Dan Lupu
InvestorPartner at Earlybird Venture Capital
Romania
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
FoundedFlipps Media
About
Dan co-founded the Earlybird-licensed Digital East Fund (DEF I/II) in 2012, focusing on the CEE region, and is now a Venture Partner at Earlybird investing in CEE tech startups. He has a background in computer science and finance, with prior roles in equity research, private equity, and as a Director at Intel Capital, where he invested in UiPath.
Experience
- Earlybird Venture CapitalCEE truffle pig #1 (Venture Partner)current2024 — presentCEE
- Earlybird Venture CapitalPartnercurrent2012 — presentCEE
- UiPathInvestorcurrent2015 — present
- UiPathDirector2015 — 2021
- BrightpickDirector, Supervisory Committeecurrent2019 — present
- The Bible Chat PodcastInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- FintechOSInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund I)current2019 — present
- FintechOSDirector, Supervisory Board2019 — 2025
- Rainbird TechnologiesInvestor, Board Observercurrent2024 — present
- Payhawk - Тhe paperless corporate cardInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2020 — present
- DeltiaInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- KodesageInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- KoykanInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- SamplifyInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- DefendermateInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- TrustPath 🤖 ✅Investorcurrent2024 — present
- The BriefInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- AlokaiInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2021 — present
- DirectimoInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- CerbosInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2021 — present
Education
- IESE Business SchoolMBA, General Management2001 — 2003
- University POLITEHNICA of BucharestB.Sc., Computer Science1991 — 1996
- ROCA Executive MBA @ BBS-ASE (Romanian-Canadian)
Skills & more
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Business DevelopmentCorporate Development- CFA Institute Charterholder — CFA Institute
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) — CFA Institute
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Same school
Also attended IESE Business School161
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Also attended University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest6
Shared employers
Also worked at Kodesage1
Also worked at Defendermate4
Also worked at The Brief1
Deals · 2
Flipps MediaBoard seat
via Earlybird Venture Capital · filed Jan 2021 · $712.4K raise
UiPathBoard seat
via Earlybird Venture Capital · filed Jul 2020 · $225.9M raise
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