Silicon Dragon founder/editor Rebecca Fannin was interviewed by NASDAQ Spotlight last week at its Times Square location. I chatted with host Lyanne Alfaro about the future of mobile, livestreaming and ride shares in China. You can check out the video interview here: China In Action.
Xiaomi mega IPO will set new bar for China’s GroupOn, Uber and more. Silicon Dragon podcast interviews Castbox founder about her Netflix for podcasts and its new $13.5M funding.
SOSV founder Sean O’Sullivan chats about startups and tech will partner William Bao Bean and managing director, Chinaccelerator, at Silicon Dragon Beijing 2018, April 26.
Tantan online dating (think Tinder) founder Yu Wang shares his startup success story with his venture investor Wei Zhou and moderator Geoffrey Handley at Silicon Dragon Beijing 2018, April 26.
Chenyu Zheng, author of Knocking Open 99 Doors, chats with Jonathan Rechtman of Cadence Translate at Silicon Dragon Beijing 2018, April 26.
Rebecca Fannin talks about China’s livestreaming craze in an interview with TV network CGTN America.
Highlights – Silicon Dragon Beijing 2018, April 26
More China funds are popping up as venture capital tilts away from the Silicon Valley epicenter and toward emerging Chinese tech startups. Sinovation Ventures debuted a $500 million fourth fund while Sky9 Capital launched a $200 million third fund. Sinovation Ventures, led by AI guru and former Google China executive Kai-Fu Lee, is investing in artificial intelligence, robotics and education startups....
In more fund news, NIO Capital, linked to innovative, low-priced Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO, is reportedly closing in on a $500 million offshore fund to invest in automotive technologies. It’s part of China’s drive to become the Detroit of electric cars. Tencent and Alibaba are continuing to lead deal flow in China. Alibaba has led...
Highlights – Silicon Dragon Hong Kong 2018
Silicon Valley challenger China is catching up to US lead for venture deals. WeWorks buys NakedHub in China.
China broke through on the Forbes Midas List 2017 with 16 China venture capitalists and seven Chinese startup unicorns factoring in the rankings. This should not be a surprise considering that China’s VC market has grown to $65 billion in 2017, nearing the U.S. at $71 billion. And that China accounts for 62 of the world’s...
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