You are invited to the BCIC biomedical pitch competition (2022 Spring). Please submit your Application by February 28th, 2022.
- Boston Chinese Investment Club (BCIC)
- ShangHai Zhangjiang Boston Enterprise Park
- Yael Capital
- Massachusetts Avenue Capital
- Q Bay Center
- Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association-Washington DC/Baltimore Chapter(SAPA-DC)
- Entrepreneurs Association of Yale International Students (YEA)
- The Hopkins Club for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
will be cohosting the Biomedical Pitch Competition in 2022 Spring to connect high-quality early-stage biomedical start-ups with investors and other business accelerator resources.
Judges from other well known funds and incubators such as FreeS VC, Lilly Asia Ventures, Eisai venture investment, Nest Bio, etc will attend the final competition.
All categories of biomedical start-ups are welcome.
Why should Your Team Join?
-Top three winning startup teams will get $17,000 cash award and $20,000 rental credits from our partnership incubators across multiple cities in the United States and China, including Boston, Bay area, Shanghai, Beijing and more;
–$1 million and more direct equity investment from well-known venture capitalists (dozens of angel/VC funds will attend the final competition)
-Mentorship from venture capitalists, serial entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and attorneys;
-Media exposure through the websites, Wechats, and other channels in cohosters’ network;
-Discounted services on incubator, startup Bootcamp, and financials;
-Opportunities to partner with Asia market influencers and penetrate into Asia markets;
** There is referral bonus of $200 per winning team
Timeline:
Accepting Applications: Nov 2021 – Feb 2022
Qualified individuals or organizations can register by scanning the QR Code
(or the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVdw3b4X852lRyL4IBZ2U5UvOSd92_yqZQkMYU2nj3sOHJcg/formResponse) and submitting your business plan to the email address:
boston.chinese.investment.club@gmail.com
All applications are welcome to register before February 28th, 2022. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis starting Jan 2022. We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible to access mentorship services from BCIC and partner organizations.
Initial Pitches: March 2022
The judge committee will start reviewing applications in January 2022, and invite teams for initial pitches. For those applicants who are selected as Semi-finalists are expected to present not just prototypes, but full business plans, and they receive elite mentorship along the way.
The judge committee is composed of well-known researchers, professors, experts, consultants, registered contest judges, and investment experts in the healthcare industry. The organizer and the judges have the right to veto the projects that do not meet the requirements of the competition.
Final Contest: March or April 2022
Finalists will be invited to onsite or online investor pitch. Three teams will be selected and rewarded first, second and third prizes. Teams successfully selected by investors will be receiving further investments.
Startups Requirements:
-Comply with the relevant laws, regulations and policies of China and the United States, and do not infringe on the intellectual property rights and other legal rights of others. Individuals, teams and companies participating in the competition shall be responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the registration information;
-The ideas or products submitted are innovative and original, and have certain social and market value;
-Under biomedical industry or sub-industries;
-Specify the individual, company or team when registering for the competition;
-There is no nationality restriction on participants. Any entities looking for Chinese-funded or US-funded can participate.
Cohosters
The Shanghai Zhangjiang Boston Enterprise Park’s mission is to create a win-win platform between the U.S. and China for partnership in business, investment, and market development, with strict protection of intellectual property.
Yael Capital (雅亿投资) is an investment management company focused on private equity investment and fund management. Yael Capital is mainly engaged in early investments in biotechnology companies. Yael Capital recently invested in Signet Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical startup focusing on developing innovative targeted cancer drugs using novel disease models.
Q Bay Center offers more than 112,000 square feet of office, lab and conferencing space in California and Massachusetts, and it incubates and invests in Healthcare startups
Massachusetts Avenue Capital (Mass Ave Capital, or MAC) is a venture fund looking to partner with start-ups in Boston. MAC has strong experiences on start-up operation and enormous resources in America and China that provide mentorship and partnership to help start-up accelerate business.
Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association-Washington DC/Baltimore Chapter (SAPA-DC) is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that resides in the Washington DC/Maryland area, which features numerous government agencies and research institutions (FDA, NIH, NIST, HHMI, etc), top-tier universities including Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, George Washington University, Georgetown University, and over 300 leading pharmaceutical/biotech companies (large international corporations like AstraZeneca, GSK, Novavax).
Marketing Partners
Life-Science Entrepreneurship and Plus (LEAP)
Boston University Chinese Students and Scholars Association (BUCSSA)
Contact Us
Website: www.bcicglobal.org
WeChat Platform: bcicglobal
Inquiry and Business partnership：boston.chinese.investment.club@gmail.com
If you are interested in being a volunteer, please submit your application here:
Boston Chinese Investment Club (BCIC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 with more than 6000 professionals in Finance, Venture Capital, and various technology industries. It serves as a Boston centered platform for exchanging ideas, knowledge, and information in finance and related areas between the US and China. Main activities include summits, conferences, and seminars.
【BCIC Annual Sponsors】
E Fund Management Co., LTD. (http://www.efunds.com.cn/html/menu/2.htm/)
Global Asset Management (https://www.haitouglobal.com/)
Quantitative Asset Management (https://dolphincapital.io)
Insigma Hengtian Software: (http://www.hengtiansoft.com/)
U.S. & International Tax and Legal Services (http://www.vacovec.com)
Shanghai Zhangjiang Boston Enterprise Park (http://www.zjbostonpark.com/)
US Real Estate Investment (https://nlandcapital.com/)