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A Clue to Softbank's Big Deal in India:
Think Alibaba
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With mega venture deals now hitting India's startup shores, it seems clearer than ever that my premise of a narrowing gap between China and India's tech scene is spot on. It's just taken longer than the five years I predicted in Startup Asia.
It's more like 10 years, if India can keep the momentum going.
Two major deals in late October in India speak to the opportunity:
$210 million by Softbank in the Uber of India, Olacabs
$627 million by Softbank in the eBay, GroupOn of India, Snapdeal
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A New Chapter
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Rahul Chowdhri
Helion Ventures
Ranjith Menon
IDG Ventures
Sandeep Murthy
Lightbox Ventures
Bhavanipratap Rana
Intel Capital
Sasha Mirchandani
Mumbai Angels, Kae Capital
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Bhavish Aggarwal
Co-founder & CEO,
OlaCabs
Hitendra Chaturvedi
Founder & CEO
GreenDust
V.S.S. Mani
Founder & CEO, JustDial
Amit Agarwal
Co-founder & CEO
VP, Amazon India
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Silicon Dragon/Tiger
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YourStory
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November 13, Hong Kong
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Tech Innovation Forecast
VC/Dealmaker Panel
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featuring these speakers:
  
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Jixun Foo, Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Melissa Guzy, Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures
Tytus Michalski, Managing Director, Fresco Capital
Zheng Wang, Managing Director, Silver Lake
Jeffrey Lyndon Ko, Co-founder & President, iDreamSky
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Simon Loong, Founder & CEO, WeLab
James Giancotti, Co-founder, Bigcolors
Cedric Delzenne, Director, The Founder Institute
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October program:
Alibaba and China's Tech Titans
Buy Up US Startups
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Hany Nada, GGV Capital
Yong Liu, SVTech
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CHINA
Plans by China's smart phone maker Xiaomi to go global highlight a couple of significant trends in tech innovation today and challenges for the brand's success internationally.
Chinese tech companies are expanding overseas, with the U.S. clearly in their sightlines. But they haven't quite figured out the branding issues involved in going outside their home market - Xiaomi included.
Read Forbes post:
Xiaomi branding issues
Xiaomi aims to raise at $40 billion valuation and become world's most valuable private tech firm onforb.es/1tHKett
China Buys Foreign Companies at a Record Pace buswk.co/1G0cPPX
Why China Will Leapfrog the World in Internet of Things bit.ly/Zm7fGk
Chinese mobile ad platform Lomark raises $30 million in Series B financing from DFJ Dragon, KPCB, Shenzhen Fortune Venture Capital and ABC Capital
SAN FRANCISCO
 Silicon Valley Bank has created an Asia Link desk in the Bay Area to serve a wave of US and Asian emerging companies that are conducting business on both sides of the Pacific. Heading up SVB Asia Link are Ming Yeh and Lilly Huang, both who've moved back to the Bay Area from China (a growing relocation trend). Remember it was SVB that started the Sand Hill venture trek to China and India.
INDIA
Sequoia Capital leads $8 million funding in vehicle rental startup Zoomcar
Hedge funds in line to tap vast potential in Internet startups Economic Times
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