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Featured Event:

 

Silicon Dragon
Valley 2014
  
Oct. 2, 5pm
San Mateo, CA
  
The China Angle in U.S. Tech
Don't Miss the
Post-Alibaba 
Gold Rush of Deals, Funds, Startups and China IPOs on Wall Street
  
R at AliFest
 featuring
VC/Dealmakers:
  
Tim Draper 
DFJ / Draper U
Jay Eum
Translink Capital
Hans Tung
GGV Capital
Yong Liu
SVTech
Charles Comey
Morrison & Foerster
David Lam
WestSummit Capital
Kelvin Chan
East West Bank
  
 Founders of US startups invested in by Alibaba
  
Eric Setton
Founder & CTO Tango
Thiru Arunachalam
Co-founder & CEO
Peel  
  
Leaders of
tech players 
with success strategies for China's tough market 
  
Xin Ye
Founder, CASEE, Beijing
Ron Hoge
Chairman & CEO,
Pinnacle Engines
Silicon Valley
Cynthia Wang
Founder & CEO, RoXApac
Hong Kong
  
Experts on Future Tech Hubs and
Innovations
  
Chris Evdemon
Partner
Innovation Works
Gary Matuszak
Global Chair, TMT
KPMG
Carmen Chang
Partner & MD - Asia NEA
   
  
 Thanks to our sponsors:
Morrison & Foerster
East West Bank
KPMG
HKSTP
Pinnacle Engines
  
and event supporters:
DingDing.TV
AAMA
CCICE, CSPA,
Idea-to-IPO,
Bay Area Council 
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Silicon Dragon Awards 2014:
Nov. 13
Hong Kong
  
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VC/Founder Awards
Hong Kong
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Silicon Dragon Shanghai 2014 - Venture Capital & Dealmaker Panel

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

 

Thanks to our Sponsors: KPMG, Cooley, KIC, HKSTP

and event supporter HK Cyberport

 

  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 DragonFurther 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

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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