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Top 25 Marketplace Startup Investors in Romania in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 25 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Romania. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Romania. We update this investor list every month.

Top 25 Marketplace Startup Investors in Romania in April 2025

Investor	Marketplace Romania investments
SeedBlink	8
Gapminder VC	5
Catalyst Romania	3
Roca X	3
Zeyshare Ventures	2
Eleven Ventures	2
TSG Capital	1
Gabriela Amarie	1
Shane Gray	1
Mircea Ilea	1
Gecad Ventures	1
Ștefan Muscalu	1
Radu Amarie	1
Blueberry Muffin	1
Chris Severson	1
Paul Robert Cary	1
Atlas Venture	1
Growceanu Angel Investment	1
Axxess Capital	1
Neogen.biz	1
Marius Ghenea	1
Neogen Capital	1
Sparking Capital	1
European Union	1
3TS Capital Partners	1

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Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Romania, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Pago — Managing and paying utility bills, insurance, mobile top-ups and taxes takes too much time for many households in Europe. Pago simplifies these payments by adding automation where possible, using integrations with billers, insurers and online platforms to dramatically reduce the time needed for all these payments. The service is available in theB2C app called Pago and through B2B integrations by embedding Pago features in partner apps through SDK or API. Pago's services are used by over 500k monthly active users in Romania, Poland and Italy.
Footprints AI — Footprints is one of the most advanced AI-driven Retail Media platforms in the world, helping physical retailers generate a new high profit margin revenue in 3 months or less.Retail Media will be a $100 billion market by 2025. This means that 1 in 4 dollars in digital ad spend will be on media platforms that leverage intent-based customerbehavior data.Footprints is part of the global Microsoft Pegasus program, a cohort of 12 high-impact AI startups worldwide with the most viable solutions to transform the physical retail model into an AI-driven business model.Footprints' unique technology enables physical retailers to turn anonymous traffic into profitable, predictable audiences by leveraging our proprietary offline-to-online behavioral data fusion, artificial intelligence and algorithmic automation.Since 2017, Footprints has pioneered AI technologies that enable physical retailers to: - Enable an automated omnichannel retail media service - Become the brand of choice in local communities - Expand more profitably into new local communitiesFootprints is currently working with Tier 1 retailers and retail properties to transform their offline and online visitors into retail media.Every day, Footprints orchestrates and processes billions of visits, searches, and purchases from offline and online retail environments for YOU, to meet your customers' needs better than ever before. The result? A seamless shopping experience, more customers, more sales, and a new high profit margin revenue.Retail Media is the #1 priority for retailers everywhere, who can now offer personalized and curated content to their customers around the world.
.Lumen — .lumen builds glasses that help the blind live a better life.

GapMinder plans to invest and support the most disruptive and bold innovations pushing limits and creating positive impact for the community and the overall society. Our background and experience together with our common values and vision for the fund are the core of our competitive advantage. Our team is eager to create value in the region and forthe region. We focus on Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Romania, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Genezio — The type safe serverless platform for modern full-stack developers Everything you need to build apps that scale up to millions of users.
FintechOS — FintechOS extends your core, letting you innovate banking and insurance products, digital journeys, and back-office workflows without the cost or risk.
DRUID AI — DRUID is an AI platform that allows companies to automate processes by designing and deploying UiPath RPA integrated chatbot virtual assistants.

Catalyst Romania is a private equity and venture capital fund platform.

Investment focus

Software, Retail, Machine Learning
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
Romania, United Kingdom, Serbia

Portfolio highlights

Adapta Robotics — Creating, designing, and manufacturing adaptable robotic products that support automation efforts and technological progress.
Footprints AI — Footprints is one of the most advanced AI-driven Retail Media platforms in the world, helping physical retailers generate a new high profit margin revenue in 3 months or less.Retail Media will be a $100 billion market by 2025. This means that 1 in 4 dollars in digital ad spend will be on media platforms that leverage intent-based customerbehavior data.Footprints is part of the global Microsoft Pegasus program, a cohort of 12 high-impact AI startups worldwide with the most viable solutions to transform the physical retail model into an AI-driven business model.Footprints' unique technology enables physical retailers to turn anonymous traffic into profitable, predictable audiences by leveraging our proprietary offline-to-online behavioral data fusion, artificial intelligence and algorithmic automation.Since 2017, Footprints has pioneered AI technologies that enable physical retailers to: - Enable an automated omnichannel retail media service - Become the brand of choice in local communities - Expand more profitably into new local communitiesFootprints is currently working with Tier 1 retailers and retail properties to transform their offline and online visitors into retail media.Every day, Footprints orchestrates and processes billions of visits, searches, and purchases from offline and online retail environments for YOU, to meet your customers' needs better than ever before. The result? A seamless shopping experience, more customers, more sales, and a new high profit margin revenue.Retail Media is the #1 priority for retailers everywhere, who can now offer personalized and curated content to their customers around the world.
.Lumen — .lumen builds glasses that help the blind live a better life.

RocaX > Is building a solid and much needed bridge for startups between the support offered by business angels and the upper stage VCs. Learn more!

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Romania, Italy, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Milluu — Helping places become homes! Milluu is the app that gets personal, relevant and smart about rent.We believe that things are done properly when you're personally invested. And we invest our technology & smart tools to help you find your next home or your next ideal tenant!We have created a service app that connects directly listers andtenants based on their preferences.Based on AI and ML, our Milluu Bot is the friendly face of the app, assisting you permanently in your rental journey, making suggestions for great matches and helping you close the deal.
Munevo — Munevo empowers people with disabilities by using smart and innovative technology.
Bunnyshell — Bunnyshell eliminates DevOps bottlenecks with AI-orchestrated, ephemeral environments that let teams test, integrate, and deploy AI-generated code instantly. Ship 100x faster without breaking production.

Zeyshare Ventures provides venture capital investments in early & growth stage technology startups across Romania and the Central & South Eastern Europe region, as well as venture building services. Zeyshare Ventures | venture capital & venture building

Investment focus

Internet, News, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A
Romania, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Five FS — Five FS offers five financial services: loans, mortgages, deposits, insurance and leasing, by pitting financial institutions against each other in a bidding process.
Bidvilla — Bidvilla is a bidding platform for home buyers and homeowners.
TechRadarRO — TechRadar.ro is a news aggregator platform focused on the Romanian content market.

We empower local heroes to build global success. Eleven is an early-stage VC investing in technology companies in Southeast Europe.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
Bulgaria, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

LAM'ON — LAM'ON OOD was created with the intention of creating a product that would be recyclable or compostable, improve environmental and human health safety, and readily replace the existing petroleum-based plastic solutions.
Vivian Lab — Vivian Lab is a women's digital health startup. It integrates menopause education, telehealth, personalized treatment regimens, community support, and AI assistants.
Cloud Office — Cloud Office Ltd specializes in providing solutions that leverage Google Cloud and Workspace to enhance business operations. The company offers services aimed at improving commercial terms for Google Cloud and Workspace, planning and executing strategies for Google technology adoption, and hosting specialized training sessions. With a focus on ITservices and consulting, Cloud Office Ltd caters to a diverse clientele, aiming to optimize their use of cloud technologies for better efficiency and innovation. The company also engages in events and expert sessions to keep businesses informed about the latest in Google's AI and cloud offerings, demonstrating a commitment to empowering businesses through technology.

TSG Capital is a boutique Investment firm focused on Innovative Startups in the Thai and Singaporean Ecosystem. The company is consists of entrepreneurs, backed by High Net Worth Individuals focused on intrinsic value-added businesses. TSG Capital specializes in the fields of business development support and SME loans and financing.

Investment focus

Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

The Outfit — The Outfit combines data science and personal stylists know-how to deliver personalisation at scale.

Gabriela Amarie is a Founder of Digital Tailors Agency.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

Ride Colibri — Discover the Colibri M22, the ultimate folding electric motorbike with a 200 km range, swappable batteries, and a sleek retro-modern design. Built for adventure, urban commutes, and everything in between. Explore, configure, and ride into the future today!

Shane Gray is a individual investor.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

Ride Colibri — Discover the Colibri M22, the ultimate folding electric motorbike with a 200 km range, swappable batteries, and a sleek retro-modern design. Built for adventure, urban commutes, and everything in between. Explore, configure, and ride into the future today!

Mircea Ilea

Investment focus

Logistics, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

Frisbo — Sell more, in new markets with borderless order fulfillment and smart logistics. Curated warehouses, best shipping deals, all in one dashboard.

Our commitment, experience, and perseverance have fueled the creativity of some of the most exciting start-ups in Europe.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Payments
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Romania, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

FintechOS — FintechOS extends your core, letting you innovate banking and insurance products, digital journeys, and back-office workflows without the cost or risk.
Dataworks Research SRL — Soleadify provides business data enrichment with unprecedented coverage of SMBs, accurate classification and in-depth insights based on real-time updates.Always driven by the complexity of AI and Machine Learning, we build more efficient ways of getting more data and get more out of it. Urged on reliability and complete-ness, our datasets haveyet to be beaten in terms of accuracy and classification by industry mammoths.
TypingDNA — TypingDNA provides typing biometrics authentication as a service, enabling companies to recognize people by the way they type. The company's authentication technology compares how people type on their keyboards against previous recordings. Works on both mobiles and PCs. Headquartered in New York, United States, with offices in Romania, EU.

Ștefan Muscalu is a individual investor.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

Ride Colibri — Discover the Colibri M22, the ultimate folding electric motorbike with a 200 km range, swappable batteries, and a sleek retro-modern design. Built for adventure, urban commutes, and everything in between. Explore, configure, and ride into the future today!

Radu Amarie is a angel investor.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

Ride Colibri — Discover the Colibri M22, the ultimate folding electric motorbike with a 200 km range, swappable batteries, and a sleek retro-modern design. Built for adventure, urban commutes, and everything in between. Explore, configure, and ride into the future today!

Blueberry Muffin invests in pre-seed, seed and small cap. We prefer technologically enabled business. We are not a technology investment fund.

Investment focus

Grocery, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

KooKoo Grocery — KooKoo Grocery este un magazin online care livreaza rapid din depozitele proprii in 1-2h in Bucuresti si Ilfov, seara si in weekend. Livrare next day pentru celelalte orase din Romania.
Merken food & drinks — We are a CPG company focused onn hip brands

Chris Severson is a Non Executive Director of Annington homes limited.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

Ride Colibri — Discover the Colibri M22, the ultimate folding electric motorbike with a 200 km range, swappable batteries, and a sleek retro-modern design. Built for adventure, urban commutes, and everything in between. Explore, configure, and ride into the future today!

Classically trained pianist & composer, 20 years working in strategy, sales, marketing & startups. History degree, speaks 6 languages. Born in Africa, educated in the US. NCAA Division 1 Athlete. Award winner at Columbia Business School.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

Ride Colibri — Discover the Colibri M22, the ultimate folding electric motorbike with a 200 km range, swappable batteries, and a sleek retro-modern design. Built for adventure, urban commutes, and everything in between. Explore, configure, and ride into the future today!

Atlas Venture is an early-stage venture capital firm that creates and invests in biotech startup companies led by promising entrepreneurs focusing on life sciences innovation. Its seed-led venture creation strategy rigorously selects and focuses investment on compelling opportunities to build scalable businesses and realize value.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Judo Bio — Judo Bio is pioneering oligonucleotide medicines delivered to the kidney, opening the way for new treatments for systemic and renal diseases.
Be Biopharma — Be Bio is developing a proprietary class of engineered B cells as medicines that unleash the potential of cell therapies in applications beyond cytotoxicity.
Trace Neuroscience — Trace Neuroscience is a biopharmaceutical company that aims to extend the promise of genetic medicine to patients with neurodegenerative illnesses.

Growceanu is a group of business angels, active primarily in high-tech areas that contribute with money, professional and business expertise and personal connections to the development of tech startups with high potential of growth.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Romania, Luxembourg, United States

Portfolio highlights

Milluu — Helping places become homes! Milluu is the app that gets personal, relevant and smart about rent.We believe that things are done properly when you're personally invested. And we invest our technology & smart tools to help you find your next home or your next ideal tenant!We have created a service app that connects directly listers andtenants based on their preferences.Based on AI and ML, our Milluu Bot is the friendly face of the app, assisting you permanently in your rental journey, making suggestions for great matches and helping you close the deal.
MediNav — MediNav is a software company. They offer machine learning, artificial intelligence, medtech, and digital health services. They focus on delivering cutting edge technology to hospitals and private practices in order to support them during their consultations and reduce the time spent on filling forms. If anyone wants to contact them please contactthem via phone call or email.
aqurate.ai — Take your eCommerce shop to the next level with the AI-driven Aqurate tools: Product Recommendations engine, Customer Segmentation tool. Find out more details.

Investment Advisor of private equity fundsFunds under advisory contracts: Romanian-American Enterprise Fund, Balkan Accession Fund and Emerging Europe Accession FundMost extensive investment experience in the region (+15 years presence, + €250M equity invested)Lower mid-market specialists; Deals ranging from €5M to €15M; funds invested for a3-7 years termLargest team in SEE, comprising over 15 people, including investment professionals, finance specialists, legal advisers, and support staff.Blend of local and international perspective. Investment experience, expertise and contacts across relevant sectors and industriesFull time presence in Romania and Bulgaria

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
Funding Round
Romania

Portfolio highlights

Elefant.ro — Elefant.ro is a Romanian online retailer that provides products for children and adults, for home and garden. The company offers more than 100,000 items: books, eBooks, toys, movies, music, eReadere, tablets, clothing products, footwear, accessories, cosmetics and products for children.

We're a venture studio specialised in marketplaces. We build, fund or buy tech companies with impact.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Banking, Auctions
Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Romania, United States

Portfolio highlights

Frisbo — Sell more, in new markets with borderless order fulfillment and smart logistics. Curated warehouses, best shipping deals, all in one dashboard.
neoSaej — neoSaej's first product is MoneyAisle, a next generation online auction marketplace. Unlike the seller-centric auctions popularized by eBay, MoneyAisle's auctions are buyer-centric: many sellers bid live to win each customer's business. Buyers benefit through great deals by having sellers actively compete for their business in free,safe, instantaneous auctions, on demand, 24/7.

• 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

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.

We're a venture studio specialised in marketplaces. We build, fund or buy tech companies with impact.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, B2C
Pre-Seed, Seed
Romania, Greece, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Protio — Protio is proptech startup reinventing the process of buying & selling real estate.
TULIPR — Tulipr is your solution for Marketing Procurement in the FMCG industry. Manage suppliers and vendors efficiently.
Metabeta — Early-stage portfolio management for startup accelerators and investors.

Sparking Capital is an early stage fund backing entrepreneurs with unique industry insights, powerful vision and excellence in execution.

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Romania

Portfolio highlights

KFactory — KFactory is an Industry 4.0 start-up which disrupts the manufacturing industry and innovates the performance management of production line.
Hyperhuman — Hyperhuman simplifies video creation, saving time and resources. Boost engagement, retain clients, and grow your business with AI. Try it for free!
Ecotree Romania — EcoTree is the first digital platform in Romania that provides real and measurable benefits to the waste management industry by digitizing operational processes and legal documentation through business intelligence modules for data analysis and reporting, dedicated tendering modules and more, ensuring full transparency and traceability. In thisway, the startup actively contributes to a clean and sustainable environment. The company was founded in 2017 by Bogdan Andronache, Alexandru Petrescu, Marius Cîrstea and Dan Simota with the aim of digitizing the specific processes of waste collection and recycling, positioning itself as a player in the circular economy.

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Investment focus

Health Care, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sorsera — Sorsera provides advanced intelligence and collaboration tools for suppliers, buyers and collaborators involved in the tendering process.
Stellar — At Stellar we bring perfect internet on the move to vehicles and passengers, leveraging the combined strength of cellular, wi-fi, and satellite networks, through AI and fully integrated solutions. We offer SaaS, data plans, and all-inclusive options for enterprise connectivity needs on the move.
ProCredit Bank Moldova — ProCredit Bank Moldova is a development-focused commercial bank.

3TS Capital Partners is a European technology focused private equity and venture capital firms. 3TS provides expansion capital and buyout funding for small and medium-sized businesses in growth sectors including technology & internet, media & communications and technology-enabled services. Investors in the current and past 3TS fundstotaling over €300 million include EIF, EBRD, Cisco, OTP, Sitra, 3i and KfW among others.Its team of highly qualified experts become active business partners of the portfolio companies and deliver substantial value added beyond financing. When analyzing new investment opportunities and supporting portfolio companies, the company often augment its core team by its sector partners, various co-investors and other industry experts. 3TS is also an active member of several international industry associations and other organizations like EVCA – European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, the International Venture Club and the Draper Venture Network.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United States, Romania, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Boksi — Influencer marketing campaigns. Custom brand photos and videos with full usage rights. Over 10,000 amazing creators. All on one easy-to-use platform.
JENTIS — Mit JENTIS erheben Sie Ihre First Party Daten und leiten sie serverseitig DSGVO-konform an Ihre Marketing-Tools weiter. Jetzt Demo buchen.
Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.

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