Optical Valley Venture Coffee: the Cradle of Entrepreneurs

Optical Valley Venture Coffee: the Cradle of Entrepreneurs

On June 15, you may encounter a cup of coffee. Past? China Optical Valley? On the first floor of the Capital Building in Wuhan East Lake High-tech Zone, there is an inconspicuous cafe? Optical Valley Venture Coffee. Small cafes attract many entrepreneurs to collide with the flowers of their dreams here every day.

In Jiangcheng Wuhan, there are 6.5438+0 million college students. With the increase of college students' entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial atmosphere in Wuhan is getting stronger and stronger. In 20 12, Lei Jun went back to Wuhan to recruit college students for Xiaomi, and chatted with Li Ruxiong, an entrepreneurial partner for many years, about the garage entrepreneurial culture in Silicon Valley. They hit it off and decided to build a platform for entrepreneurs with their own funds, experience and contacts. Garage coffee+innovative works+angel investment? Optical Valley Venture Coffee came into being.

Li Ruxiong said that if you order a cup of coffee here, you can work for a free day. ? This is actually a new incubator. ?

The reason why it is called the new incubator is because Optics Valley Venture Coffee never intends to make money from coffee, but to obtain long-term returns by investing in incubation projects. Cafe promotion? A cup of coffee, a chance? The idea of gathering a group of entrepreneurs, angel investors and talents? Headhunters? , get out of here? Grassroots? There are not a few entrepreneurs who finally realize their dreams.

On the second floor of the cafe, several offices are filled with desks and computers. Every day, college students get together to discuss business plans enthusiastically.

Shao Wuhan University computer teacher, graduated from Dr. Peking University, is now an entrepreneur who develops it? Here comes the bus. APP becomes waiting for the bus? Artifact? After downloading and installing this mobile phone application software, users can query whether the bus arrives at the station, the distance and other information in real time, with daily active users of 1.5 million. But in those days, it was not so hot.

June 20 13, led by Guanggu Venture Coffee, given by Shunwei Capital and Zhenge Fund? Here comes the bus. Angel Round invested several million RMB, Alibaba invested 5 million USD in Series A in 20 14, and broadband capital entered Series B in June 20 15, with a return on investment of 150,000 USD. This entrepreneurial project has brought more than 50 times of benefits to Optics Valley Venture Coffee.

Similar? Here comes the bus. This kind of entrepreneurial project with high gold content, there will always be Optical Valley Venture Coffee, right? Gold master? . ? Time? Shortly after APP received an investment of 2 million yuan from Optics Valley Venture Coffee, some investors chased the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where founder Yi Zhu was located, and demanded to double the investment. In addition, block interaction, reading tour technology, barrier-free youth apartments, East Lake Huamu City, etc. have all received financial support, and have gradually developed and become well-known in the circle. Entrepreneurial star? .

? Optical Valley Venture Coffee found us an investment at the most critical moment of our team, which helped us a lot. ? Sun Chen, an interactive entrepreneur, said that now the company is working in the free space given by Optical Valley Venture Coffee, and it has also received an investment of nearly 10 million yuan, and the next step will be even stronger.

Up to now, Optical Valley Venture Coffee has opened five branches in Wuhan, chain stores in Chengdu and other places, and hosted and co-organized 20 large-scale entrepreneurial activities? Bronze Hui? , nearly 50 projects passed? Bronze Hui? Got the investment, and the financing amount exceeded 560 million.

In addition, roadshows, entrepreneurial free clinics, angel appointments, entrepreneurial night schools, Qingtong projects and other activities were held. There were nearly 500 entrepreneurial theme activities such as micro roadshows and mobile Internet salons, with nearly 50,000 participants.

In just two years, Optical Valley Venture Coffee has hatched nearly 80 entrepreneurial teams and trained more than 5,000 entrepreneurial projects. Entrepreneurial mentors have solved problems for more than 2,000 entrepreneurs one-on-one.

There is more than one such coffee shop in Optics Valley of China. Optical Valley Dreamer Coffee, Optical Valley Chuangku Coffee, Optical Valley DEMO Coffee, Optical Valley Chuangying Coffee, Optical Valley Bronze Garden Venture Coffee, Zhong Da Kechuang Coffee? More and more cafes are emerging, and more entrepreneurs will hear the voice of bloom in the cafes.

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