Innovation Camp

Innovation Camp, also called iCamp, is an incubator and venture investor that started in Shanghai. It concentrates on early-stage internet businesses and, more recently, on artificial intelligence and the products built with it.

Services

• Incubation: helps young start-ups get going, with the team working alongside founders.
• Early-stage investment: puts capital into seed-stage internet and AI companies.
• AI focus: its current attention is on AI technology and its applications.
• Cross-border reach: has worked with start-ups in both China and Silicon Valley.

Customers and markets

Early-stage founders in mobile internet and AI. The firm says it has incubated and invested in about seventy start-ups, including Musical.ly. It was later acquired by a larger Chinese group and renamed.

Key facts

• Started: 2011, in Shanghai
• Founders: serial entrepreneurs with backgrounds in internet, education, semiconductors and financial technology
• Markets: China and Silicon Valley