In the month if June, we successfully organized the Netherlands Chapter Finals of the WeStart TOP 100 Competition. It is a part of the prestigious Startup Shanghai International Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition.
The competition targets frontier technology ventures and provides a gateway to international growth, investor connections, and access to the Shanghai startup ecosystem.
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, and 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: https://lnkd.in/eii2jgcw.
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.
