Catalyst Romania

Catalyst Romania is a private equity investment firm established in 2012 and located in Bucharest. The firm specializes in providing early growth capital to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various sectors, including technology and internet, media and communication, and technology-enabled services. By focusing on these sectors, Catalyst Romania aims to support and accelerate the growth of innovative businesses in the region.

Antonela Dragomir

Investment Manager

Marius Ghenea

Managing Partner

Marius Ghenea

Managing Partner

Alin V. Stanciu

Partner

Alin Stanciu

Partner

7 past transactions

Hunch

Venture Round in 2022
We help businesses acquire and grow their customers online. We build innovative technology on top of the most important digital platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Adwords, Twitter and LinkedIn and use that technology to make brands and agencies wildly successful with their social and video advertising. Why? Because, acquiring customers online is becoming and increasingly complex and expensive experience. The gap between what ads your users want to see and what ads they are actually served remains large. We help our customers bridge that gap. Hunch is on a mission to help businesses deliver an automated, optimized, and personalized customer journey through latest advertising technology and processes.

Adservio

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an online school management platform designed to connect teachers with parents and students. The company's platform helps to solve administrative problems immediately by automating administrative and analytical tasks with complete, up-to-date information about school activities, enabling public and private schools to be more efficient and increase engagement with their students.

SeedBlink

Series A in 2021
SeedBlink is an equity crowdfunding platform founded in 2020 and based in Bucharest, Romania. The platform specializes in sourcing, vetting, financing, and scaling investment opportunities for a variety of sectors, including business products and services, energy, healthcare, information technology, and cleantech. By connecting investors with startups and growing companies, SeedBlink facilitates access to capital for ventures in diverse industries such as oncology, mobile technology, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and health tech.

SmartDreamers

Venture Round in 2018
SmartDreamers is a business application platform focused on recruitment marketing automation, serving as a central solution for companies seeking to enhance their hiring processes. By leveraging its technology, SmartDreamers helps organizations position themselves as employers of choice, enabling them to attract talent more effectively and efficiently. The platform facilitates connections between professionals and employers, streamlining the recruitment process and aiming to improve the speed, quality, and cost-effectiveness of hiring.

Elefant.ro

Venture Round in 2016
Elefant.ro is a Romanian online retailer established in 2010 and headquartered in Bucharest. The platform provides a wide range of consumer products, catering to both children and adults. Its extensive inventory includes over 100,000 items such as books, eBooks, toys, movies, music, eReaders, tablets, clothing, footwear, accessories, perfumes, watches, and cosmetics. By serving clients throughout Romania, Elefant.ro enables customers to conveniently access various household and lifestyle products online.

Smart Bill

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2007, Smart Bill is a Romanian FinTech startup that offers billing solutions and SaaS-based services. It also provides small- and medium-sized businesses with invoicing and inventory management software. It offers Smart Bill Cloud, an online billing program which can be accessed from anywhere, from any internet-connected device. The company is headquartered in Sibiu, Romania.

Vector Watch

Venture Round in 2015
Vector Watch UK Limited specializes in the design and development of wearable technology, particularly smart watches aimed at simplifying users' lifestyles. Founded in 2013 by a team of technology industry veterans and talented engineers, the company focuses on manufacturing smart watches that feature a 30-day battery life and utilize electronic ink-based liquid crystal display screens. These devices connect to smartphones via low-energy Bluetooth technology, allowing users to receive personalized notifications for calls, messages, emails, and application alerts. This functionality helps consumers manage the complexities of daily life more efficiently. Based in London, Vector Watch operates as a subsidiary of Fitbit, Inc., as of December 31, 2016.
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