- Belgium-based **cybersecurity** startup Aikido Security
- **Cloud optimization** company Cast AI is headquartered in Florida but has Lithuanian roots and a major office in Vilnius [^1]
- French **defense tech** company Harmattan AI
- German **ESG software** firm Osapiens
- The 14-year-old **language learning marketplace** Preply [..] The edtech company was founded in the United States, but its founders are Ukrainian [^2]

[^1]: 🤣
[^2]: 🤣

optimism

"January was such a long month that it has already brought us five fresh European unicorns: from Belgium to Ukraine, several tech startups raised funding at valuations above the $1 billion threshold."