
Pitch is a Berlin-based collaborative presentation platform founded in 2018 by Christian Reber, the creator of Wunderlist. The product enables teams to build, design, and present slide decks together in real time with built-in templates, brand controls, and analytics. Backed by investors including Index Ventures, Lakestar, and Thrive Capital, Pitch competes with Google Slides and Canva in the modern workplace productivity space and has attracted hundreds of thousands of teams worldwide.
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Pixacare
Pixacare is a Strasbourg-based medtech company providing a medical photography and wound-care platform used by hospitals to document, measure, and remotely monitor chronic, post-surgical, and dermatological wounds. Its WoundTrack-II module is a CE-marked Class IIa AI medical device that automatically measures wound surface area and tissue composition from photographs, while the core app carries a CE Class I marking. The platform is used by more than 50 hospitals and clinics, has documented over 1 million lesions for more than 200,000 patients, and reports clinical studies showing reduced healing time and fewer in-person consultations with remote wound monitoring.
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Pixers
Pixers is a Wrocław-based online marketplace for personalised wall décor, offering millions of designs across wall murals, stickers, posters, and canvas prints. The company was co-founded in 2010 by Maciej Białek and grew to operate localised storefronts serving European and North American markets. It reached tens of millions in annual revenue on a self-financed basis, with no significant external funding rounds publicly disclosed.
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Planted
Planted is a Zurich-based food technology company founded in 2019 by Christoph Jenny, Pascal Bieri, Eric Stirnemann, and Judith Wemmer as a spin-out from ETH Zurich. The company produces plant-based meat alternatives using a wet extrusion technology that creates fibrous textures closely mimicking animal proteins. Planted's products — planted.chicken, planted.pulled, and planted.kebab — are sold in supermarkets, restaurants, and food service channels across Switzerland, Germany, and neighbouring European markets. The company raised CHF 70 million in a Series B round in 2021 from investors including Vorwerk Ventures and Movendo Capital. Planted is part of the broader ETH Zurich food-tech cluster and is considered one of Europe's most technically sophisticated alternative protein companies, combining deep food science with aggressive consumer distribution.
