The number of companies with foreign capital newly established in Romania decreased last year by 4.86%, compared to 2022, to 7,010 units, according to data centralized by the National Trade Register Office (ONRC). The more than 7,000 new companies had a subscribed capital in the total amount of 125.66 million dollars, increasing almost three times compared to the subscribed capital of companies registered in the period January-December 2022, of 45.56 million dollars. In December 2023, 563 new companies with foreign participation in the share capital were registered. Depending on the fields of activity, the most registrations were registered in wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair (22.38% of the total), professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (22.02% of the total) and transport, storage and communications (15.99%). At the end of December 2023, there were 251,226 companies with foreign participation in the share capital in Romania. The value of the subscribed capital was almost 69.84 billion dollars. The largest number of companies with foreign participation was with investors from Italy, respectively 52,756 (subscribed capital of 3.31 billion dollars), but the highest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, respectively 13.008 billion dollars, in 6,084 companies.
Ten entrepreneurs and executives have launched Food Angels Hub, a community of investors dedicated to the food sector. The aim of the hub is to “develop and scale functional and profitable companies in the food, hospitality and food-tech sectors” and “turn Romania into a reference point for food innovation in the CEE region.” The founders […]
Romanian developer IULIUS announced that it secured a syndicated loan facility amounting to over EUR 305 million for its Palas Iași mixed-use complex. The financing is provided by a consortium made up of Erste Group Bank Austria, BCR, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, and Raiffeisen Bank International Austria. The loan will support the remodelling of Palas Iași […]
Producer Ada Solomon has been elected chair of the board of the European Film Academy, marking the highest level of representation the Romanian film industry has achieved within the institution. Solomon was chosen by more than 5,400 Academy members across Europe, according to the official announcement. Dutch producer Leontine Petit and French producer Matthieu Darras […]
If December were a performance, Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard would be its grand stage. This winter, Bucharest’s newest grand dame has reimagined the festive season not only as decoration, but as storytelling: one told through light, music, architecture and flavour. Inspired by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the hotel’s concept unfolds in three chapters […]
The HALO Events Center in Bucharest is set to open the largest event space in Europe equipped with a 360° panoramic LED display within the Romexpo complex. The new location is designed for large-scale, fully digitalized events, and it is the result of an EUR 4 million investment. The venue has a maximum indoor capacity of […]
The concept of the mega-project DraculaLand, a privately funded development exceeding EUR 1 billion that aims to become the largest entertainment, retail, and technology destination in Europe, was recently unveiled. The investment is planned for a 160-hectare site not far from Bucharest and aims to position Romania as a new global hub for large-scale entertainment, […]
