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New York 2017
June 21
at Nasdaq, Times Square
New York's Global
Innovation Revolution
featuring
VC PANELISTS
Jim Robinson
RRE Ventures
Brian Cohen
NY Angels /
David Teten
HOF Capital
Oliver Mitchell
Autonomy Ventures
Mason Du
HBS Alumni Angels
Wendy Cai
Oenus Capital
VC /STARTUP TALK
Kamran Ansari
Pinterest / Greycroft
NEW BOOK TALK
Scott Hartley
VC and Author,
The Fuzzie & The Techie
BRIEFING
Technion Lands In NY
Ron Brachman
Jacobs Technion-
Cornell Institute
15 SELECT PITCHES
Thanks to Sponsors
Sidley, Nasdaq, OTEC
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NEXT
Silicon Dragon
LA 2017
"Chollywood!"
Featuring deals by
Wanda, Alibaba,
Tencent & More!
Pasadena
Convention
Center
July 26
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PARTNER EVENTS
China Institute
May 18
New York City
Annual Conference
Washington, DC
May 18-20
UPCOMING TALKS
Chinese Business Series
SUNY Global Center, NY
China's Tech Revolution
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Silicon Dragon's Rebecca Fannin moderating VC panel at G-Startup World
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Silicon Dragon Launches Pitch Contest In NY
Silicon Dragon is holding its second annual startup pitch contest in NYC, June 21, at Nasdaq.
Fifteen founders will be selected to pitch on stage before judges Jim Robinson of RRE Ventures and Brian Cohen of NY Angels.
Two finalists will go to Beijing on an expense-paid, 3-day trip starting August 18 to compete globally in the Overseas Talent Entrepreneur Conference (OTEC).
The champion will receive funding of up to $200,000,
loans
, startup space and advice.
To apply to pitch, click Silicon Dragon Pitch.
Your startup qualifies if:
- less than 3 years old
- has not received Series A financing
- is in tech, finance, modern services, social enterprise, cultural creativity
- is preferably based in NY or metro area and may expand to China
No Bites In The BIG APPLE'S Silicon Alley
The Big Apple's startup scene is becoming more vibrant, with the spirit and talent of Silicon Valleys worldwide but with a
more congenial environment than other hotspots globally.
There's less competition for deals in New York, and it's rare to see competitive bids for deals.
Despite developing into the second-largest U.S. venture market, NYC VC is only one-third the size of Northern California's market.
Read Forbes post, Silicon Alley.
Too Much Money Chasing Deals In Asia?
Too much money chasing too few deals? That's a perennial question in the cyclical private equity and VC business. In Asia, a wave of private equity chasing deals in Asia is keeping competition for transactions heightened.
For the third year in a row, Asia-Pacific private equity-backed transactions have performed well, at record highs. Read
Forbes
post,
PE Highs in Asia
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NOTEWORTHY
The mythical unicorn is no fantasy in China, which boasts more than 100 unicorns.
If China
's tech u
nicorns were a country, they would form t
he world's 26th largest economy, a ranking by China Monday Network shows.
When two professors created a model to predict the value of unicorns, they found that half were not unicorns at all. Read more,
Stanford
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Any market can join China's Belt and Road initiative including countries that weren't part of the ancient Silk Road.
China Daily
China's Internet giants go global.
Tencent is leading the acquisition spree, followed by
Alibaba.
The Economist
DEALS
China's
ZhenFund
has made its first investment in Southeast Asia, in fintech startup Silot that is launching in Singapore and Thailand and then aiming to expand within the region. Silot was formed by prior
Baidu executives from China.
Cheetah Mobile's live video-streaming app
Live.me has raised $60 million from
Matrix Partners, IDG Capital, Gobi Partners, Evolution Media Partners
and
Welight Capital
.
Softbank has invested $500 million in U.K. virtual reality upstart Improbableio. It's Europe's largest startup funding so far this year.
Toronto's
YTO Express is purchasing Hong Kong's
On Time Logistics for $151 million.
FUNDS
China's largest insurer Ping An is launching a $1 billion fintech and healthcare fund for early-stage investments. Ping An runs Lufas, China's large peer-to-peer lending service and has an interest in Good Doctor, a popular medical app. Running the fund as chief innovation officer will be Citicorp veteran Jonathan Larsen.
IPOs
Chinese bike sharing startup Youon called off its A-share IPO amid an IP infringement lawsuit as it was on its way to become China's first publicly traded firm in this new sector. Meanwhile, Tencent jumped into the bike craze by leading a $1.2 billion investment in Indonesian upstart Go-Jek.
INDIA
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center in San Francisco has selected 15 finalists for an India milestone makers program.
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Silicon Dragon Beijing 2017: Talk with Dave McClure, 500 Startups
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