Speakers

Luciana
Lixandru

Partner
@ Sequoia

Partner at Sequoia Capital investing in seed / Series A companies and beyond in Europe.

Carlos
Espinal

Partner @ Seedcamp

Investor in 4 European unicorns and thought leader at Seedcamp Podcast.

Ondrej
Bartos

General Partner
@ Credo Ventures

Early stage investor, with investments in UiPath, PriceFX, Productboard and many more.

Monica
Obogeanu

Startup Programs Manager
@ Orange

Manager of the Orange Fab Romania program, facilitating collaborations between innovative startups and Orange.

Techstars Alumnus (NYC '18), AI / ML expert building a revolutionary technology called “typing biometrics”. It is currently used in Cyber Security for 2-factor and multi-factor authentication, fraud prevention, and risk-based authentication.

CHRIS
MASSEY

Product Manager
@ The Access Group

Product management and team alignment expert with a background in content, marketing, & communities.

Jon
Bradford

Partner
@ Dynamo Ventures

Investor in supply chain and mobility companies. Serial entrepreneur that pioneered the startup acceleration space in Europe and set grounds for Techstars London.

Bogdan Lucaciu

CTO
@ Adore me

Expert in organisation design, team performance and engagement, open source, building disruptive products

Alan
Clayton

Global Roaming Mentor @ SOSV

Acceleration specialist, mentor at HAX, Food-X, Chinaccelerator RebelBio and IndieBio accelerators. Previously 5x founder.

Mada
Seghete

Co-Founder & CSO
@ Branch.io

Experienced marketer and evangelist, founder of Branch.io unicorn.

Vladimir
Oane

Founder & CEO
@ Deepstash

Serial entrepreneur of technology driven businesses with previous exit experience of uberVU to Hootsuite.

Raluca
Pantiru

Product Manager
@ Fitbit

Product expertise in building consumer software and hardware products for Fitbit and Vector Watch.

Ana-Maria
Andronic

Head of Intellectual Property and Technology
@ DLA Piper Romania

An accomplished attorney and former Romanian judge with dual legal qualifications in the United States and Romania

Dan
Mihaescu

Founding Partner
@ GapMinder Venture Partners

Investor and adviser in early-stage technology companies. Recently invested in some of the newest high-growth tech startups from CEE - FintechOS, TypingDNA, DruidAI, Cartloop.

Enis
Hulli

General Partner
@ 500 Startups Istanbul

Investor and adviser in early-stage technology companies and the host of a podcast on growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets.

Paolo
Ertreo

Product Designer @ Dropbox

As a growth product designer, he focuses on creating experiences that are user-centered, performance-driven, and business-oriented. Previously he was leading design on the Growth team at Strava.

Marcin
Grodzicki

Chief Product Officer @ Sotrender

Product management specialist, previously startup founder.

Jag
Singh

Managing Director @ Techstars Berlin

Investor and supporter of the next wave of disruptive European startups.

Jeroen
Corthout

Founder & CEO
@ Salesflare

Founder, B2B sales and product expert.

Dan
Toma

Co-Founder
@ OUTCOME

Innovation and lean startup expert with entrepreneurial background. Worked with companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Bosch, Jaguar Land Rover, Bayer, John Deere or Allianz.

Irina
Scarlat

Chief Growth Officer
@ Bitpanda

Full-stack product marketer and experienced project manager, previously leading the marketing efforts of Uber in Romania. Entrepreneur at heart.

Cristian
Munteanu

Managing Partner
@ Early Game Ventures

Investor and board member in early-stage tech companies. Previous entrepreneurial experience with a marketing and creative background.

Ivan Brezak Brkan

Founder & CEO @ Netokracija

Founder of the leading digital business & startup magazine in Central and Eastern Europe

Valentin
Radu

Founder & CEO @ Omniconvert

Serial entrepreneur and visionary with over 16 years of experience in technology and online marketing. Data-driven marketer and growth hacker.

Dave
Collins

Founder
@ Software Promotions

SEO & Google Ads expert, helping businesses tap into all that Google offer, safely and efficiently.

Michael
Perry

Director of Kit
@ Shopify

Director of product, marketing Shopify Product expert and founder of Kit

Wes
Bush

Product/growth expert @ Product-Led

International product & growth expert, author of the "Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself" book

Sean
Ellis

Founder
@ Growth Hackers

Founder of the worldwide Growth Hacking movement, founder of GrowthHackers.com

April
Dunford

Positioning Expert & CEO @ Ambient strategy

Product positioning expert with 16 products launched, author of “Obviously Awesome”

Bob
Moesta

Founder, President & CEO @ Re-Wired Group

Pioneer of Jobs To Be Done Theory, expert on developing & launching new products

Sean
Sheppard

Founder @ GrowthX and GrowthX Academy

Product/market fit expert in a wide variety of markets

Trevor
Hatfield

Founder & CEO
@ Inturact

SaaS Growth Marketing & Data Analysis

Sergiu
Manea

CEO @ BCR

Sergiu Manea is the Chief Executive Officer of Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), Romania’s most trusted financial institution.

Haris
Hanif

CEO @ Orange Money

With an experience of over 27 years in the banking industry worldwide, Haris Hanif looks to rewrite the landscape of financial services in Romania through Orange Money.