Vest Ventures

Romania

Pre Seed

About Vest Ventures

Western Romania's first regional VC fund. Co-financed through EU West Regional Program 2021-2027. ~€6M allocated for direct pre-seed investments with 4 acceleration cohorts starting March 2026.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionRomania

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Enterprise Software

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage tech founder, proven traction, Europe-based growth ambitions

small-cap PE

venture building

sales acceleration

angel syndicate

North America

early-stage tech

seed VC

pre-accelerator

cohort acceleration

industry-agnostic

European expansion

Bullish Signals

20+ years investing experienceexternal

Multi-model: PE, VC, syndicate, builderexternal

11–50 team, hands-on operator supportexternal

Injects capital, talent & digital opslinkedin

Buy/sell/invest/scale — full lifecyclelinkedin

Active website: vestventures.com confirmedlinkedin

14M euros total deployment: 6M accel + 8M seedexternal

4 cohorts over 2 years, hybrid formatexternal

Three-stage pipeline: pre-accel → accel → seed VCexternal

European expansion: West Romania + hub connectionsexternal

Pre-accel: free matchmaking + hackathons year-roundwebsite

Clear, efficient due diligence processwebsite

Long-term partnership, close founder collaborationwebsite

Access to knowledge, network, expertise beyond capitalwebsite

Contrarian Signals

All industries — no sector focusexternal

Small-cap only, limited upside ceilingexternal

Privately held — no fund transparencylinkedin

Geographic pivot: now Romania/Europe-focusedexternal

Requires relocation to Western Romania for accelexternal

Founder Do's

Show proven business model

Revenue under $5M

Demonstrate large addressable market

Show sound unit economics

Open to capital + talent injection

Have first invoices / traction

Multidisciplinary founding team

Willing to relocate Western Romania

Solve real, validated problems

High-growth ambitions beyond region

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch pre-revenue concepts

Don't ignore operational metrics

Don't pitch outside North America / Europe

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€17M

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Website

Key People

Startup Wise Guys, Cowork Timișoara

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