In June, we successfully organized the Netherlands Chapter Finals of the WeStart TOP100 Competition, a part of the prestigious Startup Shanghai International Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition. This competition targets frontier technology ventures and provides a gateway to international growth, investor connections, and access to the Shanghai startup ecosystem.
Promising ventures
Ten promising startups and scale-ups pitched before a Dutch-Chinese expert jury:
InnerBuddies | Roy Lenders
Cantoni Therapeutics | Matthijs van Haren
ZonixMed | Alireza Nakhostin
Heliora Health | Max Vlasov
XiniX AI | Jaskaran Sandhu
ProSweet Bioworks | Andy Zeng
PTTHEX® | Mehran Aghazadeh
Hey Tichi | Saman Teimourian
Deci Agritech | Zhen Liu
Xplore Intelligence | Alex Shkrebelo.
After a strong set of pitches, ProSweet Bioworks and XiniX AI qualified for the global semi-finals in Shanghai this autumn.
Building bridges between the Netherlands and China
For some time now, Frank & the Backs has been building bridges between the Dutch and Chinese innovation ecosystems, helping Dutch ventures access opportunities in China while simultaneously supporting Chinese companies entering the Dutch and EU markets.
Last year, Dutch Consul-General Marjo Crompvoets, together with Mr Wenlan Xie, Vice Chairman of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai, officially opened the Frank & the Backs China Hub in Shanghai: https://lnkd.in/eqsaeDUm.
