# Sparking Capital

> Sparking Capital is a VC fund in Bucharest backing SaaS and Internet. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bucharest, Romania
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 58%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.sparkingcapital.com/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $318k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 17% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 17% |
| Computer Vision | 2 | 17% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Romania | 6 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cristian Negrutiu | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cristian-negrutiu |
| Vlad Panait | Managing Partner, Founder | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vlad-panait |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pluria | Pluria is the leading international B2B SaaS solution to allow companies to provide their remote teams across LatAm and Europe with access to a curated network of flexible workspaces. | $2M | Seed | May 12, 2026 |  |
| RobosizeME | With headquarters in Czechia and the United States, RobosizeME is a process automation specialist for the global hospitality industry, helping companies automate their operational processes based on our extensive industry knowledge and technical expertise. Our process automations can help hospitality providers automate processes and driveefficiencies in all areas of hotel operations, including Front of House, Back of House, Reservations, Revenue Management, Distribution, Meetings & Events and Finance.Our virtual workers will help your experienced staff to focus on guests and bring your business the expected cost-effectiveness and value. | $2M | Seed | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Vatis Tech | Vatis Tech provides a speech recognition application programming interface for multiple fields, in multiple languages. | $698K | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| Hyperhuman | We are a startup founded by ex-Fitbit product leaders around a top team of tech experts and former professional athletes. Our mission is to offer the most streamlined path for creating and distributing quality video content and a world-class experience for fitness content consumption on any channel and in any format. | $329.7K | Seed | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| KFactory | KFactory is a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of smart technology software used to enhance the manufacturing process. Our leading-edge technology reinvents how factories operate by providing a unique platform that empowers manufacturers to reach production goals, improve production processes, and stay competitive within the industry. | $676.4K | Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Ecotree Romania | EcoTree is the first digital platform in Romania that provides real and measurable benefits to the waste management industry by digitizing operational processes and legal documentation through business intelligence modules for data analysis and reporting, dedicated tendering modules and more, ensuring full transparency and traceability. In thisway, the startup actively contributes to a clean and sustainable environment. The company was founded in 2017 by Bogdan Andronache, Alexandru Petrescu, Marius Cîrstea and Dan Simota with the aim of digitizing the specific processes of waste collection and recycling, positioning itself as a player in the circular economy. | $500.3K | Seed | Nov 04, 2021 |  |
| Vatis Tech | Vatis Tech provides a speech recognition application programming interface for multiple fields, in multiple languages. | $237.5K | Seed | Sep 06, 2021 |  |
| Product Lead | ProductLead helps you sell more online, by leveraging user generated content and activating influencers. If your brand gets stuck online, ProductLead helps you gather content and activate influencers, in order to sell more through social. By using social galleries and influencer campaigns, we help ecommerce sites boost their sales and engagement. | $724.8K | Seed | Apr 26, 2021 |  |
| Questo | Questo is the award-winning platform for city exploration games that invite travelers & locals to discover the best parts of a city.Each game is unique and created around a specific theme, which can be inspired by a movie, a book, a historical fact, or a local legend. In London, for instance, you can hunt for Jack the Ripper, while inZurich you will partner up with Einstein taking you on an exciting mission around his favorite parts of the city. Questo is currently present in 100+ cities around the world and is constantly launching new games created by local creators and businesses. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| Hyperhuman | We are a startup founded by ex-Fitbit product leaders around a top team of tech experts and former professional athletes. Our mission is to offer the most streamlined path for creating and distributing quality video content and a world-class experience for fitness content consumption on any channel and in any format. | $608K | Seed | Jan 11, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Early Game Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/early-game-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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- [Crescendo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crescendo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eleven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eleven) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Sparking Capital invest in?

Sparking Capital invests primarily in SaaS, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Romania. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sparking Capital's check size?

Sparking Capital typically joins rounds of $318k–$2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sparking Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Sparking Capital?

Public channels for Sparking Capital include the website linked on this profile. 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 Sparking Capital?

The team at Sparking Capital includes Cristian Negrutiu (Founding Partner) and Vlad Panait (Managing Partner, Founder). 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 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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