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Plantform Egypt\u2019s Hussein Abou Bakr has become the latest entrepreneur to join the Endeavor network<\/strong>, 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\u2019s, Papa John\u2019s and Burger King<\/strong>. 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)<\/a>. You can read the Endeavor press release here (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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