Suzhou, located in the southeastern part of Jiangsu Province, China, is one of the important central cities in the Yangtze River Delta. Suzhou is famous for its long history and culture. It has a history of more than 2,500 years starting from the Spring and Autumn Period (500 B.C.). However, Suzhou has been not only famous for its unique history but also for its rich produce of fish, rice, and silk. All of these entitled it the reputation for “paradise.” More importantly, Suzhou is one of the most competitive cities which ranks #1 for its industrial GDP (surpassed that of Shanghai) in China.
The “Win the Future” Venture Contest for International Entrepreneurs is organized by the Suzhou International Elite Venture Week Alliance. It aims to create a high-level innovation and entrepreneurship platform for overseas high-level entrepreneurs. It has attracted a large number of overseas high-level entrepreneurs and excellent projects to visit Suzhou for further cooperation.
2023 “Win the Future” series Venture Contests for International Entrepreneurs are scheduled to be held from March to July 2022 in Suzhou, China and participated virtually worldwide.
About the Overseas Lead-up Contest
The event will be jointly hosted by EcoKMC Global Accelerator and Wuzhong government.
This year, “Win the Future” Venture Contest will be held on site in Suzhou. Participants could be from various industries, including information technology, biomedicine, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, new materials, new energy, biotechnology, equipment manufacturing, integrated circuits and software, smart grid, service outsourcing, modern communications, and environmental protection etc.
The competition includes two stages: overseas lead-up contest and global final competition. The winners of each overseas lead-up contests will enter the 2023 “Win the Future” Venture Contest for International Entrepreneurs final competition.
Date
Regional competition: May, 2023
Final competition: July 8, 2023
Application deadline: April 28, 2023
Contact information:
Tel: +86-180 3683 4856, +86-138 1007 2297
E-mail: info@ecokmc.cn
Global entrepreneurs and teams are welcome to register as early as possible. Please e-mail your project introduction to us, our project coordinator will assist you to fill up the official application form and offer you the essential guidance for the contest.
Prize
Officially invited guests will enjoy accommodation and transportation subsidies when travel to Suzhou for onsite participation. Entrepreneurs can also enjoy various resource support, entrepreneurial incentives and financial rewards.
Regional competition:
First prize: CNY 30,000 per winner– awarded to 1st place winner
Second prize: CNY 20,000 per winner – awarded to 2nd place and 3rd place winners
Third prize: CNY 10,000 per winner – awarded to 4th, 5th, 6th place winners
All prize winners will have chance to be selected into the pool of final competition.
Final competition:
First prize: CNY 100,000 per winner – awarded to 1st place winner
Second prize: CNY 50,000 per winner – awarded to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners
Third prize: CNY 20,000 per winner – awarded to 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th place winners
Fourth prize: CNY 10,000 per winner – awarded to 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th place winners
Entrepreneurship and visiting Suzhou, China
The winners of final competition will be invited to attend Suzhou’s annual Venture Week for International Elites. Winners will have chance to visit Suzhou world culture heritage sites and learn more about local history and entrepreneurial environment.
To learn more about entrepreneurial incentives, please contact us.
About EcoKMC
EcoKMC (Suzhou) Co., Ltd is a Chinese entity wholly owned by EcoKMC LLC, a California financial services company. The EcoKMC Suzhou team operates global accelerators and funds to help innovation companies from the U.S. and around the world (especially late-stage startups) to enter the Chinese market.
Through the funds and the accelerators, EcoKMC provides startups with well-funded China joint venture (JV) companies that have local government and private-sector support, ensuring that they are well-positioned and protected in the market. By participating in our accelerators and receiving investment funds in China, these JVs can act as offshore engineering and marketing divisions of the U.S. companies, without any effect on the ownership of the U.S. entities. This also allows the startups to offshore work to their JVs, helping companies achieve profitability on an accelerated timeline.
As a leader of global innovation community, EcoKMC is recognized by City of Suzhou as its Global Offshore Entrepreneur & Innovation Center, and consequently, EcoKMC has been tasked to organize “Win the Future” Venture Contest for International Entrepreneurs for consecutively 4 years since year 2019.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact us：
Tel: +86.512.6503.1368, +86-138 1007 2297, +86-180 3683 4856
E-mail: info@ecokmc.cn
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