Industry4cast by KFactory hosts Vlad Andriescu, editor-in-chief of start-up.ro - the publication that turns 6 years old in September 2021 - and an active part of the Romanian startup ecosystem since its earliest years.
Vlad has watched the ecosystem develop from the period of Radu Georgescu and Vladimir Oane all the way through to today, when the elements that give an ecosystem real weight - mentors, investors, experienced operators - are finally in place at scale.
The conversation walks through the impact of UiPath on Romanian startups (a single hyperscale exit redefined what was possible), the emergence of SeedBlink, the state of digital education, and the pieces still missing - who, exactly, needs to do what to accelerate the appearance and growth of the next wave of Romanian startups.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3CO2vDqlBVGVHo7pp4yH82 →
Episode was recorded in Romanian. The summary above is an English translation of the original conversation.