Our Mentors

Flavia Richardson

Vice President of Early Stage Practice

SILICON VALLEY BANK

Sergiu Neguț

Co-Founder

FINTECH OS

Mălin Ștefănescu

President

TECHANGELS ROMANIA

Dan Oros

Head of Marketing

GOOGLE ROMANIA

Cristina Dragu

Director | DIT UK Dep. for International Trade

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT | CEN – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, SERBIA, NORTH MACEDONIA, ROMANIA UK NORTHERN POWERHOUSE CHAMPION

Raul Stern

Consultant

DELIVERY HERO / PERNOD RICARD / BEAM SUNTORY / COCA COLA COMPANY / N3VISION / 3PEAT AGENCY / KLARNA

Claudiu Jojatu

co-Founder

VIATADEFREELANCER.RO & MILK & COOKIES DIGITAL BRANDING STUDIO

Eusediu Margasoiu

Managing Partner

THE NETWORK/FEEXERS

Sabin Sărmaș

President

THE AUTHORITY FOR THE DIGITALIZATION OF ROMANIA

Diana Olar

Regional Platforms Partner Manager, CEE

GOOGLE

Alex Burciu

Innovation Manager, Applied AI Research

ROMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Adrian Vlasiu

Country Manager

GROWTHROCKS

Alexandru Stănescu

SLV Legal Partner

SLVLEGAL.COM

Mihai Stefanescu

Senior Adviser

INNOVATION NORWAY

Vlad Sarca

CEO

EGV INTERNATIONAL

Raluca Pantiru

Product Manager

FITBIT

Daniel Rizea

Director Software Engineering

FITBIT

Mihai Guran

Managing Partner

GCG CONSULTING

Andra Maria Vaduva

CEO & Founder

HIBOO.AI

Dan Toma

Co-founder

OUTCOME

Cristian Nechifor

Business Consultant, Founder

MONDLY, CHRIS THE SALES MAN

Adelina Peltea

VP of Growth

HOLDED

Ioana Marcu

Transformation coach

WWW.IOANAMARCU.COM

Dana Mustatea

Growth Hacking Manager

UIPATH

Valentin Neagu

Chief Asset Management Officer

GLOBALWORTH

Mihai Zaharia

Director of Investments and Capital Markets

GLOBALWORTH

Oana Ciobanu

Data Science Product Manager

EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA

Adrian Paraschivescu

Managing Partner

NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS

Andrei Dudoiu

co-founder

SEEDBLINK

Marius Nicolae

Head of Technology

EY

Florin Vasilica

Head of CSE Capital and Debt Advisory

EY

Mihai Cosmin Rotaru

co-founder

CODE5

Vladimir Oane

co-founder

DEEPSTASH

Ioana Alexandra Frincu

COO

CRETIVE TEAM, BEYOND ENTERPRIZES

Dumitru Sîrbu

General Manager

REBS

Anca Barbieru

startupTreasurer

Dragos Nicolaescu

CEO&Founder

VISIONARY BUSINESS CONSULTANTS

Paul Murariu

Entrepreneur

TENGO OFFICE

Andrei Barabas

Co-founder & Product Manager

ARGENTUM APP

Stan Andre

Independent Consultant

PROPTECH

Eduard Budacu

Founder & Agile Trainer

DOVELOPERS

Cristina Pana

Business Administrator

DOVELOPERS

Dania Selaru

Sales Coach

TREMEND SOFTWARE CONSULTING

Tudor Popescu

PhD Private Equity, Venture capital

EXTERA

Ana Maria Udriste

co-founder / Lawyer

AVOCATOO

Alina Cazacu

Digital Founder

DIGITALKITCHEN

Cristi Gheorghe

Product Manager

ADSWIZZ

Patricia Nicola

Associate

SEEDRS

Andrei Petrus

Head of IoT

AVIRA

Catalin Grigorescu

Managing Partner

BPV GRIGORESCU STEFANICA

Ruxandra Burtica

Data Scientist

CROWDSTRIKE

Matei Dumitrescu

Vice-President

TECHANGELS

Iulian Padurariu

Founder

CRUISER AVIATION & MARKS|SIMPLICITY

Barnabas Malnay

Business Developer

EIT DIGITAL

Voicu Oprean

Owner & CEO

AROBS TRANSILVANIA SOFTWARE

Vlad Dogaru

Senior Marketing Director

DHL

Rumen Iliev

Partner

LAUNCHUB

Romeo Man

Managing Partner

MAN.DIGITAL

Philipp Kandal

Senior VP Engineering

TELENAV

Patrick Gates

Director of Business Development EEMA

TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT, LLC

Marius Ursache

Co-Founder & CEO

METABETA

Laszlo Gulyas

Corresponding Officer EIT Digital, Hungarian Node; ARISE Europe lead in CEE

EIT DIGITAL

Florin M Pop

Angel Investor

BLUGENTO

Fabio Carati

Business and Fundraising Advisor and Coach for European and US Startup and Scaleup at EIT Digital and TIM, Open innovation Advisor.

TIM

Erik Barna

CEO & Founder

LIFE IS HARD - WORK SOFT

Emil Muthu

CEO

NEURONY SOLUTIONS & GIN PLATFORM BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES

Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou

Co-Founder & Partner

FOUND.ATION

Cristian Orasanu

Product, Strategy Advisor

EMRO, TECHCELERATOR

Ciprian Negura

Founder

SKILLS OF THE FUTURE, SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY BUCHAREST CHAPTER

Carmen Cociorva

Crowd Mobile

EUIPO, PATENTPOINT

Bogdan Herea

CEO & Founder

PITECHPLUS

Alexandru Lăpușan

CEO & Founding Partner

ZITEC

Adrian Gheara

Board Member, Tech Startups Advisor & Investor

TYPINGDNA

“Pentru mine, programul RICAP a fost o oportunitate de acest fel. Am întâlnit oameni curajoși care mi-au îmbogățit experiența de viață prin prezența lor, prin ideile lor, provocându-mi creativitatea în multe aspecte. Privind înainte, știu că această experiență reciprocă ne-a dat puterea de a contura drumul de-a lungul căruia cu toții continuăm să mergem.”

Mihai Ionescu

Entrepreneur
RICAP Local Mentor
“I strongly believe that TECHCELERATOR deserves its place among the leading StartUp assistance programs in Romania. Nevertheless, I discovered that this means more than an incubation program: it is a community of beautiful and ambitious people that could – in the long run – change the local business environment”.

Ciprian Negura

KPMG Advisor
“At RICAP I met a group of people focused on pushing Romanian startups to get out there and start selling. With experienced international mentors and awesome local team, RICAP is an unique player in the local entrepreneurship ecosystem. I am glad I joined the program as a mentor and I will surely try to contribute in the future as well”.

Alex Lăpușan

Zitec
CEO & Founder

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Our vision is to become the 1st choice for SEE startups when looking for partnerships of investment.

We work with startups from various industries, engage with the latest technologies and support founders with big dreams.