On 10 May 2023, 36Kr announced the results of its 2023 "Under36" selection, and Ms. Remoca Shi, Founder and Executive President of WeCarbon, was named to the "36Under36 Founders" list.
Figure 1: Some of the founders on the list
Since 2017, the "36Under36" list has featured 432 founders and 108 investors, all selected by 36Kr as people who may go on to shape China's business world. Past lists include many well-known business names, such as ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, Anker Innovations founder Steven Yang, and Xiaohongshu founders Miranda Qu and Charlwin Mao, which bears out how forward-looking the list is.
In 2023, after initial screening and a second review of more than 500 founders and over 200 investors who applied, a new 36Under36 cohort was selected: 120 founders and 36 investors in total.
For founders, to make the process more credible, 36Kr invited partners responsible for the technology, consumer and healthcare sectors at 33 investment firms to score candidates on personal track record, business model and technological innovation, and the 36Kr Research Institute then tallied the scores to produce the final list. Ms. Shi won the judges' recognition as an entrepreneur in ESG and impact investing.
Figure 2: Ms. Remoca Shi on 36Kr's "36Under36 Founders" list
Remoca Shi Founder and Executive President, WeCarbon
An entrepreneur in both China and the US, serial founder and expert in ESG and impact investing, Cartier China Project Ripple Partner, with more than five years of cross-industry experience. She graduated with highest honours from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and holds an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, focusing on ESG and impact investing. She was co-founder and partner of a US venture capital firm and provided ESG investment management advisory services to high-net-worth clients at a Wall Street investment bank in New York. She designed social equity governance financing programmes and evaluation systems for an agency of the US federal government, took part in drafting social governance policy proposals for the US federal government, has led major climate-related events in China and abroad, and has advanced key agendas for climate-related academic and industry cooperation among world-renowned institutions.