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Global Innovation Revolution: 
China-US Tech
+ India   
    
June 22, 2015
17:30-20:00
Venue:
NASDAQ Market Site
43rd St./Broadway
 
 
VC/ DEALMAKER PANEL
Jim Robinson
Co-founder & Managing Partner, 
 RRE Ventures
  Pat Kenealy
Managing Director
IDG Ventures USA
Claudia Iannazzo
Partner, Pereg Ventures
Alessandro Piol
  Partner & Co-founder
Alphaprime Ventures
Annemarie Tierney
VP, Head of Strategy/New Markets
NASDAQ

MARKET SECTOR OUTLOOK:
Digital Currencies
Sarah Martin
VP, Digital Currency Council
Alan Yong
 Founder, DNotes
Francesco Rulli
 Founder, BitLanders & BitCharities
Moderator Porter Bibb
Managing Partner,
MediaTech Capital

TECH CHATS
 Mark Hookey
CEO, DemystData (NY - HK)
data analytics for financial services
Ronald Li
Founder, Novoheart (HK)
artificial heart for clinical tests
Ding Ding
Founder, SayWhat (NY/China)
social video dictionary
  
Networking Reception
 
  Thanks to Silicon Dragon NY 2015 sponsors 
Deloitte / Technology Fast 500
Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks
       

EVENT SERIES 2015

 

  Los Angeles

Pasadena Convention Center
July 29-30
Thanks to Silicon Dragon LA
sponsors:
East West Bank,
Grant Thornton, Nixon Peabody
 
Shanghai
 JW Marriott Tomorrow Square Sept. 16

Silicon Valley
  Draper University
 October 6
 

Taipei

October 14 

 

Awards
Hong Kong
Hysan Place, Nov. 5
  
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Sponsorship Opportunities,
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PARTNER EVENTS
London, June 9
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Baidu's international business development director Richard Lee with Silicon Dragon founder Rebecca Fannin.

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Silicon Dragon Beijing 2015: 

VC / Dealmaker Panel: 

China's Frothy Deal Valuations

James Mi, Lightspeed China Partners
 
Lei Yang,
Northern Light Venture Capital
 Chun Xia, TEEC Angel Fund
Michael Zhu, Gobi Partners
Kefei Li
, Sidley Austin   

Youku link too for China viewers

 

 

Keynote Talk: Joe Chen, CEO, Renren with

moderator VJ Vaitheeswaran

Youku link

 

 

For more videos and photos of Silicon Dragon's Beijing event, see Silicon Dragon Beijing 2015  

 

For recap, read China's frothy valuations -- and why.

 

Tech chats with Beijing-based tech entrepreneurs Frank Wang of Dewmobile, Clement Song of AiNemo, Nils Pihl of Traintracks

 

SILICON DRAGON @ FORBES

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Mary Meeker's latest Internet trends reports highlight India on the tipping point of becoming a major tech player up there next to China. See Meeker.

 

Alibaba-invested e-commerce company Baozun from Shanghai raised $110 million in a NASDAQ IPO but without the fanfare and lift of its lead investor. Baozun is the second Chinese technology company to list in NY in 2015. Beijing-based GroupOn like Wowo Ltd. raised $40 million in an IPO in April. Many Chinese companies have been opting to go public in China, capitalizing on the booming A share market. See Baozun.

 

Bangalore-based e-commerce site Flipkart has raised $550 million at a valuation of $15 billion, catapulting the Indian startup into a new league of most highly valued companies in the world. A comparable is China's smartphone maker Xiaomi, which raised $1.1 billion at a $45 billion market valuation in  December 2014. Read Flipkart.

 

One sign of the emerging tech scene in China can be found in the caliber of young entrepreneurs who are starting up new companies today. It's not just in the Internet, mobile communications and e-commerce space any longer but in deeper, core technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence. See China's core tech.

 

 

OUT AND ABOUT

 

Fellow honorees, astronaut Leroy Chiao and statesman Jon Huntsman, meet and greet at China Insitute's gala dinner. 

Photo credit: Liang Chang  

   

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Publishing exec and CSoft translator Huang Youyi for President Xi's book, "The Governance of China," speaking at the book expo in NYC, where China was in the spotlight.

 

 

STARTUP ASIA NEWS

 

CHINA

China to ease outbound investment rules http://on.ft.com/1Geuruf 

 

Chinese Travel Platform Qunar Raises $500M in deal led by Silver Lake, Turns Down Ctrip Acquisition Offer http://tcrn.ch/1BFBRiV 

 

DFJ, Beijing Forise To Jointly Launch $100M China Venture Fund http://bit.ly/1M27msM 

 

Chinese E-commerce Giant JD.com Leads $70M Round In Online Producer Retailer http://bit.ly/1Jisc9L 

 

Lvmama scores $80 million in funding to get a leg up in China's crowded tourism market http://goo.gl/fb/7LS5xf  

 

Why tech-savvy Shenzhen has left Hong Kong at the starting gate http://bit.ly/1Kwamxk

 

 

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Path sells to South Korean Internet company Daum Kakao http://on.mash.to/1HQpGaz


 

INDIA

TigerGlobal emerges as India's leading investor in startups in 2015   http://bit.ly/1Idl5zh 

 

KalaariCapital raising $275 million for two new funds http://ow.ly/NaJxZ 

 

India Gold Rush: Dozen+ Indian VC funds raising $3 billion this year. http://bit.ly/1QnkGJD

 

Software development company Robosoft has raised a Series B funding of ~$12 million from Ascent Capital and existing investors http://buff.ly/1aCW3dH

 

 

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