Why collaborate with BICI?

As a global leading innovation hub , BICI has

• access to a large pool of funds for research teams and startups

• well-established collaboration with many universities and research institutes globally

• strong connections with many industrial partners especially in the Chinese market

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BICI can

• fund for your research

• provide you with extensive market analysis

• commercialize your technology by forming a startup company or joint venture

• help you find research/business partners in both academia and industry

• provide resources for technology validation, product prototyping, pilot test, and getting user feedback

• help you find supply chain and customers

• provide support in securing further investments for your company

Ways for collaboration

BICI can collaborate with you in different ways depending on the readiness level of your technology.

• If you need more resources to bring your technology to market --> BICI can fund your research

• If your technology is ready for market --> BICI can help you form a startup company to commercialize your technology

• If you are already a startup company --> BICI can form a joint venture in China with you to expand your market coverage

Project selection criteria

• Research area

  • In compliance with the key focus areas of BICI (see the table below)

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• Strength of innovation

  • Strong technical advantage over current industry standards and competitors (supported by solid preliminary data or prototype)

  • High technology barrier

  • Patentable

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• Commercial potential

  • Feasibility to translate invention into a product or service

  • Addressing an unmet market need

  • Clear market, large customer base

  • No foreseeable obstacle in scale-up production

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• Project teams

  • Strong expertise and track record in proposed field of research

  • Clear project goal with realistic approaches for translation