The Second Phase of Lu Qi's Group Is Completed, With More Than 70% of Them Being Masters and Doctors From Peking University and Tsinghua University
Recently, Qiji Ventures (formerly YC China), founded by Lu Qi, held a roadshow, and a total of 30 projects were finally accepted. Nearly 90% of these projects have become cutting-edge technology-driven companies, and the teams behind them all have enviable resumes.
Last November, YC China, headed by Lu Qi as CEO, held its first roadshow, and Lu Qi admitted his first batch of disciples.
A year later, Lu Qi’s second batch of disciples was announced. They are 30 entrepreneurial teams in various fields including chips, robots, brain-computer interfaces, biotechnology, etc.
Why did these projects stand out and win the favor of Lu Qi? After understanding these projects, you will find that technology is one of the key chips for these projects to be flipped.
Technology and innovation are what Lu Qi loves most
Last November, YC withdrew from China and returned to Silicon Valley with a full strategic focus, and no longer set up overseas branches. Therefore, the "YC China" brand led by Lu Qi became "Qi Ji Chuang Tan" and operated independently, but Lu Qi said that it is still the original team and the original intention remains unchanged.
Therefore, the recent roadshow day is also the first roadshow day of "Qi Ji Chuang Tan". One year after its establishment, Qi Ji Chuang Tan officially announced the information of its 2020 admitted entrepreneurial projects after the roadshow day.
According to Lu Qi, a total of 30 startups were admitted this year.Among them, 87% are cutting-edge technology-driven enterprises, and more than 73% of the founding team have doctoral and master's degrees.The average age of the founders is 33 years old, and the youngest is 19 years old.
Lu Qi said, "In today's global landscape and historical environment, from a strategic and investment perspective,The core point of the entrepreneurial ecosystem is "China + Technology", which is a historic opportunity.China's development requires more technology to drive innovation, and also requires more original technological innovation."
He also believes that these projects are a very good microcosm for seeing China's future of technology-driven innovation.
The project covers multiple tracks, and the founding team has an average of 985
Looking at the 30 projects selected by Lu Qi this year, the first impression is that the founding teams are all very strong. Not only do they have excellent academic qualifications and strong technical skills, but they also have rich practical experience. They are using technology to change the world. We have selected some of these projects for introduction, so you can feel them.
Chip track
UGA Technology
One sentence introduction:
5G communication GaN power amplifier chip
Business Introduction:
A high-tech startup company focusing on high-performance RF power amplifier chips and module products, using advanced third-generation semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) materials, is committed to independent research and development of RF chips for 5G base stations and next-generation wireless communication infrastructure.
Core Team:
Huang Fei, CEO,He received his undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University, and studied under Professor Chen Wenhua of the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University.He has 6 years of experience in RF chip technology research and development, and has won the Best Student Paper Award at the International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology (ICMMT).
Chen Xiaofan, CTO,Bachelor, Master and PhD degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University, 15 years of experience in R&D of RF power amplifier products,He has worked for Tsinghua Tongfang and other companies.
Lv Guansheng, VP,PhD in Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University,He has 6 years of experience in RF chip technology research and development, and won the IMWG-5G Best Paper Award.
Chen Wenhua, chief scientist, tenured professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University, national outstanding young scientist, has more than ten years of experience in RF circuit research and development, focusing on high-performance RF power amplifier circuit design and linearization technology. He has published more than 200 related academic papers, more than 20 authorized invention patents, and has rich cooperation experience with the industry.
Jiutian Ruixin
One sentence introduction:
Ultra-low power consumption integrated chip
Business Introduction:
We are committed to the design of ultra-low power analog-digital hybrid sensing, storage and computing integrated chips, and solve the pain points of high cost and high latency in data acquisition, transmission, storage and computing in the intelligent era through innovative design.
Core Team:
Liu Hongjie, founder, PhD from ETH Zurich, is the youngest Chinese scientist elected as a committee member in the IEEE CAS Sensor field. He has participated in and led R&D projects for Samsung and the European Union.
Yang Xiaofeng, CTO, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Macau and a master's degree from Nanyang Technological University. He has worked for Qualcomm and Huawei, has more than 10 years of experience in analog circuit design, and has published several papers in IEEE: ISSCC.
Anku Smart Core
One sentence introduction:
Ultra-high integration thermal imaging sensor chip
Business Introduction:
Empower thermal imaging systems with integrated and intelligent chip technology to accelerate the rapid penetration of thermal imaging technology into the civilian field.
Core Team:
Liu Dahe, CEO,He holds a bachelor's degree in microelectronics and a doctorate in science from Peking University. He has published 7 international papers as the first author and has 2 authorized patents. 7 years of infrared R&D experience, project leader of digital readout circuit for Northern Guangwei (China's first mass-produced military uncooled infrared detector).
Li Kezhi,Bachelor degree from Tianjin University, Master degree in Microelectronics from Peking University.Former product manager of Huawei's carrier business department and core member of Huawei's A-level project. Currently mainly responsible for marketing, operations, finance, etc.
Chen Guangyi,Bachelor's degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, PhD in Microelectronics from Peking University.He has led the engineering research and development projects of MEMS accelerometer/gyroscope interface ASIC, oversampling ADC, multi-channel SAR-ADC, etc. Currently, he is mainly responsible for chip design.
Big Oak Technology
One sentence introduction:
Research, develop and produce human organ chips
Business Introduction:
The organ chip model developed by the company can solve the problems of high failure rate and high cost caused by the "poor" traditional models in drug development, and will provide personalized and precise drug use services for cancer patients.
Core Team:
The technical founding members are all from Peking University.They have 10-30 years of research experience in the fields of organ chips, pharmacology and pathology, tissue engineering, and new drug development.
Robot Track
Pineal Robot
One sentence introduction:
The leader of the new generation of tactile interaction
Business Introduction:
Create ultra-high-resolution, mass-producible machine tactile solutions, study tactile perception and detection, achieve high-precision digitization of physical surfaces, and solve problems that are difficult to solve with manual and visual methods.
Core Team:
Yuan Weiran, Founder and CEO,PhD in Mechanics from Peking University, expert engineer at INRIA, and chief architect of DeepGlint.
Wang Maolin, co-founder and chairman of Shenzhen Jinda Intelligent, owns a complete intelligent hardware production line and is the OEM for many star robot products on the market.
Chen Yujun, Vice President of Operations,PhD, Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, Intelligent Technology and System Laboratory,Huawei Enterprise BG Planning and Consulting Department, Huawei Quality and Process IT Supply System Business Application Department.
Anbo Tang, Vice President of Product,Worked for GE, Alibaba Cloud, Baidu, ByteDance, with more than ten years of background in enterprise-level and Internet products, is good at systematic construction of products, solutions, ecological cooperation and other businesses.
Benmo Technology
One sentence introduction:
Use direct-drive robot joint technology to transform robots from mechanical devices into electrical devices.
Business Introduction:
The use of direct drive technology removes the reducers in the robot joints, transforming the originally delicate and noisy traditional robots.
Core Team:
Zhang Di, Founder and CEO,I am a postgraduate student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, studying under Professor Li Zexiang, majoring in robotics systems and control.Participated in and led many Hong Kong government ITF projects. Serial entrepreneur. Participated in many well-known robotics competitions and won first prizes.
Yu Yanan, Co-founder and CTO,PhD from Xi'an Jiaotong University, majoring in motor design,He has more than ten years of experience in the field of motor design. He has worked for well-known companies such as Luoyang Axle, Deputy Manager of Motor Design of Guangdong Elias Motor Co., Ltd., an aviation institute, and Linquan Motor.
Zhu Zhilong, Co-founder and CPO,Served as Shenzhen DJI Motor Process Director, followed up the entire process of several permanent magnet motors from design to proofing and production, and obtained more than 20 national patents.
Entertainment Track
Zhouyu Technology
One sentence introduction:
24-hour virtual person automatic live streaming service provider
Business Introduction:
The company has developed an unmanned 24-hour automatic live broadcast e-commerce system with virtual anchors, serving 20 million online stores across the country. It can conduct 24-hour uninterrupted automatic live broadcasts with virtual anchors, automatic Q&A, automatic lucky draws every hour and other promotional activities, ensuring that online store live broadcasts never close and increasing conversion rates.
Core Team:
Zhu Feng,Peking University, Bachelor and Master,We have rich resources in industries such as AI technology, film and television special effects, and content e-commerce.
R&D Team:Led by former NVIDIA engineers, its team members all hold master's and doctoral degrees from Peking University and the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Telekinetic Cloud Gaming
One sentence introduction:
Cloud Gaming + RPA Platform
Business Introduction:
Build a new generation of cloud gaming platform, facing the international market, and create a new interactive experience. Users can play games through the platform of Nianli, or use the game RPA provided by Nianli to get a newer and better gaming experience.
Core Team:
Ziyu Fan, Founder and CEO,Graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in computer science, 4 years of full scholarship. Founding member of Google Cloud Gaming; 3 years of experience as a cloud gaming engineer and 1 year of experience in game BD.
Zheng Tun, Founder and CTO,Graduated from the Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University in 2016, with a 4-year full scholarship. NOI gold medalist; independent game developer.Technical director of Remix OS at Jide Technology, which was later acquired by Google.
Brain-computer interface & biomedical track
Zhentai Intelligence
One sentence introduction:
Pioneer in brain-computer rehabilitation industry
Business Introduction:
The overall solution provider for the brain-computer intelligent rehabilitation industry has made a full-scale layout around hardware, algorithms, and systems, opening the door to future medical care with universal brain-computer interface technology.
Core Team:
Wang Haochong, Founder and CEO,Master of Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, one of Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs in 2019.Member of the fifth session of Peking University Guanghua Entrepreneurship Training Camp, member of the Rehabilitation Branch of the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering, and member of the Rehabilitation Therapy Committee of the Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Shi Gaige, Co-founder and CTO,Master of Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University,He is one of the first service robot developers in China. He participated in the establishment of a service robot company and served as CTO. He has rich experience in the productization of robot-related technologies and has won honors such as the national championship of the RoboMaster National College Student Robot Competition.
Han Chengcheng, R&D Director,Doctor of Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University,Mainly engaged in brain-computer interface paradigm and algorithm research,As the main R&D personnel, he led the team to win the first place in the China Brain-Computer Interface Competition and other honors, applied for brain-computer interface patents, and published many SCI papers.
Recalling the Sea of Original Knowledge
One sentence introduction:
Brain-like intelligence and dexterous hands liberate human productivity
Business Introduction:
Research and develop brain-like intelligence and dexterous operating robots to make scientific research, production and services more automated and intelligent.
Core Team:
Ren Hualong, Founder and CEO,Automation major from Harbin Engineering University, Master degree from Stanford AI,Proficient in robotics, neuroscience, and cognitive science, he founded the Dexterous Hand Laboratory during his undergraduate studies. He has worked at Amazon Lab126 and participated in the research and development of the Echo voice speaker series of products.
Liu Yang,Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Harbin Engineering University, PhD from University of Surrey,An expert in visual, auditory recognition and tracking, he has worked with Microsoft to develop intelligent technology.
Red Panda Biology
One sentence introduction:
IT-based synthetic biology platform
Business Introduction:
Red Panda Bio is a synthetic biology platform that uses synthetic biology technology to deeply transform cells into a "micro-laboratory" and cultivate hundreds of millions of cells at the same time to enable large-scale parallel experiments of hundreds of millions.
Core Team:
Guo Haotian, Co-founder and CEO,PhD from the University of Paris, Marie Curie Scholar;He was a researcher at the Paris Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and a visiting scholar at the Department of Physics at MIT. He has 10 years of experience in interdisciplinary research and is the first and corresponding author of many academic papers.
neoX Biotech
One sentence introduction:
The next generation of computational design-driven pharmaceutical companies
Business Overview:
neoX Biotech (Chinese name: Xing Kangyuan) is a high-tech biological company that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with biophysics to conduct drug design and development.
Core Team:
Chen Hang, co-founder and CEO, physical chemistry expert,Graduated from the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has conducted research in the MIT Computational Immunology Laboratory and studied under academicians of three American academies.He has in-depth research in interdisciplinary subjects such as physical chemistry, machine learning, and immunology.
Liu Fan, Co-founder and CTO, new drug research and development expert,PhD in Computational Chemistry from California Institute of Technology, USA.Focusing on computational models of cancer immunity,Through molecular dynamics simulation of protein structure and combined with machine learning methods, the various functions of proteins can be interpreted and predicted.
Other core R&D team members of Xing Kangyuan come from biomedical research institutions and multinational pharmaceutical companies such as Peking University, Rice University in the United States, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research in Germany, Merck (MSD), and WuXi AppTec. Team members have published influential academic articles in top international journals such as Nature, Science, and Cell.
Other tracks
Dianmu Technology
One sentence introduction:
Millimeter wave radar IoT application pioneer
Business Introduction:
An intelligent IoT solution provider with millimeter-wave radar as its core.
Core Team:
Wu Chao, Founder and Chairman,Graduated from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and National University of Defense Technology.He worked in the military for many years and was a radar expert in the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China.
Li Liyang, Co-founder and General Manager,Graduated from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Wuhan University.He has worked for Ping An Technology, China Merchants Bank, and PP Parking.
Yanbo Jiang, Co-founder and CTO,Graduated from Hunan University. Worked for ZTE and Huawei.
Li Wei, Co-founder and Chief Scientist,After graduation, he taught at Beihang University, North China University of Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and other universities.He has loaded key algorithms for several domestic millimeter-wave RF chip companies and is a domestic millimeter-wave radar algorithm expert.
Fortunately
One sentence introduction:
An open social platform for post-00s
Business Introduction:
Help users build, consolidate and upgrade relationships online and create an open social platform for new generations.
Core Team:
Wang Youren, CEO, born in 1995,Bachelor and Master of Law, Peking University;President of the 34th Student Union of Peking University; winner of multiple top awards in national violin performance competitions.
Qin Boxuan, partner, was born in 1995 and formerly worked at Alibaba.
Ling Shangcheng, Partner, born in 1994,He holds a bachelor’s degree from the School of Foreign Languages at Peking University. Before starting his own business, he worked as a monk in Thailand and raised cattle in Japan. He is a B-station up-host with rich life experience.
Dai Lang, Partner, born in 1995,Bachelor degree from the School of Television, Communication University of China;Director of the fourth season of "The Debaters"; formerly worked at Xiaohongshu.
Star Test Future
One sentence introduction:
The global on-orbit real-time perception platform provides sensitive and high-value information at the first time.
Business Introduction:
Develop micro-nano satellite payload solutions and provide on-orbit real-time service operators, and develop integrated hardware and software solutions including sensor modules, data acquisition and pre-processing functions;
Through low-cost payload-based micro-nano satellite platforms, surface remote sensing and atmospheric data are collected, real-time on-board processing is carried out to identify global key targets and detect their changes, a global real-time perception network and monitoring brain are built, and sensitive information and real-time services are provided for multiple fields, such as tracking and monitoring commodity trends in the financial field, providing early disaster warnings in the field of people's livelihood emergencies, and providing key national defense information in the field of regional security.
Core Team:
Cao Dezhi, Founder and CEO,PhD in Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University,He has served as the chairman of the Tsinghua University Student Entrepreneurship Association, counselor of the Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University, chairman of the Engineering Physics Student Science Association, etc. He has been awarded the Tsinghua University Outstanding Graduate, Outstanding Student Leader, and December 9th Counselor Scholarship.As the first author, he has published 4 conference papers, participated in 3 international conferences and made 1 oral report at the conference, and is engaged in the development of high-speed and high-precision hardware for accelerator beam loss devices.
Cang Jirong, founder and CTO,PhD in Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Postdoctoral Fellow in Astronomy,He has won the Outstanding Graduate and Outstanding Thesis awards from Tsinghua University.Published 9 SCI papers, 3 EI papers, 6 international conference reports,During his doctoral studies, he participated in many national scientific research projects and is currently mainly engaged in research on micro-nano satellite astronomical detection.
Mind Detection Intelligence Control
One sentence introduction:
The all-around champion of visual inspection
Business Introduction:
Xinjian Intelligent Control focuses on AI visual inspection in the industrial field, mainly focusing on appearance inspection of transparent objects, reflective objects, and high-speed moving objects.
Core Team:
Luo Xiaozhong, Founder and CEO,Bachelor from Peking University, Master from University of Pittsburgh, PhD from University of Michigan.Worked at Microsoft headquarters for 18+ years, former chief software engineer of Skype department.
Sun Haihang, CTO,Bachelor and Master of Tsinghua University, Lecturer. Master of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut,He has worked as a senior engineer in American companies ASML (lithography machines), CAS (life monitors), Canberra Industrial (nuclear power plant radiation monitoring), Contact System (SMT placement machines), and Bloomberg.
Wang Xia, Founder and Marketing Director,Bachelor of North China University of Technology, EMBA of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.Former general manager of Aida (Guangzhou) Automation Company, with 24 years of experience in pharmaceutical, consumer products and water treatment industries.
News Source:
Qiji Chuangtan:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/I-EjW80GuAIzKn9lExPc9w
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