Catalyst Romania
VC Fund
Bucharest, Romania
Catalyst Romania is a private equity and venture capital fund platform.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 69%
Last updated:
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Industries Catalyst Romania invests in
SoftwareRetailFinTechInternetE-Commerce
Stages Catalyst Romania invests in
Venture - Series UnknownFunding RoundSeedSeries ASeries B
Countries Catalyst Romania invests in
RomaniaUnited KingdomSerbiaAustria
Round sizes
Seed $1.1M–$2.1MVenture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$6.1M
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$2.1M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.4M–$6.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (50%)
- Retail 3 (19%)
- FinTech 3 (19%)
- Internet 3 (19%)
- E-Commerce 3 (19%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (50%)
- Funding Round 3 (19%)
- Seed 2 (13%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Series B 1 (6%)
Country
- Romania 12 (75%)
- United Kingdom 2 (13%)
- Serbia 1 (6%)
- Austria 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alina Georgescu
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Alin V. Stanciu
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Marius Ghenea
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Sever Totia
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMAREALITY enable cognitive insights outside the laboratory. They specialize in developing eye tracking-based digital biomarkers, revolutionizing the way we understand and monitor cognitive processes in real time. | $3.4M / Series A / Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Retail Media Powered by AI That Understands Why People Buy. Connected to Real Shopper Purchases. Footprints AI is the most advanced platform to buy or sell retail ads - in stores and online - with precise targeting across the largest retail media ecosystem. | $2.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| dotLumen is a research startup that uses AI, robotics, and neuroscience to empower the blind. dotLumen was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Cluj, Romania. | $4.1M / Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| Adapta Robotics addresses diverse automation scenarios & problems in environments where automation is challenging to be brought & their use cases not addressed by common, existing solutions. The product lines are built on AI solutions & technologies, which come on top of the robots’ core functionalities. Adapta’s portfolio contains twoproduct lines (MATT-the device testing robot- & ERIS-the effective retail intelligent scanner), offering the undeniable advantage of adaptable & easy-to-integrate automation when people & software solutions are inefficient/ insufficient. Both lines incorporate robotics as well as AI & computer vision while adding value through the team’s custom robotics development services. MATT, the smart device testing robot, covers the automation of scenarios throughout the device testing process (touch screens & buttons, but not only) that humans & software solutions can’t solve or handle. MATT solves the need for continuous device testing, enhancing testing automation through physical interaction with devices. It helps manufacturers, developers or solution providers to keep up with the increasing complexity of gadgets, apps, functionalities & updates. MATT & its software ecosystem was designed to be easily scalable & upgraded. Its features make it an ideal solution for testing anywhere from R&D to performance verification, connectivity & end of line testing. By using AI, MATT can perform context awareness and dynamic reactions to events (popups), differentiating &navigating on a UI based on visual cues, or even implementing typical usage scenarios, following user interaction. For MATT, the device testing use cases it performs are as diverse as the industries it is utilized by (automotive, aerospace, medical, R&D, device refurbishment, consumer electronics, smart home appliances). We have built MATT’s capabilities on AI & computer vision; hence the device-testing robot is able to cover a wide range of scenarios: speech & image recognition, icon recognition, OCR, QR & many more. Its abilities are also extending to use cases in industrial environments such as color-coding recognition for picking up products- using suction cups- and storing them in warehouses according to associated color codes; or automatizing the recycling process of tiers scraps by selecting the ones that where color coded to have the adequate chemical composition.ERIS- effective retail intelligent scanning- contributes to the retailer's digitalization by utilizing AI solutions to combat the biggest challenges & support the implementation of automation. ERIS uses AI to solve price & promotion discrepancies (from shelf to cash register) & minimize customer dissatisfaction caused by empty shelves & price tag mistakes. This is achieved by checking the correctness of prices on the shelf, detecting in-store out-of-stock situations, real-time operation, construction of visual maps & panoramic previews, easy-to-use interface & controls (accessible & adaptable: 4g internet connection, light intensity control, computing operator travel speed).The technology behind ERIS is based on AI at the edge, having the capabilities of- including, but not only- price label detection, and product stock detection. The technology behind the robot, the hardware vision modules inside it, the computer vision models & AI algorithms that track stock modifications, price discrepancies, and product placement, can be repurposed to other applications for a wider variety of setups and scenarios related to the retail space. These include fixed camera systems that can track stock changes, automatic hand-held scanners for stores with reduced footprints, and autonomous solutions for tracking inventory and its placement in warehouses for the logistics space. These directions are approachable through the technology that has already been implemented.Underlining our capabilities are the three pillars of Adapta: MATT, ERIS, and custom robotics services. These pillars leverage our in-house developed and real-life validated technologies to construct project-specific solutions tailored to the unique requirements and needs of each use case (e.g. development of AI modules, custom electronics, custom robotics etc.). AI and custom robotics allow interaction with different environments, cases, and domains, by utilizing, for example, MATT’s technology to offer testing services for HMIs and devices with touchscreens and/or buttons. Apart from the industries where MATT and ERIS activate in, custom robotics allows the team to interact with different cases and domains: in real estate tech & IoT custom developed smart hotel & smart office solutions; developing health monitoring bracelets dedicated to elders’ assistance. This diversity of environments allowed us to also work on scenarios requiring NFC & RFID. | $2.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| Leanpay is an omni-channel POS financing company that aims to disrupt consumer loans segment, and help consumers buy products they need. Existing BNPL players are financing average basket size of around 150 EUR. Leanpay is focused on segment of bigger purchases up to 5.000 EURm, with average basket size 4x bigger compered to BNPLs. Today, thatsegment is mostly covered with traditional consumer loans provided by banks. Leanpay is able to disrupt the segment because it is regulated credit company with high competencies in providing in-dept credit analysis for its clients, preventing over-indebtedness and assuring Leanpay position as responsible lender. Leanpay has focus on markets in CEE region. | $10.8M / Series B / Jul 30, 2024 | ||
| ESX operates as a fitness subscription startup. | $2.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 20, 2023 | ||
| evoMAG is an online portal that offers tablets, laptops, computer equipment, appliances, printers, and various products. | $2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 19, 2022 | ||
| Hunch empowers global e-commerce companies to dominate social commerce with performance driven creatives. Founded by a small group of creative technology pioneers in LA and Belgrade, Hunch has become a global leader in AI driven dynamic creative solutions for social commerce marketing. With Hunch, global brands across Europe, US, LATAM, and Asiafuel their growth online using data-driven, contextualized, and automated customer journeys at scale. | $4.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 31, 2022 | ||
| Adservio is a digital platform that works as a one-stop shop solution, capable of organizing and centralizing all school information, turning them into easy-to-use assets for students, parents and teachers. Addressing everything from online grading, attendance management, engagement analysis across the curriculum, direct communication between allparties and big data collection, Adservio unifies information locally, district wide and nationally. | $2.1M / Seed / May 11, 2022 | ||
| Seedblink is Europe’s fastest growing investing platform specialized in sourcing, vetting, financing and scaling tech start-ups. We leverage software, capital and an exclusive industry community to lower barriers to accessing VC level opportunities for both investors and founders. | $3.7M / Series A / May 27, 2021 | ||
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FAQ
What does Catalyst Romania invest in?
Catalyst Romania invests primarily in Software, Retail and FinTech startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Funding Round stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Romania. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Catalyst Romania's check size?
Catalyst Romania typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2.1M at Seed and $1.4M–$6.1M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Catalyst Romania participates in.
How do I contact Catalyst Romania?
Public channels for Catalyst Romania include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Catalyst Romania?
The team at Catalyst Romania includes Alina Georgescu (Investment Manager), Alin V. Stanciu (Partner) and Marius Ghenea (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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