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We empower young creators to address SDG challenges through
Where They Are
YGT entrepreneurs and startups are around the world.
Each dot on this map represents a city that hosts YGT alumni.
What We Do Best
Training
Through YGT Flying Program
YGT Flying Academy
YGT hosts Flying Academy for YGTers quarterly. It is an intensive close-door learning session. It is composed of case-study based on YGTers’ real business, expert sharing, and brainstorming. The Academy helps YGTers keep updated with the latest trends and come up with creative solutions for their own business.
Professional Services
Business services our talented team provides
Financial & Legal Advisory
With the leading professional service providers, YGT builds long-term and high quality collaborative relationships. This guarantees YGT entreprises a sound legal structure and/or good investment.
Network
Generate amazing connections through the YGT Ecosystem
YGT Flying Academy
YGT hosts Flying Academy for YGTers quarterly. It is an intensive close-door learning session. It is composed of case-study based on YGTers’ real business, expert sharing, and brainstorming. The Academy helps YGTers keep updated with the latest trends and come up with creative solutions for their own business.
Training
Through
YGT Flying Academy program.
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YGT Flying Academy
YGT hosts Flying Academy for YGTers quarterly. It is an intensive close-door learning session. It is composed of case-study based on YGTers’ real business, expert sharing, and brainstorming. The Academy helps YGTers keep updated with the latest trends and come up with creative solutions for their own business.
Professional Services
Business services our talented team provides
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Financial & Legal Advisory
With the leading professional service providers, YGT builds long-term and high quality collaborative relationships. This guarantees YGT entreprises a sound legal structure and/or good investment.
Network
Generate amazing connections through the YGT Ecosystem
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YGT Ecosystem
YGT closely works with media outlets, incubators, academic institutions, VCs, big corporations and so on. YGT also has hundreds of alumni, mentors, advisors globally. Together, we build this ecosystem empowering global green entrepreneurs.
Training
YGT Flying Academy Program.
YGT hosts Flying Academy for YGTers quarterly. It is an intensive close-door learning session. It is composed of case-study based on YGTers’ real business, expert sharing, and brainstorming. The Academy helps YGTers keep updated with the latest trends and come up with creative solutions for their own business.
Professional Services
Financial & Legal Advisory
With the leading professional service providers, YGT builds long-term and high quality collaborative relationships. This guarantees YGT entreprises a sound legal structure and/or good investment.
Network
YGT Ecosystem
YGT hosts Flying Academy for YGTers quarterly. It is an intensive close-door learning session. It is composed of case-study based on YGTers’ real business, expert sharing, and brainstorming. The Academy helps YGTers keep updated with the latest trends and come up with creative solutions for their own business.
//Competition
YGT Global Competition
We award startups and people.
YGT calls for applications once a year. Applications will be reviewed by a jury group composed of investors, researchers, business leaders and specialists.
Selected startups will be honored as YGT Enterprise whose founder(s) will be invited to join the final competition. Those who eventually stand out will be honored as YGT Entrepreneur of the Year.
Training
YGT Flying Academy
YGT hosts Flying Academy for YGTers quarterly. It is an intensive close-door learning program which features case-study based on YGTers’ real business, expert sharing, and brainstorming. The Academy helps YGTers keep updated with the latest trends and come up with creative solutions for their own business.
Professional Services
Financial & Legal Advisory Services
With the leading professional service providers, YGT builds long-term and high quality collaborative relationships. This guarantees YGT entreprises a sound legal structure and/or good investment.
Network
YGT Ecosystem
YGT closely works with media outlets, incubators, academic institutions, VCs, big corporations and so on. YGT also has hundreds of alumni, mentors, advisors globally. Together, we build this ecosystem empowering global green entrepreneurs.
Our Advisors
Wang Shi
Founder & Honorary Chairman,
Vanke Co.
Vanke Co.
WANG Shi is the founder and the Honorary Chairman of China Vanke Co., Ltd. Under his leadership, Vanke has grown into one of the world’s largest residential real estate developers and China’s pioneer in green construction. In recent years, Wang has been leading environmental initiatives among Chinese private sector companies. With a global vision of environmental sustainability, he sits on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Governance for Sustainability. He is also the board director of World Wildlife Fund-US, a member of the Leadership Council of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves under the UN Foundation.
Danny Kennedy
Managing Director, CalCEF Ventures
Chief Energy Officer, New Energy Nexus
Chief Energy Officer, New Energy Nexus
Danny Kennedy is a clean technology entrepreneur, an environmental activist, and an author. Kennedy currently serves as managing director of the California Clean Energy Fund, a non-profit dedicated to supporting clean energy startups. Its family of initiatives include CalCharge, a public-private partnership working to accelerate the development, commercialization, and adoption of new energy storage technologies (Kennedy serves as President); New Energy Nexus, a global network of clean energy incubators and accelerators providing support to global startups; CalSEED, a funding and professional development program for innovators and entrepreneurs working to bring early-stage clean energy concepts to market.
Yu Lizhong
Founding Chancellor & Chairman of the Board,
NYU Shanghai
NYU Shanghai
Yu Lizhong joined NYU Shanghai from ECNU, where he served as president from 2006-2012. Prior to his presidency at ECNU, Yu served as president of Shanghai Normal University. Chancellor Yu’s research focuses on environmental processes, environmental change, and sustainable development. He has published over 150 refereed papers in major journals and is widely recognized as an influential scholar in the field. He also serves on the boards of multiple educational, environmental, and scientific organizations throughout China.
Feng Lun
Founder, Vantone Group
Chairman
Yufeng (F&E) Capital Holdings Co., Ltd.
Yufeng (F&E) Capital Holdings Co., Ltd.
Mr. Feng Lun is the Chairman of Yufeng Capital Holdings Co., Ltd., Independent Director of NetEase, Haitong Securities Company Limited, and China Everbright Bank Company Limited. Mr. Feng Lun founded Vantone Group in 1991 and has led its development as the chairman for 25 years. In June 2004, Mr. Feng Lun, together with around 100 renowned Chinese entrepreneurs, established the Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE), an organization committed to desertification control and environmental protection. Today, SEE has emerged as the most famous NGO working for environmental protection in China.
Susan Rockefeller
Documentary Filmmaker,
Artist and Conservationist
Artist and Conservationist
Susan Rockefeller is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, artist, and conservationist. Her latest endeavor, Musings, is a digital magazine that curates ideas and innovations that pave the way for a more sustainable future. In her film work, Susan is a Principal of Louverture films and a member of the Film Committee for the Museum of Modern Art. Her original films, including Food For Thought, Food for Life, Striking a Chord, Making the Crooked Straight, and Mission of Mermaids, have aired on HBO, PBS, and the Discovery Channel.
Zhu Gongshan
Founder & Chairman,
GCL Group Holdings Limited
GCL Group Holdings Limited
Zhu Gongshan is the founder and chairman of GCL Group, an international energy conglomerate specializing in clean and sustainable energy. It tops the industry in solar materials manufacturing and the development, construction and operation of new energy projects. With a total asset value of around RMB 200 billion, GCL has generated revenues of over RMB 100 billion for many consecutive years. It now employs more than 40,000 employees worldwide and has been ranked in the top 4 of the global top 500 new energy enterprises for years.
Chauncey Shey
Managing Partner,
Softbank China Capital (SBCVC)
Softbank China Capital (SBCVC)
Chauncey Shey is a distinguished venture capitalist and high-tech entrepreneur. Mr. Shey has successful startup experience in the United States & China in his early years. He founded Softbank China in 2000 and has been acting as its Managing Partner since then. Mr. Shey co-founded UTStarcom, Inc (NASDAQ: UTSI), and served as its Executive Vice-President and board member. Mr. Shey was elected as one of “Forbes China’s Best Venture Capitalists” several times.
Our Advisors
Wang Shi
Founder & Honorary Chairman
WANG Shi is the founder and the Honorary Chairman of China Vanke Co., Ltd. Under his leadership, Vanke has grown into one of the world’s largest residential real estate developers and China’s pioneer in upholding the vision of green construction. In recent years, Wang has been leading environmental initiatives among Chinese private sector companies. With a global vision of environmental sustainability, he sits on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Governance for Sustainability. He is also the board director of World Wildlife Fund-US, a member of the Leadership Council of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves under the UN Foundation.
Danny Kennedy
Managing Director, CalCEF Ventures | Chief Energy Officer, New Energy Nexus
Danny Kennedy is a clean technology entrepreneur, an environmental activist, and an author. Kennedy currently serves as managing director of the California Clean Energy Fund, a non-profit dedicated to supporting clean energy startups. Its family of initiatives include CalCharge, a public-private partnership working to accelerate the development, commercialization, and adoption of new energy storage technologies (Kennedy serves as President); New Energy Nexus, a global network of clean energy incubators and accelerators providing the support to global startups; CalSEED, a funding and professional development program for innovators and entrepreneurs working to bring early-stage clean energy concepts to market.
Yu Lizhong
Founding Chancellor & Chairman of the Board NYU Shanghai
Yu Lizhong joined NYU Shanghai from ECNU, where he served as president from 2006 – 2012. Prior to his presidency at ECNU, Yu also served as president of Shanghai Normal University. Chancellor Yu’s research focuses on environmental processes, environmental change, and sustainable development. He has published over 150 refereed papers in major journals and is widely recognized as an influential scholar in the field, serving on the boards of multiple educational, environmental, and scientific organizations throughout China.
Feng Lun
Founder, Vantone Group Chairman, Yufeng (F&E) Capital Holdings Co., Ltd.
Mr. Feng Lun is the Chairman of Yufeng Capital Holdings Co., Ltd., Independent Director of NetEase, Haitong Securities Company Limited, and China Everbright Bank Company Limited. Mr. Feng Lun began to lead the establishment and development of Vantone Group for 25 years since 1991 and always act as Chairman. In June 2004, Mr. Feng Lun together with nearly 100 renowned Chinese entrepreneurs, established the society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE), an organization committed to desertification control and environmental protection. Today, the SEE has emerged as the most famous non-governmental environmental protection agency in China.
Susan Rockefeller
Documentary Filmmaker, Artist and Conservationist
Susan Rockefeller is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, artist, and conservationist. Her latest endeavor, Musings, is a digital magazine that curates ideas and innovations that pave the way for a more sustainable future. In her film work, Susan is a Principal of Louverture films and a member of the Film Committee for the Museum of Modern Art. Her original films, including Food For Thought, Food for Life, Striking a Chord, Making the Crooked Straight, and Mission of Mermaids, have aired on HBO, PBS, and the Discovery Channel.
Chauncey Shey
Managing Partner Softbank China Capital (SBCVC)
Chauncey Shey is a distinguished venture capitalist and high-tech entrepreneur. Mr. Shey has successful startup experience in the United States & China in his early years. He founded Softbank China in 2000 and has been acting as its Managing Partner since then. Mr. Shey co-founded UTStarcom, Inc (NASDAQ: UTSI), and served as its Executive Vice-President and board member. Mr. Shey was elected as one of “Forbes China’s Best Venture Capitalists” several times.
Zhu Gongshan
Founder, Chairman, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of GCL Group Holdings Limited
Zhu Gongshan is the founder of GCL Group, which is a global leading innovative enterprise that focuses on the integration of hydrogen storage in wind and solar power generation and source network load storage, new energy, clean energy and new ecology of mobile energy industries, and the coordinated development of silicon materials, lithium materials, carbon materials, integrated circuit core materials and other related industries. The asset of GCL has reached nearly 200 billion yuan, and its revenue has exceeded 100 billion yuan for many consecutive years. GCL has more than 40,000 employees globally and has been ranked in the top 4 of the global top 500 new energy enterprises for years.