Zhen Campus × HKUST Startup Talk - Riding the Waves of Innovation 真格校園行

Interested in learning about entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship Center is partnering with ZhenFund, one of China's earliest and top-tier angel funds, to host a startup talk on 10th Sept 2024 (Tue) from 7pm-9pm. The event will feature Victor Wang, the co-founder of ZhenFund and New Oriental Education & Technology Group, an experienced investor with an extensive investment profile, and an entrepreneur who has graduated from HKUST sharing their technology entrepreneurship journey. The speaker will also discuss his reflections as a successful serial entrepreneur and offer advice to the youth.

Join us to explore the possibilities and potential in the world of startups. A networking session will be followed where light refreshments will be served. There will be plenty of interactive opportunities with the speakers as well.

Click HERE to register now! We look forward to your participation.

About the Speakers

Victor Wang Qiang - 王强
Co-founder of ZhenFund
Co-founder of New Oriental Education & Technology
Donor of the Future Science Prize
 
Tony Ren Dongni - 任栋霓
B.Eng, MPhil and Ph.D in Computer Science from HKUST
Founder of Recurve, an AI-native data orchestration platform
Founder or Yimian Data, a data measurement & intelligence provider
 
Qin Tianyi - 秦天一
Principal of ZhenFund
Investment Portfolio: OPay, HABBY, QBIT, DREO, etc.

About ZhenFund

ZhenFund is a Chinese venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments across multiple sectors. We are inspired by visionary entrepreneurs and appreciate the opportunity to stand beside them to reimagine the future.

For the past decade, ZhenFund has backed bold startups including RED, Waterdrop, Yatsen, Tiger Brokers, Niu Technologies, LightInTheBox, 51Talk, Ucommune, Jumei International, and Jiayuan.com.

Bob Xiaoping Xu, ZhenFund’s founder, has been on Forbes Magazine’s Midas List for five consecutive years. In 2019, he was ranked #11 in the world. ZhenFund’s CEO and founding partner, Anna Fang, has also spent five years on Forbes’ Midas List and in 2022, was not only ranked #12 overall, she was also the #1 woman on the list. That same year, she headed Forbes’ inaugural Midas Seed List for building “the world’s best seed-stage startup portfolio.”

ZhenFund’s managing partner, Yusen Dai, co-founded Jumei International and led the company's growth from its earliest stages to IPO. Most of ZhenFund's investment team members also have firsthand experience in startup operations.

Headquartered in Beijing, China, ZhenFund also has offices in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

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Looking forward to your participation!

Friendly reminder:

1. Successful applicants will receive a confirmation email after registration.
2. No walk-in will be accommodated.
3. Please only register when you can make sure your presence. To ensure the efficiency of the event, a black list treatment will be deployed, lowering their priority in our following event.
4. This is a recognized event in the “ Personal Enrichment & Community Service" category under the "Self-directed Experience" of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. To receive 1.5 hours, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 mins. Students of HMAW1905 must register with their ITSC email.