# Horia Manda

> Horia Manda is a seed investor at Axxess Capital (Bucharest) backing Marketing and Mobile Apps. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Axxess Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axxess-capital)
- Location: Bucharest, Romania
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Horia Manda is a seed investor at Axxess Capital in Bucharest focused on Marketing and Mobile Apps. Horia Manda has over 17 years of experience in private equity investment management in South-Eastern Europe. He has built a very successful track record in the management, as Chairman or Director of the Board, of numerous portfolio companies, with a special focus on the financial sector. Throughout his career as an investment manager, Horia Mandaadministered equity investments in excess of EUR 200m in a variety of sectors, with successful ventures in areas as diverse as financial services, IT, retail, energy and manufacturing. Horia Manda holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Paris VII, France (1993), an MBA degree (summa cum laude) from the Romanian-Canadian MBA Program (McGill University, University of Quebec-Montreal, ASE Bucharest, 1996) and an M.Sc.in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bucharest (1984).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| Social Network | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Magfi | A search engine that analyzes communities into WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord with AI, ML, and NLP and places ads with micro-targeting. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 03, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Boğaziçi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bo%C4%9Fazi%C3%A7i-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eleven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eleven) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Axxess Capital

VC Fund · Bucharest, Romania

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

5 contacts available at Axxess Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Horia Manda | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horia-manda |
| Cristina Mogoroase | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cristina-mogoroase |
| Daniela Iliescu | Partner & Chief Financial Office | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniela-iliescu |
| John Klipper | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-klipper |
| Valentin Tabus | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valentin-tabus |

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## FAQ

### What does Horia Manda invest in?

Horia Manda invests primarily in Marketing, Mobile Apps and Social Media startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Horia Manda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Horia Manda closed in Sep 2024. 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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