# Oana Manolache

> Oana Manolache is the Romanian-born founder and CEO of Sequel.io, a San Francisco software company that lets brands host webinars and live video on their own websites. After studying business and marketing at Coventry University and spending about seven years at HP, where she moved from London to lead marketing initiatives in the United States, she founded the company originally called Introvoke in 2018 and launched its first product in 2019. Her career connects a marketer's instinct for audience ownership with an operator's focus on product testing, customer feedback, and measurable engagement.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Sequel.io
- **Organizations:** Sequel.io, Introvoke, HP, Coventry University
- **From:** Romania
- **Education:** BA in Business and Marketing, First Class Honours, Coventry University
- **Known for:** Named to Forbes Romania's 30 Under 30 list., Became HP's youngest manager on its UK management board at age 23, according to her 2020 founder interview., Built Introvoke to roughly 5,000 users across four continents within about eight months of its 2019 launch, without marketing spend.

## Career timeline

- **c. 2012-2018** — Worked in marketing at HP for about seven years, beginning in London and later leading marketing initiatives in the United States.
- **2018** — Founded the Delaware company that became Introvoke and later Sequel.io.
- **2019-05** — Introduced Introvoke during a hybrid Boston event with 200 in-person participants and 500 virtual participants.
- **2020-02** — Reported roughly 5,000 users and customers streaming from four continents, achieved without marketing spend.
- **2021** — Raised an early round led by Struck Capital and expanded the platform's focus on branded virtual and hybrid experiences.
- **2022-09** — Sequel announced an $8 million Series A led by Javelin Venture Partners.
- **2023** — Sequel launched AI tools designed to turn webinars and live events into reusable written and social content.
- **2026** — Continued leading Sequel as it expanded its audience-intelligence and AI integrations for marketing teams.

## Achievements

- Named to Forbes Romania's 30 Under 30 list.
- Became HP's youngest manager on its UK management board at age 23, according to her 2020 founder interview.
- Built Introvoke to roughly 5,000 users across four continents within about eight months of its 2019 launch, without marketing spend.
- Led Sequel.io through an $8 million Series A financing announced in September 2022.
- Spoke at Webflow Conf on marketing leadership and intelligent websites.
- Developed Sequel from a live-event access platform into embedded video and audience-intelligence software for B2B marketers.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Shared that the Sequel.io team met in Barcelona for second-half planning, training, product work, and an internal AI challenge.
- **2026-08** — Sequel expanded its MCP server so customers could query audience intelligence, event participation, account engagement, lead activity, and company-level analytics through AI tools.
- **2026-08** — Promoted Sequel's August 26 virtual summit, Human Moments. Agentic Momentum, focused on how marketing teams divide work between people and AI agents.

## Links

- Website: https://sequel.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oana-m-manolache
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/omanolache

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Last updated: 2026-08-22