Mobile World Congress 2016

SILK Ventures’ first scale-up programme in China offered participating startups the opportunity to exhibit and present at the Mobile World Congress as part of SILK’s own branded pavilion.

Following that, the startups took part in an intensive 3-week programme designed to facilitate Asian market expansion via strategic investment, partnerships with Chinese corporations and strong Chinese government support.

Chinese tech investors and buyers that hosted SILK’s cohort of startups had over $1tn assets under management and included companies such as TUS Holdings, Ant Financial and various financial institutions in Beijing, but also venture capital investors ChinaEquity Group, Cybernaut and China's 'Silicon Valley' Zhongguancun. The programme was supported by the governments of 5 major Chinese cities and included high-level meetings between the entrepreneurs and officials at the Ministry of Commerce.