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Bucharest, September 20th, 2021.  Kare Knowledgeware has been acquired by Dialpad, the industry leader in AI-powered communication and collaboration. Kare Knowledgeware is a British company offering a customer experience (CX) platform that optimizes workflow orchestration, knowledge management, analytics and business intelligence. It improves self-service functionality by organizing unstructured data and automating responses to common customer […]

Bucharest, March 8th, 2021.  PawSquad, founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneurs Diwaker Singh and Radu Georgescu,  has been acquired by IVC Evidensia, Europe’s leading veterinary care provider based across 12 countries. PawSquad has been providing veterinary tele-advice services to UK pet owners since 2015 and was one of the first to pioneer online video and live […]

Bucharest, January 31st 2019.  Gecad Ventures participated with a follow-on investment in the recently concluded investment round of TypingDNA. Romanian AI-based typing biometric secured $1.5M funding from several investors including GapMinder and other international investors. Multiple award-winner, TypingDNA became one of the most exciting players in the typing biometrics space, with one of the most […]

Bucharest, October 5th, 2017.  GECAD NET, one of the first entrepreneurial venture of Radu Georgescu has been acquired by Bittnet Systems, a Romanian company that focuses on IT trainings and delivering end-to-end IT infrastructure services, being also the first Romanian tech company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. With over 25 years of experience in […]

Bucharest, February 28, 2017. Radu Georgescu, Founding Partner at Gecad Ventures, took the gong home for Business Leader Of The Year at this year’s Business Review Awards. On Monday evening, in an fairy-like atmosphere that would definitely compete with the Oscars, took place the 2017 Business Review Awards. 200 high-ranking representatives of the business environment, […]

Bucharest, January 10, 2017. Gecad Ventures sells its majority stake in Vector Watch to Fitbit, marking one more important global exit for the investment fund. The terms of the transaction are confidential. Vector Watch, known for its innovative and cross-functional approach to design and development of wearable technology, has recently reached an agreement with Fitbit […]

Bucharest, October 27, 2016. Gecad Ventures has led the first seed investment round in TypingDNA, a Romanian behavioral biometrics cyber security startup based on artificial intelligence. For this round, Gecad Ventures has also syndicated a group of local business-angels, terms of the acquisition being confidential. TypingDNA is a cyber security SaaS that uses AI to identify […]

Bucharest, March 9, 2016. Smart Bill, Romanian provider of billing solutions and SaaS services, has secured a EUR 1 million investment from Gecad Ventures and Catalyst Romania.  Smart Bill has been advised by Gecad since 2013 and the raised round will be used for the development of the company. “This investment gives the company the fuel it needs to […]

London, January 12, 2016. Former Google, Amazon, Rackspace, Apple Execs close $1.5M Seed Round for startup Gluru: powering consumer & business applications that know what you need before you do. Gluru (www.gluru.co), the new collaboration of former executives from Google, Amazon, Apple, Rackspace, and Shazam, announce the closing of a $1.5M seed round. Investors Playfair Capital and Gecad Ventures led the […]

London, November 25, 2015. Gecad Ventures has participated with an additional equity of USD $2 million in the recently concluded investment round of Vector Watch. Other investors in this USD $5 million funding include Catalyst Romania and a group of high net worth individuals. With this recent investment, Gecad Ventures remains the largest single shareholder of […]