Silicon Dragon
 www.silicondragonventures.com                           NEWS                                      March 13, 2014  
                                                                                                       
   
  Upcoming Event:
  
SILICON DRAGON
CYBERPORT 2014 
April 15
 Cyberport crowd 
    
 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
 Makerbot co-founder 
  
 
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
  
REMINDER
  
  
  
  
  

 

 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
  

 

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.       

  

 

  Benjamin Joffe

  

Tech entrepreneur and startup strategist Benjamin Joffe paying a visit in the Valley from Beijing and Shenzhen

  

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 SEA crew

Posing with technologists and angel investors Ike Lee, Poh Kam Wong, Gene Choy at ASVEN Summit

at Stanford University 

 

 

 

Peter Yitao Guan  

 

 

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, VinoMatt Zitzmannd 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.

 

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!

 

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.)
  
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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

 

Watch out

     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.

 

 

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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