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Shanghai 2014
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Infinity Group
David Yuan,
Redpoint Ventures
Chuan Thor,
Highland Capital
Duane Kunang,
Qiming Ventures
James Liu,
Cooley
Helen Wong,
Qiming Ventures
  
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 Tim Draper, founder, DFJ, Draper University
    
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The China Angle in U.S.
Tech Deals 
     
Hans Tung
Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Jay Eum,
Managing Director,
TransLink Capital
Tim Draper,
Founder, DFJ
David Lam,
 Managing Director, WestSummitCapital
Kelvin Chan
Head of Technology Banking,
East West Bank  
Chuck Comey,
Partner,
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Founder/Editor
Silicon Dragon
  
Tech Chats
Eric Setton, Founder & CTO, Tango
Thairun Arunachalam, 
CEO, Peel
  
Ron Hoge
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XinYe

CEO, CASEE

 

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Silicon Dragon 2014 Global Events

  
October 2,
November 13, Awards
November 20, Bangalore
  
  
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Startup Asia Sydney 2014, Matt Barrie of Freelancer.com

Startup Asia Sydney 2014,

Video of Keynote Speaker -

Matt Barrie, founder of Freelancer.com

Panelists Jeffrey Paine, Kurt Falkenstein, Daniel Bennett, Ann Parker, Tony Holt, MC Rebecca Fannin, Peter Huynh, Niki Scevak, Peter Merceica

Startup Asia Sydney 2014

August 21, 2014

 Video Highlights

 

VC/Dealmaker Panel

 

 Tech Chats with Star Aussie Entrepreneurs

 Jodie Fox, Shoes of Prey

Ross Wright, ZED Technologies

Emil Davityan, Bluedot Innovation

Stephane Ibos, Maestrano

Jaime Conyngham, Tapit

Phil Bosua, LIFX Labs

 

 

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  NEWS

  

INDIA 

Bangalore-based Freecharge, an online platform for mobile charging, has raised $33 million from Sequoia Capital, Sofina from Belgium and Ru-Net from Russia.

 

AUSTRALIA

Financing for Australian startups has lagged behind other developed markets but progress is being made. Consider the $12 million in venture funding by Sand Hill Road player Sequoia Capital in innovative lighting startup LIFX Labs from Melbourne.

Founder Phil Bosua (photographed at Startup Asia Sydney 2014) didn't even pitch Sequoia!

Read more at Forbes, Seeing the Light

 

GREATER CHINA

Fosun Venture Capital and Sequoia Capital have backed Shenzhen-based personal finance mobile platform, Feidee.

  

Hong Kong-based t-shirt design app Snaptee has raised an additional $750,000. Investors are Nest, SXE Ventures and execs from GroupOn in Taiwan, Malaysia and Hong Kong. (Silicon Dragon has a custom-designed t-shirt from Snaptee, thanks to founder Wai-lun Hong.

 

Chengwei Capital has invested $20 million in  Chinese drone maker XAircraft Aerial Solutions.

 

RESEARCH

 

Research from investment banking firm Williams Capital Advisors shows that Alibaba has invested in nine U.S. companies from 2013 to August 2013 for a total deal value of $968 million.

Meanwhile, Chinese companies overall have invested in 51 U.S. companies from 2013 to August 2013 in deals totaled at $3.6 billion. 

 

 

 

 

 

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