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 London 2013

  Springboard to China: Success Strategies and Lessons Learned

 

When: February 20, 4-9PM

Where: Google Campus

 

Featuring venture investors, execs  and entrepreneurs active in China

Savio Kwan Hermann Hauser  

Savio Kwan, Alibaba

Hermann Hauser, Amadeus Capital

Raymond Yang, WestSummit Capital / Linktone

Bruno Bensaid, ShanghaiVest

Jason Ma, ThreeEQ / YeePay

Tudor Aw, KPMG

Benjamin Joffe, Plus8Star / CMUNE

MC: Rebecca Fannin,

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Dealmaker Panelists at Silicon Dragon Sand Hill 2012 
Predicing Top Startup Asia Trends for 2013

Rebecca in Shanghai 2012  

As a new year dawns, here's a preview of  predictions for Startup Asia in 2013. 
  

1. Silicon Valley will remain the global tech hub. China will maintain second place followed by India while Indonesia, Brazil and Russia will  emerge. London will jumpstart innovation in Europe with Silicon Roundabout, along with the perennial stronghold, Israel.  

 

2. Startups without scale and a distinct advantage will get swallowed up or die in the increasingly competitive Asian tech powers China and India. 

 

3. Popular Chinese tech brands will become 'must-haves' and compete successfully overseas with Apple, Google and Facebook.

 

4. All but the best venture firms in China will be weeded out as challenges of realizing solid investment returns increase.

 

Read all 10 Trends at Forbes.com. Click Startup Asia 2013.

 
  Reflections on Startup Asia in 2012 
Lei Jun  As 2012 closed, Silicon Dragon reflected on top developments that defined the increasingly sophisticated Startup Asia scene over the past year. 
 

1. The rise of the serial entrepreneur. It's addictive, apparently, but each time with more  lessons learned. 

 

2.The arrival of the angel investor. Ambitious serial entrepreneurs have morphed into angel investors to seed lots of startups, with early signs of success.   

 

3. Going private. With stocks trading low, some founders of listed Chinese companies raised ample finance and went private. 

 

4. Venture club deals. Venture capitalists are ganging up to invest in deals destined to be big winners such as those backed by a big-name angel investor like Lei Jun. (photo, left)

 

Read all 10 Reflections at Forbes.com, Startup Asia 2012.

 
 

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SAVE THE DATE:
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

Wine-tasting, live music, a display of contemporary Chinese artworks, caligraphy demonstrations, toasts and talks.  

Hosted by Silicon Dragon, the Chinese Cultural Foundation and the SUNY Confucius Institute for Business.

By inivation only and Silicon Dragon Circle members.   

 

New York City

February 7, 2013

  
 

 

 

FUNDS
Kai-Fu Lee is testing out Chinese entrepreneurs' appetite for yuan funding http://on.wsj.com/UKRH6L
  
IPOs
Alibaba Rumored to be Gearing Up IPO in Mid-2013 http://bit.ly/10njHn2
  
DEALS
More consolidation: Baidu is acquiring China-based online video site iQiYi.com from Providence Equity Partners

 

STARTUP TIP 
Sequoia Capital's scary note to startups surfaces in China

 

FYI

China's ZTE plans to ramp up competition in the smartphone market with higher-end gadgets http://on.wsj.com/UrQ8wk

 

Signs of Changes Taking Hold in Electronics Factories in China http://nyti.ms/12GHi1L
  
China Approves Law Requiring Real Name Web Access http://bit.ly/12KxR1k 

China's Sina restructures to focus on Weibo and 'mobile first' strategy" WeChat causing decline in Weibo usage http://flip.it/cdxM8  

 

The one Chinese company tech investors should fear
  

 China opens world's longest high-speed rail line" -- Beijing to Guangzhou. 2,298km (1,428 miles) in 8 hours  http://ow.ly/gneye

  
How India Is Turning Into China | The New Republic http://j.mp/WKrZku
  
Didn't know Baidu CEO Robin Li is a vice chairman of China Federation of Industry and Commerce http://bit.ly/10w5sN0
  
Bloomberg China package on red aristocrats who came to U.S.  
  
MARKET RESEARCH
China E-Commerce in 2013: An Outlook" http://flip.it/QLDr3
  
China now has 1.1 billion mobile phone users and is set to pass the U.S. in the number of smartphones sold
  
  
 
 KINDLE OFFER Frank Yu and Kindle edition

 

Fans of the Kindle electronic reading device can order a digital edition of

Startup Asia for only $9.99. Just click Kindle. That's Beijing entrepreneur Frank Yu displaying his Kindle edition with the author of Startup Asia.

 

     Q&A in Shanghai Talk Magazine: Rise of the Silicon Dragon     Rebecca in Shanghai 2012 

 
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