The Shanghai stop of the 2026 Xiamen Torch Startup Camp has come to a successful conclusion! 20 hard-tech teams competed on the same stage.
On August 20, the 2026 Xiamen Torch Startup Camp & University Sci-Tech Achievement Transformation Startup Camp - Shanghai Division Roadshow Selection was successfully held at Fudan Science Park in Shanghai.
As one of the core special sessions of the 7th phase national recruitment of the Startup Camp, this event leverages the advantages of Shanghai as a highland of science and innovation, focuses on breaking down the barriers of science and innovation resources between Shanghai and Xiamen, accelerating the industrialization of hard technologies from universities in the Yangtze River Delta, and builds an in-depth industry-university-research-investment cooperation platform for the two regions.
This event is hosted by Xiamen High-Tech Venture Center Co., Ltd., undertaken by Xiamen High-Tech Science & Innovation Angel Venture Capital Co., Ltd. and China Construction Bank Corporation Xiamen Branch, and co-organized by Xiamen Torch Sci-Tech Achievement Transformation Center Co., Ltd., University Optoelectronic Display Technology Transfer and Transformation Center (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. and other institutions. Liu Aiqin, Deputy General Manager of Xiamen High-Tech Venture Center Co., Ltd., Guo Daijun, Executive Dean of Fudan Science Park Development Research Institute, Jiang Hongxiang, General Manager of Xiamen High-Tech Venture Capital, together with more than 100 participants including 20 high-quality startup teams, investment institutions and industry guests, attended this event.
Liu Aiqin, Deputy General Manager of Xiamen High-Tech Venture Center Co., Ltd. stated in her speech that Xiamen Torch Startup Camp has been deeply cultivated for seven years since its establishment in 2019. It is an important platform for Xiamen Torch High-Tech Zone to promote hard technology innovation and entrepreneurship incubation and achievement transformation, and also a banner of public welfare entrepreneurship counseling in Fujian Province. This year, Xiamen Torch Startup Camp has carried out comprehensive upgrading in terms of brand, capital, resources and services, to build a hard technology entrepreneurship ecological platform with higher energy level, wider scope and deeper focus. This year, 5 sessions of the Torch Camp will select 50-60 high-quality projects to enter the startup camp for public welfare practical training. She sincerely invited outstanding teams to settle in Xiamen, join hands with investment institutions and entrepreneurship mentors to jointly cultivate future leading tech enterprises.
Liu Aiqin, Deputy General Manager of Xiamen High-Tech Venture Center Co., Ltd.
Next, Mr. Jiang Hongxiang, General Manager of Xiamen High-Tech Venture Capital, gave a special presentation on the overall planning and support policies of this phase of the startup camp. He pointed out that Xiamen Torch High-Tech Zone, based on its positioning as a national-level hard technology industry highland, has formed a "3+N" modern industrial system and the advantage of gathering tens of billions of yuan of venture capital resources. The purpose of setting up the division in Shanghai this time is to build a two-way flow mechanism of sci-tech innovation elements between Shanghai and Xiamen, and focus on exploring high-quality scientific and technological achievements with industrialization potential from universities and scientific research institutes in the Yangtze River Delta. The Startup Camp will give full play to the efficiency of the whole-chain incubation ecology, cooperate with special industrial funds, to provide all-round incubation services for admitted projects including public welfare training, precise investment and financing docking, long-term mentor guidance, and industry settlement support, strive to get through the "last kilometer" of sci-tech achievement transformation, and accelerate the large-scale commercial landing of cutting-edge hard technology projects.
Jiang Hongxiang, General Manager of Xiamen High-Tech Venture Capital
Mr. Guo Daijun, Executive Dean of Fudan Science Park Development Research Institute, shared the exploration of the park in the field of university sci-tech achievement transformation. He introduced that relying on the brand and talent advantages of Fudan's industry-university-research platform, faculty entrepreneurship has "innate advantages" in terms of identity, technology, financing and other aspects, but also faces "growing pains" such as team building, enterprise management and market risk control. To this end, the platform builds a full-chain empowerment system from technology verification to industrial landing through professional services such as technology brokerage and financing docking, supplemented by modes such as joint incubation and school-enterprise joint laboratories, to promote the landing and growth of hard technology projects.
Guo Daijun, Executive Dean of Fudan Science Park Development Research Institute
A total of 20 high-quality sci-tech innovation and entrepreneurship teams gathered at this Shanghai Division to compete on stage, following the professional roadshow mode and adopting the standard process of "10-minute project presentation + 5-minute judge interactive Q&A". The participating projects focus on cutting-edge hard technology fields, covering high-performance self-organized communication network modules and chips, AI wireless positioning charging blankets, hydrogen energy manufacturing, industrial multimodal embodied large models and other directions, showing strong technical advancement and market transformation potential on the whole.
In the roadshow presentation session, core leaders of each team systematically elaborated on key dimensions such as technological R&D breakthroughs, core product barriers, market application scenarios, industry development prospects and comprehensive team strength, fully demonstrating the strong innovation momentum and R&D foundation of hard technology enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta.
Apart from roadshow presentations, this event also set up a [Project Symposium] hosted by Xiamen High-Tech Venture Capital. Representatives of high-quality projects from multiple cutting-edge hard technology fields including AI, semiconductors and new materials discussed practical issues such as financing environment, technology transformation and talent recruitment, specifically involving challenges such as early-stage capital pressure and difficulty in talent recruitment, and exchanged their respective coping experiences.
If the project symposium is the "brainpower field" of idea collision, then the investment and financing docking area is the front line of actual combat where capital and projects "go both ways", and the atmosphere on site is particularly hot. Many investment institutions including Tianshan Capital, Shengxin Capital, Zaishi Capital, Boquan Capital, Junshi Venture Capital, Xunshang Capital and Xiamen High-Tech Venture Capital carried out one-to-one precise docking with startup projects. From business model polishing to financing strategy planning, from technology barrier construction to market channel expansion, investors and entrepreneurs had in-depth face-to-face discussions, and many projects reached initial due diligence or follow-up intention on site, which truly realized the efficient connection of "capital looking for projects and projects meeting capital".
The judge interactive defense session had a warm atmosphere and was full of practical content. The judge panel composed of investment institution representatives and industry experts closely focused on the track and development stage of each project, and conducted in-depth inquiries on key topics such as technology iteration path, competition pattern, commercialization pain points, market expansion strategy, long-term development strategy and financing planning. Each startup team responded one by one relying on solid R&D achievements, pilot data, cooperation cases and clear technology roadmap, fully demonstrating excellent technical literacy, mature business logic and steady entrepreneurial thinking.
Hao Jian, head of the "Fovanli Ultra-thin Conformal Coating High-end Electronic Packaging Project", said that this competition has built a high-quality platform for innovation and entrepreneurship projects to display, exchange and connect with capital. Fovanli Technology appeared at the scene with its AI computing power liquid cooling safety base solution, focusing on exhibiting ultra-thin conformal coating technology and FOVANLI-GEMMA4 scientific research assistant system, helping new material R&D shift from traditional "trial-and-error" R&D to efficient "precise" R&D. He admitted that he gained a lot from this competition, and hoped to speed up the industrialization pace of the project relying on the supporting resources after the competition.
Shen Qing, head of the "High-precision AI Industrial Visual Inspection System Project", who also gained a lot, said that Xiamen Torch Startup Camp has built an efficient empowerment carrier, and precise resource docking and professional in-depth guidance have injected strong impetus into the development of hard technology enterprises. Yuanzhan Technology integrates the advantages of Oxford AI technology, aerospace technology and world top 500 industrial technologies, and builds an intelligent manufacturing infrastructure covering on-site perception to global model decision-making. Through this roadshow, the team has gained a lot of professional suggestions and high-quality resource links, and will accelerate product landing in the future to empower the intelligent upgrading of manufacturing industry with technology.
Mao Libei, head of the "AI Wireless Positioning Charging Blanket Project", also highly recognized this roadshow platform. She said that many venture capital institutions gathered at the Shanghai Division roadshow site, and the investment and financing docking atmosphere is very strong. She expects the startup camp to continue empowering participating projects, promote more in-depth resource cooperation, and help startup projects tap greater market development space.
Xie Wei, head of the "Industrialization Application of Hot-pressed NdFeB Magnets in High-end Motors" project, who also fully affirmed the competition organization, said frankly: "This roadshow not only hired many investment institutions as judges and specially set up an investment and financing docking session, which precisely meets the actual needs of project parties, but also flexibly adjusted the roadshow order according to the demands of project parties. In addition, the venue is adjacent to the subway with convenient travel, and the overall arrangement is very warm and thoughtful."
The 2026 Xiamen Torch Startup Camp is continuously open for recruitment for early and mid-stage national hard technology entrepreneurship projects and sci-tech achievement transformation projects from universities and scientific research institutes. Adhering to the public welfare attribute, the startup camp provides full-cycle free cultivation services, and admitted projects can enjoy four exclusive rights:
- Systematized centralized acceleration training
6 to 7 days of closed courses, covering four core modules of investment and financing practice, legal compliance, financial management and enterprise strategy, helping enterprises grow in a standardized manner.
- Normalized investment and financing docking
Linking a RMB 500 million sci-tech achievement transformation fund and a RMB 2 billion sci-tech direct investment fund matrix, to provide exclusive equity financing and precise capital resource matching for hard technology projects.
- Complete supporting resources for industry landing
Relying on the complete industrial chain ecology of Xiamen Torch High-Tech Zone, it provides all-round supporting services for settled projects including office space, supply chain docking, industry-university-research collaboration and policy application, greatly reducing development costs.
- Long-term one-on-one mentor accompanying guidance
Equipped with exclusive industry mentors for full-process tracking guidance, covering the full chain of technology landing, product iteration, market expansion and operation management, to accompany the enterprise to grow and expand in the long run.
The successful holding of this Shanghai Division roadshow marks the full opening of the two-way docking channel for industry, capital, technology and talents between the Yangtze River Delta Sci-Tech Innovation Circle and Xiamen Torch High-Tech Zone. With the integrated mode of "project roadshow + capital consultation + resource docking", the event deeply explores high-quality hard technology projects in the Yangtze River Delta, and at the same time fully demonstrates the perfect mass entrepreneurship and innovation ecology, solid industrial foundation and high-quality settlement policies of Xiamen Torch High-Tech Zone to the Shanghai Sci-Tech Innovation Circle, effectively promoting the complementarity of sci-tech innovation resources and two-way transformation of achievements between the two regions.
At present, the national recruitment of 2026 Xiamen Torch Startup Camp is entering the countdown stage! The Beijing and Shanghai special sessions have been successfully concluded, and the Xiamen main venue roadshow is coming soon. The startup camp will continue to explore high-quality sci-tech innovation projects across the country, so stay tuned.
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