What to expect when raising money from Angel Investors/ VC Funds

Entrepreneur with 20+ years of start-up experience, having developed several innovative & profitable social enterprises in the education space. Currently driving the growth and raising funds for scaling FINS and EA – The Entrepreneurship Academy. Angel Investor in several start-ups.

Extensive experience with NGO development, operational management and board level governance.

Focus on: Competitive analysis; Business plan development; Strategic and financial planning; Building stake-holders commitment; Cash management; Operational efficiency initiatives; Cross functional team leadership.

25 year old entrepreneur – currently running a fashion start-up @theoutfit (raised 1M EUR in venture funding) and a full stack digital agency @difrnt (started in my 2nd year of faculty)

Being one of the most active teenagers in Romania helped me become a very goal-oriented and visionary person. I launched my first real business when I was only 16 years old, selling B2B services to corporations, public institutions and lawyers.

My social involvement was also strong, representing 110.000 high school students for two years. My team and I have fought with the members of the parliament and of the government for students’ rights. We obtained multiple law changes and financial benefits of more than 500.000 EUR per annum, being featured in Financial Times and NRC Handelsblad.

I’m 25 and I’m the founder of Confidas, an online platform that provides comprehensive credit reports on all the Romanian companies and the people who run them. We help companies get paid on time. Confidas is backed by 4 awesome investors.

7 years of strategy consulting in CEE; co-founded a startup in 2011, made the exit in 2016-2019; co-founded a start-up studio (a “meta-venture capital” firm) in 2016, invested and involved in a few startups and non-profit projects.

Currently looking for investments opportunities, cool business ideas, smart business models and the likes of it.

I use my +25 years of management, business and investment roles to provide coaching, advising and investing services. In the last 10 years, I coached +200 executives to become better leaders, advised +250 founders to create a successful startup, and invested in +70 local and international startups. To better serve my clients, I enhanced my business skills with formal studies in psychotherapy and coaching. Every year, I offer +100 hours of mentoring and coaching in most of Romania’s pre-acceleration and acceleration programs. I have extensive experience in strategy, management, and growth, areas of critical importance for startup founders. I am a huge fan of anime, science fiction, and board games.

Monica is a Corporate and M&A partner at Filip & Company. Her primary practice areas are corporate and M&A, capital markets, and intellectual property. Her background includes diverse experience in other areas, such as privatizations and energy. Monica has advised on some of the most significant M&A and capital markets transactions in Romania in the past years, as well as on complex software development and licensing agreements.

My mission is to help young entrepreneurs grow startups through educated access to venture capital.

2022
Founded Bravva Angels – www.bravva.ro A community offering investment readiness programs and investments in early stage start ups founded by females.

2018
Co-founded Tree House and later merged with Impact Hub, invested and partnered with founders and Impact Hub and Autonom company for creating the future of work.

2015
Co-founded The Entrepreneurship Academy – a BA business management program in partnership with Team Academy Netherland.

2010-2018
Served as CEO of Colliers International Romania, where I worked for 18 years in several roles, from marketing, sales, and management, leading the Residential Division during 2005-2009.