Top 15 Recruiting Startup Investors in Romania (November 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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GapMinder VC
VC Fund
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6 | Romania, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $83k–$20M |
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SeedBlink
VC Fund
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6 | Romania, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $139k–$35M |
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Sofia Angels Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $108k–$11M |
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Oliver Hehl
Angel
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3 | Germany, Romania | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Banking, FinTech, Financial Services | $419k–$575k |
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Clever Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Romania, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, B2B, SMS | $146k–$1M |
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Marius Ghenea
Angel
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2 | Romania, United Kingdom, Serbia | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $569k–$5M |
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3TS Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Poland, Romania | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $768k–$12M |
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Sergiu Biriș
Angel
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1 | Romania | Pre-Seed | Recruiting, Machine Learning, Skill Assessment | |
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Fil Rouge Capital (FRC)
VC Fund
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1 | Croatia, United Kingdom, Slovenia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $50k–$2.4M |
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Marius Istrate
Angel
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1 | Romania, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $442k–$22M |
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Bravva Angels
VC Fund
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1 | Romania | Pre-Seed | Impact Investing, Wealth Management, Financial Services | $407k–$765k |
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Voicu Oprean
Angel
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1 | Romania, Ireland | Pre-Seed, Angel | Social Network, Music, eSports | |
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Head North
VC Fund
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1 | Romania | Seed | Recruiting, Staffing Agency | |
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Malin-Iulian Stefanescu
Angel
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1 | Romania, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Marketing, Internet | $237k–$2M |
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Catalyst Romania
VC Fund
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1 | Romania, United Kingdom, Serbia | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Software, Retail, FinTech | $1.1M–$6.1M |
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GapMinder is a venture capital fund focused on investing in disruptive early-stage B2B startups in Deeptech and SaaS, primarily in the SEE region and its diaspora. The fund supports companies with high potential for scale, particularly in sectors like AI, fintech, cybersecurity, and automation. GapMinder invests in Seed rounds of €0.5m – €5m, with follow-on investments of up to €12m. The team, composed of former operators and entrepreneurs, emphasizes hands-on support in scaling operations, sales, marketing, and financial planning, aiming to help portfolio companies expand internationally and thrive in global markets.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Romania, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $236k–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $83k–$564k; Series A $2.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $87M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Veridion — Veridion is a living digital replica of the business world. Decision-grade data for enterprise scale systems
- VoicePatrol — VoicePatrol provides real-time voice chat protection, detecting and acting on severe toxicity and illegal activity for online communities.
- Salestools AI — Leading AI SDR platform with AI Sales Agents for automated prospecting, AI LinkedIn agents, and people tracking. 3x more meetings booked on autopilot.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Romania, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $348k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $139k–$1M; Series A $2.5M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dronamics — Dronamics offers an all-in-one solution for the middle-mile powered by our Black Swan cargo drone, a network of droneports, and fully mobile control and cargo systems.
- Pago — Pago develops a digital payments platform that allows users to manage and pay household expenses through a mobile application. The company provides bill payment services for utilities, insurance, taxes, mobile prepaid recharges, road tolls, and travel-related services within a unified interface. Its platform supports account aggregation, automaticbill retrieval, payment scheduling, and notification tools that help users organize recurring financial obligations. Pago also integrates with banking and financial service applications to extend payment capabilities across partner ecosystems. The company includes transaction history, account management, and digital document storage features to support personal finance tracking and payment administration. In addition, Pago uses encrypted communications and secure payment processing technologies to support data protection and digital transaction security for consumers and partner platforms.
- Footprints AI — 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.
Agri supply chain tech and finance solutions.World best visual search platformImproving transportation industry via advanced technology and
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $657k–$2.9M; Pre-Seed $108k–$901k; Series A $9.8M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ogre AI — AI foresight for every asset, grid node and market, turned into decisions: constraint actions, site schedules, trading positions. Live in 17 countries.
- Fabrico SaaS — OEE and light MES software for FMCG and multi-site plants: stops logged from the machine signal, camera clips as evidence, losses priced, OEE live by line and shift.
- Blue Longevity — Expert care for a healthier, longer life. Opening soon Athens | Istanbul | Sofia
Oliver Hehl
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Romania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Pre-Seed $419k–$575k
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OWWN — OWWN is a banking app that provides a one-stop shop for young adults to manage their finances. It allows customers to maintain an account with a Visa debit card and make mobile payments, just like a typical bank, but they can also apply for a student loan from Kfw Bank. At the same time, they can create shared savings pools, anonymously comparetheir budgets with friends, and participate in challenges. Users can use Owwn alone or collectively.
- Jobful — Build engaged talent pipelines with AI-powered recruitment. Reduce cost per hire by 35%, shift from reactive to strategic hiring. Trusted by enterprise leaders.
- deineStudienfinanzierung — deineStudienfinanzierung is the digital platform to help students finance their studies.
Clever Capital is a private investment vehicle based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania that generally invests in early stage technology focused startups, including fintech and blockchain projects, and mentors them to support accelerated growth locally and internationally, as well as help them reach next investment rounds.
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- Industry: Software, B2B, SMS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Romania, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $146k–$1M; Pre-Seed $575k–$704k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oveit — Discover Oveit's innovative platform for ticketing, registration, and cashless payments. Elevate your events with seamless, secure, and user-friendly solutions.
- iFactor — iFactor is an online portal that helps to sell their invoices for immediate cash and asset protofolio with a low-risk investments for SMEs.
- Plant an App — Plant an App enables small teams to build, integrate, and continuously evolve the mission-critical systems their organization depends on. Government, enterprise, and delivery partners build on Plant an App.
• Partner of Catalyst Romania VC Fund (part of 3TS Capital Partners) - http://catalystromania.ro/ • “Investor of the Year in Romania 2016 and 2017" award by CESA with Catalyst Romania Fund • Serial entrepreneur and business-angel with successful investments in SEE, ranks in fortune Romanian surveys Capital, Forbes. • Experience as an start-up entrepreneur with Flamingo, from zero revenues and capital to a $50M company, the largest IT product distribution network in Romania, in 7 years. Setting-up a Flamingo International group structure with direct operations in 7 SEE countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Yugoslavia) and one fully-fledged subsidiary in Holland, 1999 – 2001. • Manager of team of 500+ people with Flamingo, employees from various countries (majority Romanian), cultures, backgrounds and contributing to the creation of one of the best teams in the IT business in the Balkan region • Experience in private equity and venture capital investments. Deal-leader on 6 (123ContactForm, VectorWatch, Marketizator Friends, Intelligent IT/SmartBill, Smartdreamers, Vola.ro) out of 10 investments of Catalyst Romania Fund. • Exit track-record: VectorWatch, sold to FitBit early 2017, PCGarage, bought by Naspers/Emag in 2016; VikingProfil, bought by Pruzsinski of Poland, 2008, Flanco, successful exit in 2006, Flamingo, successful IPO in 2004, etc. • Co-Founder VentureConnect (regional matchmaking platform for tech start-up entrepreneurs and early-stage investors); President Romanian Association for the Online Stores (ARMO) • Entrepreneurship, Innovation and New Business Ventures Professor, Maastricht School of Management EMBA program • Co-organizer Schoolforstartups Romania, the first SE European entrepreneurship school • Author of “Entrepreneurship”, the first Romanian book on entrepreneurship and TV dragon in the Romanian Dragons’ Den
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Romania, United Kingdom, Serbia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $784k–$1.1M; Series A $569k–$3.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Marketizator — Serious eCommerce players become customer-centric if they focus on what matters. Optimize your customer journey with data-driven decisions.
- Vector Watch — Vector Watch's vision is to change the way people use smart watches and wearable technologies. The company was founded in 2013 by a team of former executives in the technology industry, backed by young engineers and multi-awarded designers for their projects in international innovation competitions.
- SmartDreamers — The talent acquisition software that helps you reach and engage more, better candidates in record time through the use of Recruitment Marketing Automation.
One of the leading European technology-focused growth capital investors, backing high-growth SMEs across Technology & Internet, Media & Communications.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Poland, Romania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Series A $768k–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $120M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) — GoTo, formerly known as LogMeIn, offers flexible-work software solutions such as GoTo Connect, GoTo Resolve, Rescue, and Central. Designed primarily for small and midsize business IT departments yet robust enough for enterprise use, GoTo's platform supports unified communications and collaboration (UCC) as well as IT management and support.With nearly 800,000 customers, GoTo facilitates over 1 billion participants in meetings, classes, and webinars through its UCC products and enables half a billion connections via its remote access and support tools.
- Wealthon — Wealthon is a lending firm that offers installment loans, bridging loans, and POSCASH to individuals and businesses.
- BOOKR Kids — BOOKR Kids helps children develop better first and second language skills using engaging technology and fun reading activities and games.
CEO & Co-founder @ Eventmix
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- Industry: Recruiting, Machine Learning, Skill Assessment
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Romania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skillview — Machine learning driven adaptive talent assessment platform for recruitment and talent growth.
Fil Rouge Capital (FRC) is an investment fund manager whose funds focus on early-stage businesses from pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds of investment.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Croatia, United Kingdom, Slovenia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $55k–$345k; Venture - Series Unknown $221k–$2.4M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $51M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- FaceUp — Anonymous reporting, investigations, case management, disclosures, and analytics in one platform. Launch in hours. No IT project or consultants required.
- DDD Invoices — Issue, receive & archive locally compliant invoices with one API. We handle worldwide country-specific requirements so you can focus on growth.
- TDA — About TDA TDA is an award-winning global marketplace that connects companies with the world’s best digital agencies. Ultimately, we are just like you. Our international team comes from both digital agencies and the companies that use them. All of us were frustrated with the difficulties of finding the right match for successful partnerships.TDAis here to help companies and digital agencies meet, help you build your business and to make the world a more connected place. Whether your company needs digital marketing, web development or any number of other digital services, our simple, standardized and efficient process helps you find the right digital agency for your business. Finding an Agency With TDA Using TDA is quick and easy. Companies fill in information about what they need and then wait for digital agencies to pitch to them. Our system notifies digital agencies about the project and they pitch directly to the company on TDA in a standardized format. After reviewing agency pitches, companies can choose an agency to work with.Does TDA Take Commissions? We are a matchmaking site. This means we don’t get in the middle of communications, work or payments between companies and digital agencies. It also means that we don’t take any commissions. We exist solely to help companies find the best digital agencies in the world and to help those digital agencies showcase their services. TDA by the Numbers TDA was founded in 2018. In less than 12 months, over $43 million of projects had been placed on the platform. We have a network of over 5,000 digital agencies in 115 countries. We have won startup competitions, were the fastest ever financing round on a global equity crowdfunding platform and the very first investment of a leading venture capital fund. In February 2019, Startup Grind Silicon Valley named us a Top 50 Global Startup.
Former Chief People Officer of UiPath, from 2017 until 2020. Former CEO of SkillValue, from 2014 until 2016. Angel Investor and VC Investor. Focus on Enterprise SaaS, Productivity Tech, Dev Tools, Cloud, AI & Automation.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Romania, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $442k–$3.3M; Series A $6.4M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- parol — A platform that streamlines clinical procedures, records the consultation in real time, files all the paperwork for the doctor, and brings in more patients.
- Kodesage — Kodesage captures your company's collective knowledge to help understand and modernize legacy code
- Riptides — Riptides secures non-human identities at the kernel level. SPIFFE-based workload identity, secretless credentials, automatic mTLS, and per-agent egress control, enforced at runtime with no SDKs and no code changes.
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- Industry: Impact Investing, Wealth Management, Financial Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Romania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Pre-Seed $407k–$765k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jobful — Build engaged talent pipelines with AI-powered recruitment. Reduce cost per hire by 35%, shift from reactive to strategic hiring. Trusted by enterprise leaders.
- Vestinda — Vestinda is the platform that provides investments in digital assets. Their features are portfolio tracking, crypto portfolio tracking, strategy libraries,crypto investment strategies,strategy builders, trading strategies built with no code, backtesting backtested crypto trading strategies,demo trading,crypto paper trading, and risk-free livetrading.
Voicu Oprean is based out of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County and is the CEO and Founder of AROBS Group. Voicu previously worked at Poli Fitness Club as a Manager and Owner. Voicu Oprean attended WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).
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- Industry: Social Network, Music, eSports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Romania, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Digitap — Digitap creates digital experiences for browsers and apps using blockchain technology. Web3 is here and it's native language is crypto, where users can win and transfer ingame items like rewards and NFTs in an instant. We are building for the future of casual entertainment. No ads. Just fun.
- Soundmix — Everything you need to run amazing events from your own website
- Skillview — Machine learning driven adaptive talent assessment platform for recruitment and talent growth.
Head North
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- Industry: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Romania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Business Angel, Entrepreneur, Father
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- Industry: Software, Marketing, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Romania, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $237k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aggero — Turn every piece of video content into actionable insights for your next campaign
- Tokinomo — Discover Tokinomo, the in-store interactive robotic promotional display helps FMCG products stand out on the shelves for an average 200% increase in sales.
- Vatis Tech — Speech-to-text recognition API with custom AI models and real-time transcription for the English language. Get started now for FREE!
Catalyst Romania is a private equity and venture capital fund platform.
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- Industry: Software, Retail, FinTech
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Romania, United Kingdom, Serbia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.1M; Series A $3.4M–$3.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$6.1M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Carfix — Carfix solves every task in minutes, eliminating costly fines for expired inspections, unpaid taxes, human errors & paper-based procedures
- SOMAREALITY — SOMAREALITY provides eye tracking solutions for diverse industries. Improve healthcare, automotive, research & aviation with real-time cognitive insights.
- Footprints AI — 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.
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