{
  "slug": "easteu-saas-it",
  "name": "Eastern Europe Software & IT",
  "updated": "2026-09-22",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/easteu-saas-it",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Average start-up-stage venture investment per company, CEE",
      "value": "1.594",
      "unit": "EUR million",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "National-currency hourly labour cost, information and communication sector (NACE J), Bulgaria",
      "value": "24",
      "unit": "BGN per hour",
      "geo": "BG",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lc_lci_lev?format=JSON&lang=EN&nace_r2=J&lcstruct=D1_D4_MD5&unit=EUR&unit=NAC&geo=CZ&geo=HU&geo=PL&geo=RO&geo=SK&geo=BG&geo=HR&geo=SI&geo=EE&geo=LV&geo=LT&geo=RS&lastTimePeriod=4"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Early-stage venture funds raised for CEE, incremental closings",
      "value": "119409",
      "unit": "EUR thousand",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average venture capital investment per company, Europe",
      "value": "4.08",
      "unit": "EUR million",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average seed-stage venture investment per company, CEE",
      "value": "1.173",
      "unit": "EUR million",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of venture-backed CEE companies exited",
      "value": "39",
      "unit": "companies",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "CEE share of total European venture capital investment value",
      "value": "3.4",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "ICT share of CEE venture capital investment value",
      "value": "79.0",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Venture capital invested in ICT companies in Central and Eastern Europe",
      "value": "533106",
      "unit": "EUR thousand",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Venture capital invested in CEE ICT companies",
      "value": "533106",
      "unit": "EUR thousand",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Hourly labour cost, information and communication sector (NACE J), Bulgaria",
      "value": "24",
      "unit": "EUR per hour",
      "geo": "BG",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lc_lci_lev?format=JSON&lang=EN&nace_r2=J&lcstruct=D1_D4_MD5&unit=EUR&unit=NAC&geo=CZ&geo=HU&geo=PL&geo=RO&geo=SK&geo=BG&geo=HR&geo=SI&geo=EE&geo=LV&geo=LT&geo=RS&lastTimePeriod=4"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Net turnover per person employed, IT services (NACE J62), Bulgaria",
      "value": "84.23",
      "unit": "EUR thousand per person employed",
      "geo": "BG",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_ovw_act?format=JSON&lang=EN&nace_r2=J62&indic_sbs=NETTUR_EMP_TEUR&time=2024"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Bulgarian enterprises with 10-49 employees that employ ICT specialists",
      "value": "14.12",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "BG",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_ske_itspe?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=PL&geo=BG&unit=PC_ENT&size_emp=GE250&size_emp=50-249&size_emp=10-49&size_emp=GE10"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Enterprises that experienced any ICT security incident, Bulgaria",
      "value": "12.07",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "BG",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_cisce_ic?format=JSON&lang=EN&time=2024&unit=PC_ENT"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Enterprises employing ICT specialists, Bratislavský kraj region (SK01)",
      "value": "24.84",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "SK",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_r_ske_itspen2?format=JSON&lang=EN"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Employees at private equity and venture capital backed companies, Bulgaria",
      "value": "16775",
      "unit": "employees",
      "geo": "BG",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Enterprises hit by unavailability of ICT services from a security incident, Serbia",
      "value": "8.44",
      "unit": "percent of enterprises",
      "geo": "RS",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_cisce_ic?format=JSON&lang=EN&time=2024&unit=PC_ENT"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of CEE companies receiving seed-stage venture investment",
      "value": "128",
      "unit": "count of companies",
      "geo": "EASTEU",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/z3pasguu/20260623_invest-europe_cee-report-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "SaaS monthly churn rate for low-NRR companies vs high-NRR companies, ChartMogul SaaS Retention Report",
      "value": "12.5",
      "unit": "% median annual revenue churn",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://recurly.com/research/churn-rate-benchmarks/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Time to reach 1,000 subscribers for top-performing vs median B2B SaaS companies",
      "value": "11-24",
      "unit": "months to 1",
      "geo": "global (ChartMogul SaaS panel; proxy for Eastern Europe SaaS/IT)",
      "period": "Q1 2024-Q1 2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://chartmogul.com/reports/saas-go-to-market-report/"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}