Research missions · On the ground

Missions

Not sightseeing with a lanyard: research missions built around access — factory floors, R&D labs, founders and decision-makers of the Asian innovation ecosystem.

How a mission works

Before, during, after

Every mission is a project, not a package. This is the arc we follow with every group.

Briefing & goals

Before departure we map your objectives: technologies to scout, partners to meet, markets to test. The agenda is built around them.

Five days on the ground

Company visits, lab tours and curated meetings — humanoid robots, EVs and self-driving, big conglomerates, academic research and below-the-radar startups. Everything organized: travel, logistics, interpreting, agenda.

Follow-up that sticks

Back home, we turn notes into next steps: follow-up consultancy, introductions kept warm, and support to move from contacts to agreements.

Next mission · Nov 16–20, 2026

China Startup Business Mission

Shenzhen · Guangzhou · Hangzhou · Shanghai

Five days to discover and connect to the Chinese innovation ecosystem: humanoid robots, EVs, self-driving cars, surveillance technologies, huge conglomerates and academic research. An exclusive, all-included guided mission.


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Formats

Open missions, custom missions

Open missions

Scheduled group missions with a curated multi-city program. You join a selected group of innovators — and a network that outlasts the trip.

Custom missions & delegations

Tailor-made missions for single companies, clusters, associations and institutional delegations: agenda, destinations and meetings built entirely around your goals.

The next departure could be yours

Ask for the program of the next mission, or design one around your goals.

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