Silicon Dragon
 www.silicondragonventures.com                           NEWS                                             May 2014  
                                                                                                       
    
  Featured Event:
  
SILICON DRAGON
BEIJING 2014:
  
Let's Make a Deal!
  
May 15
Four Seasons Hotel
   
  
  David Chao
"Maybe we are not in a tech bubble but on the Verge of a
New Tech Revolution?"  
David Chao, DCM - VC investor in VIPShop, Renren, Dangdang, 58.com and many more
  
Featured Speakers:
VC Investor / Dealmaker Panel: 
David Chao, Co-founder & GP, DCM
Richard Hsu, MD, Intel Capital
William Bao Bean, MD SingTel Innov8
Rui Ma, Venture Partner, 500 Startups
Joseph Chang, Partner, Sidley
Hong Chen, Chairman, The Hina Group
Anna Fang, GM, Zhen Fund
Philipp Georgi, MD, SuperSonic Ventures
  
Tech Chats with Star Entrepreneurs:  
  Alan Guo, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Light in the Box
Si Shen, Co-Founder & CEO,
PapayaMobile
Tina Shi, Deputy Manager, Mobile,
Qunar
  
  Commentators/Moderators:
Paul Carsten, Thomson Reuters
Chen Liang, Financial Times
Frank Yu, Startup Digest
 Kang Zhou, Amazon 
  
  
May 15, 2014
5-9 pm
Cocktails and Appetizers
   
    
Thanks to our Sponsors
Sidley
KPMG
HK Cyberport
Highland Capital Partners
   
by May 2 for the
early bird discount
  
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NEXT
  
Silicon Dragon NY
June 25
Top Markets
for Innovations
 
David Rose
  
Speakers (preliminary)
David Rose, CEO, Gust, and
Author, Angel Investing
(Wiley, April 2014)
  
Vicky Wu, Co-Founder,
fashion ecommerce site ZaoZao

 

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  Silicon Dragon 2014 Global Events

  
  February 7, London
March 13, San Francisco
April 15, HK Cyberport
May 15, Beijing
June 25, New York
August 21, Sydney
September 18, Shanghai
October 2, Silicon Valley
November 13, HK Awards
November 20, Bangalore

 

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 Hong Kong startups get a boost from Beijing, Shenzen and Silicon Valley investors at Silicon Dragon @ HK_Cyberport 2014 

 

Thanks to our speakers Jack Jia, Benjamin Qiu, Cyril Ebersweiler, Mae Wang (above), Edith Right, Allison Baum, Yat Siu, Hanson Cheah, Rex Sham, Benjamin Joffe, Ilissa Howard, Napolean Biggs, Egidio Zarella, Ron Cao, Zach Smith, Herman Lam, Iain Reed (below) and to Elsa Chan, Patrick Leung, Jonathan Buford, Casey Lau and Lawrence Morgan.

 

See Videos:

VC / Dealmaker panel

Tech Chats

Spotlight Talks

Welcome Remarks

Quick Highlights  

 

commentatorsRex, Benjamin
Napolean, IlissaEdge, Ron Shenzhen trioHerman, Iain

Thanks for helping us make our annual event at HK Cyberport a success!

350 attendees, 25 speakers, 8 countries represented

 

Special thanks to our event sponsors Cooley, KPMG, HK Cyerport and

the IT Fest

 

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VC Investments in Asia: A Perspective 

2013 

   1. Global $48.5 B

  2. U.S.   $33.1 B

 3. China  $3.5 B

 4. India  $1.8 B

 

2012

1. Global $47.6 B

2. U.S.    $32.8 B

3. China   $5.0 B

4. India    $1.6 B

 

 

 

Source: Dow Jones VentureSource

 

 

 

Announcing the Silicon Dragon

Award Series 2014

 

Apply to Win an Opportunity

to Present Your Startup at

Silicon Dragon events
 in Beijing, Shanghai,

Silicon Valley, Hong Kong

 

See criteria

 

Application deadlines for

Beijing, May 2

Shanghai, August 1

Hong Kong, October 1

 

Apply here

 

Weibo IPO

China's Twitter-like Weibo Tests Its Appeal with New York IPO

See Rebecca's post on Weibo at Forbes.com.

 

From A-Z, Your Guide to China's Hottest Internet IPOs

See Forbes post: Alibaba to YY

 

 Jack Ma

Ma faces test of Alibaba's magic with listing on stock exchange

See Guardian article, Jack Ma at the helm 

 

China's Wuxi Pharma Tech invests in  TruTag Technologies, developers of an invisible, edible barcode designed to stop the spread of fake pills around the world. TruTag Chairman Hank Wuh, based in Hawaii, recently spoke at Silicon Dragon in the Valley.

  

PPDai, a large peer-to-peer online lending platform in China, raises VC finance from Lightspeed China Partners, Sequoia Capital China and NYSE-listed Noah Holdings. Lightspeed's MD Ron Cao led the round of financing. Ron spoke at Silicon Dragon HK 2014.

 

CDH is looking to raise $150 million for a final close of its third China VC fund.

 

DT Capital invests $19 million in Shenzhen-based online decorating company.

 

CTrip injects $200 million in ticketing site LY.com.     

 

You can still make money in Chinese real estate... so says Hang Lung Chairman Ronnie Chan http://flip.it/whn7u

 

How Sequoia Capital China wins in China when so many have lost. Forbes post, Midas series. Leader Neil Shen spoke at Silicon Dragon Beijing 2013.

 

This Hong Kong startup wants to help women of all shapes and sizes find the perfect dress http://bit.ly/1k8ocHl

 

As expected, Tesla has a lot of challenges ahead in China. http://flip.it/iUHpQ

 

3 Reasons Why a Chinese Economic Crisis Is Unlikely - China Real Time Report - WSJ http://on.wsj.com/1knwNJ5

 

Alibaba Makes $1.22 Billion Bet on China's Online Video Market with 16% stake in Youku -

WSJ http://on.wsj.com/1iyOA0N 

NYTimes http://nyti.ms/1k6K99U

Forbes http://onforb.es/1ivsyXK 

 

Shopping in China: Are Any of These Real? In Looking for a Xiaomi Phone, Fakes Outnumber Authentic Ones - WSJ http://on.wsj.com/1nyLv3o

   

Alibaba and UCWeb team up to make another Chinese search engine, this time on mobile http://bit.ly/QOUrnP

 

Apple's Fans Are Bulls In A China (Mobile) Shop - Forbes http://onforb.es/1nyc496

  

Apple, Be Afraid: China's Xiaomi Going Global - Forbes http://onforb.es/1mQxyxI 

 

JAPAN

Japanese #accounting software company Freee raises $8M Series B funding from DCM & Infinity Venture Partners http://bit.ly/1ilxaWe

 

 

 

 

CeBIT SPEAKING APPEARANCES 

Speaker: CeBIT Australia

 VC Investment Trends

Web Forward

May 5-7, 2014   Sydney

 

Moderator: The Asian Business Angel Forum 2014

May 21-22, 2014    Hong Kong

 

PARTNER EVENTS

 Global Mobile Internet Conference

May 5-6, 2014

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