# Andrei Stefan

> Andrei Stefan is the co-founder and CEO of Oveit, an Austin-based event technology company that bundles smart ticketing, online bookings, access control and cashless payments into one platform. A Romanian operator with two decades in general management and finance, he moved from corporate boardrooms into startups, helped build a live-shopping and streaming platform during the pandemic, and pushed Oveit early into NFT and blockchain-based tickets through partnerships with Crypto.com and Polygon. Oveit was named by the UN World Tourism Organization in 2019 as one of the five most disruptive startups in tourism.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Oveit
- **Organizations:** Oveit, Streams.live
- **Nationality:** Romanian
- **Education:** Executive Education, Harvard University, MBA, Rice University, B.A. in Law & International Relations
- **Known for:** Co-founded Oveit, an all-in-one event and attractions platform serving brands like L'Oreal, Samsung and Tefal, Oveit named by the UN World Tourism Organization (2019) among the top 5 most disruptive startups in tourism, Grew Oveit to roughly $1.4M revenue with a team of about 13

## Career timeline

- **2015-2017** — Co-founds Oveit with Mike Dragan after exiting a prior in-store and online shopping startup
- **2019** — Oveit named by UNWTO among the top 5 most disruptive startups in tourism
- **2020** — Launches Streams.live for virtual and hybrid events during the pandemic; begins doubling revenue annually
- **2020-2021** — Moves Oveit into NFT and blockchain ticketing with partners including Crypto.com and Polygon
- **2021** — Closes a Seed funding round
- **2024** — Rolls out AI features including EventGPT and expands hybrid event and live-shopping tools

## Achievements

- Co-founded Oveit, an all-in-one event and attractions platform serving brands like L'Oreal, Samsung and Tefal
- Oveit named by the UN World Tourism Organization (2019) among the top 5 most disruptive startups in tourism
- Grew Oveit to roughly $1.4M revenue with a team of about 13
- Doubled company revenue three consecutive years and reached break-even
- Winner of awards in operational excellence

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Featured in a SeedBlink interview detailing Oveit's hybrid event tools, EventGPT and smart-ticket roadmap
- **2024-03** — Oveit's most recent reported funding (Seed) dated to March 2024 in data records

## Links

- Website: https://oveit.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrei-stefan-05751812
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/oveitcom
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/oveitcom/

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Last updated: 2026-06-25