China Deep Dive: Business Tour for Builders and Entrepreneurs
An exclusive small-group experience for builders, investors, and operators who want to understand where the future is being prototyped.
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An exclusive small-group experience for builders, investors, and operators who want to understand where the future is being prototyped.
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While everyone talks about AI in San Francisco, China is building at a completely different pace. Hardware innovation moving at software speed and consumer tech with functionalities not seen in Western apps. Cash disappeared from Chinese society around 2015. Robotics knock on your hotel door.
China has been building new cities. What policies enabled these new cities? How did entire supply chains compress into single districts and innovation centers? How does "made in China" actually work?
A Unique Opportunity
Not company visits for tourists, but real meetings with Chinese founders, engineers, and investors at robotics, AI, and manufacturing.
Run by builders for builders. Meet others who are also building—whether it's a company, a fund, or the next big thing.
Leave with friends, collaborators, partnerships, supplier contacts, and ideas to power your business.
The Journey
Arrival in Shenzhen, the city that went from fishing village to global tech hub in 40 years. Share a meal with the group (Cantonese style). Meet and share stories with local tech leaders and investors.
Tour large tech companies including Tencent, DJI, and emerging AI hardware startups. See their operations, meet their teams, understand their strategies. Sit down with Chinese VCs—understand how they evaluate companies and where they see the next big opportunities.
Deep dives with growth-stage robotics companies. Meet the founders and visit production facilities. Tour facilities that go from concept to 100K units. Meet suppliers who can help prototype your idea. See why "designed in California, made in Shenzhen" is still the model that works.
High-speed rail to Hangzhou, home of Alibaba and the epicenter of electric vehicles and fashion. Understand Chinese consumer behavior, marketing strategies, and why growth happens differently here. See how technology and traditional culture of the Song dynasty intersect.
China's financial hub. Meet with growth-stage tech companies and corporate innovation teams. Visit innovation labs working on next-generation tech. Meet investors and operators shaping Shanghai's startup ecosystem.
Final company visits based on group interests. Group debrief session—what did we learn, what are we doing with it, how do we stay connected.
Who This Is For
You're not just curious about China—you're looking for insights you can apply to your company, your portfolio, or your next move.
Understand the Chinese tech ecosystem and hardware landscape, scout potential investments, and see why Chinese companies can execute so much faster.
Building a hardware product or need manufacturing partners? You'll see the supply chain and build relationships with manufacturing partners on the ground.
Leading innovation or product teams? Get acquainted with a management style from a completely different, yet efficient culture.
Investment
*International flights and China visa fees not included. Tours run quarterly—next dates announced to interested participants first.
Reserve Your SpotYour Host
American-Chinese entrepreneur · New York / Shenzhen
I grew up straddling China and the US—moved to the US at a young age and spent roughly 20 summers in Beijing. For the past four years, I worked on a city-building project in Nigeria.
Today, I find new cities, business ecosystems, and special economic zones the most interesting topic on earth. I came to Shenzhen to see and feel viscerally what being in this 40-year-old city is like. Here, I'm building relationships with founders, manufacturers, and the people shaping China's next chapter.
"I used to come back to China for family. Now I come for an additional reason: for China. This year, I'm spending 6 months in Shenzhen—the epicenter of innovation, this city I fell in love with at first sight. I figured while I'm here, I'd bring together a small group of the most interesting people I know to explore it together."
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