Entrepreneurs shift their attention to the stock market

♦ BT Capital Partners in talks with several companies over potential stock market listings.Ÿ Daniela Secară, CEO of BT Capital Partners: We will continue to bridge capital with opportunities.

BT Capital Partners is „in talks with several companies about potential listings on the Bucharest Stock Exchange,‟ the company’s CEO, Daniela Secară, told the ZF Capital Market conference held on September 25. „Entrepreneurs are increasingly looking at the capital market as a viable alternative for financing. We are currently in talks with several companies, but of course, I cannot disclose any specific names just yet,‟ she said.

According to Daniela Secară, the companies engaged in talks with BT Capital Partners know that stock market listing requires a thorough preparation period. The structure of the offering is set right before going public, depending on institutional investors’ feedback.

„A successful offering is defined by a company that capitalizes on its listing to continuously secure fresh capital and accelerate its long-term growth via the stock exchange,‟ she stated. The CEO of BT Capital Partners mentioned Electroalfa, Cris-Tim, and Hidroelectrica as the standout examples that entrepreneurs frequently bring up in discussions. Hidroelectrica raised 1.9 billion euros in its June 2023 offering, the largest listing in the history of the Romanian stock market. The company’s shares are now trading 76% above the offering price, according to Bloomberg data. The Cris-Tim offering in September 2025 was worth 88 million euros, while Electroalfa raised 115 million euros in January 2026. The shares of these two companies are 195% and 84% above their listing prices, respectively.

Landmark deals in recent years prove that Romanian companies can attract substantial capital and draw international investor interest. According to BT CP, Romania’s economic rankings revealed a historic first: most of the country’s top-valued firms are now listed, proving that the stock exchange is no longer merely an alternative funding source. 

BT Capital Partners emphasizes that Romania retains strong potential to expand its investor base, develop the primary market, and attract more companies to the stock exchange. „Romania’s capital market faces an urgent need for new corporate entries. Institutional investors are already lined up, so the more companies that join the market, the better it will be,‟ Daniela Secară also told the ZF Capital Market conference. „Driven by expertise, innovation, and long-term commitment, we shall continue to bridge capital with opportunities, aiming to nurture a capital market capable of sustaining Romania’s economic competitiveness for decades to come,‟ the CEO said in a statement sent to ZF.