The Acceleration of Integration between Technological Innovation and Capital Power

Currently, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is rapidly evolving, with high-growth enterprises continuously emerging in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, intelligent manufacturing, and new energy. Meanwhile, the valuation logic, financing environment, and exit pathways of global capital markets are undergoing profound adjustments.

For tech unicorns, how to convert technological advantages into sustainable business models, how to leverage capital power to achieve industrialization, scaling, and international development, has become the key to determining the long-term value of enterprises. Technological innovation can only truly leap from breakthrough to value creation if it forms effective synergy with industrial demand, capital support, and market mechanisms.

Based in Hong Kong, Building a Platform for Capital and Technological Innovation Connection

The 2026 Global Unicorn Summit, hosted by the Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, will be held from August 24 to 25 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The summit will bring together academicians, founders of unicorn enterprises, well-known primary and secondary market investment institutions, policy regulatory agencies, and representatives of global startups to jointly build an international exchange platform for in-depth connections between technological innovation, financial capital, and industrial resources.

As an important part of the summit, the "Financial Capital and Tech Unicorn" parallel sub-forum will take place on the afternoon of August 24 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hall 3G. The forum is hosted by the Global Value Investment Association and the Hong Kong Private Equity Investment Association, co-organized by the Entrepreneur Club of the China International Business School, and has received strategic support from the Hong Kong Club, Hong Kong Business School, Hang Yi Investment Institute, and the Listed Companies Secretaries Club. The magazine "Caijing" and Hong Kong Communication Agency will provide media support to promote the dissemination and influence of the forum's professional content.

This forum will fully gather the professional advantages of participating institutions in areas such as investment research, entrepreneur resources, investment education, listed company services, industrial synergy, and financial communication, engaging in in-depth discussions on how financial capital can identify, cultivate, and unleash the long-term value of tech unicorns. Key topics discussed will include the industrialization of technological achievements, corporate financing and listing, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border capital allocation, corporate governance, and globalization development.

Leveraging the resource accumulation of the Global Value Investment Association in multinational funds, family offices, and long-term institutional investors, combined with the entrepreneur network of the Entrepreneur Club of the China International Business School, as well as the professional capabilities of various strategic supporting institutions in business education, listed company governance, industrial resource connectivity, and capital market services, the forum will further facilitate precise matchmaking between investment institutions, tech innovation enterprises, industrial capital, and professional service institutions.

At the same time, the media support from "Caijing" and Hong Kong Communication Agency will further enhance the forum's outreach in finance, technology, and capital market fields, driving tech innovation enterprises with core technologies, industrial prospects, and long-term value to gain more market attention and cooperation opportunities, continuously expanding the professional influence of the forum in Hong Kong and international capital markets.

Integrating Industrial and Venture Capital Forces, Assessing the Long-term Value of Unicorns

The speakers at this forum span various fields including physical industries, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, macroeconomic research, corporate governance, and cross-border capital operations, possessing forward-looking perspectives, professional judgments, and practical experience.

Zhao Tao, Chairman of the Board of Longer Pharma and President of the Entrepreneur Club of the China International Business School, will bring insights from the perspective of physical industry management and the entrepreneur ecosystem, discussing how tech innovation enterprises connect industrial resources, expand application scenarios, and transform innovative results into sustainable operational capabilities.

In the field of venture capital, Liu Erhai, Founder and Executive Partner of Yuyue Capital, has long focused on the growth of tech innovation and new economy enterprises, and will share insights on the growth patterns, business models, and investment values of tech unicorns from the perspective of venture capital and long-term capital.

Zhu Jinqiao, Founder and Chairman of Yifeng Capital, has long engaged in the fields of biomedicine, medical devices, and medical technology, and will explore the technological barriers, industrial prospects, value discovery, and long-term cultivation of tech enterprises, based on his specialized investment experience.

The multidimensional exchanges between industry operators and professional investors will help participants understand the long-term value of unicorn enterprises more comprehensively from different angles such as technical capabilities, business models, industrial space, management teams, and capital efficiency.

Enhancing Mergers and Acquisitions Empowerment, Expanding Corporate Capitalization Pathways

In the context of continuously changing IPO market environments, valuation systems, and exit mechanisms, mergers and acquisitions are gradually becoming an important pathway for tech innovation enterprises to achieve industrial integration, value release, and capital exit.

Yu Tiecheng, Director of Guanghui M&A Research Institute, will analyze the capital pathways of mutual empowerment between tech unicorns and listed companies from the perspective of mergers and acquisitions and industrial integration, and explore how to promote effective integration of technology, market, channels, and capital resources through industrial mergers.

Yu Zhaohui, Partner at Yuanzhi Capital, combining practice in the tech investment and intelligent manufacturing fields, will share his professional judgments on the growth of hard tech companies and industrial integration, focusing on industrialization of technological achievements, corporate capitalization, and diversified exit mechanisms.

Zhang Ke, Founder of Baker Capital and former Chief Investment Officer of HNA Capital, will discuss how tech innovation enterprises connect with global capital and integrate international resources from the perspectives of international finance, cross-border investment, and large merger transactions, using Hong Kong to connect Mainland and international markets.

Through in-depth dialogues among M&A experts, investment institutions, and industrial capital, the forum will further explore the diverse pathways for tech innovation enterprises from financing growth to listing development, merger integration, and globalization layout. The significance of capital empowerment lies not only in providing funding but also in helping enterprises optimize resource allocation, enhance industrial synergy efficiency, and expand long-term development space.

Improving Corporate Governance, Solidifying the Foundation of Long-term Value

Unicorn enterprises moving from rapid growth to long-term development require not only financial support but also more mature corporate governance, organizational incentives, and communication capabilities with capital markets.

Zheng Peimin, Founder and Chairman of Shanghai Rongzheng Consulting Service (Group) Co., Ltd., will explore how tech innovation enterprises improve governance mechanisms, invigorate organizational vitality, and gradually establish a long-term value system oriented towards capital markets from the perspectives of corporate governance, equity incentives, mergers and acquisitions, and value management.

Li Mingyu, Chairman of Qianhe Holdings, will provide practical insights for tech innovation enterprises in financing development, resource integration, and capital market connections based on his experience in capital operations and corporate services.

Transforming from a startup to a unicorn, and from a unicorn to a globally competitive mature enterprise, requires companies to establish standardized governance, talent incentives, risk control, and value communication systems alongside technological innovation. Truly long-term valuable unicorns must not only achieve scale growth but must also develop operational capabilities that can endure industrial cycles and withstand capital market tests.

Looking Globally, Expanding the Development Space of Tech Innovation Enterprises

In the face of ongoing changes in the global economic landscape, industrial chain structure, and capital flow, tech innovation enterprises need to view international market opportunities with a more open and long-term perspective.

Xia Chun, Founder of Zhihui Group, Chief Economic Advisor of the Global Value Investment Association, and Vice President of the Hong Kong International Financial Society, will analyze the opportunities, challenges, and long-term allocation value faced by tech investment from the perspectives of global economic cycles, capital market trends, and asset pricing logic.

Cheng Hanwen, Chairman of the China Enterprises Going Global Alliance, will share strategic insights and practical pathways for Chinese tech innovation enterprises' internationalization, global industrial chain synergy, and overseas market entry.

The combination of macroeconomic research and corporate internationalization practice will further assist tech innovation enterprises in understanding global capital flows, industrial migrations, and market changes, finding suitable cross-border financing, industrial cooperation, and overseas expansion pathways according to their development stage.

Connecting Long-term Capital, Co-creating the Future of Tech Innovation

This forum will integrate the key steps of unicorn enterprises from technological innovation, industrial landing, financing growth to listing mergers and globalization development, focusing not only on investment opportunities in cutting-edge technology tracks but also on corporate business models, governance capabilities, capital efficiency, and long-term competitiveness.

Through in-depth dialogues among industry operators, investment institutions, M&A experts, macro researchers, and professional service institutions, the forum will further promote the formation of a value closed-loop between technology, capital, industry, and market, providing a high-quality communication platform for investment institutions to discover long-term opportunities, for tech innovation enterprises to connect with key resources, and for industrial capital to find partners.

The Global Value Investment Association looks forward to using this forum as an opportunity to leverage its connection advantages in multinational funds, family offices, long-term institutional investors, and professional service resources to promote precise matchmaking between quality capital and high-potential tech innovation enterprises, helping more enterprises with core technologies, industrial prospects, and international competitiveness to leverage the Hong Kong capital market to go global.

Gather long-term capital, empower technological innovation; connect industrial resources, co-create the long-term value of unicorn enterprises.