02/24/2016
Hi everyone! We are super excited to announce that the 5th CMU Summit New Venture Competition is now officially launched! It will take place on April 10th, 2016. We sincerely invite you and your team to participate in this year’s stirring and fierce competition. The New Venture Competition builds a platform for participants to present and exchange entrepreneurial ideas, share experience, and learn from each other. During the past four years, the Competition has attracted more than 400 teams from the US and China. A variety of topics have been covered, including robotics, healthcare, energy, and financial service.
In the past, we had the honor to receive support from Zhen Fund, SoftBank China, West Summit Capital, SBCVC, GSR Ventures, IDG Ventures, and so on. This year, we are proud to announce that we will have Yin Kang (Cisco), Feng Li (FreeS), Zhaoyu Zheng (Zhen Fund), Chunk Ng (PreAngel), Xiao Wang (Innospring), Qiang Li (VESS), and more leading investors and entrepreneurs as our judges.
Here are the important dates:
March 6 Registration and Executive Summary Submission Deadline
March 23 Announcement of Finalists
April 1 Final Executive Plan Submission Deadline
April 10 Final Presentation and Awards Ceremony
Winners of the competition are going to share a cash award of up to $15,000!The contestants will also have opportunities to:
- Learn more about innovation, collaboration, and commercialization.
- Network with leaders from academia, industry, venture capital firms, and government institutions.
- Obtain venture investment and media exposure
The registration deadline is 11:59pm March 6, 2016 (EST). Please check the following link for more details about the CMU Summit New Venture Competition:
http://cmu-summit.org/index.php/en/competition/submission
If you have any questions regarding the CMU Summit New Venture Competition, feel free to contact us through [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from your team soon!
Sincerely,
The New Venture Competition Committee
The Fifth CMU Summit on US-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship
CMU Summit on US-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship