Coordinating editor at start-up.ro, following the CEE tech scene for over 13 years. Having tracked regional builders from zero-to-one struggles all the way to unicorn status, Vlad spends his time calling out industry hype, filtering out the frauds and telling the stories of people building real things.
Vlad chronicles the evolution of Romanian and CEE tech through thirteen years of boots-on-the-ground reporting. Having led start-up.ro for over a decade, he has documented the full lifecycle of regional entrepreneurship, from early garage ventures struggling through the "Valley of Death" to the rare breakout success stories that put CEE on the global map.
Across hundreds of interviews and deep dives, he acts as a reality check for an industry prone to exaggeration. He cuts through performative PR scripts and inflated metrics to spotlight authentic operators, giving a voice to pragmatic builders while exposing speculative ventures that fail to deliver real substance.