Vlad Cazacu

At Flowlie we help technology startup founders and CFOs understand their runway, plan their capital needs, explore financing opportunities from equity to debt, and execute those strategies. Backed by Roo Capital, strategic angels from Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Scotiabank, Carta, Bain, and leaders of several investor syndicates and family office groups across the United States.

- Directly advising the CEOs and executive teams of Novopayment and Soundtrack Your Brand; - Board member for Unitea.

- Sourcing and analyzing deals in the Enterprise Enablement space, with a focus on Fintech platforms, future of work, process automation, and the unbundling of ERP infrastructure for SMBs, across Seed and Series A ($1M - $10M initial check sizes); - Providing portfolio coverage for 6 companies including monthly and quarterly reporting.

- Co-managed an 8-figure AUM portfolio. Investor in (** personally sourced & led): Canix (Series A) ** ML Tech (Seed+) ** Turnkey Lender (Series A) ** Valia (Pre-Seed)

- Helped 800+ angel investors, HNWIs, and family offices get access to high-quality venture deals and invest alongside institutional VCs in Pre-Seed to Series B start-up companies; - Helped founders consolidate their investors using SPVs and guided them through the fundraising process, from pitching to closing and making investor intros; - Managed investor relations for all our US East Coast-based and international LPs; - Provided strategic support to founders in our portfolio from product to follow-on fundraising; Investor in (** personally sourced & led): Recyclops (Seed & Series A) 401Go (Pre-Seed & Seed) Elude (Pre-Seed & Seed) Asa Financial (Seed & Series A) Hamama (Series A) - ACQUIRED Jump (Seed) Oros (Seed & Series A) The Mentor Method (Seed) - ACQUIRED Brandless (Series A Restructuring) 9th Gear Technologies (Seed) GlassFrogg (Seed) GMTM Sports (Seed) ** RealEats (Series A) - SHUT DOWN Bacon (Seed+) ** The Verticale (Pre-Seed) - ACQUIRED Buyr (Seed) Luna (Series A) ** ERIC Digital (Pre-Seed) Kannact (Seed+) ** Taiv (Seed) ** Skippet (Seed) - SHUT DOWN Stix (Series A) ** Uplinq (Pre-Seed) ** PERCS (Seed) PieFi (Seed) Velvet (Seed) ** Simply Brand Foods (Seed)

- Sourced and analyzed deals in the Enterprise SaaS space, with a focus on the future of work, automation, and the unbundling of ERP infrastructure for SMBs, across Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A ($100K - $1M initial check sizes);

- Co-led the creation of the Rochester Creators program and its recognition as a 4-credit undergraduate spring course in the College of Arts and Sciences under the name of CAS 162: Rochester Creators; - Co-lectured classes twice a week, assigned homework, prepared class slides and teaching materials;

- Developed, implemented and facilitated programs, workshops and events surrounding design thinking and innovation management for students, staff and faculty; - Consulted entrepreneurial peers on problem identification, idea generation, product/service design, user research, market testing, and GTM strategy; - Managed activities and organized events with 50-200 participants per event in our 12,000 sq. ft. space.

- Built a VC database to improve co-investment reach out accuracy by aggregating industry data; - Designed a new on-boarding process and compiled an exhaustive resource directory for portfolio companies; - Reviewed and rated over 300 decks in deal flow, participating in due diligence calls and partner meetings; - Sourced deals for potential investment;

Built from scratch a ramen-profitable startup helping students automatically sell their last semester textbooks and purchase their next semester ones. Learned the basics of company building by doing everything wrong and rejecting an acquisition offer.

- Preformed advanced data analysis in Excel for multiple strategy and operations projects; - Developed KPI frameworks for SMBs in order to more accurately monitor their performance; - Created visualizations and drafted reports for client meeting presentations; - Worked closely with senior consultants, managers and the senior manager.

- Concentration in Financial Reporting and Assurance - Texas McCombs MPA Merit Scholar - GMAT 740

- Double Concentration in Accounting and in Entrepreneurship - Minor in Economics - Joseph C. Wilson “Change” Scholar, Continuing Student Scholar, Dean's List - Honor Societies: Order of Omega, Medallion Leadership Society, Keidaean Senior Honor Society

- Concentration in Industrial & Organizational Psychology - Minor in Economics - Joseph C. Wilson “Change” Scholar, Continuing Student Scholar, Dean's List - Honor Societies: Order of Omega, Medallion Leadership Society, Keidaean Senior Honor Society