# About | Sebastian Cochinescu

> Technology entrepreneur in Bucharest. Co-founder and CEO of Anima Felix, angel investor at TechAngels Romania.

Source: https://www.cochinescu.com/about/

# About

Sebastian Cochinescu is a technology entrepreneur based in Bucharest, Romania. He is the co-founder and CEO of Anima Felix, and has been building software companies since 2004, starting with AppleNet. Along the way he founded TailPath and co-founded SoundFeed.

He invests in early-stage startups as an angel investor and board member at TechAngels Romania, serves as a scientific journal editor for The British Blockchain Association, and hosts the [Connecting the Dots podcast](https://podcast.cochinescu.com). He has taught at the University of Bucharest and The Entrepreneurship Academy.

Before technology there was music: he trained as a classical pianist and later toured with the Hara rock band, a story told in [one of his posts](/p/connecting-the-dots-music-grit-diplomacy-and-blockchain/). In 2018 he received the Emblem of Honor of the Romanian Army High Command.

## Speaking and appearances

- OECD Future of People-Centred Health Innovation, Paris High-level policy forum on trustworthy AI and genomic medicine in healthcare, opened by OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.
- Aspen and GMF Bucharest Forum In conversation with Heather Conley, President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, after a first meeting at the GMF Forum in Brussels in 2022.
- Aspen Technology and Society round table Round table on digital transformation at the government level in Romania, attending as a private sector representative and Aspen Institute Romania member.
- Aspen Institute NATO reception High-level reception marking 20 years since the Prague NATO Summit.
- Stakeborg Talks Panel discussion on crypto taxation and libertarianism.
- OECD Blockchain Policy Forum, Paris Delegate for the third time since 2018.
- PatriotFest Romanian national security innovation competition, bridging the public and private sectors.

2021-2022
- Birmingham Tech Week Conversations with Chris Sier, HM Treasury FinTech Envoy for England, and Tim Kay, Deputy Director for Technology at the UK Department for International Trade.
- Romanian Senate, European Affairs Committee Invited remarks on EU regulation of crypto assets and blockchain technologies.
- Business Review Foreign Investors Summit Game Changers panel talk: The ICO fever, an overview of a new funding era.