Startarium, the city of entrepreneurs, is the most complex online platform dedicated to entrepreneurs in Romania. It gives them the resources they need to learn how to build successful businesses, to work on their business model, to interact with experts or mentors, and last but not least, to get their business funded, either with the help of crowdfunding platform, investors or within the Startarium PitchDay, an event that offers prizes worth 100,000 Euro cash.

Spherik Accelerator is an NGO based in Cluj-Napoca, that was founded in 2013 with the mission to connect startups with strategic resources. Spherik stands at the intersection between Tech, Education and Investment and reunites a community of like-minded people: tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs & intrapreneurs, corporates, investors and also universities, that have joined their efforts to boost the regional startup ecosystem.

We are focused on providing workspace, coaching, funding and relevant events to help founding teams start, scale, and build meaningful technology companies. We invest in very early stage tech companies that have the potential to improve the way we live, work and play.

Black Sea Capital specialized in mergers, takeovers, management or leveraged buyouts, divestitures, turnaround management and strategy advisory. As a boutique VC firm, we support the founders to get where they want and need to be. Success means not only getting acquired, financing or something like that, but also providing capital effectively to people doing the real work and, most importantly, bringing thoroughness, collaboration and substantial value-add post-investment.

Catalyst Romania, one of the leading technology-focused venture capital firms in Romania, launched its first EUR 15 million fund in 2012, as the first fund of its type designed for Romania. Managed by a local team based in Bucharest, the fund will continue to make early growth capital investments in SMEs based in Romania and other countries in the region. Our team of highly qualified experts, with entrepreneurial and financial background, become active business partners of the portfolio companies.