China Is All Over Israel Startups
Chinese investors have arrived in Israel to back startups and venture funds.
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Silicon Dragon Forum Propels Pasadena’s Links To China
Silicon Dragon’s conference comes to Pasadena at a time when Chinese money is hitting the streets in rapid fire.
Asia Tech Startups Raise Backing (Not So Silently)
Asia tech startups are not so silently raising record sums from venture capitalists to ramp up their businesses.
Silicon Dragon Rises in Los Angeles: Debuts Forum Spotlighting LA-China
Los Angeles is emerging as a hub for Chinese cross-border investment and innovations, catching up with Silicon Valley. Silicon Dragon is hosting a well-timed tech innovation and venture capital conference in Los Angeles, July 29-30, at the Pasadena Convention Center.
Alibaba’s New Hub In Pasadena Signals LA Gateway To China
Alibaba’s move into Pasadena signals an opening of cross-border China and southern California business connections. These links are being framed around technology entrepreneurship, venture investment and innovation hubs.
China VCs To Invest $500M In Israel in 2015
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...
Disenchanted Chinese Tech Companies Plot Escape From NY Listings
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...
Chinese E-commerce Giant Leads $70M Round In Online Producer Retailer
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...
It’s Frothy But Defensible: VCs Assess High Valuations Across China
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.
Hong Kong Snubbed For IPO As Shenzhen Gets Focus Media
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....
China Inc. Comes To America
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.”
Why This Chinese Startup Bought Segway
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...
