Eastern Europe Software & IT
20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average start-up-stage venture investment per company, CEE | 1.594EUR million | EASTEU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| National-currency hourly labour cost, information and communication sector (NACE J), Bulgaria | 24BGN per hour | BG | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Early-stage venture funds raised for CEE, incremental closings | 119409EUR thousand | EASTEU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Average venture capital investment per company, Europe | 4.08EUR million | EU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Average seed-stage venture investment per company, CEE | 1.173EUR million | EASTEU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Number of venture-backed CEE companies exited | 39companies | EASTEU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| CEE share of total European venture capital investment value | 3.4percent | EASTEU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| ICT share of CEE venture capital investment value | 79.0percent | EASTEU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Venture capital invested in ICT companies in Central and Eastern Europe | 533106EUR thousand | EASTEU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Venture capital invested in CEE ICT companies | 533106EUR thousand | EASTEU | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Hourly labour cost, information and communication sector (NACE J), Bulgaria | 24EUR per hour | BG | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Net turnover per person employed, IT services (NACE J62), Bulgaria | 84.23EUR thousand per person employed | BG | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Bulgarian enterprises with 10-49 employees that employ ICT specialists | 14.12percent of enterprises | BG | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises that experienced any ICT security incident, Bulgaria | 12.07percent of enterprises | BG | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises employing ICT specialists, Bratislavský kraj region (SK01) | 24.84percent of enterprises | SK | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Employees at private equity and venture capital backed companies, Bulgaria | 16775employees | BG | 2024 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Enterprises hit by unavailability of ICT services from a security incident, Serbia | 8.44percent of enterprises | RS | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Number of CEE companies receiving seed-stage venture investment | 128count of companies | EASTEU | 2023 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| SaaS monthly churn rate for low-NRR companies vs high-NRR companies, ChartMogul SaaS Retention Report | 12.5% median annual revenue churn | Global | 2025 | T2 | recurly.com |
| Time to reach 1,000 subscribers for top-performing vs median B2B SaaS companies | 11-24months to 1 | global (ChartMogul SaaS panel; proxy for Eastern Europe SaaS/IT) | Q1 2024-Q1 2025 | T2 | chartmogul.com |
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