Silicon Dragon
 www.SiliconDragonVentures.com               NEWS                                mid-October 2014
                                                                                            

 

    

Featured Event:

 

Silicon Tiger
Bangalore 2014
    
November 20, 5pm
Royal Orchid Hotel
47/1 Manipal Centre
Dickensen Road
Bangalore, India
  
  
A New Chapter
For Startup India
  
Ventures in India are entering a new era as reforms kick in to give startups and innovation
 a boost. Don't miss this well-timed event.
  
  
 featuring
VC/Dealmakers:
  
Rahul Chowdhri 
Helion Ventures
Ranjith Menon
IDG Ventures
Sandeep Murthy
Lightbox Ventures
Bhavanipratap Rana 
Intel Capital
Sasha Mirchandani
Mumbai Angels, Kae Capital
  
  Entrepreneurs
  
V.S.S. Mani
Founder & CEO, JustDial
Amit Agarwal
Co-founder & CEO
VP, Amazon India
  
Moderators:
Rebecca Fannin
Silicon Dragon/Tiger
Chandan Raj
YourStory   
  
Cocktail reception and dinner buffet
  
   
  
 Thanks to our sponsors:
Dorsey 
S&R Associates 
KPMG
  
and event supporters:
Mumbai Angels
TiE
YourStory
  
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  Partner Events:
  
Annual Semiconductor Dinner
Ming's restaurant
Nov. 4
Palo Alto, CA
  
Nov. 6-7
Honolulu
  
Nov. 11
Hong Kong
  
  
  
  

 

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Silicon Dragon 2015 Global Events

  
 Stay tuned for our full schedule of programs in innovation markets
around the world
  
London, Hong Kong, Beijing, New York, Sydney, Shanghai,
Silicon Valley, Singapore  
  
  
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Silicon Dragon Talk - Alibaba and China's Tech Titans Buy Up US Startups

Silicon Dragon Talk:

our new monthly

talk show featuring

trends, news and profiles

 

 October program:

Alibaba and China's Tech Titans

Buy Up US Startups

featuring guests

Brad Bao, Fosun Kinzon Capital

Hany Nada, GGV Capital

Yong Liu, SVTech

Host: Rebecca Fannin, Silicon Dragon

 

Click on image above to watch 1/2 hour show or click here

See more Silicon Dragon Talk shows

 

 

 Silicon Dragon Awards 2014 Event

 

Presenting and interviewing

VC Professional, VC Firm, Dealmaker, Entrepreneur, IPO scorer 

 

You may be surprised by who wins this year . . .

Join us to see who! 

 

Prior Winners

 

 Prior Winners: 2011-2013

Poshu Yeung, Tencent

Hurst Lin, DCM

Kai-Fu Lee, Innovation Works

Richard Liu, Morningside Ventures

David Zhu, Divide

 

VIP TICKET

 

 featuring Q&A chats with the winners and a look ahead at venture and innovation trends

 

 November 13, 2014   5:00 - 9:00 PM

Prince's Building, Hong Kong, Central

 

 Awards presentation, Trend watch

Cocktails & Appetizers

Networking Reception

 

 

      

SILICON DRAGON VALLEY 2014 HIGHLIGHTS

                                                             October 2, Draper University

 

 

Silicon Dragon Valley 2014 Videos

Panels: 

VC/Dealmakers

Hans Tung, Tim Draper, Yong Liu, David Lam, Jay Eum, Kelvin Chan

 

The BAT are Buying

Thiru Arunachalam, Eric Setton, Eric Savitz 

 

Tech's Future: What's Hot, What's Not

Osuke Honda, Carmen Chang, Gary Matuszak

 

Tech Chats:

Cynthia Wang, RoxApac with Diana Ding, DingDing.TV

 

Ron Hoge, Pinnacle Engines with Sydney Armani,

CrowdFundBeat

 

Xin Yee, CASEE, with Edith Yeung, RightVentures 

 

Thanks to our sponsors East West Bank, KPMG and Morrison & Foerster 

 

  NEWS

 

 

  
CHINA
Xiaomi, not Apple is changing the smartphone industry
  
Apple's Johnny Ives is not flattered by Xiaomi
  
Google Capital makes 1st China investment, backs Innolight with $38 million, along with Lightspeed Venture China
  
Chinese tourism booking site Lyvmama raises $49 million in highly competitive market
  
Bertelsmann Asia launches angel fund for China
  
INDIA
Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal is set to raise $650 million in a new round of funding led by Softbank
  
Telstra and Global Brain lead $19 million funding for India's location-based mobile ad service Adnear
  
PayUMoney acquires mobile app Eashmart to offer cashless mobile payment solutions
  
KOREA
Wit.ai Raises $3M Seed Round Led By Andreessen Horowitz, Eyes Opportunity In Korea
  
Korean ride sharing service Socar lands massive $18M investment
  
  
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