Founder Story
Adrian Ioana
Founder of BBMM Software and Head of Engineering at GoAhead Ventures, a $250M+ Silicon Valley venture capital firm. His journey spans from early national robotics championships to building software for VCs in Menlo Park. A dedicated advocate for emerging tech talent, he recently judged NATO-backed HackTM to help inspire the next wave of Romanian innovators.
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MRR in BBMM’s First 30 Days
From Robotics
to Silicon Valley
A timeline of the competitions, companies, and codebases that shaped Adrian's path.
Lead of Programming Department
Soft Hoarders - FTC Robotics
Adrian's engineering career started on a robotics playing field, not in a classroom. As Lead of Programming for Soft Hoarders, a First Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team, he architected the team's codebase and directed 5+ student developers.
Software Engineer
NetRom Software
At 17, still in high school, Adrian became the youngest engineer ever hired by NetRom Software — a 27-year-old software house that accepts under 5% of the university students who apply. He first caught their attention by landing them as a sponsor for Soft Hoarders, then earned a seat on the engineering team itself.
Founder
BBMM Software
Adrian founded BBMM Software, a software engineering studio partnering with clients across the US, the Netherlands, and Romania - and started winning hackathons with the team he built.
Head of Engineering
GoAhead Ventures
Today Adrian works out of Silicon Valley as Head of Engineering at GoAhead Ventures, a Menlo Park venture capital firm - blending software engineering with venture capital.
BUILDING BLOCK BY BLOCK
Adrian still leads BBMM Software's engineering work alongside his role at GoAhead Ventures. Get in touch if you want to build something together.