Over the past few years, the journey to remote work has become inevitable. Maybe it’s because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but now I can work anytime, anywhere. Since regulation, especially in 2021, many businesses have been forced to close their offices and move into remote work mode with their employees.
16% of global companies continue to allow their employees to work remotely, even today, when disease control measures have been significantly relaxed. He 88% of those people reported being happier being able to work from home.
Remote work has increased 44% over the past decade, and nearly 75% of all employees worldwide believe remote work is the future and should be seen as the norm.When more and more countries To help HR and businesses manage their shifts, they are starting to adopt telecommuting regulations. This mass migration is powered by a host of solutions that help teams communicate asynchronously and become even more productive and efficient.
recursive has created a list of 15 CEE startups that are making life easier for hybrid and remote workers, and helping companies align office spaces with new roles within their work processes. .
A startup that supports the transformation of office space
- Yarooms
headquarters: Bucharest, Romania
Founder: Dragos Badair, Emile Mutu, Marcel Preda
Resolution: Yarooms is a hybrid workplace software suite consisting of room booking, desk booking, work planning, digital signage and visitor management solutions that fit all your business needs.
stage: They received a seed round of €2 million, with Gapminder VC as the primary investor, and the rest provided by the SeedBlink investment platform.
highlightYarooms co-founder and CEO Dragos Bades said:
- Purulia
headquarters: Bucharest, Romania
Founder: Andrei Cretu, Gabriela Dragia
Resolution: Pluria’s work-from-anywhere solution allows businesses and their employees to access office space and meeting rooms as needed, saving resources by only paying for the space when it’s actually used. Their subscription-based mobile app helps companies recruit teams, scale their business across borders, and adapt to more flexible ways of working.
highlight: Purulia is a year after launching in Latin America and Colombia in 2021, expanding the company in Mexico, Brazil and Peru. “Don’t design according to a one-size-fits-all formula. Give autonomy in choices and decisions at the individual and team level to implement choices.” Pluria co-founder Andrei Cretu said:.
- office land
position: Bulgaria, Sofia
Founder: Miroslav Miroslavov, Miroslav Nezharkov
Resolution: Office RnD is coworking and community management software that automates the management process. Founded in Sofia in 2015, we provide office space and businesses with flexible services to help them grow their business. Today, in over 60 countries, he offers over 2000 workspaces and has employees on three different continents. The company also enables those who choose to work in shared spaces to access all the services the venue offers and track membership plans.
fundraising: In 2019, OfficeRnD recorded a $3 million funding round led by Flashpoint Venture Capital and Bulgarian VC LAUNCHub Ventures.It also raised $10 million in 2021 with US-based Runa Capital as the lead investor..
highlight: We are currently continuing to expand our business and customer portfolio.listen to Co-founder of OfficeRnD Miroslav Miroslavov discusses what it takes to build a global enterprise on The Recursive podcast.
- SpotUS.space
Headquarters: Bucharest, Romania
Founder: Ovidiu Siurte
Resolution: SpotUs Space promised to bring full digital interaction between the office building and its tenant companies in relation to the tenant’s employees and visitors. This is a self-service mobile app for parking or booking office desks, providing digital access to your workplace.
highlight: SpotUS aims to eliminate waiting times to find parking spaces, allowing employees to park freely near office buildings.
- BOX2M
headquarters: Bucharest, Romania
Founder: Alexandre Griga, Marian Makobianu
Resolution: BOX2M’s solution is both hardware and software SaaS and industrial IoT tools for office buildings to reduce utility and maintenance costs.
fundraising: In 2019, BOX2M received a grant from InnovX
highlight: Help reduce the cost of real estate and office space and reduce carbon footprint around the world.
- cowork7/24
position: Sofia, Bulgaria, Istanbul, Turkey
Founder: Sercan Cultulus
Resolution: Cowork7/24 is a company that provides access to the best coworking spaces for digital nomads, remotely working professionals and travelers in 261 flexible offices on two continents.
highlight: The company’s specially designed City Coworking Pass allows users to access all coworking spaces at no extra charge. CityPASS comes in three variants of him, Fun, Regular and Ultimate, depending on the number of hours of credits the user can get.
- bright space
position: Bucharest, Romania
Founder: Bogdan-Adrian Nicoara, Andrei Constantin, Ciprian Pasca.
Resolution: Bright Spaces’ solution is an interactive platform for clients to digitally showcase their office spaces, aided by three design templates.
Funding: In July 2021, the startup raised $1.5 million to accelerate the digitization of CEE’s real estate.
highlight: Find out more about Bright space’s global vision in a conversation with Bogdan Nicoara on The Recursive podcast.
Startups that make remote work smoother
- native team
position: Based in London but originally from North Macedonia
Founder: Jack Sologood, Alexandra Mitrevska
Resolution: Native Teams offers a plan-based approach to contractors, remote workers, their employees, and clients based on their individual needs. Some features include sending or requesting payments, looking up employment status and client payment services, paying international freelancers and flexible workers, and managing hiring and paying employees.
fundraising: Native Teams has raised $2 million from investors led by Eleven Ventures in one of the largest seed rounds in North Macedonia.
highlight: The company serves over 30 countries and will use the raised funds to accelerate its global expansion.
- motion software
position: Started in Sofia, Bulgaria, but acquired by Exadel to increase its presence in Europe.
Founder: Christo Pieve
Resolution: Motion software was founded in 2015 to enable employees to work fully remotely. It’s essentially like freelancing, but being a full-time employee gives me a sense of security.
fundraising: Motion Software was acquired by Exadel for an undisclosed amount. Exadel is a California-based company with annual revenue of up to 160 million.
- Lucid Link
position: San Francisco, California and Sofia, Bulgaria.
Founder: Peter Thompson, Georgi Dochev
Resolution: Founded in 2016, LucidLink provides users with fast and secure remote access to large files and datasets that act like a local disk. LucidLink’s SaaS solution allows remote work teams to access data around the world as an extension of their local drives.
fundraising: They have secured a $20 million Series B round led by BrightCap Ventures. and Baseline Ventures.
highlight: LucidLinks connects creative teams around the world and is based on a pay-as-you-go model.
- Panther
position: Skopje, North Macedonia, Tampa
Founder: Vasyl Popowski, Matt Redler
Resolution: Panther is an all-in-one platform that hires and pays for global teams. They assist companies in the difficult process of international hiring, payroll, benefits, and compliance, enabling companies to recruit the best candidates worldwide.
fundraising: Panther has raised $2.5 million from a total of 8 investors (mostly seed rounds).
highlight: Panther is trusted by companies such as truevo, Angellist, Draftbit, and CLEARCO. This simplifies onboarding and payouts for your global workforce.
- session
position: Bucharest, Romania
Founder: Radu Negrescu, Radu Tintescu
Resolution: Sessions’ mission is to solve the problem of unproductive meetings and enable teams to communicate more effectively. Earlybird Partner Dan Lupu Digital Fund said: Their unique mechanics enable businesses to digitally engage with their customers in fluid, meaningful interactions, regardless of complexity. ”
fundraising: In July 2022, Sessions has raised a $4.5 million seed round from Earlybird, Stride.VC and LAUNCHub Ventures. The funds will be used for new product development, product optimization and crew growth.
highlight: Sessions, winner of Product Hunt’s 2021 Work from Anywhere Product of the Year, helped the Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success teams in 2000 take the videoconferencing game to the next level. Meet Sessions co-founder Radu Negulescu on The Recursive podcast.
13. XOR AI Recruiter
headquarters: Headquartered in Chisinau, with offices in San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX.
Founder: Aida Fladilova, Nikolai Manorov
Resolution: XOR AI Recruiter is a company that helps companies with their talent acquisition process. Use AI and chatbots to make the hiring process easier and faster, and screen out the best blue-collar candidates. It specializes in the manual labor, technical and operational segments of candidates.
fundraising: So far, the company has attracted more than $9.3 million in investments.
highlight: Founded in 2016, we have helped many employers find the best company for their business. Trusted by companies like Pizza Hut, HR Maximizer and Hudson Pro.
