Oana Cosman guides the Startups & Investments coverage at start-up.ro. She brings nearly two decades of experience in business journalism and has spent six years dedicated to the startup landscape. She champions authentic storytelling across written features, documentary filmmaking, multimedia content, and video scripting.
She researches the evolving startup and SME ecosystem, crafting stories that highlight challenges, achievements, and the practical realities of building and investing in tech. She created and scripted the documentary Romanian Startups: Roaring Tigers of Europe, mapping 33 years of innovation and entrepreneurial history in Romania.
Her approach centers on three content pillars: storytelling that captures real journeys, practical insights that inform and guide, and a focus on the role technology plays in ecosystem growth. She connects startups with investors, hosts and moderates events, manages projects that bridge journalism and mentorship, and guides founders through transparent narratives.
Oana asks the questions founders often overlook: What patterns emerge when growth stalls? How can openness around risk and failure support stronger investment conversations? How does storytelling drive community connection and ecosystem maturity?
Her work invites you to reflect more deeply on startup narratives and ecosystem engagement—and to value the full story, not just the headlines.
Other featured speakers
Leonard Eldić
Founder @ SaaStanak
Built the largest SaaS community in Central & Eastern Europe. Organizes premier events featuring real founder stories of scaling from $0-10M ARR.
Vladimir Oane
Co-Founder @ Deepstash
Vladimir Oane is the Co-Founder and CEO of Deepstash, a platform helping millions of people discover new ideas, learn continuously, and connect knowledge across books, podcasts, and other content formats.
Edward Cretescu
President @ ANIS
Edward Alexandru Cretescu is the CEO of Regista and the President of the Romanian National Association of IT Companies (ANIS).
Flavia Husar
Co-founder and CIO @ Innovation Labs
Flavia Husar has built two careers in parallel: by day, leading enterprise products in global tech, and by night, shaping Romania’s national startup ecosystem through Innovation Labs.