The TechAngels Board has appointed Ana Maria Andronic as President, for a mandate that she will hold until the next internal elections, scheduled for next year. In her new role, Ana Maria Andronic will contribute to the further development of the association as a relevant platform for angel investing, with a focus on strong investment […]
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During an internal TechAngels session, investors, founders, and ecosystem operators had a very open conversation about how business angels’ investment theses are evolving in a context where startups are being built faster than ever, capital is becoming more selective, and perceptions of risk are shifting almost quarterly. The discussion focused on the questions that increasingly
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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
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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In 2025, TechAngels members made direct investments of over 1.6 million euros in technology startups.
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.
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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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
Bucharest, 8th September 2025 – TechAngels Association, the most extensive and experienced community of private investors in technology startups in Romania, notes that, with the debates and adoption of Package 2, the removal of provisions on the mandatory conversion of Convertible Loan Agreements (CLAs) has been accepted. “We are pleased that the arguments we presented,
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Investors in the TechAngels group, Romania’s most experienced angel investor network, saw an almost threefold rise in their investments in H2 2024 to reach EUR 2.757 million in direct investments in tech startups. The investments for the entire 2024 therefore amounted to EUR 3.777 million, a 25% YOY increase.
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.”
