Oana is an ML engineer with operating experience in enterprise software and investment experience from Pre-Seed to Series B. She invests early stage with a focus on developer tools, open source and AI. Prior to SignalFire, Oana invested at Scale Venture Partners.
Prior to VC, Oana worked at SAP where she contributed to the development of the backend systems used by SAP for its solution portfolio. She also developed assessment frameworks and evaluated requests for funding from more than 70 product teams, across different stages of the life cycle.
Oana received a BS in Computer Science with a specialization in Machine Learning from Jacobs University and an MS in Computer Science and Business with specialization in Machine-to-Machine Platforms from Mannheim University.
Oana dedicates her free time to even up the playing field for women in tech, with her personal project https://www.ready2.build/
Stage focus
Seed
Sector Focus
AI/ML Tools
Dev Tools
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