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SVTech

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Founders of US startups invested in by Alibaba

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Xin Ye

Founder, CASEE, Beijing

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Experts on Future Tech Hubs and

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Silicon Dragon Shanghai 2014

Sept. 18 Highlights

Venture Capital & Dealmaker Panel

Helen Wong, Chuan Thor, Joshua Wu,

Amir Gal-Or, James Wu

Tesla cars were on display at

Silicon Dragon Shanghai 2014.

The cars drew lots of curiosity seekers.

Read How Tesla Intends To Attract China's Car Buyers:

Not Just A Rich Kid's Toy

Forbes: Tesla Eyes China As Its Largest Market

MORE VIDEOS FROM SHANGHAI EVENT

September 18, 2014

Tech Chats: Yang Zhang, Singa

Aaron Wang, AdvanPro

Yi Wang, Liulishuo

Moderators: Russell Flannery, Forbes

Trevor Lai, UP Studios

E-Commerce Spotlight

Mary Chong, KPMG

Alex Misseri, Razorfish

Nathalie Fan, Diageo

Moderator: Normandy Madden, Thoughtful China

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NEWS

INDIA

Expect Sequoia Capital to pick up investment pace in India & Asia with a $530M fund http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/sequoia-capital-asia/

Leading Indian mobile news app NewsHunt picks up $16.4M series B from Sequoia Capital, with Matrix and Omidyar on board again.

Sequoia Capital invested $15M in Octro, a Delhi gaming startup http://tinyurl.com/qfr6p2l

AUSTRALIA

Invoice2go secures $35M in late stage funding, led by Accel Partners. That makes 5 deals in Australia by Accel. We spotted the trend a year ago, read my Forbes post, Accel looks to up its deals in AUS.

GREATER CHINA

Jack Ma brings Alibaba to the U.S.

60 Minutes Interview

Hours after Alibaba went public, HBS Professor Bill George spoke with Jack MA about entrepreneurship and success http://hbs.me/1u6aXja

3 Business Lessons From the Richest Guy in China, Inc. http://bit.ly/1t30tg6

and my 2011 Inc. article: How I Did It

and Forbes article: What Makes Jack Ma Tick

Silicon Dragon Further reading:

Silicon Dragon, Chapter 2:

Jack Ma quotes:

"I'm like the blind man riding on the back of a blind tiger."

"Alibaba might as well be known as 1,001 mistakes. But there were three reasons why we survived: We didn't have any money, we didn't have any technology, and we didn't have a plan."

China's Fosun is investing $200M in Studio 8 in US http://lnkd.in/dV7SKac #SiliconDragon theme 10/2 http://bit.ly/1poG96S

China's Fosun gets into online banking http://on.ft.com/1nxoaRC

Intel Capital invests $1.5 billion for a 20% stake in Chinese chipmakers Spreadtrum and RDA Microelectronics http://bit.ly/1nA2gx8

Alibaba has invested $458M in hotel IT software firm in Beijing Shiji Information Technology

REBECCA RECOMMENDS

New book by China consumer experts Savio Chan and Michael Zakkour: China's Super Consumers

Silicon Dragon Talk

Sizing Up Alibaba:

Guests Nazar Yasin, David Williams, Jay Eum

Next show: October 10

Silicon Dragon with Amir Gal-Or and Aaron Wang

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