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We help startups turn ideas into investment-worthy businesses.

About Us

Withinlink is a China-based startup incubator and early stage venture fund focused on marketing technology for China’s advertising, media, and communications industries.

Founded by Bessie Lee, former CEO WPP China, angel investor, and one of China’s most influential executives, Withinlink and its portfolio companies offer marketing technology and data-driven solutions to brands.

Working closely with agencies and marketers, we have identified pain points and gaps in the China marketing ecosystem where, with our extensive industry experience, the expertise from our investment portfolio and access to the best minds in the industry, we believe we can put together a better proposition to help brands integrate technology effectively.

A startup itself, Withinlink’s key business value is cross-collaboration with the objective of growing the investment portfolio value. We encourage strong collaboration within our portfolio companies to maximise resources and talent to deliver optimal solutions and resources for brands in China. Cross collaboration has resulted in further business opportunities and has proven to be a key strategy to support our growth.

Vision

We help startups realize their vision to change the way we communicate in the digital age.

Our Team

Withinlink is built around a core team of media, marketing and investment professionals with a proven track record of success.  Together, we provide startups with more than just a source of capital.

Our Expertise

We offer startups extensive experience in business strategy, company management, human resources, legal and compliance management, corporate communications, and access to our unparalleled network of marketers, venture capitalists, technologists and government partners.

News

Withinlink Martech Academy’s First Programme
Grace Blue’s Inspirational Leaders: Bessie Lee’s Lessons in Leadership and Learnings on Covid 19
Catching a wave: scale-ups in China navigating the Corona virus
INCUBATING INNOVATION IN CHINA WITH BESSIE LEE
Former WPP exec Bessie Lee on start up investments and challenges faced by Chinese businesses
专访李倩玲:坚守使命的戛纳营销科技布道师
“碚曦杯”首届大学生 MarTechHacks 营销科技黑客松大赛在沪完美收官
碚曦投资协作体荣获
First group of Cannes Lions 2019 speakers confirmed
Advertisers get the technology edge
Bessie Lee: ‘Agencies and marketers fear they’re not innovative enough’
29 Powerful Women Reveal Their Success Secrets, Leadership Tips & The Awful Advice They Didn't Take
From corporate to startup
营销观察 | 广告业风向标李倩玲离职再创业,营销科技圈正在发生哪些变化?
李倩玲:科技定义商业新未来
Bessie Lee :
戛纳直击 | 李倩玲:用创新成就下一个独角兽!
奔向风险投资:实业高管为何转身?
The CEO of WPP China Is Stepping Down to Run Her Own Startup Incubator
独家|李倩玲创业 离开WPP !未来比想像更快!
在WPP待了27年,李倩玲要全身心去创业了 | 独家专访
WPP China CEO Bessie Lee resigns
Bessie Lee at Cannes Innovation 2016
Befast.TV interviews Bessie Lee at RISE 2016

Podcast

A salon-style podcast program that observes various aspects of business, showcasing the thoughts and actions of media professionals, marketers, business managers, creatives, and entrepreneurs as they respond to current technological innovations and market changes. Its content focuses on observing and interpreting the impact on society’s operation and people’s daily lives across various industries.

The Podcast was honored as “Annual Selected Podcast” and “Annual Most Popular New Podcast” by Apple Podcasts in 2019. In 2021, it was selected by the official Apple China website to be featured as recommended podcast content for the release of the new iOS and iPadOS operating systems. In 2022, it was awarded the “Annual Popular Podcast” by XiaoyuzhouFM (a popular podcast platform in China). In 2023, it made it onto the Himalaya FM Chinese Business Commentary Podcast Rankings.

Insights

What Drives Chinese Innovation?
创+TALK|李倩玲:企业创新需要「小步快跑」,行业创新需要整合的力量
李倩玲:“DAT”营销时代即将来临
Webinar | AI and Innovation in Marketing Technology
Arnold Ma chats to Bessie Lee
《贝望录》
The Negotiation Podcast Bessie Lee | 3 Decades of Marketing in China, Marketing Technology Startups, and How AI Is Disrupting it All Everywhere
Podcast - Smart Dust by Norton Rose Fulbright
Podcast - Future Forecast by Oslo Business Forum
Meet The Experts Podcast by Berlin School - Incubating Innovation in China with Bessie Lee
innovfest unbound 2018 (Convergence): Are You a Sheep
Bessie Lee speaks at A-Tech 2018 in Oslo
EPISODE 9: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO INNOVATE IN CHINA?
Ep213: On Leadership, risk taking, dual career to career transition-In the Making of Bessie Lee
Memories of Sir Martin Sorrell and Observations on WPP
SXSW - A Postcard back to China
Bessie Lee speaks at Vizions 2017-The New Standard: Keeping up with China
Bessie Lee speaks at Dublin Tech Summit 2017
Bessie Lee speaks at Vizions: The Platform Stack-Connecting the Online and Offline
Bessie Lee speaks at Vizions 2017-The Next Era of Connectivity

Our Portfolio Companies

In these key sectors

Dynamic Creative

Big Data and Analytics

Social Media

New Retail

Artificial Intelligence

VR / AR

Exit – 2021

Our Operating Company

Contact Us

WeWork, Shanghai

+86-21-60642740

Join Us

We are always looking for people who are passionate about what they do and can help us be even better at what we do.

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