By Mark Kolier, The Way I See It This past Monday evening I attended my fourth NYC Silicon Dragon event hosted by Rebecca Fannin of Silicon Dragon. Rebecca (author of the 2011 book Start-up Asia and 2008 book Silicon Dragon) always puts together an interesting program and she conducts these programs all over the globe but...
Silicon Dragon’s 5th annual event in New York City featured a close-up of the innovation revolution that is shaking up tech hotspots globally. The event was held at NASDAQ.
Chinese investors continue to show growing interest in Israeli high tech, with Chinese investors set to inject an estimated $500 million in Israeli venture capital in 2015, according to IVC Research Center. The center additionally predicted that Israeli funds will raise between $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion by the end of this year, and half of the funds that raise money by the end of...
Chinese tech firms have fallen out of love with America, and it shows – a growing number of them are looking to drop their listings in New York and head back home. Many Chinese tech executives are betting on higher share valuations in China where stock markets have recently caught fire. They also hope to evade...
Silicon Dragon’s 4th annual event in Beijing features Renren CEO Joe Chen, dealmakers from China’s leading VC firms and tech chats with three founders of innovative startups.
China’s government launched its “Made in China 2025” program in late May. Viewpoint by Gordon Orr, Chairman, Asia, McKinsey & Co. With its 10 priority industries and milestones for creativity, quality, digitization and greenness, there is a lot for anyone operating in these industries in China or elsewhere to look at. We can be certain that...
Chinese e-commerce site and Alibaba rival JD.com is putting its money into fresh fruit and vegetables after it led a $70 million Series C round in FruitDay, a company that sells fresh produce across China. The investment in six-year-old FruitDay, which claims to be China’s largest online produce firm, also included participation from previous backers Susquehanna International Group...
The theme of Silicon Dragon’s Beijing event was, “China Tech: Hotter than Ever, When Will it Cool?” No one can say definitively when it will cool, but based on the panel discussions, there’s a real reason it’s this hot.
When e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding eventually decided to list in New York last year, some Hong Kong officials and bankers sought to defend the snubbed city’s long-standing reputation as one of the world’s leading financial centres. “Don’t worry. Others will still come to Hong Kong after Alibaba” was the main message heard at the time....
Headlines on Chinese and U.S. relations are usually dominated by tensions over trade and security as China flexes its economic muscle on the world stage. Corporate takeovers in the U.S. by foreign companies can be controversial as locals fear losing their jobs. But this new report found that Chinese investment is saving jobs by offering new financing to troubled businesses.”
The New International Startup City Venture investors discover Hong Kong can be good for finding startups with potential to scale. Entrepreneurs are tapping Hong Kong as a building block while multinational leaders leverage Hong Kong as a gateway. April 22, 2015 Cyberport 3, Hong Kong VIDEOS Dealmaker Panel Spotlights: Candice Lo, Uber Guru Gowrappan, Quixey TECH CHATS: Johnny Quattro, MiQ Shana Buchanan,...
Two companies have sealed a deal that’s raising eyebrows: Segway, the struggling American maker of disgraced self-balancing scooters, has been bought by Ninebot, the Chinese rival that Segway recently accused of copying its signature two-wheelers. Ninebot announced the curious acquisition for an undisclosed sum on Wednesday, which followed a combined $80 million investment from mega-rich Chinese...
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Silicon Global Online: Ask A VC Series
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Silicon Heartland (Penguin Random House, 2022)
Tech Titans of China: How China's Tech Sector is Challenging the World by Innovating Faster, Working Harder and Going Global (Hachette Book Group, 2019)
Startup Asia: Top Strategies for Cashing in on Asia's Innovation Boom
Silicon Dragon: How China Is Winning the Tech Race
