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…

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…

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 and…

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,…

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…

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 Technology Start-up Marketizator,…

For Release: 15 of June, 2015 JEREMIE-financed and 3TS backed Catalyst Romania invests over €1 million incloud 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 in123ContactForm (www.123contactform.com), a Timisoara headquartered…

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…