Lucian Todea.

Early-stage investor & entrepreneur

Building companies.
Backing what comes next.

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
Lucian Todea seated with his hands together
200+Technology investments
25Years in technology
10+Venture funds as an LP

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.

Today

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.

2017

Co-founding MultiversX

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 journey
2013

My first angel investment

I backed SmartBill, which later became part of Visma. One investment gradually became a portfolio of startup and venture fund investments.

Where it started
2001

Building Soft32

I 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 story

02 / Investing

At the edge
of what’s possible.

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.

Selected investments

Among 200+ technology investments
  • Anthropic
  • Perplexity
  • Shield AI
  • Multiverse Computing
  • Colossal Biosciences
  • Ezra
  • Axiom Space
  • Circle
  • Kraken
  • Uniswap
  • Chainalysis
  • Owner.com

Selected fund investments

Alongside individual company investments, I back venture managers as a limited partner across the US and Europe.

The question I keep coming back to
“What has just become possible
that wasn’t possible before?”
Read my perspective

03 / Blog

Latest articles

All articles

What has just become possible?

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.

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Building Soft32

I 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.

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04 / Perspectives

In conversation.
In my own words.

Selected conversations and writing
on building, technology, and the long view.

05 / Beyond technology

The other
parts of me.

Music, from listening
to creating.

A lifelong passion for music led me to launch Sizelle, an artist project exploring the intersection of creativity, technology, and sound.

Discover Sizelle

Going the
distance.

At 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