About 15% of the users of Stock.estate, a crowdfunding platform, have become investors in local real estate products, with the crowdfunding market in Romania having a significant potential estimated at EUR 200 million as a result of a constant increase in the interest of investors and entrepreneurs.According to a press release from the company, Stock.estate is the first crowdfunding platform certified by the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF) in Romania, licensed in 2023 and launched for trading in 2024. It is the only operational platform at local level to date. The objective of the platform is to offer investors the opportunity to invest in the real estate sector, with the minimum amount being EUR 100. The investment in the platform amounts to over half a million euros, so far."We are an early culture in terms of investment instruments, it is true, but we strongly believe that Romanians will be more and more available for investment of any kind. We have also noticed an increased interest in the investment area for about five years, and the results of the first year of our platform validate the Romanians' appetite for new investments," Vicentiu Vlad, co-founder & CEO - Stock.estate, is quoted as saying.Over 1,500 people are enrolled with the platform (people who have created an account on the platform and have permanently accessed the information on the use of the financial investment instrument), over 200 of them have made direct investment in the platform, and their transactions amount to over 550 shares of a total value of over EUR 750,000."With a recent regulation that facilitates access and protects investors, crowdfunding platforms in Romania, such as Stock.estate, have started to gain traction, offering financing opportunities for the real estate market," according to Alexandru Constantin, co-founder & CTO – Stock.estate.
The Romanian software company Life is Hard, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the ticker LIH, announced a strategic investment of EUR 250,000 in RepsMate, a deep-tech startup, on Friday, May 23. RepsMate specializes in conversational AI and the intelligent automation of company-customer interactions. The investment reinforces the growth in LIH’s ENGINE division, which […]
An autonomous, driverless bus was tested on Thursday, May 22, in Cluj-Napoca during the International Summit for Climate Neutrality, held under the slogan "Carbon OFF. Future ON,” to demonstrate the integration of modern technology into public transport. The bus performed a demonstration tour on a short route, starting from the Radisson hotel, crossing George Coșbuc […]
Romania’s national railway company CFR Călători announced on Thursday, May 22, that it will provide a daily direct connection from Bucharest to Varna starting June 13, and to Sofia and Istanbul/Halkali starting June 14. According to the cited source, the train will run on the new route from June 13 to October 13, 2025, and […]
Romanian filmmaker Bogdan Mureșanu will premiere his first animated short film, Magicianul/The Magician, at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film Festival, taking place in France from June 8 to 14. The film, written, directed, and produced by Mureșanu, is the only Romanian title selected in the official competition, which features 35 productions...
US general Ben Hodges, the former head of the United States Army in Europe, said on Thursday, May 22, that if Russia attacks NATO, it will first bomb Romania’s port of Constanța and civilian targets. Hodges spoke in an interview about the possibility of reducing American troops in Europe, and implicitly in Romania. He added […]
Romania's national women’s handball team faces an uphill battle against Denmark, Japan, and Croatia in the group stage at the 2025 World Championship. The teams were selected on Thursday, May 22, at the Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Romania was part of the second seeding pot at the draw for the groups of the 27th edition […]
