Pitch your company at this year's Startup Spotlight
This exciting competition offers innovative entrepreneurs a chance to pitch their company at ChinaBio® Partnering Forum 2026.
Priority Review Deadline to Apply: Friday, March 6, 2026
What to expect
Selected companies will have the opportunity to make a 6-minute pitch and participate in a live feedback session with a jury of leading investors, pharma dealmakers, and biotech business key opinion leaders who will evaluate the pitches and select the winner onsite in Shanghai, China.
Pitching Benefits
- Visibility: Generate interest among the global life science audience attending ChinaBio® Partnering Forum.
- A complimentary registration to attend ChinaBio® Partnering Forum and request one-to-one meetings, facilitated by partneringONE™, with investors and other attendees.
- Startup Spotlight Winner —
- Selected by judges: A complimentary registration to attend a future EBD event.
Fee Structure
- Pitch fee: $195.00
*Qualifying criteria must be met for this rate
Pitching Criteria
Applications can be submitted by companies that meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Company created in the past three years, or innovation incubated within a company for a maximum of three years.
- Developing new therapeutic solutions, technology and digital platforms.
- Aggregate funding of 10 million USD or less.
- Company with less than 20 employees.

2025 Startup Spotlight winner
Congratulations to the Startup Spotlight at ChinaBio Partnering Forum 2025 winner, Bioarchitech.
Bioarchitech is mining the genetic code of viruses to produce multifunctional therapies. Their candidates both kill cancer cells and induce immunity.
Thank you to Pfizer for sponsoring this year's competition, and to all our other finalists and entries.