ABOUT
Catalyst Romania, one of the leading technology-focused venture capital firms in Romania, launched its first EUR 15 million fund in 2012, as the first fund of its type designed for Romania. The firm launched a second growth capital tech fund for Romania, with a first initial closing with institutional and private investors in November 2020, followed by a second closing in April 2021 and a final closing in February 2022. The original target of EUR 40 million was substantially exceeded and the Fund reached its hard cap of EUR 50 million.
The Fund will continue to make early growth capital investments in SMEs based in Romania and other countries in the region. Our team of highly qualified experts, with entrepreneurial and financial background, become active business partners of the portfolio companies. Catalyst also brings indispensable company scaling know-how, resources, channel partners and co-investors from across Europe, North America and Asia.
INVESTMENTS
CURRENT PORTFOLIO
CATALYST ROMANIA TEAM
Entrepreneurial Investors and Active Business Partners
Marius Ghenea
Alina Georgescu
Monica Potlog
Antonela Dragomir
3TS CAPITAL PARTNERS SUPPORT TEAM
Pekka Mäki
Managing Partner- 3TS Capital Partners
Pekka Mäki
Managing Partner – 3TS Capital Partners
Sever Totia
Partner- 3TS Capital Partners
Sever Totia
Partner – 3TS Capital Partners
Katarina Hudakova
Financial Manager – 3TS Capital Partners
Katarina Hudakova
Financial Manager – 3TS Capital Partners
Andreas Huber
Partner, COO – 3TS Capital Partners
Andreas Huber
Partner, COO – 3TS Capital Partners
NEWS & MATERIALS
Some of Our Latest Press Releases
Catalyst Romania Fund II invests €2 million in evoMAG, one of the most important eCommerce players in Romania
Catalyst Romania, one of the most important venture capital funds in the region, announces it has invested €2 million in evoMAG, one of the most active eCommerce retailers in Romania, to support its accelerated development. It’s the first significant round for evoMAG and it confirms the path it has followed in its 17 years of exi[...]
After Growing 400% in 18 Months, Hunch Raises €4m led by Catalyst Romania Fund II to Continue Accelerating Revenue and Scale
Bucharest, Romania and Belgrade, Serbia – May 31, 2022 – Catalyst Romania, one of the most important venture capital funds in the region backed by 3TS Capital Partners, announces it has led the new €4 million round raised by Hunch, alongside co-investors Euroventures, North Base Media, SeedBlink and South Central Ventures. The compan[...]
EdTech platform Adservio raises €2 million in equity financing round from Catalyst Romania Fund II as it scales to other European markets
Catalyst Romania Fund II, one of the most important venture capital funds in the region, joins the Adservio platform in its efforts to scale the business and expand on other markets in Europe with an investment of €2 million. Adservio has over 14 years of experience in the Education Technology market. Today, the platform supports[...]
Catalyst Romania closes EUR 50million Fund II, reaching hard cap, significantly above target and oversubscribed
Press Release Bucharest, February 2022 Catalyst Romania, backed by 3TS Capital Partners, has announced the closing of its second venture capital fund targeting investments in Technology companies. Thanks to strong demand from institutional and private investors, the original target of EUR 40 million was substantially exceeded a[...]
Code of Talent successfully raises a 1.7 million euros Series A equity financing round, having CATALYST ROMANIA FUND II as lead investor of the round and with the participation of existing investors, ROCA-X and SeedBlink.
PRESS RELEASE Bucharest, December 16th, 2021 Catalyst Romania Fund II, one of the most important venture capital funds in the region, joins Code of Talent in its internationalization efforts and confirms again its position as a key enabler of the Romanian technology startup ecosystem. The Catalyst investment supports the lau[...]
Catalyst Romania II invests 1.2 million Euro in SeedBlink, as the lead investor of the 3 million Euro Series A financing round
Press release Bucharest, 8th of July 2021 Vision: to shape Europe’s tech investments future, with expansion into EU starting in the second half of 2021Democratize the access to investing in innovative, private tech companies from EuropePekka Mäki and Ted Cominos join the Seedblink Board of Advisors Catalyst Romania Fund II –[...]
3TS Newsletter April 2021
Dear friends, We are glad to be able to share more good news from our funds and our portfolio with you this month. What we are most excited about is that Catalyst Romania has had the second closing of its second fund and reached the target size 6 months before the deadline. On our portfolio side, new fundraising rounds, succ[...]
Catalyst Romania Exits Its Stake in Green Horse Games to Tencent’s Subsidiary
Press Release London, 23rd February 2021 Miniclip, a world leader of market-defining mobile titles, announced today a strategic investment through which it has become the majority shareholder in Green Horse Games. Founded in 2013 by George Lemnaru, Green Horse Games is the studio behind the highly successful Football Rivals.[...]
Catalyst Romania Launches 2nd Generation Fund-3TS Capital Partners Newsletter Special Edition
Catalyst Romania Launches Fund II with backing of 3TS Capital Partners, EIF and private investors We are delighted to announce that Catalyst Romania, sponsored by 3TS Capital Partners, had the first closing of its 2nd-generation technology focused venture capital fund for Romania and the neighboring countries. It builds[...]
Launching the new Catalyst Romania Fund II – How did I become a professional venture capitalist
By Marius Ghenea, Partner Catalyst Romania Entrepreneur turned Business Angel turned Venture Capitalist Fresh out of university I started my first company together with two colleagues. Our garage style startup grew to become the regional leader in its vertical in South Eastern Europe and we successfully exited it 8 years later.[...]
Catalyst launches new fund to invest more than EUR 40m in breakthrough technology companies
Press Release Bucharest, December 2nd, 2020 Catalyst Romania, backed by 3TS Capital Partners, is deploying a second venture capital fund targeting TMT companies, following an initial closing with institutional and private investors. Catalyst Romania Fund II, with a target fund size of EUR 40-50m, has been established as a resul[...]
The COVID-19 Impact on the Game Development Industry
By George Lemnaru, CEO Green Horse Games April and May were busy times for most game developers, and for us at Green Horse Games this period was especially exciting as we started scaling our new game Football Rivals. Monetizing solely through in-app-purchases, we are looking for a great Q2 in terms of results as Apr[...]
SmartBill Launched Barometer – an Analytics Tool with Real-Time Insights into the Romanian SME Market
by Marius Ghenea, Partner 3TS SmartBill, one of the companies in the Catalyst Romania portfolio, has recently launched a very useful tool for analyzing the evolution of activities of SMEs in Romania in the context of the COVID-19 crisis – the “SmartBill Barometer”. How and why did we initiate this project? We started from the si[...]
SmartBill welcomes Visma as a new majority shareholder
Catalyst Romania, the leading private equity growth and venture capital fund dedicated to Romania, has announced that its portfolio company SmartBill has been acquired by the Norwergian Group Visma. Catalyst Romania invested in SmartBill in 2016 and provided hands on support in Company’s development. Launched by Ioana Hasan, Radu Hasan a[...]
Catalyst Romania Successfully Exits Its Investment in Vector Watch
Catalyst Romania, the leading private equity growth and venture capital fund dedicated to Romania, has announced that its portfolio company Vector Watch has been acquired by Fitbit. Catalyst Romania invested in Vector Watch in 2015 and provided hands on support in Company’s development. Launched by Andreai Pitis, Founder and CTO, Vector[...]
Catalyst Romania makes 10th investment and backs SmartDreamers
Catalyst Romania makes 10th investment and backs SmartDreamers, an HR Technology Company Bucharest, Romania – September 2016: Catalyst Romania, the leading private equity and venture capital fund dedicated to Romania invests 700,000 Euro in Smartdreamers, a recruitment technology company based in Targu Mures, Romania. Founded in 2014[...]
Rethink things from scratch, or else you might need to start from scratch
By Marius Ghenea, Partner Catalyst Romania These days, I see two approaches to the Corona crisis which are clearly polarized in many countries. In the social, political and also business environment, there are some people in the decision-making positions who seem to think about everything as if times were normal and taking measures a[...]
Catalyst Romania invests €1 M in Marketizator Friends SRL
For Release: 5 April 2016 Catalyst Romania invests €1 M in Marketizator, the leading Conversion Optimization platform in the SEE region Catalyst Romania, the leading private equity growth and venture capital fund dedicated to Romania, which supports SMEs in Technology-Media-Telecom (TMT) sector invests 1 million Euro in Romanian Technol[...]
Catalyst Romania Fund and Gecad Group invest over €1m in SmartBill
For Release: 10 March 2016 Catalyst Romania Fund and Gecad Group invest over €1 million in Smart Bill, the leading cloud invoicing company in Romania More than 2 billion euro are invoiced yearly through SmartBill Catalyst Romania, the leading private equity growth and venture capital fund in Romania, financed by Jeremie programme, anno[...]
3TS backed Catalyst Romania invests in 123ContactForm
For Release: 15 of June, 2015 JEREMIE-financed and 3TS backed Catalyst Romania invests over €1 million in cloud software business 123ContactForm Catalyst Romania, the leading private equity growth and venture capital fund dedicated to Romania, whichsupports SMEs in Technology-Media-Telecom (TMT) sector, has acquired a minority stake i[...]
Elefant.ro Secures €5.5M from Axxess Capital and Catalyst Romania
Leading eCommerce Company in Romania Successfully Closes Major Milestone Bucharest, Romania - August, 2016: Elefant.ro, one of the leading eCommerce companies in Romania announced today that it has raised €5.5 million new round of funding led by Axxess Capital Emerging Europe Accession Fund, one of the leading growth capital investors in[...]