Plantform Egypt founder becomes Endeavor entrepreneur

Plantform Egypt’s Hussein Abou Bakr has become the latest entrepreneur to join the Endeavor network, becoming one of 35 business people from 22 companies and 13 countries to get the nod at an international selection panel in Miami. Plantform is a food processing company with three business lines (canned food, pickles and dehydrated vegetables) and supplies US restaurant chains including Olive Garden, Little Caesar’s, Papa John’s and Burger King. The company works primarily out of Upper Egypt and exports 100% of its production. TCV invested USD 2.5 mn in Plantform this summer (pdf). You can read the Endeavor press release here (pdf).