About
Vlad Sarca is a Partner at Sparking Capital, an equity fund that invests in early-stage (pre-seed and seed) startups. He developed an interest in strategic management during university and later earned a diploma in Strategy and Innovation from Said Business School, University of Oxford.
Experience
- Sparking CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- Sparking CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2020 — presentBucharest, Romania
- Sparking CapitalBoard Member2020Bucharest, Romania
- EGV InternationalManaging Director2019 — 2023Bucharest, Romania
- Romanian Catholic Eparchy of OradeaMember of the Board of Economic Affairs2017 — 2020Oradea
- Amae Ltd.Founder and Managing Director(Exited)2015 — 2020Oradea
- EGV RecruitingFounder and Managing Director(Exited)2007 — 2018Oradea - Sofia
- kikaManagement Trainee2007Vienna
Education
- Saïd Business School, University of OxfordPostgraduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation2019 — 2020
- Kellogg-WHU Executive MBAExecutive MBA, Business Administration and Management2021 — 2023
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessExecutive Education, Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications2020 — 2021
- IE Business SchoolExecutive Education, Venture Capital2018
- Columbia Business SchoolDigital Marketing Program, Customer engagement2016 — 2017
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHuman Resources Development2016
- West University of TimisoaraBA, Business Administration2002 — 2006
Skills & more
Contract LawFundraisingInvesting1Deal Structuring1Deal SourcingHR Consulting6Recruiting49Business Strategy37Coaching11Talent Acquisition5Management Consulting9New Business Development5
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Marketing StrategyEntrepreneurshipPerformance ManagementTalent ManagementHuman ResourcesStart-upsLeadership DevelopmentProject PlanningNegotiationTeam LeadershipManagementLeadershipLanguages English · French · German · Italian · Romanian
- VC University by UC Berkeley Law Executive Education and National Venture Capital Association of America (NVCA) — VC University
- Executive MBA — Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
- Coaching For Performance Levels 1 and 2 — Performance Consultants International
- Certified Trainer Persolog — persolog Deutschland
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Also attended Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA2
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business511
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital
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Also attended Columbia Business School577
Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology977
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
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