Andrei Pitis
Founder & CEO
With over 30 years of experience in the IT industry in Romania and the United States, Andrei Pitis is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor and advisor with several successful international exits.
Andrei graduated from Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Computer Science and passionately started working in the software industry early on. He founded his first company in his early 20s, a Silicon Valley-based start-up together with two other partners. In 2005, Andrei held the position of Romania Country Manager of IXIA, a leading provider of performance test systems for IP-based infrastructure and services operating in over 30 countries worldwide. He then founded and exited from Vector Watch, a disruptive 30 days battery life smartwatch. After the exit, Andrei held the position of VP of Product and heading the Romanian and Belarus Development Centers at Fitbit, until august 2020.
Andrei also served two terms in a row as elected President of ANIS – the most active Romanian software association.
Andrei is also passionate about growing the young entrepreneurial tech community in Romania, founding in 2012 Innovation Labs, a leading national program teaching students to design and develop self-sustainable start-ups. Andrei is also the co-founder of Tech Angels, the first network for business angels in Romania, being an active investor and business advisor for several Eastern European start-ups.
In 2019, Andrei Pitis founded Simple Capital, a private investment vehicle, interested in financing tech product startups and companies with high growth and interested in expanding on the global market. Currently the portfolio has over 25 startups.
Andrei Pitiș
Founder & CEO
With over 30 years of experience in the IT industry in Romania and the United States, Andrei Pitis is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor and advisor with several successful international exits.
Andrei graduated from Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Computer Science and passionately started working in the software industry early on. He founded his first company in his early 20s, a Silicon Valley-based start-up together with two other partners. In 2005, Andrei held the position of Romania Country Manager of IXIA, a leading provider of performance test systems for IP-based infrastructure and services operating in over 30 countries worldwide. He then founded and exited from Vector Watch, a disruptive 30 days battery life smartwatch. After the exit, Andrei held the position of VP of Product and heading the Romanian and Belarus Development Centers at Fitbit, until august 2020.
Andrei also served two terms in a row as elected President of ANIS – the most active Romanian software association.
Andrei is also passionate about growing the young entrepreneurial tech community in Romania, founding in 2012 Innovation Labs, a leading national program teaching students to design and develop self-sustainable start-ups. Andrei is also the co-founder of Tech Angels, the first network for business angels in Romania, being an active investor and business advisor for several Eastern European start-ups.
In 2019, Andrei Pitis founded Simple Capital, a private investment vehicle, interested in financing tech product startups and companies with high growth and interested in expanding on the global market. Currently the portfolio has over 25 startups.
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