Razvan CRACIUNESCU

ROStartup is the umbrella organization that represents and brings together the Romanian startup ecosystem. Our independent organization, unique in Romania, brings together startup founders, investors, public authorities, policymakers, startup program organizers, and other key entities. We believe that Romania has the potential to become one of the leading startup hubs, both in the CEE region and at the European level. We also believe that a clear common vision, joint actions, multi-actor collaboration, value co-creation, and knowledge transfer are the foundation for establishing a strong and competitive national entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our vision is to enable Romania to contribute to global innovation through startup disruption. As the central hub for the ecosystem, we will provide a comprehensive array of activities, including capacity-building programs, policy advocacy, international outreach, and financial support mechanisms for startup enablers. Building upon the ROStartup initiative created in June 2020, we aim to facilitate a nurturing environment where startup enablers can thrive and collaborate. Join us! https://rostartup.com/

Growceanu is an angel investing platform designed for individuals who want to diversify their investment portfolio with tech startups and leverage their money, expertise, and network in raising the chances for startups to succeed. We take care of every aspect of the investment process so that our investors can focus on making educated decisions and contributing to their portfolio startups.

Your A to Z Automation Platform Simplify and Optimize your Entire Applications Suite vs. just implementing linear flows and predefined connectors. PROCESIO is a no-code, low-code, and full-code platform that lets you integrate different tools, automate workflows, and process data super fast. Not your everyday automation tool, but much more - its an advanced technology for complex automation use cases.

TechAngels is an independent non-profit association established in 2013 with the objective to promote entrepreneurship and investments in tech industry in Romania and South-Eastern Europe. It is an open group of investors with proven track record in businesses as corporate experts in management, finance, HR, product development, business development, marketing and entrepreneurs and founders of successful Romanian startups, willing to provide a return to people starting their journey as either tech founders, or Angel investors. At this moment the group is formed by 70 angel investors with diverse portfolios and with experience in mentoring and coaching start-up teams from many industries. Investment decisions are made individually or in group during regular pitch sessions organized directly or via participation in other specialized events. TechAngels is also open to form partnerships with similar Business Angel associations from Europe as well as with other organizations such as universities, accelerators and venture capital funds sharing same objectives. During 2019 the group committed around 6 million Euro to the development of tech start-ups in Romania. Those interested to join are invited to fill in the forms available on the website.

Academia Oamenilor de Știință din România este continuatorul și unicul legatar al Academiei de Știinte din România (1935 – 1948) și al Asociației Oamenilor de Știință din România înființată prin HCM nr. 1012/30 mai 1956, care în 1996 și-a schimbat titulatura în Academia Oamenilor de Știință din România. În anul 2007 a fost adoptată Legea nr. 31-15 ianuarie 2007 privind reorganizarea și funcţionarea AOSR. Printre membrii de onoare ai ASR s-au numărat următorii laureați ai premiului Nobel (conform Buletinului nr 11.1943 al ASR): Louis de Broglie, Jean Perrin (fizicieni francezi), Max Born, Werner-Karl Heisenberg (fizicieni germani), Paul Sabatier (chimist francez), Hans Fischer, Friedrich Bergius (chimisti germani), Paul Karrer (chimist elveţian) şi George Emil Palade (medic român), membru al AOSR. Conform evaluării instituționale Scimago/ELSEVIER, bazată pe vizibilitatea științifică internațională a membrilor săi, AOSR ocupă locul 22/România și 775/lume în clasamentul instituțiilor de cercetare și învățământ superior.

ROStartup is the umbrella organization that represents and brings together the Romanian startup ecosystem. Our independent organization, unique in Romania, brings together startup founders, investors, public authorities, policymakers, startup program organizers, and other key entities. We believe that Romania has the potential to become one of the leading startup hubs, both in the CEE region and at the European level. We also believe that a clear common vision, joint actions, multi-actor collaboration, value co-creation, and knowledge transfer are the foundation for establishing a strong and competitive national entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our vision is to enable Romania to contribute to global innovation through startup disruption. As the central hub for the ecosystem, we will provide a comprehensive array of activities, including capacity-building programs, policy advocacy, international outreach, and financial support mechanisms for startup enablers. Building upon the ROStartup initiative created in June 2020, we aim to facilitate a nurturing environment where startup enablers can thrive and collaborate. Join us! https://rostartup.com/

University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest is the oldest and most prestigious engineering school in Romania. Its traditions are related to the establishment in 1818 by Gheorghe Lazar, of the first technical school with teaching in Romanian. UPB assumes the mission to train specialists in different technical fields, able to use valuable scientific, technical and cultural-humanistic knowledge, to contribute to the technological, economic and socio-cultural progress of the Romanian society and of the contemporary world. UPB ensures the achievement of a performance education, developed and perfected through a complex research activity, continuing the tradition of the Polytechnic School of Bucharest, in accordance with the exigencies and the means offered by the modern informational society. UPBs mission has been thought over as a blend of education, research and innovation, which represents a key towards a knowledge-based society and economy. Creating knowledge mainly by scientific research, giving it out by education and professional training, disseminating it by information technologies, as well as the use of technological innovation are elements that define the university distinctive profile. The engineering profession has continuously transformed and adapted itself to the new demands of the society, but being an engineer, a person who knows and is able to make life more comfortable, has remained unchanged.

Growceanu is an angel investing platform designed for individuals who want to diversify their investment portfolio with tech startups and leverage their money, expertise, and network in raising the chances for startups to succeed. We take care of every aspect of the investment process so that our investors can focus on making educated decisions and contributing to their portfolio startups.

The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) is a public body of the Central Administration under the ultimate authority of Ministry of National Education (MEN), in Romania. Its mission is to promote quality and leadership for higher education, research, development and innovation. UEFISCDI plays both the role of higher education funding council, and research and innovation council. In this respect, it acts as executive agency for the advisory councils of the MEN with responsibilities in the fields of higher education, research, development and innovation. UEFISCDI provides advice for policies in areas of competences. Active regional and international, UEFISCDI implements forward-looking projects targeting higher education, science and innovation, professions and skills, research infrastructures, food and rural development. It has been innovating in foresight methods, real time argumentative Delphi, horizon scanning and big data. Bucharest Dialogue linked to the forwiki 2.0 platform, is one of our brands. The agency encourage the global development of Futures Studies and Foresight, particularly in Central & Eastern Europe and Black Sea being awarded by World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) with “WFSF Award for Futures Institutions 2014 for a great inspiration to other institutions coming into the futures studies field particularly those who decide to become institutional members of WFSF.”