On October 10, Cocoa Capital and Qilu Cloud Business formed a delegation to participate in the opening ceremony of the “2024 Singapore-Shandong Week” and the High-Level Open Cooperation Exchange Conference between Shandong, China, and Singapore. During the event, the Singapore Jinan Hard Technology Center was officially inaugurated, with economic study groups from the Zaozhuang municipal government and Qingdao Pingdu municipal government visiting the Singapore Origgin Technology Investment Group for discussions and exchanges.

Origgin, based in Singapore, is a close partner of Cocoa Capital and Qilu Cloud Business in the region. The firm specializes in technology venture capital and has operations in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, and other countries. Cocoa Capital focuses on providing top-notch capital services to innovative enterprises, having invested in nearly a hundred projects in the smart manufacturing sector, including KuChip Microelectronics, Voda Semiconductors, Yifei Robotics, Silan Technology, and Anghua Automation. Meanwhile, Qilu Cloud Business serves as a digital service provider for urban industries, covering areas such as human resources, vocational education, and smart cultural tourism.

An essential part of the “2024 Singapore-Shandong Week” was the High-Level Open Cooperation Exchange Conference held on October 9, which attracted around 500 political and business leaders from both Singapore and Shandong. During the conference, Jinan First Investment Group and Origgin Technology Investment Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement to establish a multinational platform focusing on technology connectivity, innovation collaboration, talent exchange, and commercial interlinking.

On October 8, the Singapore Jinan Hard Technology Center was inaugurated, marking the establishment of three initial projects: the Sesvile High-Precision Sensors, Yima Low-Power AI Chips, and Brain Doctor AI Diagnostics. The center aims to serve as a hub for Southeast Asia, introducing cutting-edge science and technology from prestigious universities and research institutes in Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand to Jinan. It also encourages high-level talent from academia and industry to engage in collaborative exchanges and technology introductions in Jinan. Emphasizing new productive forces, the center is designed to drive multinational innovation cooperation through technological innovation and high-level talent engagement.

During the conference, leaders from the Zaozhuang municipal government engaged in discussions at the Origgin Group, while officials from Qingdao Pingdu city visited the Singapore Jinan Hard Technology Center.