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Founder and Managing Partner of Early Game Ventures — a VC fund backing high-conviction founders at the earliest stages across Central and Eastern Europe. We invest before it’s obvious, leading rounds when there’s nothing more than a prototype, a deck, or just a raw, ambitious team. Before VC, I was a startup founder. I built products from scratch, led fundraising in Silicon Valley, relocated teams across continents, and filed patents on core technology. I’ve shipped AI-powered travel platforms, developed autonomous mobility hardware, and pitched on Sand Hill Road when it was still taboo to do so from Eastern Europe. Earlier still, I ran TBWA through the aftermath of the 2008 crisis with >30% profitability, led creative operations across 16 countries for Omnicom, and worked with brands like McDonald’s and Adidas. My roots are in storytelling, strategy, and execution under pressure. Today, I back founders building at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, security, and workflows — i
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 4 investors at Early Game Ventures are tracked.
- • 226 investors hold the Founder & Managing Partner role in VCSift. Cristian Munteanu is one of them.
- • 144 investors are based in Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Bucharest, Romania
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