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GATE86 takes business owners, entrepreneurs and founders inside China's most innovative companies — turning the world's biggest opportunity into your competitive advantage.
18
Partnerships
activated
6
Sectors: energy · mobility
manufacturing · SaaS · deep tech · service
90d
Average time from
brief to signed agreement
The world's most dynamic innovation ecosystem is moving fast. The founders who build inside it now gain advantages that compound for years. GATE86 exists to get you inside.
GATE86 Advisory is built across Paris, Nairobi and Shanghai — for business owners, entrepreneurs, innovators and founders who know that the right partnership with China doesn't just open a new market. It accelerates everything they're already building.
We take them inside those companies — in person, with full access — and guide them from first insight to active, lasting partnership. Not introductions. Not reports. Something real, built between the right people on both sides.
We know what it takes because we've done it ourselves. Our founders have built companies, worked as engineers alongside Chinese partners, and navigated this landscape from the inside. That experience changes every conversation we have on your behalf.
// 01
We place you inside the companies redefining your sector in China. Real rooms, real conversations, real insight — not reports or briefings. You leave knowing things your competitors don't.
Clients return with strategic intelligence that changes how they build — and a shortlist of companies worth pursuing.
// Intelligence// 02
We identify and connect you with the right Chinese partners for your growth — qualified, aligned and ready to move fast. You focus on building. We handle the search.
Every introduction is warm, specific and pre-qualified — no cold meetings, no wasted conversations.
// Partnership// 03
Most deals fall apart after the introduction — in the gap between a promising first meeting and a signed agreement. GATE86 closes that gap. We stay in the room through structuring, negotiation and the first milestones that determine whether a partnership actually holds.
We remain engaged through partnership structuring, governance and even first technical milestones — because that's where most advisors disappear.
// Deal ActivationFour stages. Average 90 days from brief to signed agreement.
Step 01
You tell us your sector, ambition and timeline. We map the opportunity and define the right companies to target.
A structured briefing call — typically 60 minutes. We leave with everything we need to start.
Step 02
We take you inside China's most relevant companies. Structured visits, curated conversations, real strategic exposure.
In-person or remote immersion formats. Typically 3–5 company visits over 5 days on the ground.
Step 03
We introduce you to pre-qualified partners aligned with your vision and ready to build something lasting.
Warm introductions only — every partner is briefed on you before the first meeting.
Step 04
Most advisors stop at the introduction. We don't. We remain engaged through deal structuring, governance, first milestones — and beyond.
Ongoing until the partnership is real. That's the GATE86 commitment.
Three partnerships. Three sectors. Three continents.
GATE86 didn't just open doors — they put us in rooms we didn't know existed. Within six months of our first immersion visit, we had a working development agreement with a Shenzhen-based engineering team. The speed and quality of the match was unlike anything a traditional advisory firm could have delivered.
James R.
CEO & Co-Founder
B2B SaaS Platform — APAC Expansion
Through GATE86's introduction, we met a leading Chinese manufacturer looking to deploy capital and establish a localised production facility in our market. They structured the JV framework and guided both sides through every stage — technical alignment, governance, local compliance.
Marc D.
Managing Director
Advanced Manufacturing — Inbound JV, Local Plant
Before GATE86, we were making product decisions based on what we could read. After two days inside three Shenzhen hardware labs, we scrapped six months of roadmap and rebuilt it. That's not advisory. That's access. What sets them apart is that they understand both sides — the credibility is real.
Karim S.
Founder & CTO
Mobility Venture — Hardware + Software
Tell us your sector and what you're trying to build. We'll map the opportunity and show you exactly which companies you should be meeting.