Dan Mihaescu, Founding Partner at GapMinder Ventures, is one of the speakers of MIRSANU DEALMAKERS SUMMIT 2025.
Dan leads investments in B2B platforms enabled by Machine Learning, Al, into cybersecurity, enterprise software / SaaS, automation, and fintech businesses. Dan led GapMinder Fund investments into FintechOS, TypingDNA, Cartloop, DruidAI, Cyscale and Outthink.
He also serves as a sounding board for other partners in various investments of GapMinder.
Prior to GapMinder, Dan was with Microsoft, UPC / LGI, and GTS in various CO roles. He is a well-known investor and a highly experienced former executive, having a deep and broad understanding of High Tech and its trends, with extensive experience in operating SMEs and large enterprises, as well as venture acceleration and M&A transactions.
Dan was born in Bucharest, Romania, and he is an INSEAD Alumnus and followed various VC & PE programs of EVCA and Harvard Business School.
GapMinder Ventures is an investment fund created in 2018 that invests in technology startups in Romania and Eastern Europe, particularly Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, and, above all, Croatia.
GapMinder Ventures has launched two funds so far: GapMinder Fund I (in 2018, with a total market capitalization of €50 million) and GapMinder Fund II (in 2024, with a target market capitalization of €80 million).
On December 4, 2025, the MIRSANU.RO transaction journal is hosting MIRSANU DEALMAKERS SUMMIT 2025, an OFFLINE event dedicated to the community of corporate transactions – mergers & acquisitions (M&A), financing, capital market transactions, real estate deals and other major corporative transactions.
The Event’s Partners are Stratulat Albulescu, ONV LAW, Aplus Advisory and Sancons Capital & Investment. The Supporting Partners of this event are Okcredit and B2 Impact.
If you are interested in attending this event or making a partnership, please contact us at office@mirsanu.ro
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The MIRSANU.RO transaction journal is the first Romanian media platform consisting of news, analyses, interviews and opinions exclusively addressing transactions and industry professionals. We provide information on three main areas – mergers & acquisitions (M&A), financing, and capital market transactions. MIRSANU.RO is a B2B (BUSINESS TO BUSINESS) media content provider exclusively targeting executives, entrepreneurs, business owners, investors and founders, as well as a B2P (BUSINESS TO PROFESSIONALS) product, with information addressing the activity of the professional mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and overall the dealmakers community, consisting of investment fund managers, lawyers, investment bankers, bankers, strategy consultants, auditors, as well as other transaction-related professional service providers.