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Shenzhen-based tech unicorn to be the leading partners in intelligent hardware are matched to these other platforms.
world’s largest platform for companies innovation, financing, marketing services.
developing internet of things (IoT) devices. INGDAN.com will select the highest-
Early this year, about 10,000 start-ups and Riding China’s robot boom, Ingdan.com
8,000 hardware manufacturing suppliers launched EZ-ROBOT.CN in July to team quality projects
had registered accounts on IngDan’s online up with Intel Corp and Japanese suppliers
platform, which had about eight million in ¬robotics in a partnership to capitalise and provide them
registered followers. on growth in emerging markets, focusing
on supporting those startups with core complete end-to-end
It is seeing more start-ups and established technologies, which would help upgrade
hardware enterprises join the platform, China’s robotics industry, as well as services. Intelligent
which also serves as a matchmaker to help inviting more global investors to invest in
solve funding and other problems, focusing these emerging robotics start-ups in China hardware companies
on several fields including Artificial at a later stage, according to Ingdan.com.
Intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) The platform aimed at accommodating on the platform are
devices, chips, an-conditioning systems, more than1,000 robotics start-ups and 500
toys, routing, smart homes, smart vehicle, upstream suppliers in 2017. also able to leverage
top-up systems, healthcare and wearables
and so on. In October, Ingdan.com unveiled an INGDAN.com's user
innovative initiative Crowdfunding
As of this month, the platform has been Connector “聚投100” to recruit and fund base of over eight
developing rapidly with 16,000 start- 100 intelligent hardware startups for
ups and 14,215 hardware manufacturing their internet of things (IoT) projects. million users to
suppliers and more than 16 million Thousands of entrepreneurs across the
registered followers. world already had submitted their projects gain attention and
to (BP@cogobuy.com).
With solutions and opportunities offered funding for their
by IngDan, a big number of Chinese The IngDan Crowdfunding Connector is a
manufacturers are approachable for crowdfunding platform linking to various CEO Mr. Kang products.
companies – overseas or domestic - to other creditable and popular crowdfunding
move into production quickly and helps platforms as Ingdan and Cogobuy has Thus far, several products on INGDAN.
them respond to changing customer needs, several strategic agreements with the com have beat their funding targets in less
by finding new or lower-cost components, crowdfunding platforms of JD.com, than a day on the IngDan Crowdfunding
especially in internet of things (IoT) in Taobao Marketplace, Suning Commerce, Connector.
manufacturing. and others, under which intelligent
hardware enterprises registered on IngDan IngDan is now endorsed by local authorities
Growing tech start-ups from Hong Kong, because of its fabulous performance and
Israel, Japan, South Korea, Italy and contributions to the tech industry in
the United States are joining hands with Shenzhen and the mainland.
IngDan to build up their physical products
in the mainland and introduce the devices In November, it was selected by Shenzhen
to consumers in the mainland through the government as a speaker to represent "new
company’s partnerships with distribution commercial activities" companies at the
channels and media relations. second Shenzhen Maker Week.

Besides being the link for internet of things Local and central authorities of China
(IoT), IngDan is now stepping up to expand have launched various supportive policies
and forge a whole ecosystem for more for enterprises of IngDan’s kind to
tries in Cross-Industry Cooperation with become innovation platform to promote
the country’s intelligent manufacturing
development, which would be China’s
new engine to upgrade the traditional
industries and the economy.

Jeffrey Kang, CEO of Cogobuy Group,
said the ultimate goal of the Shenzhen-
based company is to be "the Alibaba in
the intelligent manufacturing industry",
creating a sharing economy between
enterprisers and consumers.

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