Upcoming Event:
SILICON DRAGON
CYBERPORT 2014
April 15
Showcasing Innovations
in Technology and
Finance with a
China Spin
Featured Speakers:
Ron Cao, Managing Partner, Lightspeed China, talks about his investment in bitcoin exchange
BTC China
Zach Smith, Founder, Makerbot, chats about how his team revolutionized
3-D printing
Venture Capital and
Dealmaker Panel
Cyril Ebersweiler, SOS Ventures
Jack Jia, GSR Ventures
Xing Liu, Sequoia Capital China
Edith Yeung, Right Ventures
Felix Lam, Red Chapel Advisors
Mae Wong, Focus Ventures
Patrick Loofbourrow, Cooley
Tytus Michalski, Fresco Capital Advisors
Tech Chats with founders
of hardware, fashion and biomedical startups
Jonathan Buford, Makible
Rex Sham, Insight Robotics
Ilissa Howard, Milk and Honey Shoes
Winnie Leung, eNano Health
April 15, 2014
Hong Kong Cyberport
4-8PM
Thanks to our Sponsors
Cooley
KPMG
HK Cyberport
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Presenting
Our 2014
Silicon Dragon Global Events
February 7, London
March 13, San Francisco
April 15, HK Cyberport
May 15, Beijing
August 21, Sydney
September 18, Shanghai
October 2, Silicon Valley
November 13, Awards
For speaking and sponsorship inquiries, please email
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TRAINSPOTTING
Catching up with Hong Kong VC pals
Emanuel Breiter, Tytus Michalski and Felix Lam, just arriving in the Bay Area from SXSW in Austin.
Tech entrepreneur and startup strategist Benjamin Joffe paying a visit in the Valley from Beijing and Shenzhen
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Posing with technologists and angel investors Ike Lee, Poh Kam Wong, Gene Choy at ASVEN Summit
at Stanford University
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Check Out Fog City For Its Startup Mix
of East Meets West THIS THURSDAY!
Leading venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs are settling in San Francisco for its vibrant startup scene and capitalizing on international right from Fog City. They're scaling companies in e-commerce, gaming, wearables, the Internet of things, and more that have funding from the likes of pros Jerry Yang, John Sculley, Vino d Khosla, Marissa Mayer, Jack Ma, Kai-fu Lee, Vinod Khosla, Marc Andreessen and Li Ka-shing.
Despite lots of would-be Silicon Valleys around the world from London to Hong Kong, the Bay Area continues to be a focal point. It's the place that anyone interested in exploring innovation opportunities does not miss. The Bay Area is a crossroads uniting east and west.
Take for example some leading edge startups in San Francisco such as gaming tech player Kamcord started up by Matt Zitzmann, Peter Szulczewski of ecommerce startup Wish or Yitao Guan of social gaming company FunPlus. All have some sort of connection to Asia, primarily China.
Read Forbes post, Fog City Tech.
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Be sure to see the video interviews with Peter, Yitao and Matt on Silicon Dragon Video.
While you're at it, check out Startup Asia Video too!
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It's Not to Late to Sign Up for
Silicon Dragon Fog City 2014
March 13, 4-9pm
PCH International tech accelerator
135 Mississippi Street (at 18th St.)
Spotlight
Victoria Wu, Director-International, WeChat US
Dealmaker Speakers
Alex Hartigan, Steamboat Ventures
Chris Evdemon, Innovation Works
David Lam, WestSummit Capital
Hans Tung, GGV Capital
Jim Boettcher, Focus Ventures
Mavis Yee, Nixon Peabody
Nazar Yasin, Rise Capital
Tech Entrepreneurs
Sonny Vu, Misfit Wearables
Peter Szulczewski, Wish
Yitao Guan, FunPlus
Matt Zitzmann, Kamcord
Cocktail Reception on the Patio
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Watch out, Silicon Valley: China IS Gaining Ground
Rebecca's BBC Capital article, February 2014 quotes VCs David Chao, Chris Evdemon, Hans Tung and Hany Nada, among others
 NEWS
DEALS and FUNDS
Alibaba is buying 60% of ChinaVision Media for HK$6.24 billion. Reorient is a financial adviser on the deal.
DCM closes its seventh fund at $330 million for investment in China, Japan and the U.S.
Tencent to buy 15% of B2C e-commerce platform JD.com in Beijing ahead of its IPO
Shenzhen Capital leads $10 million financing for wearables maker Codoon
Chinese education provider Tarena International backed by IDG and JAFCO heads for NASDAQ IPO
China's online pet store Boqii raises $25 million in financing led by return investor Goldman Sachs
Fosun Venture Capital continues dealmaking spree with $20 million in China education firm Uniquedu
Ventech Capital invests Series A round in China's Zhenpu Education
SIG, Sequoia Capital and Zhen Fund co-invest $10 million in China mobile search app Mobvoi
Qiming Venture leads $15 million investment for Chinese personal finance app developer Hangzhou Wacai Finance, along with IDG Venture and CDH Investments
SINGAPORE
Gree Ventures and Transcosmos invest $10 million in online beauty store Luxola
INDIA
eBay leads $134 million funding for Indian online marketplace Snapdeal
India VC firm Nexus raises $110 million for follow-on financings for existing portfolio companies
AUSTRALIA
Blackbird VC set to close $22 million on its debut fund for investing in Aussie startups
TRENDSPOTTING
China's Connected Consumers: a survey by KPMG that analyzes responses from 10,200 online luxury shoppers in China and their spending patterns. The report delves into the impact of social media and mobile communications. Download the report here.
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Speaking Appearances
Keynote Speaker:
CeBIT Australia
May 5-7, 2014
Sydney
Moderator:
The Asian Business Angel Forum 2014
May 21-22, Hong Kong
PARTNER EVENTS
China Investment Surge in U.S. High Tech
Asia Society
April 1, San Francisco
AngelVest/AAMA Shanghai
VC Outlook
March 19, Shanghai
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