# Oana Craioveanu

> Oana Craioveanu is the Bucharest-based CEO and co-founder of Impact Hub Bucharest. Her career spans HP, Citigroup, entrepreneurial education, startup mentoring and public-sector advisory work. She helped establish Impact Hub in 2012 and co-initiated Startarium and Innoteque; she is also listed as a venture partner at PurposeTech.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Impact Hub Bucharest
- **Organizations:** Impact Hub Bucharest, Startarium, Innoteque, PurposeTech, Aspen Institute Romania, EIT Food, World Bank, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalisation of Romania (former adviser), HP Services (former employer), Citigroup (former employer), AIESEC (former volunteer)
- **From:** Bucharest, Romania
- **Nationality:** Romanian
- **Education:** Tourism studies, four-year programme, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, High school, mathematics and computer science track, Spiru Haret National College, Bucharest, Young Leaders Program Fellow, Aspen Institute Romania
- **Known for:** Co-founded Impact Hub Bucharest in 2012., Co-initiated Startarium and the Innoteque conference., Aspen Institute Romania Young Leaders Program Fellow, 2012.

## Career timeline

- **University years** — Joined AIESEC in her second year; gained international project and teamwork experience.
- **Before December 2006** — Worked at HP in France and spent one year in Switzerland.
- **2006** — Returned to Romania in December; subsequently worked as an interbank trader at Citigroup.
- **2010** — Began exploring the Hub idea with Vlad Craioveanu and Alexandra Pode.
- **2012** — Co-founded Impact Hub Bucharest, opened in June; became an Aspen Young Leaders Program fellow.
- **2016** — Impact Hub Bucharest and ING Romania launched Startarium.
- **2019** — Impact Hub Bucharest merged with 3House.
- **2021** — Began a one-year advisory role at the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalisation.
- **2023-2025** — World Bank consultant on innovation support organisations, according to her EIT biography.
- **2026** — Appeared on RFI 360 for Impact Hub Bucharest’s fourteenth anniversary.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Impact Hub Bucharest in 2012.
- Co-initiated Startarium and the Innoteque conference.
- Aspen Institute Romania Young Leaders Program Fellow, 2012.
- Her EIT biography reports more than 55 incubation and acceleration programmes, over 1,200 startups supported and €5.5 million in funding access over 14 years.
- Contributed preparation and interview support to the World Bank report Enabling the Enablers and methodology and piloting input to its assessment toolkit.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Guest on the RFI 360 episode marking fourteen years of Impact Hub Bucharest, published June 16.
- **2025-11** — Discussed strategy, partnerships, organisational culture and her gardener metaphor for leadership in a November 6 interview.
- **2025-09** — Appeared on Banii Vorbesc to discuss the She’s Next programme supporting women entrepreneurs.

## Links

- Website: https://impacthub.ro/
- LinkedIn: https://ro.linkedin.com/in/oana-craioveanu-94456

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