# Top 20 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in Romania in June 2026 ## Early Game Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Early Game Ventures (EGV) is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in startups that jumpstart new industries in the emerging markets of Europe.Their philosophy is quite straightforward: they invest at the earliest stages in companies whose founders have vested interests, are coachable and address big markets. If the opportunity is real,they prefer to be the first institutional investor in such startups.EGV is also running a concierge accelerator, taking in only 5 or 6 startups per year for a very intensive and tailor-made program. ## Sparking Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Internet Sparking Capital is an early stage micro fund backing entrepreneurs with unique industry insights, powerful vision, passion, courage and excellence in the execution of their plans.Sparking Capital focuses on pre-seed & seed investments. We are industry agnostic but have a preference for investments in consumer internet, marketing-tech, supplychain-tech, fin-tech, property-tech, circular economy-tech startups with differentiating value propositions, disruptive business models which have the potential to become national champions and/or scale up fast internationally. ## SeedBlink - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology All-in-one solution for fundraising, managing and trading equity. Explore promising tech startups and flexible funding opportunities with SeedBlink. ## Sherry Coutu - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Sherry Coutu currently works as an Independent Non Executive Director for Pearson. She previously worked at superpower as a Director. Sherry Coutu attended Harvard Business School. ## LAUNCHub Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software LAUNCHUB is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe. ## Simple Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile Apps, Fitness, Software Simple Capital ## IBC Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown - Focus: Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Web3 Empowering visionary founders to actualize their ambitions within the Web3 landscape, strategically focusing on amplifying their reach through our extensive media assets, generating millions of impressions on platforms like X (Twitter). ## Arts Alliance - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Advertising, Mobile, Fashion Arts Alliance is a venture capital organisation supporting a growing network of entrepreneurs. They have a "hands on approach" to investment and provide both creative talent and strategic advice to Portfolio Companies in the technology and services, and communications sectors. ## Alex Hoye - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Internet 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. ## Marius Ghenea - Type: Angel - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech • 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 ## GapMinder VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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 ## StartersHub - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology An early-stage VC that backs, mainly but not limited to, Turkey & CEE's founders who work to disrupt the system for good. ## Andreas Cser - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Music, Mobile Andreas Cser - Partner @ Automat Ventures ## Long Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Personalization BRIDGING CAPITAL + INNOVATION IN THE US AND CHINA ## Credo Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology We partner with outstanding technology founders from Central and Eastern Europe to help them realize their global ambitions. ## Gapminder VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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 ## Kirov Group Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, PaaS Corporate venture capital fund of the Kirovsky Zavod ## Neogen Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Targu-mures, Mures, Romania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, B2C We're a venture studio specialised in marketplaces. We build, fund or buy tech companies with impact. ## 3TS Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS One of the leading European technology-focused growth capital investors, backing high-growth SMEs across Technology & Internet, Media & Communications. ## CONSILO WEB - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video, Education, Communities Consilo WEB is a Sibiu company specialized in the outsourcing of remote sales services and back office activities Since 2015, we have been bringing value to our partners by adapting our solutions to their requirements and needs.