ABOUT Bucharest · Cluj · Iași

We build the infrastructure
for real connection.

Two founders. One question we couldn't stop asking: what if hiring felt less like a costume party and more like a real day at work? Exminds is our answer — built slowly, with the people who'd actually live inside it.

A team gathered outdoors mid-conversation — the kind of moment a Demo Day produces.
Mission

Experience as
infrastructure.

We turn human experience into infrastructure — the bridge between people who've lived something real and people looking for direction. No filters. No interview theatre. No CV-as-self.

Companies don't have a talent problem. They have a translation problem. Exminds is the translator: a single real day spent together, in the room, doing the work — so both sides know before anyone signs.

Vision

Compatibility
before contract.

A world where nobody signs a contract, enrolls in a school, or starts a career without first having lived a day inside that reality. Human compatibility becomes the standard, not the coincidence.

We're building toward the moment when "I auditioned the company" sounds as obvious as "I read the contract." Because the contract was always the last step, never the first.

Values

Four things we don't
negotiate on.

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Reality

We don't sell pretty pictures. Real hours, real people, real contexts — the only thing worth showing.

∞
Reciprocity

Every experience only works if both sides leave richer than they came. Mutual selection or nothing.

↗
Curiosity

The best careers are built on questions, not on certainties. We make room for the question.

⊙
Honesty

If it doesn't fit, we say so. Same day. Saved everyone a quarter of misalignment.

Our story

From a question,
to a product.

How Exminds went from a conversation around a kitchen table to the first paying customers.

  1. 2024 · Q4

    Founded in Bucharest

    Adrian and Catalina put their heads down on the same question: why does hiring still feel like a costume party?

  2. 2025 · Spring

    First Demo Day

    A single product team, six candidates, eight hours. Two job offers came out of it. The format worked.

  3. 2025 · Summer

    First paying customer

    A 40-person studio paid for what they used to spend on three recruiters. Same outcome. A tenth of the cost.

  4. 2025 · Autumn

    PromoCraft case study

    One Demo Day. Zero job descriptions. Three weeks to an offer. Two years and counting at the studio.

  5. 2026 · Now

    Hitting PMF in Romania

    Cluj, Bucharest, Iași — three cities running Demo Days every week. Next door: the CEE expansion.

The team

Two founders.
One stubborn idea.

We come from brand and strategy, product and community — the sides of the room a hiring decision actually happens in.

Adrian Delcea
Co-founder · CEO
Adrian Delcea

Strategy and scaling — builds the bridge between the community and the companies.

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Catalina Cimpoesu
Co-founder · CMO
Catalina Cimpoesu

Storytelling, brand and community — turns the philosophy into human language.

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Building with us

Exminds is small and stays small on purpose. We work with a handful of advisors, host Exminders, and operators who've shipped real teams. If you'd like to add a chair — write to us.

careers@exminds.com
What we offer

Culture as a business asset. Built, not described.

Exminds offers technology and services for Employer Branding, Cultural Fit Recruitment, Cultural DNA promotion, and Content Creation — designed to attract the right talent from the market.

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