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From Raw Public Data to Production-Grade AI Pipelines: Inside VendueTech’s R&D Collaboration with CROBOHUB++ and FER TakeLab

At VendueTech, our mission is to turn complex, fragmented public auction information into reliable, machine-readable intelligence that can be used safely, consistently, and at scale across Europe. Public auction datasets are inherently challenging:they are heterogeneous, multilingual, structurally inconsistent, and evolve continuously over time. Making this data usable for analytics, decision-making, and downstream AI systems requires […]

What Is the EIC Accelerator — and What Does It Really Take to Get Through It?

The EIC Accelerator is one of the most selective and demanding public funding programmes in Europe. Run by the European Innovation Council, it is designed for deep-tech startups and scaleups developing breakthrough technologies with the potential to create new markets or fundamentally transform existing ones. Unlike many innovation grants, the EIC Accelerator is not designed […]

Inside Italy’s Real Estate Auctions: A First-Hand Journey Through Bureaucracy, Bidding, and Buying 🇮🇹

Buying property at auction in Italy can be thrilling, confusing, and incredibly rewarding. But for most foreign investors, it’s a maze of bureaucracy, legal nuance, and cultural specificities. We sat down with a recent Italian auction buyer to walk through every step,  from finding the listing to winning the bid, and finally getting the keys. […]

VendueTech Achievements Timeline: A Journey of Growth, Innovation, and Recognition

At VendueTech, we’ve made tremendous progress through strategic initiatives, research and development, and international expansion. Below is an updated timeline highlighting key milestones and achievements. 2023: A New Beginning 2024: Laying the Foundation and Building Momentum 2025: Expanding Influence and Achieving Milestones 2025: Strategic Grants and Industry Recognition Intellectual Property Protection A Year of Growth, […]

VendueTech: First Croatian Company to Apply for EuroHPC AI Resources

We’re proud to announce that VendueTech has become the first Croatian company to apply for EuroHPC AI resources — with the support of SRCE (University of Zagreb Computing Centre) through the EDIH CROBOHUB++ programme. This milestone highlights Croatia’s entry into the world of European high-performance computing (HPC) for startups — and underscores our mission to […]

Milestone Unlocked: Bidsale® is Now an Official EU Trademark

On August 26, 2025, VendueTech reached a major milestone: Bidsale® is now a registered EU trademark (EUIPO No. 019184618). This grants us exclusive protection across all 27 EU member states, securing our brand identity as we scale across Europe. Even more exciting, the entire process took just 4½ months, completed with zero oppositions — thanks […]

VendueTech Joins the Eurostars Programme: A New Chapter Begins

We are thrilled to share some incredible news: VendueTech has been accepted into the Eurostars funding programme! 🎉 This isn’t just another milestone — it’s a transformative step forward. The Eurostars programme is Europe’s flagship initiative supporting innovative SMEs that push boundaries. Co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe, along with national and bilateral […]

Scaling Real Estate Intelligence with AI and EuroHPC: The Deep Tech Behind Bidsale

From billions of parameters to millions of documents, here’s how we’re building the future of property auction analytics—powered by HPC, LLMs, and predictive modeling. Published on: April 24, 2025 Author: Renato Mutavdzic, Jr. AI Engineer Context: The Real Estate Auction Problem Real estate auctions are an opaque and fragmented landscape. Legal documents are dense, auction listings vary […]

Bidsale Receives Strong Preliminary Evaluation from Eureka Panel

Subtitle: Early assessment highlights excellence, feasibility, and impactful potential of VendueTech's AI-powered distressed property auction platform Published on: April 22, 2025 Author: Ivan Livić, CEO & Co-Founder VendueTech is proud to share that our project, Bidsale: A Next-Generation AI-Powered SaaS Platform for Distressed Property Auctions, has received strong preliminary results in the Eureka funding assessment. […]

🎨 VendueTech Secures EUIPO Community Design Protection for Graphical Interfaces

We’re proud to share that on February 2, 2025, VendueTech officially received Community Design protection from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Our design, registered under EUIPO No. 015091852-0001, covers graphical user interfaces (GUIs) — ensuring that the unique look and feel of our platform’s visual design is now legally protected across all 27 […]

🥈 VendueTech Wins the Silver Teslino Jaje Innovation Award 2024

We are thrilled to announce that VendueTech has been awarded the Silver Teslino Jaje at the VIDI E-novation Awards 2024 for our innovation Bidsale — a platform leveraging advanced tech to revolutionize how property data, auctions, and real estate information are accessed and analyzed. vidilab.vidi.hr This recognition reaffirms our commitment to pushing the boundaries of […]

No sleep weekend - Building tech solutions for the public good 👨‍💻

Given that we love a good challenge and creating tech solutions that improve the quality of life and address real issues, we participated in Hackl - the Hackathon for Open Zagreb at the end of November. The theme of the Hackathon was the reservation and overview of available city spaces in Zagreb.  Zagreb has 225 public spaces across […]

Most points to enter ZICER - Zagreb Innovation Centre startup incubator 🇭🇷

🗣 🥇 Happy to announce that VendueTech innovative product idea not only was accepted, but came 1st in the ZICER - Zagreb Innovation Centre's new cohort of startups. 🎉 Thanks to awesome team for getting another positive milestone! If you are interested in a equity based role in early stage startup, we are currently hiring […]

Entered the program Startup Factory by ZICER - Zagreb Innovation Centre

At ZICER - Zagreb Innovation Centre, a new generation of innovative technology startups presented interesting solutions that, with the application of achievements in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence 🤖 , have the potential to solve the challenges of cyber security, health, energy, education, and a wide range of other areas. VendueTech's CEO Ivan […]

Projekt sufinancira Hrvatska agencija za malo gospodarstvo, inovacije i investicije kroz program Eurostars sredstvima Europske unije iz programa Obzor Europa i sredstvima Švicarsko-hrvatskog programa suradnje. Eurostars je dio Europskog partnerstva za inovativna mala i srednja poduzeća.