🌍✨ Big News! InnovX proudly hosted the SelectUSA Delegation in Romania for two days of transformative events, strengthening the transatlantic bond of innovation. Here's a recap of the action-packed days:
📌 First event was called "Bridging Innovations: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Corporate Innovation and Investment" 🤝 InnovX and SelectUSA united forces to build a strategic bridge connecting the European and U.S. innovation ecosystems, fostering cooperation and igniting cooperation in key industries. 🔥 🎙 Keynote Speakers:
- Omar Oweiss, International Investment Specialist, United States Department of Commerce at SelectUSA
- Botiș Horia-Razvan, Chief of Staff to the Research, Innovation, and Digitalization Minister, Romanian Representative to the NATO DIANA Initiative 🇷🇴🌐
- Daniel Dumitrescu, PhD., Chief Innovation Officer at InnovX and Principal at RadiX VC 💡 🌐 Panels Included:
- Tech Startups: Featuring InnovX-BCR Program Alumni Vicentiu Corbu, CEO of KIM 4 Industry, Bogdan Moldovan, CEO of Axigen Messaging and Diana Andritchi, Co-Founder of Synaptiq.io
- Investment Academy: With insights from InnovX-BCR Program Alumni Florian Munteanu, MBA, Managing Partner at Future Now Capital, Delia Paceagiu, Managing Director at NETOPIA Ventures, Daniel Mereuta, General Partner at OPX Ventures and Ana Bobirca, Chief Investment Officer at InnovX.
- Global Women in Tech: Spotlighting Alina Irma Orban, Senior Director ISV Partners & Startups Central Europe & Central Asia at Microsoft, Delia NECULA, MBA, President of MedTech Committee at InnovX and Alina Stefan, Founding Partner at Infinitree Venture Capital The event was hosted by Hotspot Workspace and we had a cozy welcoming by Tudor Popp, Founding Partner.
📌 After this, we moved to the: "SelectUSA Roundtable" hosted by H.E. Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec at the Residence 🏛 This event brought together Romanian entrepreneurs that have been attending the SelectUSA conference and side events since 2016.
📌 Then, we dove in an event organized at Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry by Ana - Cristina Ionescu, Director, Analysis, Policies and Public Affairs Department at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
📌 Last but not least, SEE Regional Meeting with: România, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Serbia, and DOS Partner Posts hosted at the Universitatea Româno-Americană din București with the help Costel Negricea, Lucian Botea, and Mike Costache.