Complex Software, AI and Data Projects take RebelDot into the FT1000 for the third time, Financial Times’ ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing companies

• In the 2026 edition, RebelDot is the highest-ranked IT & software company from Romania and ranks second among the Romanian companies included in the ranking
• RebelDot’s business grew by 50% in 2025, with the company projecting revenue of more than EUR 32 million for 2026

RebelDot, a strategic technology and innovation partner based in Cluj-Napoca, has been included for the third time in the FT1000, the ranking compiled by the Financial Times in partnership with Statista, which brings together the top 1,000 European companies with the fastest revenue growth.

The 2026 edition analyses companies’ performance over the 2021–2024 period, based on compound annual growth rate (CAGR), and includes independent companies whose growth has been predominantly organic and whose financial data undergoes a verification and validation process.

In this year’s edition, RebelDot is the highest-ranked IT & software company from Romania in the FT1000 and places second among all Romanian companies included in the ranking.

RebelDot continues to maintain a strong growth trajectory. In 2025, the company’s business grew by approximately 50% compared with the previous year, reaching around EUR 22.5 million. For 2026, the company estimates growth of more than 40%, with the objective of exceeding EUR 32 million in revenue.

Client Relationships Move the Company into More Complex Projects

The company’s growth has been supported by a collaboration model in which RebelDot is involved earlier and more deeply in projects, from defining development directions to decisions that directly influence the product and its clients’ business outcomes. This positioning has taken the company into increasingly complex digital projects, with a growing AI and data component, and has strengthened long-term working relationships.

Over the past four years, RebelDot has maintained an average NPS (Net Promoter Score) of above 90. For a technology company, such a score matters because it goes beyond a simple end-of-project assessment: it reflects clients’ willingness to recommend the company further. This indicates consistent delivery, trust built over time, and the ability to remain relevant in a business relationship that continues beyond the initial implementation.

“The third inclusion in the FT1000 confirms RebelDot’s strategy over the past few years and the way our role in client relationships has evolved. We are increasingly involved in projects where our contribution goes beyond execution and extends into consulting, innovation, AI integration and the use of data to help deliver outcomes that matter to the business. In most of our current partnerships, we are engaged for the long term and take part in essential decisions related to product definition, its evolution, the prioritisation of development stages and the way technology can support concrete business objectives. We see more and more clearly that organisations are looking for partners who can understand the context, show what is possible, validate new directions quickly and turn them into functional solutions with real applicability. This type of relationship, based on trust, continuity and the ability to build alongside the client, is what stands behind our growth in recent years”, says Tudor Ciuleanu, CEO of RebelDot.

For RebelDot, 2026 context marks an inflection point in the software market, as AI adoption is changing both the way software products are developed and the types of products being built, with a significant impact on how companies choose their technology partners. In this new context, value is increasingly shifting towards the ability to understand where technology can be applied, how a new direction can be validated quickly and how it can then be turned into a functional product.

About RebelDot

RebelDot is a strategic technology and innovation partner headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, specialised in the development of AI systems, digital products and infrastructure for AI agents for large organisations. The company covers activities ranging from defining technology direction, consulting and innovation, to AI-native digital product engineering, AI and data solutions, as well as cloud and AI agent infrastructure. RebelDot works with global companies on projects across several industries, including manufacturing, motorsport and the financial sector, in long-term partnerships in which its contribution ranges from direction validation to active involvement in building the solution.