This was announced at the forum Startup Moldova summit 2025. It took place on Wednesday, April 16 this year. “The first step in this direction is to increase the amount of grants given to them by the Organization for Development of Entrepreneurship,” Olga Melniciuc, executive director of Startup Moldova, told LP. – Today, ODA offers $50,000 in grants. The amounts will increase. The next step is envisaged for larger and “mature” companies. There will be a 50%/50% scheme. The state provides $100thousand, the remaining $100thousand – the investor”.
Later, the authorities intend to create a fund that will stimulate the development of additional investment mechanisms in Moldova. Exact dates and figures have not been named yet, but the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization plans to launch it by the end of this year.
Today, startups are one of the fastest growing business ecosystems in Moldova. “Just this year, companies generated $40million in profit, creating a thousand jobs – says Olga Melnicuc. – And a new job is expensive today. Positive dynamics is also observed in attracting investments for startups. Moreover, we are talking about funds not only from foreign business angels, but also from Moldovan ones. This is important, because classical financial instruments are less suitable for them, as the projects are risky. (True, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development presented its product for startups at the forum). If last year the amount of funds raised amounted to $8million, this year companies already have a similar amount. The number of startups that attract investments has also grown. Most of them have been created at the intersection of technology and such spheres as medicine, education, and finance, where startups are most developed. A lot of such projects appear in marketing and creative industries. Groups of companies have been created around these areas. In total, there are over 250 of them in Moldova.
The good news is that a provision has been introduced in the legislation that will give an additional impetus to the development of startups. If a company wants to test its idea, it will be exempted from the obligation to prepare all the documents necessary for legalization. And get them after the startup proves that the product works. In the energy sector, this rule already allows startups to develop more actively.
