Where does Dan Lupu work?

Dan Lupu is Venture Partner at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG and Board director at Flipps Media.

What check size does Dan Lupu write?

Dan Lupu typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

What boards does Dan Lupu sit on?

Dan Lupu holds tracked board seats at Flipps Media, UiPath.

Where did Dan Lupu go to school?

Dan Lupu studied at IESE Business School (MBA, General Management); University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (B.Sc., Computer Science); ROCA Executive MBA @ BBS-ASE (Romanian-Canadian).

Dan Lupu

Investor

Venture Partner at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG · Venture Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital · Board director at Flipps Media

Romania

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Dan Lupu joined Earlybird as a Venture Partner focused on the CEE region. He previously worked in equity research and private equity, then at Intel Capital, and spent a decade as a Partner at the Earlybird-licensed Digital East Fund, where he led investments including UiPath.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

l•••@earlybird.comreveal

Board director at Flipps Media

Intro paths

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In turn, Dan can intro founders to Flipps Media's investors below.

Flipps Media's investors · 1

Earlybird Venture CapitalBerlin · $540K – $12M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Flipps Media

Kostadin JordanovExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Stefan LilovExecutive Officer, Promoter

Nickolay RashevExecutive Officer, Promoter

Metodi FilipovExecutive Officer, Promoter

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
HiCCUPInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2023 — present
DraftwiseInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2023 — present
Edge DeltaInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2022 — present
UpstashInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2022 — present
PointeeInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2022 — present
PointeeDirector, Supervisory Committee2022 — 2025
MidasInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2022 — present
CodasipInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2021 — present
Trickest, Inc.Investor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2021 — present
thingsTHINKINGInvestorcurrent2021 — present
BinalyzeInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2020 — present
Picus SecurityInvestor (Earlybird Digital East Fund II)current2019 — present
Mikro Yazılım A.Ş.Investorcurrent2017 — present
TheUberCloudInvestorcurrent2017 — present
HazelcastInvestorcurrent2014 — present
ApsiyonInvestor2016 — 2025
dcs plusDirector, Supervisory Board2015 — 2025
Invariant LabsInvestor2024 — 2025
PhotoneoDirector, Supervisory Committee2018 — 2024Bratislava, Slovakia
oBilet.comInvestor2016 — 2024

Skills & more

Corporate Finance32Private Equity53Investments51Venture Capital70Due Diligence23Valuation21Financial Analysis11Financial Modeling17Emerging Markets29Equities7Entrepreneurship6Business Strategy15

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Business DevelopmentCorporate Development

CFA Institute Charterholder — CFA Institute
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) — CFA Institute

From Dan's professional profile.

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

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

Akash Bajwa

Principal at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

Anna Andersson

Head of Community & Events at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

Ben Wilkening

Vision Lab Partner at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

Benedetta Montani

Fund Management at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

Cecile Roulet-Veli

People Operations Manager at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

Charlotte Zietlow

Office Manager & Team Assistant at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

Daniel Molnar

Senior Analytics Engineer at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

David Kozisek

IT Officer at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG

Network3

Roland MangerScout

Partner at Bek Ventures

Andre Retterath

General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital

Christian Nagel

Investor at Earlybird Venture Capital

Investors connected to Dan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dan Lupu?: Dan Lupu joined Earlybird as a Venture Partner focused on the CEE region. He previously worked in equity research and private equity, then at Intel Capital, and spent a decade as a Partner at the Earlybird-licensed Digital East Fund, where he led investments including UiPath.
Where does Dan Lupu work?: Dan Lupu is Venture Partner at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG and Board director at Flipps Media.
What check size does Dan Lupu write?: Dan Lupu typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What boards does Dan Lupu sit on?: Dan Lupu holds tracked board seats at Flipps Media, UiPath.
Where did Dan Lupu go to school?: Dan Lupu studied at IESE Business School (MBA, General Management); University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (B.Sc., Computer Science); ROCA Executive MBA @ BBS-ASE (Romanian-Canadian).

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Also attended University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest13

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