Top 10 Enterprise Angel Investors in Romania in November 2024
A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Enterprise startups based in Romania. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Enterprise companies from Romania. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Enterprise Angel Investors in Romania in November 2024
Investor | Enterprise Romania investments |
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Marius Ghenea | 4 |
Malin-Iulian Stefanescu | 4 |
Oliver Hehl | 2 |
Sherry Coutu | 2 |
Charlie Songhurst | 1 |
Vlad Ionescu | 1 |
Bianca Rusu | 1 |
Sacha Dragic | 1 |
Andreas Cser | 1 |
Alex Hoye | 1 |
• Partner of Catalyst Romania VC Fund (part of 3TS Capital Partners) - http://catalystromania.ro/
• “Investor of the Year in Romania 2016 and 2017" award by CESA with Catalyst Romania Fund
• Serial entrepreneur and business-angel with successful investments in SEE, ranks in fortune Romanian surveys Capital, Forbes.
• Experienceas an start-up entrepreneur with Flamingo, from zero revenues and capital to a $50M company, the largest IT product distribution network in Romania, in 7 years. Setting-up a Flamingo International group structure with direct operations in 7 SEE countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Yugoslavia) and one fully-fledged subsidiary in Holland, 1999 – 2001.
• Manager of team of 500+ people with Flamingo, employees from various countries (majority Romanian), cultures, backgrounds and contributing to the creation of one of the best teams in the IT business in the Balkan region
• Experience in private equity and venture capital investments. Deal-leader on 6 (123ContactForm, VectorWatch, Marketizator Friends, Intelligent IT/SmartBill, Smartdreamers, Vola.ro) out of 10 investments of Catalyst Romania Fund.
• Exit track-record: VectorWatch, sold to FitBit early 2017, PCGarage, bought by Naspers/Emag in 2016; VikingProfil, bought by Pruzsinski of Poland, 2008, Flanco, successful exit in 2006, Flamingo, successful IPO in 2004, etc. • Co-Founder VentureConnect (regional matchmaking platform for tech start-up entrepreneurs and early-stage investors); President Romanian Association for the Online Stores (ARMO)
• Entrepreneurship, Innovation and New Business Ventures Professor, Maastricht School of Management EMBA program
• Co-organizer Schoolforstartups Romania, the first SE European entrepreneurship school
• Author of “Entrepreneurship”, the first Romanian book on entrepreneurship and TV dragon in the Romanian Dragons’ Den
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Romania, Serbia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Marketizator — Serious eCommerce players become customer-centric if they focus on what matters. Optimize your customer journey with data-driven decisions.
- Vector Watch — Vector Watch's vision is to change the way people use smart watches and wearable technologies. The company was founded in 2013 by a team of former executives in the technology industry, backed by young engineers and multi-awarded designers for their projects in international innovation competitions.
- SmartDreamers — The talent acquisition software that helps you reach and engage more, better candidates in record time through the use of Recruitment Marketing Automation.
Business Angel, Entrepreneur, Father
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Investment focus
- Marketing, Software, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Romania, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Aggero — With our video listening tool we convert video content into actionable insights, boosting your marketing strategies & ROI. Discover audience preferences, analyse competitor tactics, and more.
- Tokinomo — Discover Tokinomo, the in-store interactive robotic promotional display helps FMCG products stand out on the shelves for an average 200% increase in sales.
- Vatis Tech — Speech-to-text recognition API with custom AI models and real-time transcription for the English language. Get started now for FREE!
Oliver Hehl
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Banking, Apps
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Romania
Portfolio highlights
- OWWN — wajve offers all financial services like banking, advice, and education in one app.
- Jobful — Welcome to Jobful, the leading talent community platform that helps companies build their own talent pools, engage with candidates, and reduce recruitment costs. Explore our solutions today.
- deineStudienfinanzierung — deineStudienfinanzierung is the digital platform to help students finance their studies.
Sherry Coutu is an angel investor and serves on the boards of companies, charities and universities.As an entrepreneur, Sherry established and successfully sold two businesses in the financial services industry. The first (acquired by Euromoney plc) has operations in more than 70 countries. The second was floated in 2000 on London and Nasdaqand the company was valued at more than $1 billion before being acquired (by AMP plc). Sherry is active in early stage investing and has raised several rounds of venture capital and public equity totaling more than $200 million.Sherry has decades of experience serving companies which range from fast growth private early stage to public and boards with turnover of more than £ 1 bn.She is a frequent public speaker, a national judge of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards, and presents regularly at the top business schools. She specialises in consumer, internet, information services and clean energy.Current university affiliations include Cambridge University and Harvard Business School. Charitable / Government affiliations include the Prince's Trust, Cancer Research UK and NESTA.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Human Resources
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United Kingdom, Romania, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
- Topia — The Topia Global Talent Mobility platform enables businesses to deliver mobility as part of a broader talent and business strategy with enhanced employee experiences. This drives competitive advantage by ensuring the right people in the right place at the right time. The Topia platform automates the entire global talent mobility process, fromscenario-based planning, compliance risk management, expat payroll, reporting and more. Topia powers global talent mobility programs for many of the world's most trusted brands, including Schneider Electric, Dell, Veolia, Equinor, AXA.
- FullCircl — FullCircl is a Customer Lifecycle Intelligence (CLI) platform for customer-facing channels in B2B financial services. Better business, faster.
Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Stelia — Stelia stands at the forefront of the AI infrastructure revolution and is driving the transition from Internet 2.0, designed for data movement, to Internet 3.0, designed for data mobility, enabling the seamless flow and processing of data across diverse environments. With its ground-breaking HyperBand platform, Stelia enables businesses toharness the full potential of AI. The company's mission is to become the backbone of the next generation of data mobility, empowering organizations across industries to accelerate innovation, optimize operations, and drive transformative growth. Stelia will be at the gravitational centre of the AI infrastructure ecosystem – a trusted partner and catalyst for change that brings together forward-thinking businesses, technology leaders, and industry experts to shape the future of AI. It was founded in 2021 and is located in London, United Kingdom.
- StackOne — Accelerate your SaaS growth with our unified API solution for HRIS, ATS, and CRM. Say "yes" to customers, build advanced integrations quickly, and experienced the best data privacy controls in the market.
- Lodestar — Lodestar is a next-gen robotics company building a fully-integrated solutions to construct, restore and protect high-value assets in space.
Vlad Ionescu is Chief Marketing Officer at Tokinomo - Robotic Shelf Advertising. Attended at University of Bucharest.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Serbia, Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Metadata — Social media platforms and agencies push for higher spending. With Metadata, every dollar invested transforms into tangible pipeline results.
- Trickest | Offensive Security Automation — Add SEO description here.
- Respeecher — Voice cloning: create speech that's indistinguishable from the original speaker. Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and other content creators.
Entrepreneur & angel investor in disruptive startups building the future through technology.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Education
- Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Romania, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Cyscale — At Cyscale, we believe that a safer Cloud means a safer World. We need to do something extraordinary to have a better, easier and more secure way of designing & deploying any Cloud Infrastructure in AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, VMWare, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud and even Alibaba Cloud.That is why we create amazing tools so that everybody canbuild & deploy cloud infrastructure with security in mind, knowing the costs upfront, while maintaining continuous regulatory compliance. All done automatically with just a few clicks.We are the first Cloud Management, Security and Compliance company empowering both regular people and cloud professionals with visual tools to meet this level of cloud automation and security.We're Cyscale, born in the Cloud to protect the Cloud!Join our team or pre-register for the product launch: https://cyscale.com
- BRIO — Brio is more than an idea whose time has come — it’s a fully fledged DeepTech SaaS educational platform that was conceptualised according to the most rigorous global standards. One of those few fortunate businesses where profit and social purpose go hand in hand, Brio is a first mover in a market of 3 million students (in Romania alone), offeringcore testing products for grades 1-12, for the National Evaluation and the Baccalaureate.
- SecurifAI — SecurifAI develop AI systems for real-time video analysis in order to detect suspect behavior, potential attacks, and deliver timely alerts.
Sacha Dragic - Founder, Board member & Executive Chairman @ Superbet
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Investment focus
- News, Sports, Fitness
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Romania, The Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Portfolio highlights
- Medicai — Medicai allows for in-the-cloud, real-time collaboration between doctors and patients on imaging investigations (CT, MRI, PET-CT, and more) and medical documents.
- Rolla — Rolla helps beginners and fitness enthusiasts to improve their overall health & fitness. Take the next step and reach your goals with features tailored to your preferences and fitness level.
- Sportening — Everything a fan needs in one place. Chat with other fans, rate players & get the most relevant news and scores for your team.
Andreas Cser - Partner @ Automat Ventures
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Investment focus
- Apps, Ad Retargeting, Subscription Service
- Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom, Romania, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Jampp — Jampp is the programmatic platform to grow mobile apps. We leverage machine learning to unlock mobile marketing and drive incremental ROI.
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- Pathfinder Medical — Pathfinder Medical is developing a novel electronic guidance system that will enable clinicians to connect blood vessels in a minimally invasive way.
Alex Hoye is the Co-founder and CEO of Full Stack Supply Co. He previously worked at Runway East as a Co-founder. Alex Hoye attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, Advertising
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Motion - Activity Goals — Use Motion to set your personal weekly activity goal and visualise progress. Create a team with friends and share your goals.
- Grabble — Discover the best new fashion and homeware with the Grabble app. Get inspired by amazing articles and edits curated by our expert stylists, and buy anything you like in one tap.
- Carv — Carv 2 clips onto any ski boot, analyzes your technique, and coaches you with live audio as you ski.
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