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Oana Olteanu

Investor

Partner at SignalFire · Board director at Budibase

San Francisco, California, United States

Writes $250K – $20M checks

About

Oana Olteanu leverages a Romanian immigrant background to connect with underestimated founders, applies engineering expertise to assess architecture and infrastructure, and coaches them on evaluating VCs and running board meetings.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechHealthtechSaaS

Board director at Budibase

Intro paths

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In turn, Oana can intro founders to Budibase's investors below.

Budibase's investors · 3

Angular VenturesLondon · $200K – $3M checks · since 2022SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2022Techstart VenturesEdinburgh · $950K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Budibase

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Michael ShanksExecutive Officer, Director
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Martin McKeaveneyExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Motive ForceFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Scale Venture Partners, SignalFireInstitutional Investor: Associate (Scale VP) → Principal → Partner (SignalFire)2018 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. SAPWorking Student -> Office of the CEO2011 — 2018Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  4. algorithmica technologies GmbHMachine Learning Engineer2010Bremen, Germany
  5. NASA Ames Research CenterDesigned a space station2007 — 2008Mountain View, California, United States

Deals · 1

BudibaseBoard seat

via SignalFire · filed Sep 2022 · $7M raise

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

Colleagues at SignalFire

Aayush Sharma
Senior Associate at SignalFire
Alex Hooshmand
Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai at SignalFire
Andrew Reid
Director, GTM Recruiting at SignalFire
Asher Bantock
Head of Research at SignalFire
Bobby Lent
Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire
Bradford Jones
Principal at SignalFire
Cali Tran
CEO of Cision; CEO of Brandwatch at SignalFire
Carrie Wheeler
CEO of Opendoor at SignalFire

Frequently asked questions

Who is Oana Olteanu?
Oana Olteanu leverages a Romanian immigrant background to connect with underestimated founders, applies engineering expertise to assess architecture and infrastructure, and coaches them on evaluating VCs and running board meetings.
Where does Oana Olteanu work?
Oana Olteanu is Partner at SignalFire and Board director at Budibase.
What does Oana Olteanu invest in?
Oana Olteanu invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does Oana Olteanu write?
Oana Olteanu typically writes checks of $250K – $20M.
What boards does Oana Olteanu sit on?
Oana Olteanu holds tracked board seats at Budibase.
Where did Oana Olteanu go to school?
Oana Olteanu studied at University of Mannheim (M.Sc. Wirtschafts­informatik); Jacobs University Bremen (BSc. Computer Science); Liceul Teoretic Ovidius (High School Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science).

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Shared employers

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