# Bogdan Cristei

> Bogdan Cristei is a pre-seed investor at Union Labs Ventures backing Robotics and Construction. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Union Labs Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-lab)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdancristei/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bcristei
- Website: https://www.bogdancristei.com/

Bogdan Cristei is a deeptech investor backing exponentially scalable pre-seed and seed companies in climate, robotics, automation and AI/ML. He invests in founders with ambition to create massive, fast moving, publicly traded companies that are working on deep technologies with a long term opportunity to scale. He grew up in Romania andstarted his career in technical consulting covering industrial automation, sustainability and energy engineering working with clients like Adobe, Broadcom, Amgen or Genentech among others on the consulting circuit. He then moved into venture capital, first at corporate climatetech fund Evergy Ventures, and now at Union Labs Ventures. Bogdan received his Chemical Engineering degree in Orange County at UCI, then went over to UC Berkeley for an MBA as well as a masters in IEOR - Industrial Engineering and Operations Research where he focused on ML/AI. In his spare time, he enjoys strengthening his meditation practice and mountain biking.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Construction | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raise Robotics | Raise Robotics equips contractors with an extra set of hands. We help our customers build better by ensuring high-quality construction and creating safer job sites. With our machines, it’s easy, safe, and fast to get great results. Let’s build. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 24, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cybernetix Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cybernetix-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zacua Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zacua-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Union Labs Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Union Labs Ventures is a DeepTech Seed fund that invests in exceptional founders from diverse backgrounds who are applying deep technologies to solve hard problems in the physical world. Core focus areas include: Industrial IoT, Consumer IoT, Health, Climate Tech, Insuretech, Cyber Security, AI/Machine Learning, Autonomous Technology,Manufacturing.

4 contacts available at Union Labs Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Annie Le | Director Of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annie-le |
| Bogdan Cristei | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bogdan-cristei |
| Chris Kim | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-kim-4 |
| Nathan Williams | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nate-williams |

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## FAQ

### What does Bogdan Cristei invest in?

Bogdan Cristei invests primarily in Robotics and Construction startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bogdan Cristei last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bogdan Cristei closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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