2026-07-07 10:44
On July 3rd, 2026 New Youth Venture Capital Conference was held in Shanghai. The theme of this conference is "It's Your Turn". It is guided by the Shanghai Talent Work Bureau and the Shanghai Hongqiao International Central Business District Management Committee, jointly organized by Chuangye Bang and the Shanghai Qingpu District Talent Work Bureau, co organized by the Shanghai Qingpu District Economic Committee and the Communist Youth League Shanghai Qingpu District Committee, with ZEEKR as the driving car for young leaders, Lenovo Thinkplus as the chief intelligent office partner, and data support provided by Ruishou Analysis.
Since 2011, Chuangye Bang has released the New Youth Venture Capital List for 16 consecutive years, always focusing on the emerging forces in China's technological innovation wave. The New Youth Venture Capital Conference and its series of rankings continuously record the growth trajectory of generations of young venture capitalists, witnessing the growth of 363 young entrepreneurs and 356 young investors, becoming a window to observe the intergenerational succession of China's technology entrepreneurship.
Nowadays, the post-80s and post-90s are becoming the backbone of venture capital, while the post-00s are starting to shine on the stage of venture capital. The 'new youth' is not just an age tag, but an entrepreneurial attitude that dares to explore, break through, and take the lead. The new generation of entrepreneurs gather here to redefine the era of youth entrepreneurship.
At the beginning of the event, Li Yujie, Deputy Director of the Talent Work Bureau of Qingpu District, Shanghai, delivered an opening speech. She said that wherever the youth are, opportunities are there; Wherever young people choose, the future is there. Currently, new fields such as artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and low altitude economy are opening up new development opportunities for young entrepreneurs. Qingpu has always adhered to the original intention of "favoring talents from all over the world and attracting talents from all over the world", aiming to build a talent highland in western Shanghai, and making every effort to create a dream land for young talents. It continues to build a youth innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, and with its advantages in industry, policy, space, and service, it will work together with more young talents to write a new era of venture capital stories.
Subsequently, Qian Weilan, the director of Qingpu District Investment Promotion Service Center, made a theme promotion. He stated that as the only administrative region in Shanghai bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Qingpu is leveraging the advantages of national strategies such as the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, the Hongqiao International Open Hub, and the China International Import Expo to accelerate the construction of a science and technology innovation highland facing the Yangtze River Delta. Focusing on key industries such as new generation information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, biomedicine, and low altitude economy, Qingpu is making every effort to build a "3+3+3+1" modern industrial system. With multidimensional support such as industrial funds, innovation platforms, talent policies, and business environment, Qingpu provides young entrepreneurs with a full cycle development ecology from innovation incubation, capital docking to achievement transformation, becoming an important fertile ground for young talent innovation and entrepreneurship, and enterprise growth and development.
Founder and CEO of Chuangye Bang, Nan Lixin, delivered a speech at the event. She stated that an AI venture capital cycle belonging to the new youth has already begun. The characteristics of the times have already been presented in this year's list: the post-90s generation has become the main force of entrepreneurship, the post-00s generation has begun to emerge, the number of doctoral entrepreneurs has exceeded 60% in the past three years, and AI and hard technology have become the most concentrated entrepreneurial directions.
At the event, Liu Hengtao, Deputy Editor in Chief of the Content Center of Chuangyebang, interpreted and unveiled the "2026 New Youth Venture Capital List" of Chuangyebang.
The data shows that the average age of this year's "30 Under 30+Entrepreneurial Pioneers" is 29.9 years old. 43.3% of entrepreneurs are under the age of 30, with 8 of them being "post-2000" entrepreneurs; 90% of the listed entrepreneurs have master's and doctoral degrees, and more and more young people are directly involved in cutting-edge technology startups such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and life sciences after completing scientific research training.
At the same time, young entrepreneurs are accelerating the transition from technology to industry. 70% of entrepreneurs have started their businesses for no more than three years, and 76.7% are first-time entrepreneurs; 70% of enterprises have completed product releases and are continuously iterating, 90% have entered the trial operation or large-scale application stage, and 2/3 of enterprises have already started overseas business. Youth no longer means lack of experience, but means embracing technology faster, validating products faster, and entering the global market faster.
AI remains the most prominent background of this generation of young entrepreneurs. Among the 30 entrepreneurial pioneers, 26 have entrepreneurial directions related to artificial intelligence, accounting for 86.7%. Among them, there are 13 embodied intelligence enterprises, accounting for half of AI enterprises. From AI Infra and AI for Science, to embodied intelligence, industrial intelligence, and life sciences, young entrepreneurs are continuously extending their AI capabilities to real industry scenarios, making innovation directions more diverse.
The new generation of investors is also accelerating their growth. The average age of this year's "40 Under 40 Investors" is 37.5 years old, with 82.5% holding a master's degree or above. Post-90s investors continue to emerge. Artificial intelligence and intelligent manufacturing remain their top priorities, with 83% of investors focusing on the AI track and 75% on intelligent manufacturing. At the same time, "investing early, investing small, and investing in technology" is still the common choice of this generation of young investors. 75% of award-winning investors have long-term plans for early-stage technology projects, accompanying innovation and growth with patience for a longer period of time.
Entrepreneurship is never a solitary act, but a collective exploration of a group of people in the tide of the times.
This conference invites entrepreneurs, investors, and industry representatives from cutting-edge fields such as AI, embodied intelligence, and commercial aerospace through three live podcasts, to exchange ideas on the new trends, choices, and judgments of the AI era, and respond to the common propositions of this generation of entrepreneurs in real conversations.
The first live podcast "New Map, New Continent" was hosted by Xiao Li, Managing Director of Honghui Fund. Li Yang, Partner of SenseTime Guoxiang Capital, Li Yinchuan, Founder and CEO of Noin Intelligence, Ren Bobing, Executive Director/General Manager of Innovation Works/Frontier Technology Fund, Xing Ruolin, Founder and CEO of Yiwei Aerospace, Zhang Menghan, Managing Partner and President of Hexuan Capital, Zhang Tianyi, CEO and Co founder of Zhongke Silicon, and Zhang Xiaoqi, Co founder and Managing Partner of Puchao Capital had in-depth conversations. They focus on cutting-edge fields such as AI, embodied intelligence, and commercial aerospace, and engage in discussions around technological advancements, industrial restructuring, and global competition, jointly seeking the "new map" and "new continent" that is emerging in the AI era.
The matter of 'robot butler' will be significantly accelerated and redefined, perhaps within one or two years
Moving computing power into space, we found it to be a leap in productivity
The ultimate success often comes from the industry being in a non consensus state in the early stages, and forming consensus in the later stages
Capturing these opportunities before consensus is formed, I think this is the source of core investment returns
We haven't seen a so-called boundary yet, AI, embodied intelligence, and space exploration may all be a vague but correct direction. ”
What we really need to smooth out is the boundary between laboratory AI and industrial implementation. ”
The boundary of the future lies in when to achieve super artificial intelligence
As the old map is constantly being rewritten, new opportunities are constantly emerging, and guests share their own vision of the next stop.
The second podcast Live "Choice and Ambition, Beyond a Certain Life" is hosted by Entrepreneurial Bang Bosong. Chen Kangda, co-founder of Guangfan Technology, Dai Huanran, head of the Investment Management Department of Qilin Venture Capital, Deng Jun, Managing Director of Tongchuang Weiye, and Li Yuanqing, Co CTO of LeXiang Technology and General Manager of Qiongming Intelligence, share about life choices, entrepreneurial decisions, and long termism, exploring how to find one's own direction in uncertainty.
Everyone's life is actually composed of many logarithmic curves
Life does not slide forward at a constant speed, important cognition and choices can both lead life to a better trajectory. ”
Something with core underlying innovation will always find its own place and stage
To find what you like and are good at, you also need to find the future that this era truly believes in
The definite path is no longer unique, and the direction of progress may be in all directions. The guests talked about their ambitions, passions, and perseverance at the turning point of life.
Every round of industrial transformation begins with the advance judgment of a few people. How to identify opportunities and prepare for trends before they form? The third podcast Live, "Standing Before the Wind Rises," was hosted by Zheng Kai, a partner at Detong Capital. BAI Capital Senior Partner Wang Tianfan, Wangguanbo, CEO of Wange Zhiyuan, Yang Fengyu, founder and CEO of Ulrich Robotics, Zhao Zhelun, co-founder and product president of Vbot Vita Power, and Zheng Ding, partner at Yuanhe Origin, discussed the topic.
ARPU is the compass of this era, not DAU. ”
The growth of tokens in the future will far exceed the rate at which token prices decrease. ”
The development of intelligent hardware and intelligent cars in China over the past decade has provided robots with a truly industrialized foundation
The development path of embodied intelligence will be more like autonomous driving rather than GPT. ”
The decrease in unit computing power costs by 30 to 100 times has brought about a large number of new business opportunities
From searching for a new continent, to discussing life choices, to standing before the wind blows, three live podcasts connect the common thoughts of the new generation of entrepreneurs and investors. In the face of constantly changing times, they always maintain the courage to explore forward.
In addition to podcast live, this year's conference has specially set up a segment called "Open Mic with P". At this stage, there is no standard answer, and the guests come on stage to give impromptu speeches, sharing their real experiences in entrepreneurship, the latest observations on the front line of the industry, and those questions that are still under consideration.
Four emerging venture capitalists took the stage one by one and shared their thoughts.
Lin Xiuchun, founder and CEO of Jinghua Precision Computing, shares on the first principles of AI security. He believes that compared to content security and permission security, data security is the most easily overlooked but increasingly important aspect of the AI era. As more and more users entrust their work documents, business data, and personal information to large models for processing, privacy protection is extending from individual needs to enterprise and workplace scenarios. Based on the team's practice in dense computing and trusted AI platforms, he proposed that the competition for AI security in the future is not only a competition of model capabilities, but also a competition of data trustworthiness and privacy protection capabilities.
Ren Xiaoyu, founder, CEO, and CTO of Dongyi Technology, has pointed the next stop of embodied intelligence towards "physical intelligent agents". In his view, in the past, AI was more focused on the digital world, and true embodied intelligence requires understanding physical laws, making autonomous decisions, and completing real tasks. Taking the humanoid robot badminton physics intelligent agent developed by the team as an example, he demonstrated how the humanoid robot autonomously judges the landing point, adjusts its body, and completes counterattacks in high-speed and random motion scenes. The real world is becoming the real testing ground for physical intelligent agents.
As a senior enthusiast of talk shows, Wang Yinzhi, a partner at Yida Capital, brings unique insights and observations into the primary market, expressing the voices and cyclical feelings of investors. From the ups and downs of the investment industry in recent years to the FOMO behind the continued rise of the industry in the future, he believes that what is truly worth paying attention to is not only the sexy future stories, but also how technology returns to the essence of business and achieves value creation. Faced with cutting-edge fields such as quantum computing, AI infrastructure, and commercial aerospace, he believes that investors should not only dare to bet on the future, but also maintain long termism and hold rational judgments in the midst of the boom.
Zuo Jiaming, founder and chairman of Gongyuan Sanqian, shared his thoughts on hard technology entrepreneurship with his team's entrepreneurial practice in the field of industrial CT. He believes that entrepreneurs should dare to lay out the "long slope and thick snow" track before the industry explodes, but what truly determines whether a company can go far is not a single technological breakthrough, but the comprehensive ability of systematic delivery, supply chain collaboration, and continuous research and development. With the continuous upgrading of advanced manufacturing driven by AI, the competition among hard tech enterprises is also shifting from single point innovation to systematic competition.
Subsequently, Zhou Lv, Product Manager of Lenovo Thinkplus Conference Track, shared the development trend of smart office in the AI era. He stated that as AI gradually integrates into office scenarios, enterprises have put forward higher requirements for conference collaboration, mobile office, and information security. Centered around smart meetings, smart terminals, and office collaboration, ThinkPlus creates a comprehensive solution that covers meeting rooms, office areas, and travel scenarios. Through AI noise reduction, portrait tracking, meeting minutes generation, secure meetings, and other capabilities, ThinkPlus helps businesses improve collaboration efficiency. At the same time, ThinkPlus also launched a "1-yuan trial" activity, allowing more enterprises to personally experience the efficiency improvement brought by smart office.
Today's young entrepreneurs have more tools and face more choices than any generation. AI has lowered the threshold for entrepreneurship, but it has not reduced the difficulty of entrepreneurship itself. What truly determines how far a company can go is still the entrepreneur's understanding of the industry, their persistence in long-term value, and the judgments they make repeatedly in uncertainty.
A youth conference should not only have a forum stage. This conference attempts to break the boundaries of traditional forums and redefine the way venture capital exchanges are conducted through more open and diverse forms of activities.
In the morning of that day, entrepreneurs, investors, and industry partners went to the Dianshan Lake scenic area to attend a rainbow kayaking water party, replacing traditional greetings with a side by side row.
Young entrepreneurs need not only a stage, but also a more free and sincere way of connection.
This time, they stand on stage, and next time they may define the stage.
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