2018 Spring US-China Venture Summit
Boston, MA
2018.05.05 @MIT Stata Center
Agenda Speakers
Roadshows Registration Brochure
【Organizers】
Wuhan, Ningbo, Jiaxing Local Government Sponsored Science and Technology Innovation Parks
Boston Chinese Investment Club (BCIC)
MIT China Development Student Initiative (CDSI)
DME-Health
NECINA
【Partners】
Hundreds of Venture Capital Funds from US and China
【Introduction】
The 2018 Spring US-China Venture Summit will be held in Boston by the Boston Chinese Investment Club (BCIC), MIT China Development Student Initiative (CDSI), DME-Health and NECINA on May 5th, 2018. The event is co-sponsored by multiple science and technology innovation parks in China to attract oversea start-up projects, help them to be exposed to Chinese capital, open up the Chinese market, or move to China for future development. This Summit will focus on recent hotspots in technological innovation areas, including artificial intelligence, biomedicine, fintech, blockchain, and new materials. We are welcoming entrepreneurial projects that would like to seek Chinese capital or plan to grow in China.
This Summit will invite over hundreds of well-known Chinese and US investment-related institutions and venture capital funds to participate in the project-connection. Outstanding projects will be selected and have the opportunity for public road show during the summit or in-depth private talks with investment institutions, depending on your preference. Other excellent projects that are not selected due to the quota will also be recommended to investors through various online and offline roadshows held by BCIC.
To help projects and talents in U.S. return to China for development, the summit will also invite senior guests in the field of investment and entrepreneurship to discuss with participants the current progress of connection between Chinese capital and US innovation projects, and the latest development of various high-tech industries. We sincerely invite elite representatives from various industries to share with audience their industries’ technological development trends and opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship.
【Agenda】
Date: 2018.05.05
Address：MIT Stata Center, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139
9:00am -9:10am Registration
9:10am – 12:30pm: AI & Blockchain Session : keynote speeches, startups demo
1:30pm – 5:00pm: Blockchain, Fintech and Biotech session: keynote speeches, startups demo
6:00pm – 9:00pm: VIP dinner
Conference Schedule (with Speakers and Startups line-up)
Speakers Introduction (Keep Updating)
Please refer to the forum brochure for final schedule: Brouchure_20180505
【Registration】
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/registration-2018-us-china-venture-summit-tickets-45571005103
【Startups Invitation】
If your company is interested in seeking Chinese capital, exploring the Chinese market or returning to China for development, please contact us and send your project profile and your company’s business plan to roadshow@bcicglobal.org.
If you cannot participate in this summit, you can also contact us. Boston Chinese Investment Club (BCIC) venture capital platform is collecting projects continuously. There is no upper limit for scale of financing and no restriction for financing stage. Online and offline road shows of capital connection are held regularly by BCIC. Since the launch of the investment project connecting service in 2017, BCIC has successfully assisted multiple teams in financing or expanding their business. It has also received favorable comments from all parties and proposals of cooperation from many institutions. At the same time, many investment research sub-groups of the association also thrived, with multiple targeted offline and online road shows with Chinese and U.S. investors every month to assist in connecting of capital and projects promptly and effectively through various channels.
If you would like to sponsor BCIC or the conference, please contact us at info@bcicglobal.org.
【VC Partners】
【Organizers】
Donghu New Technology Development Zone, Wuhan, China
Donghu New Technology Development Zone, also referred to as Optics Valley or Guanggu, is a New Technology Development Zone in Wuhan, China. It was established in 1988. In 1991 it was approved as one of the National New Technology Development Zones of China. In 2011 it was designated as a New Technology Development Zone for Optical technology, and since then self-labeled as the “Optics Valley” of China.
Ningbo, China
Ningbo is located in the middle of the coastline of the mainland of China and the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta. It is also the leading district in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and a strategic fulcrum city in “the Belt and Road” (“B&R”). Ningbo’s economic strength is strong. In 2017, it achieved a regional GDP of 984.69 billion yuan ($141 billion), ranking the 15th in the country. The annual port cargo throughput ranks first in the world’s ports for nine consecutive years and the container throughput ranks third in the world’s ports. Millions of “Ningbo Gang” are well-known throughout the world. 116 Ningbo academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Engineering rank first in the country and Ningbo-based scientist YouYou Tu has become the first local scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Science. Ningbo has successively been approved as a national pilot demonstration zone for national independent innovation, the nation’s first “China Made 2025” Pilot Demonstration City, the National Insurance Innovation Pilot Zone, and the National Cross-border E-Commerce Pilot Zone. It has been entitled as “China’s most blissful city”. In recent years, Ningbo has issued “Talent New Policy 25”, “3315 Plan”, “Financing Talents Plan”, “Extensive 3315 Plan”, “Talents Settlement New Policy” and other packages of talents policies. The amount of funding for excellent experts can reach up to 100 million yuan ($14m) while providing unlimited funding for outstanding talents and projects. Invites the world to choose Ningbo and choose the future.
Nanhu Fund Town, Jiaxing, China
Nanhu District of Jiaxing is the first group of provincial-level financial innovation demonstration zones in Zhejiang Province and is also home to the first group of characteristic towns in Zhejiang Province—the Nanhu Funding Town. It has unique geographical advantages and a good economic foundation and financial ecology. The town responded to the call of the Central Government, insisted on serving the real economy, and focused on aggregating private equity fund industry. It first proposed to build a fund town serving real economy in China and cooperated with the two supporting of “financial service support + comprehensive service support”. With a view to building a leading national leader in the delta region, the financial innovation demonstration zone brings together new financial elements to serve the real economy.
Boston Chinese Investment Club
www.bcicglobal.org
Boston Chinese Investment Club, formerly The Chinese Finance Association Boston Chapter, with over 20 years history, serves as a Boston centered platform for exchanging ideas, knowledge and information for 3000+ active members in US and China. BCIC aims to build an ecosystem that connects venture capitalists, corporate VCs, angel investors, technology transfer professionals, senior executives of early stage and emerging growth companies, university researchers, incubators and premier service providers across borders.
We hosted a number of seminars, roadshows, and lectures in the past, covering various hot topics in Finance, Technology and Healthcare. Our previous keynote speakers included Mr.Larry Summers (former US finance Minister), Mr. Michael S. Piwowar (former US SEC Commissioner), Mr. Qi Bin (deputy general manager of China Investment Corporation), Mr. Li Feng (former IDG Partner), to name but a few. Since 2017, we have held multiple roadshows, seminars and discussions around blockchain, fintech, AI, biotech development and investment, and significantly promoted the connection between entrepreneurs and investors in US and China. We work closely with both Chinese and U.S. VC firms including E-fund, Sequoia Capital, F-Prime Capital, Eastern Link Capital, Frees Fund etc. We have also established strategic cooperation with multiple US and China incubators.
MIT China Development Student Initiative (CDSI)
MIT China Development Student Initiative (CDSI) is a student group founded in 2008 by MIT undergraduates who shared a deep interest in the development of modern China, as well as importance of education in technology, service, and leadership for students in China and around the world. CDSI aims to provide high-quality, sustainable programs related to China’s development for the MIT community, as well as the training of leadership, entrepreneurship, and international citizenship for prospective Chinese students. For the past ten years, CDSI has been dedicated to serve as a bridge between US and Chinese students through our Service Leadership Program (SLP), iMUSE Student Leadership Conferences, on-campus awareness events, and distinguished guest speaker series. Today, CDSI partners with student groups at Harvard, Wellesley, Tsinghua University, and PekingUniversity, and has grown to be one of the most influential student organizations at MIT.
DME Health
DME Health is an investment platform created for cross-border investors in healthcare sectors and seeks to develop effective and efficient tools for partnership, financing, healthcare M&A, and technology licensing. It uses four tools to improve investment experience with higher efficiency and better outcome: partnering and financing events, media and communication vehicles, consulting, and an artificial intelligence backend – DME Intelligence. DME Health helps cross-border business with special strategy and skills to break down complicated healthcare industries, integrate high profile companies, finance clusters, hospitals and government resources.
NECINA
NECINA, short for New England Chinese Information and Network Association, is the most established and influential high-tech professional organization in New England of the United States. Founded in 1996 as a non-profit organization, NECINA set its mission to facilitate professional career development, nourish entrepreneurship, and bridge the business and culture gap between U.S. and China. NECINA hosts conferences, workshops, job fair, and various special programs every year, serving more than 4,000 members from diverse industries such as software, telecommunications, networking, bioinformatics, FinTech, robotics, investment, and law. Also, NECINA has partnered with local professional associations, research institutions and universities for events promotion, co-hosting and resource sharing.
【Sponsors】
BCIC Platinum Sponsor
E Fund Management Co., LTD. (http://www.efunds.com.cn/)
BCIC Gold Sponsors
Eastern Link Capital: (http://www.easternlinkcapital
Insigma Hengtian Software: (http://www.hengtiansoft.com/)
Mass Ave Capital
Yintech Investment Holdings (http://www.yintech.net)
Event Sponsor
Intalok Corp http://www.landarmor.cn
【Strategic Partners】
DME Health
【Collaborators and Media】
We are thankful to the collaborators of this event (including incubators, investors, and media) . If you are interested in collaborating with BCIC on event promotion and deal sourcing, please contact info@bcicglobal.org.
