Investor insights: February 2026 portfolio updates

February brought another active month across our portfolio companies, with new partnerships, product updates, and industry recognitions. Teams across the ecosystem continued building, launching, and expanding into new markets.

Here are some of the key updates from across the portfolio.

SWIPE

SWIPE announced the opening of SWIPE Ruse, marking the company’s seventh retail location and an important step in expanding its physical presence across Bulgaria.

Located in the city center on Aleksandrovska Street, the new store offers customers access to the full range of SWIPE devices, accessories, and related services. The expansion reflects the company’s strategy of strengthening its retail network while bringing its products and services closer to customers in key regional markets.

Bright Spaces

Bright Spaces announced an ongoing collaboration with CPI Property Group Romania, where the company has been deploying its Intelligent 3D Space Planning technology across multiple office properties.

Over the past several months, the partnership has focused on improving leasing workflows through AI-enhanced 3D visualizations and faster test-fit capabilities. The platform enables property teams to better align tenant requirements with available spaces, helping streamline decision-making and improve visibility across leasing processes.

Dronamics

Dronamics announced the launch of the Detect & Defend version of its Black Swan platform, expanding the capabilities of its flagship long-range cargo drone to address defense and security applications. The new platform is designed to help countries detect and monitor multi-domain threats from the air, strengthening situational awareness across critical areas.

Alongside the launch, Dronamics also introduced a joint AEW and ISTAR solution developed with HENSOLDT, combining drone-based capabilities with advanced sensing technologies. The collaboration aims to help address coverage gaps in Europe’s defense infrastructure by enabling continuous aerial monitoring and intelligence gathering.

Druid AI

Druid AI was named the winner of the 8th Orange Fab AI Challenge in Belgium, joining the Orange Fab Belux AI community and strengthening its position within the European enterprise AI ecosystem.

Represented at the event by Raluca Tătărușanu and Cristina Costeiu, the team showcased how Druid AI’s conversational avatars can be deployed in strategic locations to enhance customer interactions and support sales teams through AI-driven engagement.

Contents & Ondato

Contents and Ondato have both been included in the Financial Times FT1000 list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies, highlighting their continued expansion and strong market momentum.

Contents earned a place in the ranking for the fourth consecutive year, reporting 249.8% absolute growth over the four-year evaluation period, reflecting sustained demand for its platform and growing customer adoption across international markets.

Ondato was also recognized in this year’s FT1000 ranking, marking its third consecutive appearance on the list. The company’s continued inclusion underscores its progress in scaling identity verification and compliance solutions as demand grows for secure digital onboarding and regulatory technology.

inHEART

inHEART announced that the findings from the inEurHeart EIT Health project have been published in the European Heart Journal, underlining the clinical impact of advanced cardiac imaging in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders.

The randomized controlled trial evaluated a CT-based ablation strategy supported by inHEART’s technology and demonstrated meaningful improvements in procedural outcomes. According to the published results, integrating imaging into the ablation workflow reduced procedure time by 28%, improved one-year ventricular tachycardia–free survival rates to 77%, and lowered procedural costs by 11%.

Mewery

Mewery has been named a finalist in the 2025 FoodTech 500, an annual ranking by Forward Fooding that recognizes some of the world’s most promising companies shaping the future of food.

The selection places Mewery among a small group of cellular agriculture companies included in this year’s ranking, highlighting its progress in developing cultivated meat technologies and advancing scalable production processes. The recognition reflects the company’s work over the past year to strengthen its technology stack, expand infrastructure, and build early commercial partnerships within the emerging cell-based protein ecosystem.

The final FoodTech 500 ranking is expected to be announced in March 2026, as the initiative continues to spotlight innovators driving sustainability and technological progress across the global food system

Nordensa

Nordensa officially launched Nordensa® Transfers, introducing what it describes as the world’s first football transfer bidding platform. The new platform creates a single digital environment where clubs and licensed agents can discover talent, list players, and manage transfer negotiations through structured bidding.

The platform is designed to simplify discussions around transfer fees, salaries, and additional deal terms, helping clubs and agents move deals forward more efficiently.

Pensify

Pensify announced a collaboration with Pension Advisors, whose team has selected Pensify’s software to support its pension advisory practice during the ongoing WTP transition.

The platform helps automate administrative and operational tasks, enabling advisors to spend less time on manual processes and more time focusing on client consultations and strategic guidance. By streamlining workflows, Pensify aims to help advisory teams operate more efficiently while maintaining high-quality client interactions.

sendance

sendance was nominated for the Houska Prize 2026, one of Austria’s most prestigious private awards for application-oriented research. The nomination recognizes the company’s work on the sendance platform and places it among a select group of nine projects chosen from nearly 70 submissions across multiple research fields.

The Houska Prize, awarded by the B&C Private Foundation, highlights innovations with strong real-world impact across academia, research institutions, and industry. sendance was selected in the Research & Development in SMEs category, alongside other technology-driven projects advancing applied innovation.

The winners will be announced during the official award ceremony in Vienna on April 21, bringing together researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders from across Austria’s innovation ecosystem.

Stasher

Stasher has been named Technology Provider of the Year, recognizing the company’s role in helping businesses unlock additional revenue by monetizing unused space.

Over the past few years, Stasher’s platform has enabled more than 9,000 businesses to transform underutilized square meters into ancillary income streams. By connecting travelers with secure luggage storage locations, the company continues to expand a network that benefits both local businesses and people on the move.

Swisspod

Swisspod shared an update on the progress of its AERYS transportation system, showing the successful early development of AERYS 1 as a proof of concept for the company’s high-speed mobility technology.

Building on this milestone, the team is already advancing the next iterations of the system. According to the company, AERYS 2 will introduce new developments as the technology continues to evolve, while AERYS 3 is expected to further enhance the platform's performance and capabilities.

Tapline

Tapline announced that it is becoming part of Flowpay, marking a strategic step that will expand the reach of its revenue-based financing model across Europe. Through the acquisition, Flowpay will integrate Tapline’s technology, expertise, and team to strengthen its offering for high-growth technology companies.

Founded to support AI, SaaS, and other digital businesses, Tapline provides flexible financing aligned with companies’ recurring revenue models, offering access to growth capital without requiring equity dilution or traditional collateral. The solution complements Flowpay’s existing focus on financing traditional SMEs.

Initially, Tapline will continue operating as a standalone product while gradually being integrated into Flowpay’s broader platform, supporting the combined group’s ambition to scale modern financing solutions for businesses across European markets.

Telios Care

Telios Care has joined the BeeGlobal ecosystem, a global network that supports innovative companies expanding across international technology and innovation hubs.

Telios Care provides remote healthcare services designed to improve patient access to medical advice, wellness support, and treatment recommendations without requiring in-person visits. Through its digital platform, the company aims to make specialized healthcare more accessible and convenient for patients.

Wikifarmer

Wikifarmer was represented at the AgriTech Event during the World Economic Forum in Davos 2026, where co-founder and CEO Ilias Sousis joined industry leaders to discuss how technology can help reshape global food systems.

During the panel, Sousis talked about the growing role of digital tools in supporting small and mid-sized farmers, citing innovations such as water-use monitoring, automated irrigation, crop-health analysis, and AI-powered disease detection.