Analysis

September 16, 2022

Can Cluj be Romania's next big tech hub?

Romania gifted Europe one of its most successful startup unicorns — UiPath. Could Cluj, the country's second city, produce another?


Cluj. Credit: Vlad Sargu

In the late 1990s, Cluj-Napoca, Romania's second biggest city and the unofficial capital of Transylvania, was, to put it mildly, a slum.

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Photo of Manuela Țicudean, cofounder of CyScale
Manuela Țicudean, cofounder of Cyscale
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Bianca Muntean, cofounder and coordinator of Transilvania Digital Innovation Hub and cofounder of Transilvania IT Cluster
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Vlad Ciurca, cofounder of Techsylvania
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Florin Pop, angel investor
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