Sebastian Dobrincu is a Tech Entrepreneur, Investor and Music Artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He currently operates as a managing partner at Stage Ventures, a Los Angeles-based early-stage seed fund that provides flexible, revenue-based financing alternatives for founders who want to build & lead profitable technology companies.
Since 2021, Dobrincu is tackling the remote work industry as the co-founder and CTO of Shop.io, which aims to enable startups to pay and employ people in 100+ countries without having to set up foreign subsidiaries or deal with global payroll, compliance, taxes and benefits.
Previously, he founded marketing & advertising platforms Storyheap, Brandmates and Owlmetrics exiting the latter.
He is also known for being named "Silicon Valley's Youngest Self-Made Millionaire" and one of the "30 Under 30" by Forbes. Dobrincu is also an investor & judge on Shark Tank Romania (Imperiul Leilor).
Sebastian Dobrincu was born on Aug 30, 1998 in Romania. 17-year-old Dobrincu moved to the US to scale his business ventures. After dropping out of college he moved to Silicon Valley – San Francisco Bay Area where he established his first company’s headquarters.
He was first introduced to software in 2009. He had worked with clients ranging from individual employers to startups and Fortune 500 corporations.
Dobrincu debuted his musical career in 2019 with the single “On Your Mind”, followed by “Halfway To The Moon”.
📖 As an angel investor, he actively invests in promising, motivated and hardworking entrepreneurs and their early stage ventures. He is also a featured contributor for publications like Entrepreneur Magazine and Mashable.
📮 Send startup pitches (under 500 words) at dobrincu@stanford.edu
💌 You can get in touch with him on Twitter at @Sebyddd, or via email at sebastian@dobrincu.com