100 Israeli tech companies pitch to Chinese investors

GoforIsrael conference expects 1,000 Chinese investors to September 20th Shanghai event spotlighting Israeli startups in life sciences, media, telecom, internet and green tech.
Yair Shamir (Managing Partner, Catalyst Fund), Ronnie Chan (Chairman of Hang Lung Properties) and Edouard Cukierman (Chairman of Cukierman Investment House and Managing Partner of Catalyst CEL). Photo courtesy

Some 1,000 Chinese investors and financing groups are expected to take part in today’s GoforIsrael Israeli investments conference in Shanghai, including heavy hitters Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, Lenovo, Fosun, PingAn, China Everbright, SAIF Partners, Sinopec, CYND, Sailing Capital, GTJA, and GF Xinde.GoForIsrael logo

The event, being held today at the Grand Hyatt in Shanghai and organized by Cukierman Investment House and Catalyst Funds, will include elevator pitches by 30 Israeli firms as well as a spotlight on 100 blue-and-white high-tech and startup companies.

Among the Israeli companies taking part are Mobileye, Kaminario, Xjet, Tufin, Zerto, Wework, Satixfy, ReWalk Robotics, Juganu and many others in the fields of life sciences (such as Upright, HeraMed, Real Imaging, Real View Imaging), media/telecom/internet (Kaminario, Ripples, Continuse, Sqream) and green tech(Pentalum, Growponics).