Bogdan Gogu

Head of UBS Next Investments

📍 United Kingdom, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 18 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Observer
Apr 2025
Hypori is a mobile access platform enabling secure virtual access to enterprise apps and data from any mobile device with total personal privacy. Use whatever phone you want - it’s all about one device, zero worries. The Hypori app never processes, stores, or transmits data and does not require traditional application and mobile device management (MDM) solutions that invade privacy. Trusted by global system integrators, defense, government, healthcare, and other regulated industries, Hypori’s virtualization technology enables easy onboarding at – scale and improves bring-your-own-device (BYOD) user adoption while reducing the attack surface and enterprise liability. Hypori is a HIPAA-compliant, National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Common Criteria and National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solution for Classified (CSfC) product. CMMC-compliant, Hypori supports GDPR and is suitable for Federal, Defense Industrial Base (DIB), and commercial enterprises. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA, with a technology hub in Austin, TX. To learn more, visit www.hypori.com.
Board Member
May 2024
Doconomy aims to provide digital solutions to help us all live in a more sustainable way. We believe that people want to contribute to save the planet, but are hindered by insufficient tools to do so. Our enterprise service, Åland Index, is a cloud-based service for climate impact calculations. Åland Index is the leading index solution for CO2 and H2O emission calculations for payments and financial transactions. Our next gen transparency tool for brands and producers is called The 2030 Calculator. A Product Carbon Footprint Tool by Doconomy. The 2030 Calculator was launched by Doconomy with the ambition for product brands (and material suppliers), to better understand the carbon footprint of the products and materials they produce as well as provide the transparency that will allow consumers to make informed consumption choices.
Board Observer
Dec 2023
🚀 AI-Powered Test Automation for the Enterprise Synthesized eliminates manual test data bottlenecks, delivering AI-native test infrastructure that enables enterprises to test applications faster, more securely, and at scale. Modern software requires continuous testing, but traditional QA methods are slow, costly, and create compliance risks. Our Agentic AI platform automates test data generation, provisioning, and execution—empowering development and QA teams to accelerate testing cycles while maintaining full regulatory compliance. Why Synthesized? ✔️ AI-Native Test Infrastructure – Fully automated, scalable test data generation across structured and semi-structured enterprise environments. ✔️ Enterprise-Ready – Seamless integration with Snowflake, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, SAP, Workday, and more. ✔️ Faster Testing, Lower Costs – Customers see 2x faster test cycles, up to 80% cost savings, and complete test coverage. ✔️ Regulatory Compliance – GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA-ready test data that eliminates compliance risks without slowing down innovation. ✔️ Trusted by Industry Leaders – Used by Deutsche Bank, UBS, the European Commission, and global financial institutions. We are defining the future of AI-driven test automation.
Board Observer
Dec 2022
Droit builds mission-critical, breakthrough products to advance global regulatory compliance and real-time controls. Droit partners with leading global financial institutions to create forward-looking operational and regulatory solutions within the ever-changing financial landscape. Droit Adept is the innovative, patented platform that drives intelligent decision-making in a complex rule-driven landscape. The Adept platform provides an implementation of regulatory rules reflecting industry consensus. Institutions rely on Adept to provide solutions for pre-trade and post-trade controls, evaluating the permissibility of transactions, compliant regulatory reporting, and more. Adept generates decisions directly from digitized rules, regulations, and internal policies, visually represented in intuitive logic diagrams and linked back to the original sourced text. This complete traceability empowers users to act right with confidence. With locations in New York, London, Sydney, and Singapore, Droit continues to broaden its industry reach and offer clients breakthrough products enabling them to take the next right action. Learn more at droit.tech.
Board Observer
Oct 2022
Shield is how compliance teams in financial services and other highly regulated industries can finally read between the lines to see what their employee communications are really saying. #Readbetweenthelines
Board Observer
Nov 2021
Endowus is Asia’s leading independent wealth advisor and investment platform. With entities licensed by the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong and Monetary Authority of Singapore, Endowus is the first digital advisor in the region to span personal savings, private wealth and public pension (CPF & SRS in Singapore), helping investors – individuals, family offices, endowments, and institutions – grow their wealth holistically, with conflict-free advice and access to institutional financial solutions at low and fair fees, through a personalised digital wealth experience. The Group also acquired Carret Private Investments Limited (“Carret”), a Hong Kong-based multi-family office serving ultra-high net worth families. Carret continues to operate entirely independently of Endowus and also holds a license from the SFC. Endowus collaborates with over 100 global fund managers, democratising access to world-class investment strategies across public markets, private markets, hedge funds, and alternatives. The firm also pioneered the 100% Cashback on trailer fees returned to customers. The firms talent is underpinned by investment professionals and expert client advisors who previously worked at some of the worlds largest financial conglomerates. Globally, Endowus has attained several awards and recognition from renowned institutions. This includes being named one of CNBC’s World’s Top FinTech Companies 2025 and Asia and Singapore Best Digital Wealth Management and Hong Kong’s Best FinTech Innovation in Asset Management and Wealth Management (Asia Asset Management’s Best of the Best Awards 2026 and 2025). The firm was also ranked 45th on The Financial Times’ High-Growth Companies Asia Pacific 2025 list and 9th on Singapore’s Fastest-Growing Companies 2025 list. It was also the leading WealthTech provider on the Fortune Fintech Innovators Asia 2024 list, among 60 transformative firms in the region.
Board Observer
Aug 2021
A complete suite of trusted products to build anything in web3.
Board Member (Alternate)
Jan 2020
Symphony is an AI-powered communication and technology company fueled by interconnected platforms: Messaging, Voice, Directory and Analytics. Our modular technology - built for global finance - enables over 1,000 institutions to prioritize data security, navigate complex regulatory compliance and optimize business interactions. Symphony was founded in October 2014 and is headquartered in New York City with 10 additional offices across the globe. Find out more at symphony.com
Board Observer
Dec 2019
Banks, Fintechs and businesses everywhere can make bigger, better, bolder leaps with Currencycloud, a Visa solution. Currencycloud gives businesses the capability to move money across borders, and transact globally in multiple currencies, fast. Experts at what they do, their technology makes it easy for clients to embrace digital wallets, and to embed finance into the core of their business - no matter what industry they’re in. Since 2012, Currencycloud has processed more than $100bn to over 180 countries, working with banks, financial institutions and Fintechs around the world, including Starling Bank, Revolut and Lunar. Based in London with offices in New York, Amsterdam, Cardiff, and Singapore, Currencycloud works with partners including Visa, Dwolla, GPS and Mambu to deliver simple, clear cross-border infrastructure solutions for clients. They are regulated in the UK, Canada, US, the EU and Australia, and were acquired by Visa in December 2021. For more information on our regulation, please visit: https://www.currencycloud.com/legal/regulation/
Board Member (Alternate)
Dec 2019
Kantox is a leader in Currency Management Automation software that enables businesses to automate their end-to-end FX workflow, eliminate risk and leverage currencies for growth. Founded in 2011, the company employs over 200 people and has offices in London and Barcelona. Clients in 75 countries have already exchanged more than USD $30 billion with Kantox. Named one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies, Kantoxs currency management solutions have also been recognised as best-in-class by treasury professionals worldwide, winning the Best Solution Innovation for FX Risk and the Best Risk Management Solution at the 2025, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 Treasury Management International Awards respectively. As of July 2023, Kantox is a BNP Paribas company. Kantox will continue to operate as an independent company, now with the experience and market power of BNP Paribas behind it.
Board Observer
Dec 2019
DA is a leading innovator in blockchain technology, transforming traditional and digital financial markets with privacy-enabled solutions that improve capital flow and create a more efficient, fair, and resilient global system. As the creator of the technology that launched the Canton Network, the only public layer one blockchain with privacy, and a founding member of its Global Synchronizer Foundation, DA has been a pioneer of this open, secure, and interoperable infrastructure. Founded in 2014, DA is committed to reshaping the future of finance by enabling real-time efficiencies, 24/7 global transactions, and unlocking the full potential of cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and the continued convergence of decentralized and traditional finance.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
Digital Reasoning is an Artificial Intelligence company that understands the nuances of human intention and behavior found in communications providing global enterprises with critical intelligence and insights.
Board Member
Aug 2019
This profile is no longer active. CurveGlobal Markets, the derivatives segment of London Stock Exchange plc, ceased trading on 28 January 2022. For further information about LSEG, visit www.lseg.com or join our community at https://www.linkedin.com/company/london-stock-exchange-group.
Board Observer
Feb 2019
With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights and a vibrant marketplace, we are powering a global private market that is transparent, accessible and seamless for companies, their employees, investors and institutions. #wearehiring
Board Observer
May 2017
Eris Innovations developed and owns the IP to Eris Swap Futures. As a product development and IP licensing company, Eris collaborates with partner exchanges to drive the growth of Eris Swap Futures and related derivatives products across multiple asset classes and currencies. USD Eris Swap Futures are listed and cleared at CME Group, and are easily accessible anywhere CME Group products are offered. For more information, visit Eris Innovations online at www.erisfutures.com or follow us on LinkedIn or twitter @erisfutures.
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Board Observer
Apr 2025
Hypori is a mobile access platform enabling secure virtual access to enterprise apps and data from any mobile device with total personal privacy. Use whatever phone you want - it’s all about one device, zero worries. The Hypori app never processes, stores, or transmits data and does not require traditional application and mobile device management (MDM) solutions that invade privacy. Trusted by global system integrators, defense, government, healthcare, and other regulated industries, Hypori’s virtualization technology enables easy onboarding at – scale and improves bring-your-own-device (BYOD) user adoption while reducing the attack surface and enterprise liability. Hypori is a HIPAA-compliant, National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Common Criteria and National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solution for Classified (CSfC) product. CMMC-compliant, Hypori supports GDPR and is suitable for Federal, Defense Industrial Base (DIB), and commercial enterprises. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA, with a technology hub in Austin, TX. To learn more, visit www.hypori.com.
2024
Board Member
May 2024
Doconomy aims to provide digital solutions to help us all live in a more sustainable way. We believe that people want to contribute to save the planet, but are hindered by insufficient tools to do so. Our enterprise service, Åland Index, is a cloud-based service for climate impact calculations. Åland Index is the leading index solution for CO2 and H2O emission calculations for payments and financial transactions. Our next gen transparency tool for brands and producers is called The 2030 Calculator. A Product Carbon Footprint Tool by Doconomy. The 2030 Calculator was launched by Doconomy with the ambition for product brands (and material suppliers), to better understand the carbon footprint of the products and materials they produce as well as provide the transparency that will allow consumers to make informed consumption choices.
Board Member
Apr 2024
GIST Impact is a market-leading impact data and analytics provider. With a team of 100+ scientists, engineers, data scientists and environmental economists, GIST Impact delivers market-leading impact platforms and datasets, covering 17,000+ companies with geographically precise, time-series data. GIST Impact works with pioneering companies across all sectors and with investors representing over $8 trillion in assets under management. GIST Impact also partners with some of the worlds largest ESG data providers, business networks, and fintech platforms to enable impact measurement across global markets.
2023
Board Observer
Dec 2023
🚀 AI-Powered Test Automation for the Enterprise Synthesized eliminates manual test data bottlenecks, delivering AI-native test infrastructure that enables enterprises to test applications faster, more securely, and at scale. Modern software requires continuous testing, but traditional QA methods are slow, costly, and create compliance risks. Our Agentic AI platform automates test data generation, provisioning, and execution—empowering development and QA teams to accelerate testing cycles while maintaining full regulatory compliance. Why Synthesized? ✔️ AI-Native Test Infrastructure – Fully automated, scalable test data generation across structured and semi-structured enterprise environments. ✔️ Enterprise-Ready – Seamless integration with Snowflake, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, SAP, Workday, and more. ✔️ Faster Testing, Lower Costs – Customers see 2x faster test cycles, up to 80% cost savings, and complete test coverage. ✔️ Regulatory Compliance – GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA-ready test data that eliminates compliance risks without slowing down innovation. ✔️ Trusted by Industry Leaders – Used by Deutsche Bank, UBS, the European Commission, and global financial institutions. We are defining the future of AI-driven test automation.
2022
Board Observer
Dec 2022
Droit builds mission-critical, breakthrough products to advance global regulatory compliance and real-time controls. Droit partners with leading global financial institutions to create forward-looking operational and regulatory solutions within the ever-changing financial landscape. Droit Adept is the innovative, patented platform that drives intelligent decision-making in a complex rule-driven landscape. The Adept platform provides an implementation of regulatory rules reflecting industry consensus. Institutions rely on Adept to provide solutions for pre-trade and post-trade controls, evaluating the permissibility of transactions, compliant regulatory reporting, and more. Adept generates decisions directly from digitized rules, regulations, and internal policies, visually represented in intuitive logic diagrams and linked back to the original sourced text. This complete traceability empowers users to act right with confidence. With locations in New York, London, Sydney, and Singapore, Droit continues to broaden its industry reach and offer clients breakthrough products enabling them to take the next right action. Learn more at droit.tech.
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