'Surreal dream': Romanian startup makes Wall Street splash Issued on: 29/04/2021 - 15:30 UiPath says its listing on the New York Stock Exchange, a first for a Romanian company, is the culmination of "a surreal dream". Daniel MIHAILESCU AFP 4 min Bucharest (AFP) Born in the small Bucharest apartment of a once aspiring writer, software firm UiPath has grown into a $40 billion tech star after becoming Romania's first Wall Street-listed company. Although Romania is often described as the "Silicon Valley" of Eastern Europe and the start-up scene is flourishing, no home-grown company has established itself on the global scene quite like this. The first listing on the New York Stock Exchange of a company of Romanian origin was the culmination of "a surreal dream", UiPath wrote on Twitter.