• Local start-up Licenseware was included in the "Companies to Watch" category
• In the "Impact Stars" category, the regional ranking offers recognition to Romanian companies Cash Club, UNY și Rayscape
Romanian companies Finqware, Questo, Footprints AI and Steepsoft AI are among the fastest growing technology start-ups in the region, being included in the main category of the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe ranking. Finqware, ranks 17th, with a growth rate of 1,250%, provides solutions for automating cash management, accounting and reconciling companies' financial operations. Questo, which created a platform that allows real-world exploration of tourist attractions with the help of games created based on information related to the history and culture of each destination, ranked 18th, with a growth rate of 1,203% between 2021 and 2024. Footprints AI, a company that developed an AI-based retail media platform, ranked 21st, with a growth rate of 1,044%. Steepsoft AI, which ranks 28th, with a growth rate of 916% over the past four years, develops custom artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that optimize performance and accuracy in various activities, such as predictive analytics or natural language processing.
Also, the Romanian start-up Licenseware was included in the "Companies to Watch" category, which brings together the companies with the fastest development between 2022 and 2024, but which still do not meet the criteria to enter the main category of the Fast 50. The company, ranked 6th with a growth rate of 331%, provides solutions for software license management.
In the "Impact Stars" category, which recognizes start-ups whose products or services have positive effects on business, society or environment, in the field of diversity or innovation in areas such as fintech, cybersecurity, ESG, MedTech/BioTech and defense, the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe ranking offers recognition to the Romanian companies Cash Club, UNY and Rayscape. Cash Club has created a cashback app for online shopping, UNY has developed a battery-swapping system for light electric vehicles, combined with a proprietary smart battery and digital platform, and Rayscape provides AI-based solutions for interpreting medical images.
"Romania's presence at this year's edition of the Central European Fast 50 program, through eight start-ups - some of which have a solid track record and impressive results in the ranking in successive years - illustrates the potential of Romania's start-up ecosystem competing with those in the region. We are excited to celebrate the success of these local technology companies, which have had a remarkable journey over the past four years, and to offer them the deserved recognition for their commitment to innovation and continuous progress within the Fast 50 platform," said Andrei Ionescu, Partner, Consulting Market Leader for Deloitte Romania and coordinator of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe program in Romania.
The fastest-growing technology companies in Central Europe
The winner of the main category of the ranking, which offers recognition to tech companies established at least four years ago which have the fastest growth in Central Europe, is Oddin.gg, from the Czech Republic, with a revenue increase of 4,267%, which has created an end-to-end esports betting ecosystem.
The companies included in this year's main ranking recorded an average increase of 1,219%.
This year's ranking, now in its 26th edition, is dominated by software players (31), followed by fintech (nine companies), media and entertainment (six companies), hardware (three companies) and health (one company).
"Companies to watch" and "CE Tech Rocketship. CE Rocketship Innovations in GenAI" categories
In addition to the main category, which includes the fastest growing companies in the technology sector, the Deloitte 2025 Technology Fast 50 Central Europe program also includes the "Companies to watch" category, which offers recognition to start-ups that do not yet meet the criteria for the main Fast 50 ranking. The first position in this category, which included companies with revenues of at least €10,000 in 2022 and 2023 and at least €30,000 in 2024, went to the Lithuanian start-up UAB Pulsetto, focused on improving people's mental and physical wellbeing. The company has achieved a growth rate of 5,354%.
The "CE Tech Rocketship. CE Rocketship Innovations in GenAI" category, through which Google Cloud offers recognition to companies that use generative AI (Gen AI) to achieve real business impact, is dominated this year by Poland, through Surveily, winner of the category, focused on preventing workplace injuries.
About Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe
In order to be eligible for the main category of the Technology Fast 50 competition, companies must meet some financial conditions, namely to have a minimum annual operating income of 50,000 euros in the first three years analyzed (2021-2023) and 100,000 euros in 2024. They must also be headquartered in Central Europe and own the intellectual property rights or have created patented technology.
This year, Google Cloud is the regional technology partner for the Fast 50 program, edition 2025.
More information about the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program in Central Europe is available here.
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