Ten entrepreneurs and executives have launched Food Angels Hub, a community of investors dedicated to the food sector.<\/p>\n
The aim of the hub is to \u201cdevelop and scale functional and profitable companies in the food, hospitality and food-tech sectors\u201d and \u201cturn Romania into a reference point for food innovation in the CEE region.\u201d<\/p>\n
The founders of Food Angels Hub include: Radu Savopol<\/strong>, the co-founder of the coffee shop chain 5 to go; Daniel Donici<\/strong>, the co-founder of dairy producer Artesana; Alfred Dauteuil<\/strong>, the founder of Jerry\u2019s Pizza; C\u0103lin Ionescu<\/strong>, the CEO of Sphera Franchise Group; Daniel Boaje<\/strong>, formerly the CEO of McDonald\u2019s Romania; Albert Davidoglu<\/strong>, the CEO of Macromex; C-level executive and investor Costin M\u00e2ndrea<\/strong>; Utku Ogrendil<\/strong>, CEO of PayPoint Romania; Florin Maxim<\/strong>, the founder of Hospitality Culture Institute; and R\u0103zvan Gheorghiu-Testa<\/strong>, a founding partner of law firm \u021auca Zb\u00e2rcea & Asocia\u021bii.<\/p>\n Food Angels Hub offers growth infrastructure for companies active in food production, services, and technology, from direct financing to mentorship, strategic consultancy, access to operational know-how, and partnerships with established industry players, the organization said.<\/p>\n Climate change, finite resources, and supply chain fragmentation will accelerate the need for innovation across food production, processing, logistics, and technology. The food industry will thus become a strategic sector in the future, not only from an economic perspective but also from the perspective of national security and geopolitical stability, according to an announcement from Food Angels Hub.<\/p>\n \u201cThe combined expertise of the Food Angels Hub network gives us confidence that, together with local companies in the food industry and the partners of the industry, we can support the Romanian ecosystem of food innovation. We want to work closely with founders and partners in the public and private sectors to accelerate the scaling and international recognition of Romanian brands in the food industry,\u201d Florin Maxim, founding member and managing director of Food Angels Hub, said.<\/p>\n (Illustration: Food Angels Hub)<\/em><\/p>\n simona@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ten entrepreneurs and executives have launched Food Angels Hub, a community of investors dedicated to the food sector. The aim of the hub is to \u201cdevelop and scale functional and profitable companies in the food, hospitality and food-tech sectors\u201d and \u201cturn Romania into a reference point for food innovation in the CEE region.\u201d The founders […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}