# Vlad Ionescu

> Vlad Ionescu is a seed investor at Underline Ventures backing B2B and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Underline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/underline-ventures)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladionescu/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vladdione
- Website: https://www.tokinomo.com

Vlad Ionescu is a seed investor at Underline Ventures focused on B2B and Software. Vlad Ionescu is Chief Marketing Officer at Tokinomo - Robotic Shelf Advertising. Attended at University of Bucharest.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $212k–$1.5M |
| Series A | $6.5M–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 25% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 75% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| Serbia | 1 | 13% |
| Romania | 1 | 13% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trickest | Trickest is an information technology firm that empowers bug bounty hunters, penetration testers, and security operations teams to create and automate comprehensive workflows. It is driven by the most sophisticated crowdsourced intelligence available globally. Additionally, Trickest offers services in Attack Surface Mapping, as well asVulnerability Scanning and Management. | $1.4M | Seed | Sep 08, 2023 |  |
| Metadata | Metadata is an autonomous demand generation platform that automates the most critical but often tedious tasks in marketing to help companies efficiently scale their demand generation efforts. Through machine learning, a proprietary corporate-to-personal identity graph, and automatic optimization to revenue KPIs, Metadata’s platform generates demandfrom target accounts and converts them to customers much faster than legacy methods. Innovative B2B marketers at Zoom, RingCentral, Slack, Thoughtspot and Vonage rely on Metadata to generate predictable velocity of inbound pipeline from target accounts. 3 USPTO patents. | $6.5M | Series A | Sep 09, 2020 |  |
| Respeecher | Respeecher uses AI to convert the performance of one speaker into the voice of another, decoupling voices from actors. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 04, 2020 |  |
| Tokinomo | Tokinomo is the ultimate robot for in-store experiential marketing campaigns. Using a unique combination of technologies, sensors, motion, light, and sound, Tokinomo brings products to life at the shelf by giving them a voice and a personality and allows them to interact with the shoppers in a truly memorable way. | $801.6K | Seed | Feb 06, 2020 |  |
| TypingDNA | TypingDNA provides typing biometrics authentication as a service, enabling companies to recognize people by the way they type. The company's authentication technology compares how people type on their keyboards against previous recordings. Works on both mobiles and PCs. Headquartered in New York, United States, with offices in Romania, EU. | $7M | Series A | Jan 04, 2020 |  |
| RoboSelf | Robotic Personal Assistants for Small and Medium Businesses | $212K | Seed | Nov 04, 2019 |  |
| TypingDNA | TypingDNA provides typing biometrics authentication as a service, enabling companies to recognize people by the way they type. The company's authentication technology compares how people type on their keyboards against previous recordings. Works on both mobiles and PCs. Headquartered in New York, United States, with offices in Romania, EU. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 31, 2019 |  |
| Metadata | Metadata is an autonomous demand generation platform that automates the most critical but often tedious tasks in marketing to help companies efficiently scale their demand generation efforts. Through machine learning, a proprietary corporate-to-personal identity graph, and automatic optimization to revenue KPIs, Metadata’s platform generates demandfrom target accounts and converts them to customers much faster than legacy methods. Innovative B2B marketers at Zoom, RingCentral, Slack, Thoughtspot and Vonage rely on Metadata to generate predictable velocity of inbound pipeline from target accounts. 3 USPTO patents. |  | Seed | Jan 25, 2019 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acrobator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrobator-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Credo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Early Game Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/early-game-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GapMinder VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gapminder-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ICU Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icu) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Underline Ventures

VC Fund · Bucharest, Romania

Underline Ventures partners at the earliest stages with Eastern European founders building high-growth startups with global ambitions. Underline Ventures invest at the seed stage (pre-seed, seed, late seed) along with other investors, which we can also help you find. Our average cheque is €500k.

4 contacts available at Underline Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bogdan Iordache | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bogdan-iordache |
| Iulian Circiumaru | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iulian-circiumaru |
| Leonard Leca | Private Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leonard-leca |
| Vlad Ionescu | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vlad-ionescu |

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## FAQ

### What does Vlad Ionescu invest in?

Vlad Ionescu invests primarily in B2B, Software and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Vlad Ionescu's check size?

Vlad Ionescu typically joins rounds of $212k–$1.5M at Seed and $6.5M–$7M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Vlad Ionescu participates in.

### When did Vlad Ionescu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vlad Ionescu closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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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