Overview
- Gender
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male
- Investor Type
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Investment Partner,Angel
- Investor Stage
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Early stage Venture,Private Equity
• Partner of Catalyst Romania VC Fund (part of 3TS Capital Partners) - http://catalystromania.ro/• “Investor of the Year in Romania 2016 and 2017" award by CESA with Catalyst Romania Fund• Serial entrepreneur and business-angel with successful investments in SEE, ranks in fortune Romanian surveys Capital, Forbes.• Experience as an start-up entrepreneur with Flamingo, from zero revenues and capital to a $50M company, the largest IT product distribution network in Romania, in 7 years. Setting-up a Flamingo International group structure with direct operations in 7 SEE countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Yugoslavia) and one fully-fledged subsidiary in Holland, 1999 – 2001.• Manager of team of 500+ people with Flamingo, employees from various countries (majority Romanian), cultures, backgrounds and contributing to the creation of one of the best teams in the IT business in the Balkan region• Experience in private equity and venture capital investments. Deal-leader on 6 (123ContactForm, VectorWatch, Marketizator Friends, Intelligent IT/SmartBill, Smartdreamers, Vola.ro) out of 10 investments of Catalyst Romania Fund.• Exit track-record: VectorWatch, sold to FitBit early 2017, PCGarage, bought by Naspers/Emag in 2016; VikingProfil, bought by Pruzsinski of Poland, 2008, Flanco, successful exit in 2006, Flamingo, successful IPO in 2004, etc. • Co-Founder VentureConnect (regional matchmaking platform for tech start-up entrepreneurs and early-stage investors); President Romanian Association for the Online Stores (ARMO)• Entrepreneurship, Innovation and New Business Ventures Professor, Maastricht School of Management EMBA program• Co-organizer Schoolforstartups Romania, the first SE European entrepreneurship school• Author of “Entrepreneurship”, the first Romanian book on entrepreneurship and TV dragon in the Romanian Dragons’ Den
Personal Investments
Marius Ghenea has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on
Jun 4, 2014, when 123FormBuilder raised 0.
Jobs
Marius Ghenea has 2 current jobs including
Board Member at Omniconvert
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Board Member at 123FormBuilder
and
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