/ Zhawentong/The press conference of the 8th "Innovative DEMO CHINA 2013" Spring Competition hosted by cyzone.cn was held in the Peninsula Hotel of Beijing Wangfu on October 17th. Zhou Kui, partner of Sequoia Capital China Fund, delivered his analysis and forecast of the development trend of China's Internet next year.
CEO and publisher Nan Lixin, Fei Xiaomei, Standing Committee Member and Deputy Governor of Jiading District of Shanghai Municipality, Shen Jin, General Manager of Qualcomm Venture Capital China, Ye Guantai, Managing director of Highland Capital, Zhou Kui, partner of Sequoia Capital China Fund and other guests and representatives of previous Innovative China enterprises attended the ceremony. Congratulations on the official launch of "Innovative CHINA DEMO CHINA 2013 Spring Competition". The unveiling ceremony of Chuangyebang's technology blog Fast Carp was also held on the scene.
In 2013, DEMO CHINA2013 will be held in spring and Autumn for the first time, which is the same as the DEMO show in the United States. The spring finals will be held in Shanghai in March 2013, while the autumn finals will be held in Hangzhou around the end of August. Registration is now open for the spring competition.
After the launch of "Innovation CHINA DEMO CHINA 2013" spring competition, it will first be held in five cities, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Changchun, Wuhan and Nanchang. This competition has also attracted the participation of Taiwan start-ups, and domestic investors will communicate with Taiwan start-ups in the form of VC ideo Meeting. After the final round, the qualified companies from each city will take part in the final round in Shanghai. The finals are divided into four special competitions: Internet, mobile Internet, cultural creativity and new energy. A series of awards will be awarded, such as "Innovation Star" and "Growth Star". The whole process will attract thousands of companies to participate in the project.
"Innovation CHINA DEMO CHINA" is an entrepreneurship competition held by Chuangyubang for entrepreneurs at home and abroad. It has been held for seven years until 2012, attracting entrepreneurs from mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada and other countries and regions to participate, because it gathers the best potential projects at home and abroad. DEMO CHINA has become the first platform for the exhibition of entrepreneurial projects at home and abroad, and has attracted the strong attention of entrepreneurs and investors in the industry. The annual DEMO CHINA Competition has become a barometer of the trend of entrepreneurship and investment.
In September, Chuangyebang also launched an online platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their projects, a technology blog called Kuaicarp, which focuses on high-tech start-up projects and spreads innovative products and business models. Unlike other tech blogs, Fast Carp focuses on the new wave of startups in China.
Just two months before the press conference, DEMOCHINA just concluded the final of "DEMOCHINA 2012" held in Hangzhou in late August. DEMO CHINA2012 visited 12 cities such as Chengdu, Beijing, Wuxi, Zhuhai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Harbin, Xiamen and Wuhan, and held two special sessions on software and fashion. More than 2,000 projects from the Internet, mobile Internet, cloud computing, medical health, clean technology, consumer services, cultural and creative fields were screened, and 93 companies took part in the final. Twenty-three companies from Hong Kong, Taiwan and North America participated in the competition, which was judged by Xu Xiaoping, founder of Zhenfund, Shen Nanpeng, founding partner of Sequoia Capital, Liu Erhai, managing director of Junlian Capital, Deng Feng, founder and managing director of Northern Lights, and Ni Zhengdong, founder, chairman and CEO of Zeroipo Group. Shenzhou Eagle (champion), Zhiwei Fengshang, Dreamers, Dikere, Weiqing five companies won the innovation star top5, Haitao Environment, Aspeng, Spring Rain Palm Doctor, cloud measurement, Hongyi five companies won the growth star top5. The showdown was broadcast on local TV in Hangzhou and received a huge response.
"Innovation DEMO CHINA" was introduced from the United States in 2006, and has been held for 7 consecutive times. The activities have been held in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Dalian, Harbin, Chengdu, Xi 'an and other domestic mainstream start-up cities, attracting the participation of many outstanding new and high growth enterprises at home and abroad, because of its integration of multiple resources, To build a promotion platform for high-growth enterprises facing venture investors, industry experts and professional media, as the most large-scale, effective and influential exhibition of innovative technologies, products and business models, has become an annual event attracting the attention of the domestic venture capital industry. According to incomplete statistics, by the end of the first half of 2012, Innovation China had helped participating enterprises obtain a total of more than $150 million in financing; 50% of the projects will get financing negotiation opportunity after the site display; 30% of the projects received angel funding within one year of participation.
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