WAVES 2025: A New Beginning, New People
In the venture capital circle in 2024, it was very much like the tides of the Qiantang River - seemingly calm on the surface but surging with undercurrents beneath. The boom in the AI track has shown us that China's venture capital is quietly undergoing a transformation. As a witness with years of in - depth experience in the venture capital field, the 3rd WAVES Conference of 36Kr is officially launched as usual! From June 11th to 12th, we invite you to gather in Liangzhu, Hangzhou.
Part.1 This year's WAVES takes us to Liangzhu
This time, the conference is held at the Liangzhu Culture and Art Center in Hangzhou. As a new landmark for innovation and entrepreneurship in Hangzhou, the unique architectural style of the Liangzhu Culture and Art Center complements the five - thousand - year cultural heritage of Liangzhu. For this reason, it has attracted many technical, media, and cultural talents from all over the world.
This year's WAVES Conference will be held under the "big roof" of the Liangzhu Culture and Art Center. This spiritual landmark of Liangzhu, designed by the famous Japanese architect Tadao Ando, will provide a unique space for culture, art, and creation for WAVES. Here, this year's WAVES will create an active, international, and human - integrated venture capital ecosystem. We will invite top investors in the venture capital field, founders of emerging enterprises, as well as scientists, creators, and scholars deeply involved in technology, innovation, and business to discuss, search for, and move towards the "New Era".
Part.2 A grand feast that balances "intellectual thinking" and "youthful imagination"
During the two - day "WAVES Conference", between the dawn and dusk in Liangzhu, we will build two parallel universes of thought. One is a systematic thinking framework, and the other is the wild - growing business power. Under the dome of the main venue, investors and young entrepreneurs will reconstruct the grammar of venture capital, and we will discuss AI, globalization, and value re - evaluation. In the theater of the side - venue around the corner, young dream - makers will use TED - style monologues to dissect their views on business ideals and the future world.
What's also worth looking forward to is the "Post - 00s Night" at the side - venue in the evening! This is a conference focusing on the self - assertion expression of the "Post - 00s" group. Through expression and communication, agreement and opposition - real communication and ideological collisions are waiting for your arrival!
Part.3 A "time wall" of China's venture capital
A few months ago, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Undercurrent WAVES, we held an exhibition titled "Migration" about the thirty - year development of China's venture capital, leading everyone to review the past and re - examine the thirty years that China's venture capital has gone through.
For this WAVES Conference, we have selected some of the 225 photos and dozens of physical exhibits from the "Migration" exhibition and brought them to Liangzhu. We hope to start anew in the retrospection of the era and move towards the next era. The exhibition is divided into five sections: "Dawn in the East", "The Birth of Tycoons", "People in the Golden Dream", "Out of Control", and "Time Starts Again", corresponding to the different eras that China's equity investment has experienced in the past thirty years.
Part.4 About WAVES
Since 2017, 36Kr has successfully created the "Under36" IP list, targeting young founders of start - up enterprises and the investor community. In 2023, 36Kr announced the launch of an offline conference IP matching Under36: WAVES.
WAVES means wave, inspired by the French New Wave film movement, symbolizing the spirit of the younger generation who are not satisfied with the status quo and are brave enough to explore and create. Following established brands such as the WISE Conference, WAVES is a new - generation summit product that 36Kr is focusing on.
The pace of the times never stops, and young people will still be the driving force of the "waves"!
From June 11th to 12th, at the Liangzhu Culture and Art Center in Hangzhou, see you there!