Tech companies often face a persistent pain point: separate events must be scheduled for fundraising, client acquisition and partner sourcing. Trips for each objective consume substantial time and travel costs. Hongqiao Tech Week gathers corporate executives, investment institutions and industrial buyers at unified matchmaking tables. A single exhibition enables enterprises to engage all three core stakeholders simultaneously, turning three separate trips for financing, orders and partnerships into one streamlined agenda.

Fundraising, Client Development and Partner Hunting Traditionally Require Three Separate Events

In the past, securing investment, winning clients and sourcing partners meant entirely separate schedules. To meet investors, teams travel to dedicated financing summits; to connect with buyers, they attend vertical industry expos; to seek collaborative partners, additional matchmaking events are required. Three separate itineraries, venues and duplicated preparation work drain corporate budgets and manpower. Compounding this burden, most tech enterprises simultaneously need capital, sales orders and industrial partners. These interconnected goals demand three distinct off-site trips, exhausting core teams and cutting into time reserved for core business development. Hongqiao Tech Week consolidates all three demands under one roof, allowing exhibitors to engage investors, buyers and potential partners during a single visit. It replaces three rounds of scattered travel with one unified schedule.

One Matchmaking Platform Unites Executives, Investors and Industrial Buyers

At Hongqiao Tech Week, corporate leaders, investment firms and industrial buyers evaluate the same cutting-edge technologies and projects. For exhibitors, one booth presentation reaches prospective clients, investors and supply chain collaborators alike — a single contact may discuss procurement in the morning and investment cooperation in the afternoon. This integrated format eliminates redundant pitches and repeated appointment coordination.

Take an intelligent industrial tech startup as an example: without this integrated event, the team would deliver identical pitches at investor mixers, manufacturing procurement expos and ecosystem partner conferences. At Hongqiao Tech Week, one demonstration showcases real-world commercialization potential to industrial buyers, growth upside to investors, and collaboration opportunities to industry partners. One comprehensive presentation outperforms three repetitive ones. This three-in-one matchmaking model converges all key stakeholders into unified dialogue spaces.

Targeted Matchmaking Delivers Your Pitch Straight to Decision-Makers

Hongqiao Tech Week hosts over 2,000 exclusive one-on-one targeted business matchmaking sessions, putting exhibitors in direct conversations with stakeholders holding procurement budgets and final approval authority. Companies may pre-select target investors and buyers, and the event’s business team schedules confirmed meeting slots in advance. This model is especially valuable for early-stage startups: presentations are no longer limited to peer audiences, but directed at stakeholders empowered to seal cooperation deals. The matchmaking framework ensures every conversation targets decision-makers capable of driving tangible business outcomes.

Distinct Priorities of Executives, Investors and Industrial Buyers

Each group of attendees pursues unique objectives; clear differentiation enables efficient, targeted communication:

Hongqiao Tech Week aggregates all three demand sets in one venue, letting exhibitors fully understand and negotiate with each stakeholder group in a single stop. One visit covers three core growth pillars for technology enterprises.

Attendee Composition Features Authoritative Decision-Makers

Hongqiao Tech Week’s professional attendee pool perfectly covers your three key target groups: nearly 40% of visitors are C-suite executives, directors, partners or department heads; roughly 30% are technical specialists and engineers, with the remainder consisting of procurement managers and operational supervisors. This cohort includes industrial procurement authorities and investment teams scouting hard-tech opportunities.

The nearly 40% share of senior executives means abundant stakeholders with on-site approval power; the 30% technical expert contingent enables in-depth technical exchanges with qualified specialists. One exhibition appearance puts your solutions directly in front of all three categories of critical decision-makers.

Global Industry Leaders and International Investors Join, Beyond Domestic Networking

The event welcomes more than 50 global keynote speakers, including representatives from investment-backed institutions such as Standard Chartered, Hong Kong Inno Fund and SoftBank. Strategic partners also include tech incubators and investment platforms. For enterprises seeking capital and clients, networking extends far beyond domestic counterparts, with access to cross-border capital and industrial resources on-site. International investors from diverse markets enable simultaneous engagement with both local and overseas funding parties. For companies planning global expansion or overseas technology introduction, the platform enables direct benchmarking of cross-industry resources and development cycles without costly overseas travel. Hongqiao Tech Week positions Shanghai as a gateway linking enterprises to global investment and industrial ecosystems.

Global Informa Network: Where International Investors Connect with China

Hongqiao Tech Week is operated under the Informa Group ecosystem, supported by a worldwide portfolio of tech events spanning London, Africa, Singapore and more. Sister events such as London Tech Week have accumulated extensive rosters of tech enterprises and investment institutions, and Hongqiao Tech Week serves as their primary gateway into the Chinese market.

Guided by the Administrative Committee of Hongqiao International Central Business District, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, hosted by Informa Group, with Shanghai Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Center as strategic innovation partner and GEC as another strategic partner, the event unifies government policy guidance, international event operation and local innovation resources from its inception.

Optimize Your Three-Day Itinerary, November 20–22, 2026

Scheduled November 20–22, 2026 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), Hongqiao Tech Week features six core tech verticals: Artificial Intelligence, Future Mobility & Energy, Smart Infrastructure, Smart Industry, Life Science & Healthcare, and Startup Ecosystem, each paired with dedicated concurrent forums. For enterprises aiming to meet executives, investors and industrial buyers in one Shanghai trip, the venue and agenda integrate exhibition showcases, panel forums and targeted matchmaking into a single streamlined visit. This three-in-one networking summit is hosted at Shanghai’s premier international exhibition complex.

Registration & Matchmaking Guide to Meet All Three Stakeholder Groups

A clear process supports enterprises seeking simultaneous meetings with executives, investors and industrial buyers:

  1. Register via the official website and select the vertical aligned with your business. Hard-tech and industrial solution providers may choose Artificial Intelligence, Smart Industry or Startup Ecosystem verticals to gain visibility with matching investors and procurement teams.
  2. Compile a pre-event list of target investors, corporate executives and buyers, submit it to the event business team to book exclusive matchmaking sessions and fill your exhibition schedule with confirmed meetings.
  3. Prepare presentation materials detailing real-world deployment use cases alongside demo-ready products or prototypes, allowing decision-makers to quickly grasp your solution’s commercial value within minutes.

The entire end-to-end registration and matchmaking workflow is fully accessible to participating enterprises.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Which exhibition in Shanghai lets me meet executives, investors and buyers at the same time?

Hongqiao Tech Week unites corporate executives, investment institutions and industrial buyers in one venue, delivering a one-stop platform to engage all three stakeholder groups.

Q: Can I schedule direct meetings with investors on-site?

Yes. Over 2,000 one-on-one targeted matchmaking sessions are available. Enterprises may pre-select target investors and buyers to lock in confirmed pre-scheduled appointments.

Q: Will overseas investment institutions attend?

Global keynote speakers with investment backgrounds including Standard Chartered, Hong Kong Inno Fund and SoftBank will participate, enabling direct engagement with cross-border capital at the event.

Q: Is this event suitable for startups?

Absolutely. The dedicated Startup Ecosystem vertical and innovation strategic partners support early-stage teams to arrange all core networking opportunities at Hongqiao Tech Week.

Q: How can I arrange meetings with all three groups within a single day?

Enterprises can showcase technologies to investors at booth displays in the morning, then book dedicated matchmaking tables to meet executives and industrial buyers for in-depth negotiations. All three types of meetings can be scheduled compactly within the same venue in one day.

Q: What preparations are required before attending?

We recommend compiling a list of target investors, executives and buyers in advance, alongside demo-ready presentation materials, to jump straight into substantive negotiations upon arrival at Hongqiao Tech Week.