The most visible startup investment platforms in Romania, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Romania in Romanian and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

SeedBlink

62Heralded Score, range 49–73

Most cited source

startarium.com

8citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Rōnin

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on ChatGPT, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 SeedBlink RO New entry 62 , range 49–73 62#1
62
  • : score 62 · #1
68% 29% First reading
2 Crowdcube GB New entry 39 , range 33–49 39#2
39
  • : score 39 · #2
39% 10% First reading
3 Republic US New entry 32 , range 20–38 32#3
32
  • : score 32 · #3
23% 8% First reading
4 Rōnin RO New entry 30 , range 9–39 30#4
30
  • : score 30 · #4
15% 11% First reading
5 TechAngels RO New entry 28 , range 8–38 28#5
28
  • : score 28 · #5
18% 7% None First reading
6 Companisto DE New entry 14 , range 5–35 14#6
14
  • : score 14 · #6
10% 7% None First reading
7 Growceanu RO New entry 11 , range 4–34 11#7
11
  • : score 11 · #7
11% 5% None First reading
– Capital Cell ES Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Conda AT Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Crowdberry SK Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 startarium.com Vendor site 10.0% 3 of 4 3 4
2 weronin.com Vendor site 10.0% 4 of 4 3 Not read
3 startengine.com Vendor site 11.7% 3 of 4 4 Not read
4 fagura.ro Vendor site 8.3% 4 of 4 2 Not read
5 qubit.capital Vendor site 8.3% 3 of 4 2 1
6 shopify.com Vendor site 8.3% 2 of 4 1 1
7 carta.com Vendor site 6.7% 3 of 4 3 Not read
8 stripe.com Vendor site 5.0% 3 of 4 2 Not read
9 whydonate.com Vendor site 5.0% 2 of 4 1 1
10 dealmaker.tech Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best platforms to invest in startups English Crowdcube, Growceanu, Republic, Rōnin and SeedBlink, tied
equity crowdfunding platform for startups English Companisto, Republic, Rōnin and SeedBlink, tied
how to raise money from investors online English No brand recommended
how to invest in startups with small amounts English Companisto, Crowdcube, Republic, Rōnin and SeedBlink, tied
equity crowdfunding vs angel investors English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured