Quarter of startups considering leaving Slovakia

Slovak startups are mostly focused on IT, healthcare, and education. A quarter are considering leaving the country due to poor access to investors, complicated financing, and lack of state support, according to the Startup Report Slovakia 2025 compiled by SLSP and Civitta. Fully 62% of angel investors say there are few high-quality startups. Women make up only 15% of founders. A quarter of founders have invested more than €100,000 in their startups. More than half identified customer acquisition as their biggest concern, 50% cited access to financing, and 28% scaling.

(forbes.sk, finsider.sk)