On August 19th, the launching ceremony of the 2022 "International Connect Hong Kong Station" and the special roadshow of synthetic biology were successfully held, sponsored by the Shenzhen Longhua District Development and Reform Bureau and the District Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, and hosted by the Shenzhen Longhua Innovation Ecological Service Association and the Yajie (Pearl River Delta) Association. Wang Wei, Secretary of longhua District Committee, Leung Kwok-ho, Assistant President of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and Dr Lee Hon-ho, Chairman of Yajie (Pearl River Delta), attended the event and delivered speeches online.
The event invited Shenzhen Venture Capital, Zeyue Venture Capital, Sharing Investment, Guochuang Zhiyuan, Yinzhuo Venture Capital, Danen Capital, DEFTA PARTNERS, Cr Cr Chia Tai Life Science Fund and other top professional investment institutions in China, all of which sent investment directors to attend the event, commenting on the luxurious lineup of guests, attracting nearly 50 institutions such as IDG Capital, Qinzhi Capital, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Innovation Think Tank, hong Kong Science Park and so on to participate online. Chen Wenyang, president of Shenzhen Longhua Innovative Ecological Service Association, presided over the launching ceremony.
At the beginning of the event, Wang Wei extended a warm welcome to all the guests who came to the event. He said that Longhua District will take the "International Connect" platform as an important starting point to promote extensive exchanges, comprehensive exchanges and deep integration between shenzhen and Hong Kong social enterprises, and make every effort to build a "digital Longhua, urban core", so as to contribute more to serving the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and helping Shenzhen build a global benchmark city.
Internationalcom Hong Kong stands under the joint announcement of Secretary Wang Wei and President Leung Kwok Ho, and launched smoothly!
Subsequently, Liu Da, Managing Director of CR Chia Tai Life Science Fund, brought investment strategies and classic case studies in the field of life science and technology.
The first roadshow activity for the synthetic biology industry, after the expert judges screening, 6 scientific and technological projects in the field of synthetic biology obtained the online roadshow display qualifications, the roadshow representatives from the talent team, product introduction, market prospects, core competitiveness and other aspects of the project to show the project in an all-round way, in the technical field, enterprise development, market docking, financing needs and other aspects of the full exchange with investment experts.
Bagi's mobic team uses a vast database of medicinal fungi and plants as a development engine to rapidly screen for bioactive compounds from medicinal fungi and plants. Beijing Weidejie Biology is an innovative antibody/protein drug research and development enterprise with autoimmune diseases as the entry point, and has developed more than 20 research and development pipelines to cover the mainstream targets of autoimmune diseases. BioMed Biomedical Technology Holdings focuses on intestinal microecology technologies, including gut microbiome DNA testing, providing precise personalized medical solutions for different symptoms. Qi Air Capsule Technology demonstrated a non-invasive expiratory lung cancer detector based on exhalation detection technology, and has tackled three core technical problems. The main technical assets of TEPH Pharmaceuticals are the "T-E Technology" and "Drug Bundle" platforms and platform-derived candidates, and six candidates, including TE-8105, are undergoing preclinical development. Therapeutic Peptide Biology focuses on recombinant protein technology and research and development, and has made a number of research and development achievements in different fields of bioregenerative medicine.
Both on-site and online guests said that the founding team of the roadshow project has an excellent professional background and has been deeply engaged in the industry field for many years, and will continue to communicate with the intended enterprises after the meeting, discuss the project situation in depth, and further judge the possibility of investment. The commentators at the Shenzhen venue provided professional suggestions on market direction, product technology routes, etc., and the project representatives all said that they had benefited a lot, and 5 projects were recommended by investment institutions.
This event connected well-known professional investors in mainland China for synthetic bio-innovation enterprises in Hong Kong and surrounding areas, and promoted the deep integration of investment and financing in scientific and technological innovation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In the future, "International Connect" will give full play to the advantages of the platform and the role of information link, further dock scientific and technological innovation projects, provide full-life cycle services for project development, help projects seize the development opportunities of the mainland, and let more outstanding Hong Kong and Macao innovative enterprise teams fully display their talents in Shenzhen Longhua, better integrate into the construction and development of the motherland, and realize their dreams in the struggle of innovation and entrepreneurship.
It is reported that since the launch of the "International Pass" project in 2020, it has established sites such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Israel, domestic Shaanxi and Longhua Dalang fashion industry, and has recruited more than 470 scientific and technological innovation projects, with a financing scale of 6 billion yuan, after two years of practice, it has initially built an innovative ecology of organic interaction and multi-chain synergy, providing professional support for enterprises around the world to expand the Chinese market.