VC/ Dealmakers take the stage at Silicon Dragon HK 2017:
James Savage, HKVCA; Tytus Michalski, Fresco Capital; Victor Boyajian, Dentons; Adam Lindemann, Mind Fund; Nisa Leung, Qiming Ventures; Alan Chan, Vectr Ventures with moderator Rebecca Fannin.
Napolean Biggs of Web Wednesday Ventures chats with Max Armbruster of TalkPush and his investor, Roland Yau of Cocoon Ignite Ventures at Silicon Dragon HK 2017, April 12, at Cyberport.
Justin Ling, founder of EquitySim, chats with one of his investors, Itai Damti of Leverate at Silicon Dragon in HK, April 12, 2017.
Benjamin Joffe of HAX chats with TrainerBot co-founders and brothers Alexander and Harrison Chen. TrainerBot is in the HAX accelerator program, and Alexander is a Forbes Asia under 30 winner.
Forbes Asia list of 30 under 30 super-achievers recognizes entrepreneurs in consumer and enterprise tech, finance, social enterprise, industry, healthcare and retail.
Takeaways from Silicon Dragon Hong Kong 2017: Watch for conservational commerce to take off. Meitu’s recent listing in Hong Kong could lead more emerging companies to tap the new Shenzhen-Hong Kong investor link.
China and California deal making from tech to Hollywood is going through some growing pains. Ask Tesla, Quixey, Dick Clark Productions and Vizio. Also, Sequoia India does a deal in Perth.
Why LA traffic jams may be thing of the past before too long (see Silicon Dragon, March 22 event in LA). Two robotics startups in China get more funding in latest trend, latest Israeli deal with Intel put its tech in higher sphere.
The US has always been the front runner in IoT innovation. Currently there is little to no sign of that title being stripped. In fact, Samsung announced a $1.2 billion dollar investment in the US last year with half the investment going into US IoT startups and the other half into its US facilities for technology...
Venture dealmakers speak at Silicon Dragon in London, March 7 at LSEG: Grant Calton, Frank Meehan, Simon Tobelem, Andrew Bell, Ivan Shyr with moderator Rebecca Fannin.
Nikhil Rathi, CEO of the London Stock Exchange and
Rebecca Fannin, Founder of Silicon Dragon, welcome a large crowd to Silicon Dragon’s 5th annual forum in London, held at LSEG on March 7.
R&D / innovation experts David Baghurst of Oxford University Innovation and Yunming Shao of TUS-S&T Service Co. with moderator Shivvy Jervis at Silicon Dragon’s annual event in London, held March 7 at LSEG.
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, 2nd edition 2026)
Silicon Heartland (Penguin Random House, 2022)
Startup Asia: Top Strategies for Cashing in on Asia's Innovation Boom
Silicon Dragon: How China Is Winning the Tech Race
