Top 25 Marketplace Startup Investors in Romania
A list of 25 angel investors and VC 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
Investor | Marketplace Romania investments |
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SeedBlink | 7 |
Gapminder VC | 5 |
Roca X | 3 |
Eleven Ventures | 2 |
Zeyshare Ventures | 2 |
Catalyst Romania | 2 |
Atlas Venture | 1 |
Growceanu Angel Investment | 1 |
Gabriela Amarie | 1 |
TSG Capital | 1 |
Neogen Capital | 1 |
Axxess Capital | 1 |
Shane Gray | 1 |
Paul Robert Cary | 1 |
Ștefan Muscalu | 1 |
Marius Ghenea | 1 |
Chris Severson | 1 |
Gecad Ventures | 1 |
Neogen.biz | 1 |
Mircea Ilea | 1 |
3TS Capital Partners | 1 |
Blueberry Muffin | 1 |
Radu Amarie | 1 |
European Union | 1 |
Sparking Capital | 1 |
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Romania, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- SoCyber — SoCyber provides services in the field of Information and Communication Technology, specializing in Cybersecurity services. The main business lines are security as a service, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and IT audits. After being a successful service company for several years, SoCyber developed a holistic vulnerability managementsolution "Kikimora.io" that makes the vulnerability management process centralised, transparent and easy to follow and understand. It enables companies to prioritise the remediation of vulnerabilities and address their security issues in a timely manner. The solution saves companies time and money by eliminating the need for repeated security testing that shows the same vulnerabilities.
- Collabwriting — Collabwriting is a simple browser extension that helps you share, comment and collaborate on content you find online
- Affirma Biotech — Affirma Biotech develops new orally available immunotherapeutic drugs for the treatment of severe infections and cancer
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
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Romania, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- DRUID — DRUID is an AI platform that allows companies to automate processes by designing and deploying UiPath RPA integrated chatbot virtual assistants.
- Undelucram — Undelucram is a recruitment agency.
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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 is an Environment as a Service platform that enables developers to instantly spin up dev environments for any task on Kubernetes and develop remotely.
We empower local heroes to build global success. Eleven is an early-stage VC investing in technology companies in Southeast Europe.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Bulgaria, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- NOLD — NOLD provides a platform that users may locate an exceptional and one-of-a-kind, an outfit with a past that can tell a new tale and take them on a trip. The company was based in Bulgaria.
- Eilla AI — AI Platform to Power the M&A, VC and PE Deal Workflow.
- Cognitiwe — Our AI for retail and manufacturing products offers solutions in stock management, retail shrinkage, quality and health & safety monitoring.
Catalyst Romania is a private equity and venture capital fund platform.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, EdTech
- Funding Round, Seed
- Romania, Serbia
Portfolio highlights
- evoMAG — evoMAG is an online portal that offers tablets, laptops, computer equipment, appliances, printers, and various products.
- Hunch — Hunch empowers you to automate your creative production and media management, to get performance uplifts faster than ever. Get started now.
- ESX — ESX operates as a fitness subscription startup.
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.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Q32 Bio — Q32 Bio is developing drugs targeting powerful regulators of both the innate and adaptive immune systems with the goal of re-balancing the immune system.
- Accent Therapeutics — Accent Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing oncology-focused, small molecule therapies in the emerging field of epitranscriptomics. This field of biology encompasses post-transcriptional chemical modifications of RNA that provide cells with a unique mechanism for regulating proteins critical for cellular growth anddifferentiation. By targeting cancer-linked RNA-modifying proteins (RMPs) with precision therapies, they aim to translate extraordinary science into life-changing therapies for patients.
- Diagonal Therapeutics — Diagonal Therapeutics is a biotechnology startup that is pioneering a novel technique to finding and producing agonist antibodies. Diagonal Therapeutics platform combines novel computational and experimental methodologies to solve the traditional obstacles associated with agonist antibody drug development.
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.
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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.
Gabriela Amarie is a Founder of Digital Tailors Agency.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
- Pre-Seed
- Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Ride Colibri — Ride Colibri offers electric motorbike rides at a cost-effective solution. with the cost of one commute being as much as a cup of coffee per month.
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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.
We're a venture studio specialised in marketplaces. We build, fund or buy tech companies with impact.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, B2C
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Romania, Greece, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
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
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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.
Shane Gray is a individual investor.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
- Pre-Seed
- Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Ride Colibri — Ride Colibri offers electric motorbike rides at a cost-effective solution. with the cost of one commute being as much as a cup of coffee per month.
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.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
- Pre-Seed
- Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Ride Colibri — Ride Colibri offers electric motorbike rides at a cost-effective solution. with the cost of one commute being as much as a cup of coffee per month.
Ștefan Muscalu is a individual investor.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
- Pre-Seed
- Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Ride Colibri — Ride Colibri offers electric motorbike rides at a cost-effective solution. with the cost of one commute being as much as a cup of coffee per month.
• 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.
Chris Severson is a Non Executive Director of Annington homes limited.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
- Pre-Seed
- Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Ride Colibri — Ride Colibri offers electric motorbike rides at a cost-effective solution. with the cost of one commute being as much as a cup of coffee per month.
Our commitment, experience, and perseverance have fueled the creativity of some of the most exciting start-ups in Europe.
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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.
We're a venture studio specialised in marketplaces. We build, fund or buy tech companies with impact.
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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.
Mircea Ilea
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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.
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.
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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.
Blueberry Muffin invests in pre-seed, seed and small cap. We prefer technologically enabled business. We are not a technology investment fund.
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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
Radu Amarie is a angel investor.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Goods, Electric Vehicle
- Pre-Seed
- Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Ride Colibri — Ride Colibri offers electric motorbike rides at a cost-effective solution. with the cost of one commute being as much as a cup of coffee per month.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, Biotechnology
- Grant, Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Atlante — The first EV Fastcharging Network enabled by renewables, energy storage and 100% grid-integrated.
- Cellsway — Cellsway is a liquid biopsy company that was created to provide quick cancer CTC detection methods. The business's technology, which is minimally invasive and uses a straightforward blood sample for cancer monitoring, enables healthcare professionals to heal their patients and enhance their quality of life. focuses on the development ofmicrofluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies for biomedical purposes.
- Tesla — Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy with electric cars, solar and integrated renewable energy solutions for homes and businesses.
Sparking Capital is a Business Angel, investing in early-stage startups. It focuses on pre-seed and seed investments to empower businesses.
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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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