# Cristian Dascalu

> Cristian Dascalu is a seed investor at GapMinder VC (Cluj) backing Software and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GapMinder VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gapminder-vc)
- Location: Cluj, Romania
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristiandascalu/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cristiandascalu
- Website: https://x.com/cristiandascalu
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cristian.dascalu

Cristian Dascalu is a seed investor at GapMinder VC in Cluj focused on Software and SaaS. Cristian Dascalu is based out of Cluj, Cluj, and is the Managing Partner & CoFounder of Techcelerator and is the VC Fund Partner of GapMinder Venture Partners. Cristian previously worked at Autoritatea pentru Digitalizarea României as a Council Member. Cristian Dascalu attended the Babes-Bolyai University. Cristian Dascalu has been certified asa RPA, AI, and Cognitive Tech for Leaders.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Compliance | 1 | 33% |
| Semiconductor | 1 | 33% |
| Cloud Security | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Romania | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AMSIMCEL | AMSIMCEL is a High-Performance Computing (HPC) startup that brings the unprecedented GPU acceleration capabilities into the next generation of Integrated Circuits design tools for the Physical Design Verification. | $4.7M | Seed | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Cyscale | At Cyscale, we believe that a safer Cloud means a safer World. We need to do something extraordinary to have a better, easier and more secure way of designing & deploying any Cloud Infrastructure in AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, VMWare, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud and even Alibaba Cloud.That is why we create amazing tools so that everybody canbuild & deploy cloud infrastructure with security in mind, knowing the costs upfront, while maintaining continuous regulatory compliance. All done automatically with just a few clicks.We are the first Cloud Management, Security and Compliance company empowering both regular people and cloud professionals with visual tools to meet this level of cloud automation and security.We're Cyscale, born in the Cloud to protect the Cloud!Join our team or pre-register for the product launch: https://cyscale.com | $3.2M | Seed | May 19, 2022 |  |
| Cyscale | At Cyscale, we believe that a safer Cloud means a safer World. We need to do something extraordinary to have a better, easier and more secure way of designing & deploying any Cloud Infrastructure in AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, VMWare, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud and even Alibaba Cloud.That is why we create amazing tools so that everybody canbuild & deploy cloud infrastructure with security in mind, knowing the costs upfront, while maintaining continuous regulatory compliance. All done automatically with just a few clicks.We are the first Cloud Management, Security and Compliance company empowering both regular people and cloud professionals with visual tools to meet this level of cloud automation and security.We're Cyscale, born in the Cloud to protect the Cloud!Join our team or pre-register for the product launch: https://cyscale.com | $487.5K | Pre-Seed | Jan 10, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GapMinder VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gapminder-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Notion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notion-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NP-Hard Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/np-hard-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SeedBlink](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedblink) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GapMinder VC

VC Fund · Bucharest, Romania

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

5 contacts available at GapMinder VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cristian Dascalu | VC Fund Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cristian-dascalu |
| Dan Mihaescu | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-mihaescu |
| Cosmin Ochisor | VC Fund Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cosmin-ochisor |
| Robert Herscovici | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-herscovici-dbb3 |
| Sergiu Rosca | Co-Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sergiu-rosca-27c3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Cristian Dascalu invest in?

Cristian Dascalu invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Compliance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Romania. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Cristian Dascalu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cristian Dascalu closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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