Women In VC: Why They Get Ahead Faster In China + Video
Women in venture capital are getting ahead faster in China than in the U.S. Why? How? Check out this video with 3 top lady VCs: Jenny Lee, Melissa Guzy and Anna Fang.
Women in venture capital are getting ahead faster in China than in the U.S. Why? How? Check out this video with 3 top lady VCs: Jenny Lee, Melissa Guzy and Anna Fang.
Making news this week: Kai-Fu Lee’s new $674 million for US-China startups, Tencent’s music streaming deal, disruptions by VR led by China, and Amazon-FlipKart market share battle not over yet.
Weekly Digest: Zuckerberg’s foundation Invests In Indian education startup, Kickstarter Launches in Hong Kong and Singapore, CDH backs Chinese co-working space Fountown.
Silicon Dragon Weekly Digest: Alibaba jumps into VR with HTC to help new technology to scale up more widely, Tencent does a $226 million deal in Douyu TV live streaming, Sequoia India backs peer-to-peer lending service in Singapore.
Lightspeed China’s new funds lifts off while India gets fresh recognition as a startup hub but not much new capital.
It has been tough selecting two winners from the 19 entrepreneurs who pitched last week at Silicon Dragon’s pitch last week in New York City. There were the co-founders Bao Lei and Ying Shen who pitched their startup Xingzhi, which uses big data and machine learning to match Chinese students who wish to study abroad with U.S. universities. There was Sally...
Sequoia Capital made its first deal in New Zealand while Lenovo and Tencent inked a $12 million investment in VR startup in the US. SAIF led a $12 million round in an online tax service in India.
Tencent increasingly goes Hollywood with JV its latest move, Jack Ma funds Ariana Huffington’s new venture. Sequoia Capital India puts $4 million in edtech startup in Bangalore.
Silicon Dragon Pitch Competition Launches. Entrepreneurs Pitch in New York June 23 To Win Prizes To Start Up In Beijing. Applications due June 17, 2016.
Indian startup Cleartax draws impact money from Founders Fund and Sequoia Capital India to digitize filing of taxes. Plus, New Zealand and Taiwan pair up in new fund.
Venture capitalists Jenny Lee, Melissa Guzy and Anna Fang discuss their view of the global startup and funding scene. Join us June 2 eve in Hong Kong.
The start of something really big! Hollywood Meets China Meet Tech Innovation. Lots of discussion around VR and AR — a prelude of what’s to come July 27-28 at Silicon Dragon’s LA event.