SILICON DRAGON NEWS
SiliconDragonVentures.com                                              Week -  June 6, 2016

FEATURED EVENT
   
The
New Tech Triangle:
China-US-Israel
 
 Exploring the Impact on
VC Funds, Startups, Deals and Innovation

 
 
June 23, 5-9pm, at NASDAQ

Expert Speakers:
NY, Tel Aviv, Beijing 
 
VC/DEALMAKERS 
Alan Patricof
Greycroft Partners
Jim Robinson
RRE Ventures
Lior Prosor
Elevator Fund
Lilly Huang
SVB
Brian Cohen
NY Angels / NYVP
Robert Grady
Gryphon Investors
Nazar Yasin
Rise Capital
Geoffrey Levin
Sidley Austin
Jon Medved

OurCrowd
Porter Bibb 
MediaTech Partners
Peter Reisman
C-Bridge Capital Partners


TECH TITANS & STARTUPS
Eric Mika
Letv
Alice Chang
Perfect Corp.
Matt Wilkerson 
Paragon One
Alan Yan
Alibaba

MARKET EXPERTS
David DeNoon
NYC Center on US-China Relations
Xu Chen
Bank of China/ CGCC
Ann Lee
Professor/ Author
Howard Krongard
US State Dept. (former)
Erik Blumberg
Israel Economic Mission to NY

BOOK TALK
Rana Foroohar
Author, Makers & Takers  (2016)

 
SPONSORS
Sidley Austin
Silicon Valley Bank
NASDAQ
COTC-OTEC

 
 
  
NY Event
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                         VIDEO: Silicon Dragon Salon
                              June 2, Hong Kong
 
       Silicon Dragon Chats With 3 Leading Ladies
of Venture:
Jenny Lee, GGV Capital; Anna Fang, ZhenFund;  Melissa Guzy, Arbor Ventures
 

 
Facebook, Metta, AIAAnna Fang 


 
 
Silicon Dragon Sydney 2016
May 31 

fintech panel, Sydney Fintech Innovators panel:
Alex Scandurra, Stone & Chalk;  Andrey Shirben, Follow the Seed; Andrew Corbett-Jones, Tyro Fintech Hub;  Ben Heap, Founding Partner, H2 Ventures; Danny Gilligan, Reinventure Group; Ilan Israelstam, Apex Capital 
Moderator: James Mabbott, KPMG Innovate
 
Milennnial stars w Jana
Millennial Supertars:
Harrison Uffindell, Tilt.com; Jane Lu, Showpo; Filip Eldic, Bluedot Innovation;  
Gen George, SkillD, OneShift 
Moderator: Jana Matthews, UniSA Centre for Business Growth

 

 
Silicon Dragon News
Alibaba is co-investing with Naspers in Tel Aviv-based Twiggle, a startup that aims to improve product searches on e-commerce websites.

Sequoia Capital China and DCM own sizeable stakes in China Online Education Group, a Beijing-based online education platform focused in English language proficiency that starts trading in NY June 10. 

Myanmar tech hub Phandeeyar has closed $2 million in follow-on investment from Omidyar Network, a global philanthropic investment firm founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.

Tang Media Partners, a China-U.S. media investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in Hollywood film and TV studio IM Global from India's Reliance Group.

Ventech and PE fund Vision Knight Capital have led the Series C funding of Blued, a Chinese gay social networking mobile app.

Droom, a Gurgaon-based online marketplace for used cars, has raised some $25 million of Series B funding from Singapore's Beenet and Japan's Digital Garage, with return backers Lightbox and Beenos Partners.

Lalamove, a Hong Kong-based provider of on-demand logistics solutions, has raised $10 million in new VC funding led by MindWorks with return backers Crystal Stream (China), AppWorks (Taiwan), and Aria Group (Hong Kong) and new investor Asia Plus (Thailand).

 
Join The
Silicon Dragon Circle

Ladies of Venture   
Silicon Dragon's Rebecca Fannin with 
Melissa Guzy, Anna Fang and Jenny Lee.
 

NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED! E27 News Clip:
"With the relentless efforts of people such as Rebecca Fannin of Silicon Dragon, the (Hong Kong) metropolis has built the bridges to what is still considered the global hub of transformational innovations."