Silicon Dragon News 
April 2011 
 May 25 Invite
Beijing Ventures Bloom 

Featuring our who's who:   

Hans Tung, Qiming Ventures  

Jenny Lee, GGV Capital

 Kai-Fu Lee, Innovation Works Richard Hsu, Intel Capital

 Ruby Lu, DCM

Sherry Xiaowei Ying, MoFo

Sonny Wu, GSR Ventures

Daniel Quon, SVB 

Fritz Demopoulos, Qunar

Nelson Griggs, NASDAQ OMX 

Ning Wright, KPMG

 Pat Chan, Borqs

Si Shen, Papaya Mobile

Moderator: Rebecca Fannin

 

Big deals, winning IPOs, mega funds are springing up in the best season yet for China venture and startups.

 

 

 

Panel /Tech Chats / Q&A

Networking

 Cocktail Reception

Buffet Dinner

 

Tsinghua Science Park 
 Beijing
May 25, 2011,  4pm-8pm 
  
Register:
Thanks to our sponsors
Morrison & Foerster 
 NASDAQ OMX
SVB Financial Group
KPMG
 GSR Ventures
SecondMarket
 
 

Marketing partners:
 Great Wall Club, CCICE,
Mobile MondayShanhgai
SFentrepreneur
 

   

 DEALS

GroupOn clone Lashou

nabs $110 million from

Milestone Capital plus

prior investors

including GSR and

Norwest Venture

 

Digital travel portal

Tuniu.com raises

$50 million from

Sequoia, DCM,

Highland Capital

and Rakuten

 

Mayfield joins

in on funding of

LED maker ShineOn

at a total

$51.5 million

 

IPOs, Listings   

China's Facebook

Renren files for

IPO on NYSE,

plans to raise

nearly $600 million

in early May

  

21Vianet raises

$190 million in IPO of

Internet data center

on NASDAQ

 

Chinese dating site

Jiayuan files for

IPO of up to

$100 million on

NASDAQ

 

Tudou says plans

for an IPO are

still in the works

despite rumors of

an acquisition

 

Phoenix New Media

files for NYSE IPO

with plans to raise

up to $200 million

 

FUNDS

DCM raises $100 million

A (Android) fund with Japan's Gree and KDDI as anchors, plus China's Tencent 

 

  

PARTNER EVENTS

 

 Cleantech Startups in the US and China

CCICE   

April 26, Silicon Valley

 

Great Mobile Internet Conference

Great Wall Club

April 27-28, Beijing

 

 Asia Society Annual Dinner

Asia Society

May 5,  San Francisco

 

Wall Street China Forum

 CE-Online.cn

May 6, New York City

 

 

 

 

 



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China Still Counts in Forbes Annual Ranking of Top Venture Capitalists

  

Jim BreyerAny surprise that China plays a major role in Forbes Midas list of top venture capitalists? All in all, three-quarters of the firms on the just-published 2011 rankings are backers of China startups. Ten of the top 100 tech investors in the tally have done deals or overseen their firm's strategy in China. That shows where many of the industry leaders like Jim Breyer of Accel (Silicon Dragon photo) are focused.

Read Silicon Asia @ ForbesTop VCs.

 

China, India Closing Tech Gap

 

These two Asian powerhouses are catching up fast as tech powers. See a selection from 138 countries ranked according to use of mobile phones, Internet and personal computers plus regulatory environment and IT infrastructure.  Read more at  Tech Clock.  

 

2010-11 Ranking       Score        Rank

 Sweden                   5.60              1

 Singapore                5.59              2 

 Finland                    5.43              3    

 United States          5.33              5

 Taiwan                   5.30               6

 S.Korea                   5.19             10

 Hong Kong               5.19             12

 Australia                  5.06             17

 New Zealand             5.03             18

 China                       4.35             19

 India                        4.03             48 

 

 

Source: Global Information Technology Report

World Economic Forum

 

What's Left to Clone in China

Pan

Just how many clone opportunities are there left in China? The latest cloning craze is localized versions of GroupOn. Lashou.com, which just raised the large sum of $110 million from venture investors, is one example. Some white spaces still exists for new categories, narrow niches or local twists. Here's a look at how two relative newcomers -- Ushi.cn, the LinkedIn of China, and Hudong, the Chinese Wikipedia, are faring. That's Hudong founder Haidong Pan in photo I took at left.

Read Silicon Asia @ Forbes: Clone

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Silicon Dragon is prepping for

Sonny Wu

Sonny Wu of GSR Ventures Stars as a Who's Who Speaker

the BIG EVENT in Beijing,

May 25, 4-8PM.    

  

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Silicon Dragon Beijing 2011  

 

    

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Venue: Tsinghua Science Park

Sunshine Club Atrium 

 

 

 

   

 

FYI NEWS 

 

Facebook China? What Would the U.S. Say About It? Read Gady Epstein in Forbes' Beijing Dispatch 

  

MySpace's Sorry Failure in China (or what Facebook Should Not Do) See Kai Lukoff at TechRice

 

Instagram Gets A Chinese Clone of its Very Own. See NextWeb

 

17 Chinese Tech Companies Shooting for IPO in 2011. See iChinaStock 

 

Chinese social networking site Kaixin101 doesn't plan to be left behind. Renren rival has already filed for a NYSE IPO. The race is on as Kaixin hires JP Morgan and Citigroup. See WSJ 

 

Kaixin founder

Kaixin001 founder Cheng Binghao, Silicon Dragon photo

 

 

Baidu Chief Robin Li Cautions China Web Companies Against Hot IPO Market.  See Reuters 

 

U.S. Ambassador Huntsman Farewell: Disillusioned and Disappointed About China. Read 1 Billion Ambitions 

 

Meet 8 of China's Emerging Business Leaders.

by Rebecca Fannin in March/April 2011 issue of

Chief Executive magazine.  

 

 

Silicon Dragon 2011 Events

 

Sand Hill Road, Feb. 9: Chindia & The Next Frontier

Beijing, May 25: Beijing Ventures Bloom

New York, Sept 8: IPOs, Exits & China Returns 

Silicon Valley, Oct 6: Chinovation 

Shanghai, Nov 7: Startups Battle the BAT

Hong Kong, Nov 9: Venture VIPs

  

 

 

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