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China Ranks High With 11 VCs On Forbes Midas List
This year's list shows 11 VCs in China, up from 10 last year. More tellingly, the new ranking includes 11 VCs in the U.S. who are doing deals in Asia - that's up from seven a year ago.
China VC newcomers on the list are JP Gan (#38) of Qiming Venture Partners, Allen Zhu (#65) of GSR Ventures and Bob Zhu (#94) of ZhenFund.
Newcomers to the list from the U.S. who are investing in Asia are Joe Lonsdale (#100) of 8VC and Dave McClure (#96) of 500 Startups.
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VIDEO: SILICON DRAGON TAIPEI 2016
VC panelists Peter Hsieh of Acorn Pacific Partners, Edith Yeung of 500 Startups, Kay-Mok Ku of Gobi Partners and Jay McCarthy of SparkLabs Global with moderator Rebecca Fannin of Silicon Dragon in Taipei, March 17
Tech Chat: Shawn Guan, founder of Taiwanese startup Umbo CV with Tim Culpan of Bloomberg Gadfly at Silicon Dragon in Taipei, March 17
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Taiwan Coverage Local culture not conducive to startups?
While more capital is coming into Taiwan, there's still a gap. The problem is not lack of capital but related to culture. Taipei Times quoting Forbes columnist and Silicon Dragon founder/editor Rebecca Fannin.
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Chinese Internet star Papi Jiang raises $2M from ZhenFund, Lighthouse Capital and more
* Sequoia is showing its confidence in China tech by raising 2 new funds for China totaling $1.5B, its largest effort yet.
Bangalore-based grocery delivery service has pulled in $150 million from Bessemer, Helion, UAE' Abraaj Group, the IFC and Sands Capital.
Google Capital has led an investment in its fourth Indian startup, Girnar Software, which runs several auto portals in India. * Ebates, a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce leader Rakuten, has acquired Shopular, a mobile product discovery app anchored in Silicon Valley.
* Gobi has joined with Malaysia Venture Capital Berhad to launch a $15.4 million to seed Southeast Asian startups
* Golden Gate Ventures has led the initial financing of ServisHero, a Malaysian provider of on-demand services via a mobile app.
LendInvest has completed a $25 million equity investment from Atomico, the technology VC firm set up by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstr�m
Renren has invested $4 million in OneRent, a Silicon Valley startup for online management of residential real estate rentals. Trend-Spotting: Unicorns Asia currently boasts 41 startups valued at $1 billion or more, compared with 92 from the U.S. and 155 in total globally | | |
Silicon Dragon's Rebecca Fannin Interviewed in London, IntelligentCrowd.TV
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