Ask A VC Series
We’ve running an online series, Ask A VC Anything!
Hosted by journalist and author Rebecca Fannin
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- Bill Tai
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- Brian Cohen
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- Jim Scheinman
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- Gary Rieschel
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- Jay Eum
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- Jeff Chi
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- Kamran Ansari
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- Melissa Guzy
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- Sean O’Sullivan
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- Kyle Lui
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- Chibo Tang
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- Edith Yeung
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- Tytus Michalski
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- James Mi
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- Chris Fenton
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- Anis Uzzaman
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- Mohanjit Jolly
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- Andy Tang
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- Roy Bahat
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- Han Shen
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- Jeff Paine
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- Jon Medved
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- David Lam
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- Nazar Yasin
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- Ray Lane
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- John Chambers
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- Brad Smith
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- Jeffrey Lee
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- Fiona Yu
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- Steven Hoffman
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- Candice Brackeen
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- Bruno Bensaid
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- Wei Jiang
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- Jonathan Qiu
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- Bill Reichert
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- Nicolas Sauvage
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- Paul Holland
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- Bob Ackerman
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- Jim Robinson
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- Nihal Mehta
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- Dan Schwartz
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- Daniel Gould
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- Jake Seid
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- Michael Wolf
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- Yanev Suissa
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- Sandeep Murthy
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- Hussein Kanji
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- Pocket Sun
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- Niki Scevak
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- Carmen Yuen
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- Kevin Fong
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- Omri Amirav-Drory
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- James Lang
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- Marc Jackson
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- Dr. Finian Tan
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- Ursheet Parikh
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- Shervin Pishevar
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- Alan Patricof
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- Scott Dorsey
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- Zach Malone
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- Will Allen
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- Scott Shane
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- Ryan Helon
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- Michael Basch
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- Mike Green
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- Pete Blackshaw
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- Jackson Andrews
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- Larry Horn
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- Christopher Day
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- Tim Schigel
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- Ray Leach
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- Steve Case
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- Will Gray
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- Helen Wong
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- Eric Feng
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- Kelvin Au
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- Teddy Himler
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- Alireza Masrour
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- Eddy Chan
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- Somak Chattopadhyay
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- Ron Levin
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- Chris Shonk
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- Aaron Perman
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- Jenny Xiao
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- Morgan Flager
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- Venu Shamapant
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- Ryan Mendoza
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- William Bao Bean
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- Rafael Ratzel
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- Rogelio de los Santos
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- Jonathan Qiu
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- David Chen
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- Catherine Mott
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- Sue Xu
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- Marc Cohen
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- Victor Chua
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- Mo Salah
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- Rebecca Fannin
nnin, these episodes feature chats and audience Q&As with prominent VCs.
This series provides an up-close profile of leading VCs and gives the audience a chance to interact and learn directly.
The Ask A VC online series launched in April 2020, expanding our Silicon Dragon Forums held globally since 2010.
For video replays, see YouTube
2026 Ask A VC Shows, Live and Replay
May 20 Mo Salah, Pitane Ventures / Startup Grind
January 20 Victor Chua, Vynn Capital, Kuala Lumpur
2025 Video Replays and Upcoming Shows
October 23 Marc Cohen, Unbundled VC, The Channel Islands
August 19 Sue Xu, Amino Capital, Silicon Valley
August 13 Catherine Mott, Lindsay Fairman, BlueTree Capital, Pittsburgh
July 30 David Chen, AngelVest, NYC
April 9 Jonathan Qiu, Meridian Capital Asia, Palo Alto
March 20 Frank Yu, Agentic AI Entrepreneur
Live from Beijing, David Mahon, Mahon China
2024 Video Replays and Upcoming Shows
December 12 Rogelio de los Santos, Dalus Capital, Monterrey MX
November 11 Rafael Ratzel, TH Capital, Hong Kong
October 23 William Bao Bean, Orbit Startups, Shanghai
October 3 Ryan Mendoza, Scrum Ventures, San Francisco
August 7 Venu Shamapant, LiveOak VC, Austin, TX
May 23 Morgan Flager, Silverton Partners, Austin, TX
May 9 Jenny Xiao, Leonis Capital, San Francisco
April 26 Aaron Perman, S3 Ventures, Austin, TX
April 11 Chris Shonk, ATX Venture Partners, Austin, TX
March 14 Ron Levin, Alumni Ventures, Boston
February 29 Somak Chattopadhyay, Armory Square Ventures, Upstate NY
January 25 Eddy Chan, Intudo Ventures, Silicon Valley/ Indonesia
January 17 Alireza Masrour, Plug and Play Ventures, Silicon Valley
2023
January 25 Endeavor Midwest, Jackson Andrews and Amplify, Larry Horn in Louisville
February 15 Elevate Ventures, Christopher Day in Indianapolis
February 23 Refinery Ventures, Tim Schigel in Cincinnati
March 2 Jumpstart, Ray Leach in Cleveland
March 7 Rise of the Rest, Revolution, Steve Case in DC
April 26 Tim Draper, DFJ / Draper Associates in Silicon Valley
May 25 Will Gray, Atento Capital in Tulsa
October 5 AC Ventures, Helen Wong in Singapore
October 25 Gold House Ventures, Eric Feng in Silicon Valley
November 9 Cell Capital, Kelvin Au in London
December 13 Teddy Himler, Antler Elevate in Silicon Valley and Asia
2022 Schedule
January 27 Hussein Kanji, Partner, Hoxton Ventures, London / Silicon Valley
February 9 Pocket Sun, Co-founder & Managing Partner, SoGal Ventures Vancouver/ China
February 24 Niki Scevak, Partner, Blackbird Ventures / Sydney
March 16 Carmen Yuen, Partner, Vertex Ventures, SE Asia / India Singapore
March 30 Kevin Fong, GSR Ventures / Silicon Valley
April 11 Omri Amirav-Drory, NFX / Silicon Valley & Israel
May 11 Metaverse VCs Liberty City Ventures/ Seahorn Capital / New York, Los Angeles
June 1 Dr. Finian Tan, Vickers Venture Partners / Singapore/ New York
June 15 Ursheet Parikh, Mayfield / Silicon Valley
June 22 Shervin Pishevar, Edison Companies, Sherpa Capital / Miami
September 14 Alan Patricof, Greycroft Partners, New York City
Silicon Heartland Series 2022
September 20 Scott Dorsey, High Alpha Venture Studio, Indianapolis
October 5 Zach Malone, Will Allen, MVP/ Magarac Ventures, Pittsburgh
October 12 Scott Shane, Comeback Capital, Cleveland
October 26 Ryan Helon, Rev1 Ventures, Columbus
November 3 Michael Basch, Atento Capital, Tulsa
November 16 Mike Green, Mountain State Capital, Morgantown
December 14 Pete Blackshaw, Cintriuse, Cincinnati
2021 SCHEDULE, Video Recaps
January 13 Ray Lane, Managing Partner, GreatPoint Ventures / former Oracle COO & Kleiner Perkins partner
Bay Area
January 21 John Chambers, Founder & CEO, JC2Ventures / Former Cisco CEO Silicon Valley
January 28 Brad Smith, Founder, Wing 2 Wing Foundation / Intuit Executive Chairman Silicon Valley / WVa
February 4 Networking, Silicon Dragon Circle Global
February 25 Jeffrey Lee, Managing Partner, Northern Light Venture Capital Silicon Valley
March 18 Steven Hoffman, Chairman & CEO, Founders Space Silicon Valley
March 31 Bruno Bensaid, Co-founder, Shanghaivest, Paris
April 14 Candice Brackeen, General Partner, Lightship Capital Cincinnati, Ohio
April 28 Wei Jiang, Founding Partner, CatchLight Capital Silicon Valley
May 26 Jonathan Qiu, Managing Director, Hony Capital Silicon Valley, Beijing
June 10 Bill Reichert, Partner, Pegasus Tech Ventures Silicon Valley
June 16 Nicolas Sauvage, Paul Holland TDK Ventures/Mach49 Silicon Valley
September 8 The Great China Debate: Panel New York / Global
September 15 Bob Ackerman, Managing Director & Founder, AllegisCyber Capital Silicon Valley/DC
September 21 Jim Robinson, Founder & General Partner, RRE Ventures New York
September 30 Dan Schwartz & Daniel Gould, Investors, Bay Area Angels Silicon Valley
October 7 Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner, Eniac Ventures Silicon Valley
October 14 Jake Seid, Managing Director, Stone Bridge Ventures Silicon Valley
October 28 Michael Wolf, Activate’s Annual Tech and Media Outlook 2022 New York
November 2 Silicon Dragon HK 2021 Hong Kong
November 10 Yanev Suissa, Partner, SineWave Ventures Washington, DC
December 9 Sandeep Murthy, Partner, Lightbox Ventures Mumbai
2020 PROGRAMS
APRIL
April 3 Bill Tai, the VC Who First Backed Zoom/ Silicon Valley
April 9 Brian Cohen, NY Venture Partners, NY Angels & First Investor in Pinterest/ New York
April 16 Jim Scheinman, Maven Ventures: The VC Who Named Zoom / Silicon Valley
April 23 Gary Rieschel, Qiming Ventures, the VC Who Jumpstarted US-China Venture /Seattle, China
April 29 Jay Eum, Samsung Ventures, the VC with the Best Korean Connections/ Seattle, Seoul
MAY
May 7 Jeff Chi, Vickers Venture Partners / Singapore, Shanghai
May 14 Kamran Ansari, Greycroft / New York, Silicon Valley
May 21 Melissa Guzy, Arbor Ventures / Singapore, Israel, Silicon Valley
May 28 Sean O’Sullivan, SOSV / New York, China, Taiwan
JUNE
June 4 Kyle Lui, Partner, DCM / Silicon Valley
June 11 Silicon Dragon NY Online Forum / Global
June 18 Chibo Tang, Gobi Partners / Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund
June 25 James Mi, Founding Partner, Lightspeed China Partners
JULY
July 9 Silicon Dragon Online HK Forum 2020/Ask 3 VCS
VCs Edith Yeung, Tytus Michalski, Chibo Tang (Silicon Valley / Hong Kong)
July 30 Silicon Dragon Online LA Forum 2020 & Ask A VC
Chris Fenton, Author, Feeding The Dragon / CEO, Media Capital Technologies (Los Angeles)
Annis Uzzaman, General Partner & CEO, Pegasus Tech Ventures
SEPTEMBER
September 17 Mohanjit Jolly, Iron Pillar (ex-DFJ India) (Silicon Valley, India)
September 24 Andy Tang, Draper Dragon/ Draper Associates (Silicon Valley, China)
September 30 Roy Bahat, Head, Bloomberg Beta (San Francisco)
OCTOBER
October 15 Han Shen, Founding Partner, iFly.vc (Silicon Valley)
October 22 Jeffrey Paine, Managing Partner, Golden Gate Ventures (Singapore)
NOVEMBER
November 11 Jon Medved, OurCrowd, Israel
November 18, David Lam, General Partner, Atlantic Bridge (Silicon Valley)
DECEMBER
December 3 Nazar Yasin, Founder & Managing Partner, Rise Capital (Silicon Valley)
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