SeedBlink

31/08/2026

For fifteen years in banking, the reflex was to reduce risk until there was enough information to act. That instinct does not transfer cleanly to building a company. Wait for certainty and the moment has usually passed.

The market seems to agree. In a survey of 1,000 senior dealmakers across 27 countries, 62% said human-only decision-making is no longer defensible in complex transactions. But 45% still say the final call to sign should remain entirely human.

In the tenth edition of ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤, our weekly read on European private markets, we unpack:

→ Andrei Dudoiu on the difference between prudence and postponement
→ What waiting is actually about, once it stops being about gathering facts
→ UNTOLD after its eleventh edition, and what the founders reported since
→ The European rounds worth watching, from Stability AI to MAASH

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: https://seedblink.com/blog/the-blink-edition-no-10

24/08/2026

When a founder says they lost money on a previous company, that's useful information.

Losing money teaches a specific kind of attention. What matters is whether they understood what went wrong and why. The market seems to agree: European founders with a previous company behind them see median deal sizes 72% higher than first-time founders. But the premium isn't distributed evenly, and where it lands is the interesting part.

In the ninth edition of ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤, our weekly read on European private markets, we unpack:

→ Carmen Sebe on why scar tissue, read correctly, is one of the most reliable signals a founder can offer
→ What investors are actually buying when they pay a premium for experience
→ Where European capital really went in Q2, from our breakdown of the quarter
→ The European rounds worth watching, from Callosum to Oceanloop

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: https://seedblink.com/blog/the-blink-edition-no-9

17/08/2026

Investors and founders sit on the same side of the table, trying to build one extraordinary company.

That sounds obvious until you watch what happens when a business stops going well. Differences of interest appear, not because anyone acted in bad faith, but because the same outcome now means different things to different people around the cap table.

In the eighth edition of ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤, our weekly read on European private markets, we unpack:

→ Radu Georgescu on why the founder-investor relationship is a marriage that mostly works
→ Why every term sheet is a prediction about how that relationship behaves under stress
→ UNTOLD's numbers after the 11th edition
→ The European rounds worth watching, from Lovable to Entravel

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: https://seedblink.com/blog/the-blink-edition-no-8

10/08/2026

"AI native" was the phrase that opened doors two years ago. Today it closes them.

More and more venture funds screen out startups that lead with the label, and not because AI stopped mattering. It's because when every company in the room runs on the same handful of models, "we use AI" describes your tooling, not your business.

In the seventh edition of ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤, our weekly read on European private markets, we unpack:

→ Andrei Dudoiu on the question worth asking before a round and after it
→ Why model dependency belongs on the risk register next to customer concentration
→ UNTOLD's round is still open, after the 11th edition wrapped in Cluj 👀
→ The European rounds worth watching, from NavVis to Omilia

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: https://seedblink.com/blog/the-blink-edition-no-7

03/08/2026

Tomorrow at 16:00 EEST, hear directly from the team behind UNTOLD.

Join Bogdan Buta, Edy Chereji, and Bogdan Radulescu, alongside SeedBlink's Bogdan Stoian, for a live Pitch & Q&A to learn more about the business behind one of Europe's leading festival brands, its international ambitions, and the investment opportunity now live on SeedBlink.

🎤 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817853991494/WN_LeVjf4ymTwO-0DFWdTHSTQ

03/08/2026

For most of investing history, "private markets" meant exactly what the name says: private. If you weren't an institution or already wealthy, the most interesting companies in the economy were simply not available to you.

But that's changing structurally, right now.

In the sixth edition of ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤, our weekly read on European private markets, we unpack:

→ Carmen Sebe on why access alone isn't the goal
→ What the retailization of private markets actually asks of investors
→ UNTOLD is live on SeedBlink, with a Pitch & Q&A tomorrow
→ The European rounds worth watching, from inforcer to Agon

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: https://seedblink.com/blog/the-blink-edition-no-6

30/07/2026

𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤.

Starting today, the public round is open: for the first time, anyone can invest directly in the Romanian festival ranked #3 in the world by DJ Mag, three years running.

Ten editions since 2015. Close to half a million attendees over four days at the latest one. Revenue up nearly 28% last year, to €28.7M, while staying profitable throughout.

But UNTOLD isn't just a festival anymore. It's building toward becoming one of Europe's leading entertainment groups, with a first international edition already confirmed for Colombia in 2027.

Starting from €1,000, you can now be part of it.

🔗 Explore the round: https://investors.seedblink.com/invest/untold/365

Want to hear it straight from the people building it? On August 4, at 16:00 EEST, join a live Pitch & Q&A with Bogdan Buta, Founder, alongside Edy Chereji and Bogdan Radulescu, Co-Founders of UNTOLD, moderated by our Head of Investment Syndication, Bogdan Stoian.

🎤 Register for the pitch: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817853991494/WN_LeVjf4ymTwO-0DFWdTHSTQ

30/07/2026

Every investor knows the feeling of holding a position past its natural ending. The thesis has changed, the timeline has stretched, but selling feels like giving up.

The market has moved on from that dilemma: secondary volume hit a record $118 billion in H1 2026, on a path to $300 billion a year. Liquidity has become a decision, not an event.

In the fifth edition of ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤, our weekly read on European private markets, we unpack:

→ Radu Georgescu on LeBron's decision, and what it teaches founders about when to start over
→ Why the investors driving record secondary volumes have stopped waiting for the perfect exit
→ UNTOLD, up close before the round opens 👀
→ The European rounds worth watching, from Moa Technology to kausable

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: https://seedblink.com/blog/the-blink-edition-no-5

Five minutes, every Monday. Blink and you'll miss it. 😉

24/07/2026

𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤.

Soon, one of Europe's most recognized festival brands will open a public investment round, giving individual investors, for the first time, the opportunity to become part of its next chapter.

Ahead of the public round, UNTOLD founder Bogdan Buta and SeedBlink's Head of Investment Syndication, Bogdan Stoian, sat down with start-up.ro to discuss the business behind the brand, the company's ambitions beyond live events, and what this next chapter means for investors.

If you're curious about what's behind one of Europe's most recognized festival brands, this conversation is the perfect place to start.

🎥 Watch the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POrSWm6WZFw

Stay tuned. More details about the upcoming investment opportunity will be shared soon.

UNTOLD își propune să devină un unicorn al industriei de live enter...

20/07/2026

European venture is having its best year since 2022. Half of that sentence is true.

Deal value hit €44 billion in H1, but AI now takes over 60% of every euro invested, and €100M+ rounds account for more than half of all capital from under 2% of deals. The recovery is real. It's also remarkably narrow.

In the fourth edition of ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤, our weekly read on European private markets, we unpack:

→ Andrei Dudoiu on why markets leaning on one story tend to be fragile
→ Three ways to position when capital concentrates
→ UNTOLD is coming soon to SeedBlink
→ The European rounds worth watching, from SWISSto12 to Monumental

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: https://seedblink.com/blog/the-blink-edition-no-4

Five minutes, every Monday. Blink and you'll miss it. 😉