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Highlights & Takeaways: Silicon Dragon Valley 2019

by Rebecca Fannin · Published January 25, 2019 · Updated February 23, 2019

: Rebecca Fannin, Phil Libin, Selina Wang

: Dixon Doll, Kyle Lui

: David Sullivan with panelists

: Travis Darrow, Alfred Chu, Kim Tung

: Matt Wilkerson, Alex Foard

: Wilson Qiu

: Dixon Doll, Hal Kellman

: Elisha Chiu

: Henry Wong

: Birthday surprise

: Birthday cake!

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Tariffs/geopolitics are hurting business but the opportunity in China is so large that some US startups are still pursuing it as 1st international market
Era of big China deals in the US is over
Smaller, more strategic China to US deals are getting done despite regulatory crackdown
Getting into Chinese market takes persistence
AI and 5G telecommunications are the big tech innovations shaking up many sectors globally
Continued, strong future for cross-border, US-China deal making

PROGRAM
TECH CHAT: Global Innovator
PANEL: VC Focus On Top 10 Trends In 2 Key Markets
PANEL: US Tech Brands In China – Why It’s Still A (Greater) Challenge

SPEAKERS
VC/ Dealmakers
Dixon Doll, Co-founder, General Partner, Impact VC (Keynote Chat)
Ming Yeh, Founder, Managing Partner, CSC Upshot Ventures
Lee Hsieh, Senior Director, Investment, Fosun RZ Capital
Kyle Lui, Partner, DCM
Ying Wang, Partner, Northern Light Venture Capital
David Lam, General Partner, Atlantic Bridge
Olivia Wang, Head of US, ZhenFund
Chuck Comey, Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Corporate Strategists
Phil Libin, Co-founder, All Turtles/ Senior Adviser, General Catalyst/ former CEO, Evernote
Ric Kostick, Founder & CEO, Purity Cosmetics (Alibaba 11.11 e-retailer)
Chris Barnett, Principal/Founder, Barnett Strategies & SVP, Sales, Light/
former EVP, EyeVerify acquired by Ant Financial (Alibaba)
John Foster, Co-founder & CEO, Aiqudo
Gene Banman, CEO, DriveScale
David Sullivan, Managing Director, Alliance Development Group (ADG)