Alin
Alin is a Partner at Catalyst Romania based in Bucharest, where he focuses on investments in software, e-commerce and media/telecom.
Serial entrepreneur with 20+ year-long track record experience of successful investments in Retail, Ecommerce, Media and Telecom.
Alin started his career in the Telecom industry managing teams in multinational corporations, such as Telefonica and Cosmote. He then started entrepreneurship, founded FashionUP, one of the top e-fashion retailers in Eastern Europe, with operations in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary, while investing in a number of tech startups.
Since 2017 he actively joined 3TS Capital Partners as senior advisor and board member in couple investee companies. Now he acts as a Partner in Catalyst Romania, a venture capital firm managing two early-growth venture capital funds focused on technology startups.
He holds an MBA from the Open University London Business School and a BSc Degree in Telecommunication from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.
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