After inviting the early projects of teachers and students of Beihang University to participate in low-altitude economic exchange meetings, roadshows, investment and financing matchmaking meetings and other activities, on April 13, Beihang Investment also cooperated with Beihang School of Economics and Management to jointly launch a Beihang Student Low-altitude Economic Innovation and Entrepreneurship Symposium.
At present, the low-altitude economy is accelerating "take-off", and the technical talents of Beihang University have become the focus of attention of investment institutions and industries, but it is incomplete to understand the advantages of Beihang low-altitude industry-related disciplines, scientific research achievements and talent teams only from the technical level - policy, application, aircraft and infrastructure are the four key elements of low-altitude economic development. In the middle and upper reaches of manufacturing-related parts and machine manufacturing, there are a large number of professional management talents with non-R&D background, but who understand the industry and the market, in the middle and downstream of the industrial chain, and even within the enterprise.
Judging from the relevant data of outstanding alumni enterprises of Beihang University invested and collated by Beihang University, there are a large number of co-founders or executives from Beihang University who have professional backgrounds and industrial experience in management, marketing, products, finance and law.
For a long time, Beihang University has always adhered to the discipline construction policy of "top engineering, first-class science, high-quality liberal arts, and superior medical engineering". The advantage of Beihang people in "teaming" is the key factor for the rise of Beihang enterprises in the era of hard technology. In addition to meeting entrepreneurial partners during the school, there are a large number of entrepreneurial elites from Beihang University with diverse backgrounds around the outstanding alumni enterprises of Beihang University and the science and technology innovation ecology invested by Beihang University.
Mature science and technology innovation ecology, amplify the cross-disciplinary advantages of low-altitude entrepreneurial teams
Beihang University is known for its engineering disciplines, and there is an intersection between engineering and engineering, science and engineering, medical engineering, and art engineering. In fact, the leaders of Beihang University have repeatedly made speeches on the organizational concept of "intersection and collaboration" on the characteristics of university disciplines, pointing out that there is a cross-integration relationship between disciplines, so the organizational behavior of the university is also interdisciplinary and collaborative.
At present, Beihang School of Economics and Management has formed a coordinated development ecology of disciplines led by management science and engineering, applied economics, business administration and statistics, and many graduates have become leaders and leaders in aerospace, manufacturing, finance, information and other fields.
In order to excavate and cultivate compound talents with interdisciplinary literacy and professional background in the field of low-altitude industry, this event specially invited outstanding students from Beihang School of Economics and Management to enter Beihang Investment to carry out exchanges around low-altitude economy. Zong Zhan, assistant to the general manager of Beihang Investment, first introduced in detail the development history, investment philosophy, investment cases and unique scientific and technological innovation ecology of Beihang Investment in combination with the low-altitude issue and the relevant cooperation between Beihang Investment and Beihang School of Economics and Management.
As a high-tech investment company jointly initiated and established by Beihang University and some Beihang entrepreneurs, Beihang Investment has cooperated with Beihang School of Economics and Management to set up entrepreneurship courses for seven consecutive years since 2017 to enhance students' entrepreneurial cognition and innovation ability; held the Beihang Global Science and Technology Innovation Competition for seven consecutive years to support the school's innovation and entrepreneurship undertakings and build an alumni entrepreneurship exchange platform; in 2022, on the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the 70th anniversary of Beihang University, Chairman Xia Wei also donated 100 million yuan to his alma mater to set up the Beihang Science and Technology Innovation Fund, and the shareholders of Beihang Investment donated 100 million yuan worth of equity to the school。
In addition, Beihang Investment has also cooperated with some Beihang entrepreneurs to establish the "Beihang Investment and Science Entrepreneurship Program", which widely attracts the new generation of outstanding entrepreneurs, well-known early investors, young scientists and young scholars. With the purpose of "integrating talents and wisdom, gathering potential and empowering, and win-win future", the project is committed to serving the development needs of national strategic emerging industries, focusing on outstanding young entrepreneurial alumni at home and abroad, cultivating and condensing the mainstay in the field of youth entrepreneurship, and building an integrated linkage platform for talent innovation and entrepreneurship based in China and radiating to the world.
Beihang Investment is also the internship base of Beihang School of Economics and Management. In 2017, Beihang Investment signed a contract with the off-campus internship base of Beihang School of Economics and Management, and in the past seven years, Beihang Investment has combined its own resource advantages to create more and more direct internship opportunities for batches of Beihang students. At the event, Zong Zan also issued an invitation, hoping that more students from Beihang University would join Beihang Investment.
Beihang Investment also hopes to help more students enter the low-altitude economy through such discussion and exchange activities, and through a series of scientific and technological innovation activities invested by Beihang University, Beihang students, Beihang early entrepreneurship projects, and Beihang alumni enterprises to build a bridge of communication and cooperation.
The elements gather, and the low-altitude era is the best era for Beihang people to start a business
As an entrepreneurship mentor in Beijing and a former entrepreneur who founded a drone company, Guo Shaoqing of Beihang Investment focused on the low-altitude economy, from the perspective of industrial development opportunities, innovation and entrepreneurship achievements of Beihang alumni, and the investment layout of Beihang Investment in the low-altitude field.
In order to achieve rapid development of the low-altitude industry, aircraft is the carrier, and technological innovation is the foundation of the industry, but at the same time, Beihang Investment believes that talents who really understand the aviation industry are extremely scarce resources in China. The low-altitude industry needs a huge number of specialized talents and operation teams, and the relevant talents are currently concentrated in a few top science and engineering universities such as Beihang University, which is a historical opportunity and the mission of the times for the students of Beihang School of Economics and Management. The outstanding students of Beihang School of Economics and Management should pay more attention to the exchanges and cooperation with other departments in the field of low-altitude industry, and actively participate in the Fengru Cup of Beihang University, Beihang Global Science and Technology Innovation Competition and other events. Beihang Investment will also continue to provide support for the innovation and entrepreneurship of Beihang students through projects such as the Beihang Entrepreneurship Course, the Beihang Global Science and Technology Innovation Competition, and the "Star Plan".
At present, opportunities and challenges coexist in the low-altitude economy industry, and the challenges lie in the long realization cycle of the low-altitude economy, the large demand for financing funds, and the long cycle of airworthiness certification, and the business scenario still needs to further break through and innovate. For students of Beihang School of Economics and Management who are interested in considering entering the low-altitude industry in the future, from the relatively early stage of the development of the industry, they can continue to pay attention to the low-altitude industry and conduct industry research, especially in the wave of low-altitude entrepreneurship and investment and financing of Beihang teachers, students and alumni, and find more opportunities to exercise themselves.
In the field of low-altitude economy, a large number of outstanding alumni start-ups of Beihang University are active, including many excellent projects such as Zowee Intelligence, Lingyi Flying, which have been invested by Beihang University. Ren Xuefeng, the founder of Zowee Intelligence, is an alumnus of Beihang University and established Zowee Intelligence in 2015, which is committed to providing intelligent unmanned system solutions, focusing on the field of tethered drones. Seven years later, Zowee Intelligence has become a leader in the field of tethered drones in China. As a core supply chain enterprise, Beihang is the first (only) technical team in China to commercialize mature aviation dynamic testing technology solutions, and nearly 80% of China's manufacturers use its equipment for engine testing, and has become China's largest UAV engine test platform.
In the interactive session, the students actively asked questions and exchanged views on the situation of Beihang Investment Company, as well as low-altitude economic policies and regulations, business model selection and team building.
"The low-altitude era is the best era for Beihang people to start a business", there are a large number of excellent underwater projects in Beihang, and a large number of specialized talents with diverse backgrounds. With the mission of being the earliest and most important companion of Beihang entrepreneurs, Beihang will continue to build a platform and ecology for Beihang entrepreneurs and students, and provide more support and help. (Beihang Investment)