In March 2024, PwC China, Zhangjiang Science City and Lujiazui Financial City jointly launched the seventh phase of the "PwC China × Zhangjiang Science City ×Lujiazui Financial City" Accelerator Camp, which will focus on the fields of fintech and smart healthcare, and recruit 25 high-growth potential innovative enterprises. We warmly welcome all enterprises to sign up and open up new opportunities for growth and innovation together.
Acceleration Camp Background
Since its inception in 2017, the PwC China x Zhangjiang Science City x Lujiazui Financial City Acceleration Camp has been held in 7 phases, with a total of 139 companies and a total financing of about RMB 21.691 billion. With the acceleration of enterprise iteration and the expansion of scale, enterprises need dynamic knowledge reserves, resource docking, and the support of entrepreneurial communities in the process of growth. The acceleration camp will help enterprises connect with large enterprise customers in terms of business development, connect with investment institutions in terms of financing, and establish contacts with experts inside and outside the industry to help innovative enterprises achieve breakthroughs from 1 to N.
Acceleration Camp Advantage
PwC China, Zhangjiang Science City and Lujiazui Financial City will integrate advantageous resources and services to empower full-cycle enterprise development from multiple dimensions such as professional training, resource docking, innovation and entrepreneurship community, and cooperate with mentors from well-known large enterprises and leading investment institutions to cover training and sharing in special areas such as corporate strategy, capital market, financial and tax planning, risk management, product marketing, human resources and legal affairs, and provide training and sharing covering enterprise system governance, capital operation guidance, effective market transformation, operation management improvement, Provide valuable strategies and support for the docking of industry leading enterprises and partners, international development, etc.
Type of recruiting company
Participating companies will reap
Project scheduling
The program period of this accelerator camp is from March 15, 2024 to November 30, 2024
Recruitment period
March 15 to April 24, 2024
Acceleration phase
April 25 to November 30, 2024
Duration
December 2024 to May 2025
Recruitment process
BP: Business Plan
In the past, the style of the accelerated camp
01 Review resource matching day
Innovative enterprises will conduct roadshows on the review resource docking day, and experts from large enterprises, investment institutions, research institutions and other experts in the financial and medical fields will conduct resource docking to help enterprises achieve accurate docking in business development and financing, and find cooperation opportunities.
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02 Break the ice
Hold a camp entry ceremony, issue a camp certificate to the participating enterprises, and organize enterprises to carry out ice-breaking team building activities, break the circle of growth, promote the exchange of the participating enterprises, and collide with the spark of cooperation.
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03 Course training
PwC invites experts from inside and outside the industry to improve the capabilities of corporate executives in finance, taxation, talent, capital, compliance, legal affairs and marketing through courses and private board meetings around the multiple issues faced by corporate development, so as to provide comprehensive professional support and empowerment for enterprises.
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04 Graduation Ceremony
Graduation ceremonies will be held for the participating enterprises, and alumni enterprises, entrepreneurs and mentors will be invited to participate in the exchange of entrepreneurial experience, deepen exchanges and cooperation, and finally issue graduation certificates to the enterprises.
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Registration
The seventh phase of the accelerator camp plans to recruit 25 innovative companies with high potential in the industry. Please send the enterprise BP to the email:
Application deadline: April 24, 2024
Once the application has been submitted, PwC will contact the applicant by phone or email.
Before April 24, the project team will reply by email after internal evaluation whether to invite to join the acceleration camp.
If you have any questions, please contact:
About PwC's Innovation Centre
PwC is committed to building an international and domestic interconnected innovation platform, uniting the diverse forces of the innovation ecosystem, jointly promoting high-impact technology, product and business model innovation, providing a platform and resources for mature enterprises and breakthrough innovation enterprises at home and abroad, exploring opportunities for collaborative innovation, and promoting the realization of innovation value.
PwC also conducts innovation accelerator programs focusing on industry and technology topics, and customizes development strategies for innovative enterprises, covering business model optimization, capital operation guidance, market development and expansion, partner docking, international development, operation management improvement, etc.
Since its launch, the PwC Accelerator Program has been carried out one after another:
the "PwC× Shanghai Zhangjiang Digital Healthcare Acceleration Camp" jointly created by Shanghai Zhangjiang;
The "PwC × Zhangjiang Science City ×Lujiazui Financial City Acceleration Camp" jointly initiated by Zhangjiang Science City and Lujiazui Financial City;
the "PwC China × Huangpu Science and Technology Innovation Acceleration Camp" jointly created by Huangpu Science and Technology Innovation Group;
The "PwC × Anting Automobile Acceleration Camp" jointly built by the Anting Town Government;
the Takeda China Innovation Accelerator Camp co-launched with Takeda China;
The SGM Innovation Acceleration Camp in collaboration with SAIC-GM and the newly launched Go-to-Market Acceleration Training Camp on the topics of healthcare, AI, smart hardware and chips.
PwC will continue to deploy innovation in high-potential cities and deepen the impact of innovation in various fields.
About Zhangjiang Incubator
Vπ Zhangjiang Incubator is a recognized national science and technology business incubator, a national entrepreneurship incubation demonstration base, and a national youth entrepreneurship demonstration park, with the brand of "Zhangjiang Entrepreneurship Workshop", chain operation of 7 entrepreneurial spaces, with a total incubation area of 70,000 square meters.
Vπ Zhangjiang Incubator aims to build an open innovation platform and a transnational joint incubation platform, promote the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, cross-border innovation between different industries, and create an innovation and entrepreneurship ecological environment for the symbiosis and co-prosperity of large and small enterprises.
Vπ Zhangjiang Incubator is an investment-driven incubator that accompanies entrepreneurs to grow together.
About Lujiazui Financial City
Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone (Lujiazui Financial City) is recognized as the core area of Shanghai's development of an international financial center. Lujiazui Financial City continues to promote investment facilitation, trade liberalization, financial internationalization and regulatory system innovation, promotes the formation of a law-based, internationalized and convenient business environment, and actively builds the main bearing area of Shanghai International Financial Center, the high-end service area of the international shipping center, and the headquarters agglomeration area of the international trade center, and finally builds it into a world-class financial city, a world-class central activity area, a pioneer area for financial and trade system innovation, and a strategic fulcrum for Shanghai to build an excellent global city.
Lujiazui Financial Technology Association is a non-profit social organization legal person led by the Lujiazui Financial City Development Bureau and voluntarily formed by financial technology and other related institutions in the region. With the aim of promoting the healthy, self-disciplined and standardized development of the financial technology industry, the association promotes cross-border exchanges and cooperation between members of the association, and between member units and licensed financial institutions, basic factor markets and other institutions in Lujiazui Financial City, so as to further create a good emerging financial business environment.
Lujiazui Fintech Industrial Park is a financial technology innovation platform focused on building by Lujiazui Financial City, and entrusts professional financial entrepreneurship service institutions to operate and manage to provide high-quality communication space and a full range of financial professional services for financial start-ups.
Details of the entrepreneurship policy