With an additional investment of over 1 billion yuan and 100 million US dollars, Fudan University's affiliated entities are ramping up their venture capital investments.
The Fudan Science and Technology Innovation Investment Fund was officially established. The initial scale of the fund is 1 billion yuan. It mainly focuses on direct investment, primarily targeting cutting - edge projects within the Fudan ecosystem and expanding top - notch science and technology innovation transformation projects in the market. The Fudan Overseas Science and Technology Innovation Investment Fund was officially launched, with an initial target scale of 100 million US dollars. Meanwhile, the Zuquan Research Institute, a platform institution focusing on the transformation of the school's scientific research achievements, was also unveiled.
At the 2025 Fudan Science and Technology Innovation Conference, the Fudan Science and Technology Innovation Investment Fund was officially established. According to on - site reports from the Venture Capital Daily, the initial scale of the fund is 1 billion yuan, mainly for direct investment. Based on the cutting - edge projects in the Fudan ecosystem, the fund supports outstanding scientists within the university to transform top - notch scientific and technological achievements and expands top - notch science and technology innovation transformation projects in the market.
Meanwhile, the Fudan Overseas Science and Technology Innovation Investment Fund was officially launched, with an initial target scale of 100 million US dollars. On - site, the Zuquan Research Institute, a platform institution focusing on the transformation of the school's scientific research achievements, was also unveiled. These series of actions also mean that Fudan University is systematically deploying the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
Direct Investment with a 1 - Billion - Yuan Fund
"A direct investment fund means that we are directly involved and aim to be an example of patient capital," said Sun Pengjun, the chairman of Fudan Science and Technology Innovation and the dean of the Shanghai Zuquan Innovation and Transformation Research Institute, in an interview with media such as the Venture Capital Daily. Facing the gap in early - stage investment in original and disruptive technologies, capital with a university background should step forward and directly and deeply participate in the whole process of scientists' achievement transformation and industrialization.
According to Sun Pengjun, the fund has accumulated a number of top - notch science and technology innovation projects in the fields of disruptive original technologies and major scientific discoveries. This year, Fudan Science and Technology Innovation will focus on the top 5% of achievements. "We should concentrate resources on the transformation of truly valuable and disruptive achievements. These projects will be the key areas for the direct investment fund to layout first." In the next stage, the fund will more carefully mark the research trends, achievement stages, and industrialization progress of researchers to achieve precise matching of "technology - capital - industry".
On - site, the first - phase "Top 10 Cases of Industrialization of Scientific and Technological Achievements" of Fudan University were released, including Boquan Biotech, Bouchou Quantum, Lancy Bio, and Shenfu Jianxing. The founders of these companies are all researchers from Fudan University.
Fudan Science and Technology Innovation also initiated the first - phase "Top 10 Science and Technology Innovation Investment Institutions" list of Fudan University. The listed institutions include Pudong Venture Capital Group, Sequoia Capital China, Qiming Venture Partners, and Yuanhe Holdings. The forces of scientific research, industry, and investment are gathered here.
When interviewed by reporters, Men Qingbing, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee and the general manager of Pudong Venture Capital Group, said that the group has always attached great importance to cooperation with Fudan University. The majors of Fudan University, such as biomedicine and microelectronics, are highly compatible with the three leading industries that the company is currently deploying. Since last year, the group has invested in several projects from Fudan. He revealed that Pudong Venture Capital Group and Fudan Science and Technology Innovation will continue to deepen cooperation, explore fund cooperation, and assist in the transformation of Fudan's scientific and technological achievements.
A 100 - Million - US - Dollar Overseas Fund Connecting the World
The Fudan Overseas Science and Technology Innovation Investment Fund with an initial target scale of 100 million US dollars was also the focus of attention at this conference. It is understood that Fudan University will use the international capital platform to build a more complete overseas science and technology innovation ecosystem for Fudan, attract international enterprises and talents based overseas but interested in China's development, and accelerate the industrialization and internationalization process of Fudan's scientific research achievements and local innovative enterprises.
The fund focuses on early - stage projects at the angel round, Pre - A round, and A round. It is committed to "being the first institutional investor for entrepreneurs" and mainly layouts in the "3+X" cutting - edge fields such as life and health, artificial intelligence, and new energy and new materials. It pays attention to the original technological achievements from Fudan's core scientific research institutions and laboratories and empowers enterprises in the process of "from 1 to 10" in industrial implementation and commercialization. The fund aims to accelerate the industrialization and internationalization process of Fudan's scientific research achievements and local innovative enterprises, transform China's breakthroughs in hard technology into innovative achievements benefiting the world, and enhance China's influence in the global scientific and technological landscape.
"Internationalization is crucial for China's innovation today. We need to absorb international talents, integrate global scientific research advantages, and form a synergy with China's innovation," said Sun Pengjun. The Fudan Overseas Science and Technology Innovation Investment Fund will complement the construction of the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center and the top - talent introduction plan. On the one hand, it will help introduce top - notch global scientific research talents, and on the other hand, it will provide financial support for their achievement transformation in China.
Zuquan Research Institute: Cultivate 100 Top - Notch Science and Technology Innovation Enterprises in 5 Years
At the conference, the Shanghai Zuquan Innovation and Transformation Research Institute was officially established. The Zuquan Research Institute is the core platform, key window, and experimental field for the high - quality and high - efficiency transformation and industrialization of Fudan University's major scientific research achievements.
Sun Pengjun serves as the dean. He introduced that the name "Zuquan" is derived from Cai Zuquan (1924 - 2009), a scientist who emerged from the workshop, the former vice - president of Fudan University and the former director of the Institute of Electric Light Sources. It carries the spiritual context of an ordinary worker growing into the "Father of China's Electric Light Sources".
He said that in the next 5 years, the institute will train 100 top - notch entrepreneurial talents, transform 100 top - notch scientific and technological achievements every year, cultivate 100 top - notch science and technology innovation enterprises in 5 years, and gather 100 science and technology innovation ecosystem partners.
The first batch of "Zuquan Partners" was also released on - site, including Xu Min, a professor at the Institute of Modern Physics (Department of Nuclear Science and Technology) of Fudan University; Li Xiaopeng, a professor at the Department of Physics of Fudan University and the founder of Bouchou Quantum; Wang Shouyan, the deputy dean of the Institute of Brain - like Intelligence Science and Technology of Fudan University and the director of the Research Center for Neural Regulation and Brain - Computer Interface; Xu Lingjie, the founder and CEO of Magic Shape Intelligence Technology; and Zhang Yimin, the former chief scientist of the Intel China Research and Development Center. These partners from academia and industry will inject diverse resources into the Zuquan Research Institute and jointly build an escort ecosystem for the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements.
The first - batch "High - level Innovation Centers" and "Functional Platforms" of the Zuquan Research Institute were also released simultaneously. Among them, the first - batch functional platforms cover multiple cutting - edge fields such as intelligent computing, brain - like intelligence, phenotypic precision measurement, polymer molecular engineering, micro - nano processing and devices, advanced semiconductor chips, and new drug safety.
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This article is from the WeChat official account "Venture Capital Daily". The author is Zhang Yangyang. It is published by 36Kr with authorization.