Backing the next generation
My focus is early-stage technology investing across AI, Web3, fintech, health, biotech, aerospace, and other emerging technologies. I am also an LP in more than 10 venture funds across the US and Europe.
Early-stage investor & entrepreneur
I’m Lucian. I’ve spent the last 25 years building technology companies and backing founders who see what’s becoming possible.
A little about my journey
From building a global software platform
to investing across emerging technology.

I started with a software platform, while still a student. That experience continues to shape how I see founders, companies, and the work it takes to build and grow a company.
My focus is early-stage technology investing across AI, Web3, fintech, health, biotech, aerospace, and other emerging technologies. I am also an LP in more than 10 venture funds across the US and Europe.
I co-founded MultiversX, originally Elrond, and helped build the company and ecosystem from their earliest stages. I served as COO until January 2023 and remain a co-founder.
The founder journeyI backed SmartBill, which later became part of Visma. One investment gradually became a portfolio of startup and venture fund investments.
Where it startedI launched Soft32 while still a student. It grew into a global software platform with more than 150,000 applications and 10 million monthly users. ITNT, the company behind it, was recognized by Deloitte and Inc. among Europe’s fastest-growing technology companies.
The Soft32 story02 / Investing
I’m drawn to technological inflection points: moments when a new capability opens a market, and a small group of founders sees the implications early.
Alongside individual company investments, I back venture managers as a limited partner across the US and Europe.
“What has just become possibleRead my perspective
that wasn’t possible before?”
03 / Blog
Looking back across the companies I’ve built and backed, I keep returning to one question: what has just become possible? The implications can reach well beyond the businesses built around a new capability.
Read full articleWhat separates using AI as a creative tool from asking it to make the creative decisions? Reflections from Sizelle on authorship, consent, and why my next music project puts people at the center.
Read full articleI started Soft32 in 2001, while I was still a student at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE). It was called Softrom.ro then, and it was aimed at Romanian users.
Read full article04 / Perspectives
Selected conversations and writing
on building, technology, and the long view.
On AI acceleration, US–China technology competition, and the shifts shaping what comes next.
A conversation on entrepreneurship, technology, AI, blockchain, and geopolitics.
On Soft32, angel investing, Ironman, and the journey that led to Elrond.
A keynote on Web3 infrastructure and the future of global merchant payments.
My overview of the Genesis Smart Contract and the staking process leading into launch.
What I learned as a founder, what I look for in teams, and my early perspective on blockchain.
05 / Beyond technology
A lifelong passion for music led me to launch Sizelle, an artist project exploring the intersection of creativity, technology, and sound.
Discover SizelleAt 13 and 14, I won national titles in the 50 m, 100 m, and long jump. In 2017, I completed an Ironman. Sport has been a constant thread through my life.
The Ironman story