The Team

The people that will help grow your business

A small core, surrounded by a tight network of operators, engineers and advisors. Every engagement is staffed by the people who will actually deliver the work.

01 · Team

The core team.

The people who run every engagement end-to-end. Strategy, technology and go-to-market — each represented at partner level.

Radu Benga01
Founder & Strategy Lead

Radu Benga

LinkedIn

Serial entrepreneur who over the last 15 years has built 6 businesses with 1 exit. Has worked with founders across Europe and the US — from hands-on management, marketing and sales to early-stage investing and advisory.

Vlad Covaci02
Product & Tech Partner

Vlad Covaci

LinkedIn

Vlad is a tech and product entrepreneur that has built multiple startups, having a focus on A.I.-driven MVPs and Go-to-market across multiple industries. Works at the intersection of business needs and the right technology — supported by A.I. — that drives real value.

Ulrik Hoffmann03
Innovation & Leadership Partner

Ulrik Hoffmann

LinkedIn

Ulrik is an experienced innovation and leadership manager. He combines driving innovation inside large companies like Lego with working alongside digital clusters such as DigitalLead in Denmark, and building new initiatives from the ground up like RebelDot Nordics.

02 · Extended Team

Experts that we work with.

Senior practitioners we work with on a project basis — brought in when a specific engagement calls for their depth.

Emmett King
Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

Emmett King

30+ years business experience · US & Europe

An American entrepreneur and angel investor with over 30 years of business experience in the US and Europe. Over the last two decades, he has created or managed companies in various domains, including cybersecurity, A.I.-Visual Analytics, telemedicine, software & hardware development, consulting, training and development & adventure camps.

Corina Stirbu
Fractional CMO

Corina Stirbu

Growth strategist · Product & Marketing

Corina is a fractional CMO that thrives at the intersection of product, marketing, and business strategy. The founders and CEOs she's worked with see her as a connector and orchestrator of growth in tech — not just a doer, but a systems thinker. Corina brings a results-driven mindset and an international perspective to every challenge. No fairy tales. No fluff. Just strategy that scales.

Severin Mützenberg
Entrepreneur

Severin Mützenberg

Founder, Severinus Recruiting · KIJobs24

Severin is an entrepreneur and startup operator with experience building and bringing new ventures to market. He is currently leading Severinus Recruiting and developing KIJobs24, a platform focused on AI-related jobs across the DACH region.

Andreas Köckeis
Co-Founder & CEO

Andreas Köckeis

Univents GmbH

Andy is an entrepreneur that combines strong expertise both on the tech and on the business side of a startup. He is the CEO of Univents, a management platform for businesses in the events space that has raised money and is generating growing revenue.

Toma Grozavescu
Growth Hacker & Entrepreneur

Toma Grozavescu

Founder, SMARTERS · Co-Founder & CMO, Helperz

Toma helps organizations grow by using a multidisciplinary approach based on marketing and new technologies. He is the founder of SMARTERS, the first company in Romania that actively uses a growth hacking approach and adapted it for offline businesses as well. He is also the Co-founder & CMO of Helperz.

Victor Cazacu
CEO & Co-Founder

Victor Cazacu

Upper

Victor is the CEO & Co-Founder of Upper. He has 20+ years of experience in the tech industry, building multiple products and businesses and taking them to market, while also advising other early-stage entrepreneurs.

Bart Geerts
CEO & Founder

Bart Geerts

Healthplus.ai

Bart is the CEO & Founder of Healthplus.ai — an active physician, entrepreneur and clinical researcher that co-develops tools for more proactive health care delivery, empowering the patient and supporting the professional.

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