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Romania Joins the Governance Core of Europe’s First Business Angels Network for Defence Technologies

The Defence Angels European Network (DAEN), the first pan-European Business Angels network dedicated to investments in defence and security technologies, has officially launched its operations in Brussels, bringing together investors from 16 countries. Romania is part of the initiative’s governing structure, represented on the Board by TechAngels. DAEN is the first European structure dedicated exclusively […]

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Romania should be in the first wave of the Capital Markets Union deepening

Bucharest, February 19, 2026 – TechAngels, the largest and most experienced angel investor network in Romania, together with Romanian Business Leaders (RBL), the community bringing together over 600 business leaders in Romania, and ROPEA (the Romanian Private Equity Association), support Romania’s participation in the first wave of the accelerated deepening of the Capital Markets Union

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TechAngels: Investment screening rules must take the specifics of the technology sector into account

TechAngels, Romania’s most experienced angel investor community, has submitted a position paper to the authorities regarding the amendment of Emergency Ordinance no. 46/2022, highlighting Romania’s opportunity to adopt a more agile and better-calibrated investment screening model than the current EU Member State average.

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2025 – the year Romanian tech changed gears: less noise, more substance

As 2025 comes to an end, the Romanian tech ecosystem looks different from previous years. Public data aggregated from TechAngels’ internal analyses, based on startup announcements and combined with the perspectives of TechAngels investors, outlines a market that is moving beyond the phase of unfiltered enthusiasm and entering one of rigorous selection. The visible capital

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TechAngels – €1 Million in direct investments in H1 2025, with a focus on new startups and emerging technologies

Bucharest, September 2025 – Members of TechAngels, Romania’s most experienced angel investor network, directly invested nearly €1 million in the first half of 2025, in a challenging economic environment marked by fiscal changes and austerity measures. Approximately 28% of respondents to the internal semi-annual survey made direct investments, while the rest invested either through funds

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From Capital to Exodus: Forced capitalization measure stifles funding for Romanian startups

TechAngels Romania warns that the proposed mandatory capitalization of shareholder and investor loans endangers the local innovation ecosystem, discourages private investment, and risks accelerating the relocation of Romanian startups to more favorable jurisdictions.

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Rising investments in the start-up community supported by TechAngels. An aggregate EUR 3 mln was invested in this year’s first half.

TechAngels investors earmarked an aggregate EUR 3 million for investments in the first half of 2021, with Q2 funding doubling versus the first three months. The association grew 25% in the first six months…

Rising investments in the start-up community supported by TechAngels. An aggregate EUR 3 mln was invested in this year’s first half. Read More »

TechAngels Start-up Review: The pandemic has brought forward the value of teams and the need for business and market know-how.

31.3% of the start-ups attending pitches in the first 11 months of 2020 have caught the eye of TechAngels investors. Of the 230 start-ups participating in the pitches hosted by TechAngels, 10% succeeded in…

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The beginnings of angel investment in Romania.

Find out how TechAngels was born and raised.

Read the brief history of the first and largest network of angel investors in Romania as seen by investors and startups.

As Malin Stefanescu, TechAngels President put it: “Learning from your mistakes is great, learning from other’s mistakes is definitely cheaper.”