Silicon Dragon’s weekly digest: Altos, Cherubic raise new funds for startups in Asia, China outdoes U.S. in billionaire ranks, Tencent inks $100M Twitch-like deal, Cisco dives into India’s digital, Baidu gets in on driver-less cars race.
This week’s Silicon Dragon News: China Media Capital takes stake in Ron Howard’s film group, Amadeus inks first India deal, 500 Startups steps up in Southeast Asia, Lightspeed recharges with 2 news funds at $1.2B, and Alibaba and SoftBank restructuring and bulked up. Elon Musk sounded off about Singapore roadblocks to Tesla. Plus, VR and cloud computing deals got funding.
Amazing to see the mainstream tech media catching onto the copy from China trend that Silicon Dragon spotlighted some 8 years ago (in a book by the same title).
Startup Asia Digest: VC Andrew Chung forums 1955, Didi tips scales at $20B, Huawei stands behind Tim Cook’s position, China’s Perfect World links up with Hollywood
Silicon Dragon’s 5th annual forum in London featured tech innovators and venture capital investors at the intersection of Britain and China. Check out the pix and videos.
Christian Faes of LendInvest chats with Koen Vandecaveye of London & Partners about how his fintech startup raised a lot of capital from China private equity firms – through a LinkedIn connection!
James Hardy, former GM of Alibaba in Europe and now Avenue51 CEO, shares his views with Silicon Dragon’s Rebecca Fannin on how UK e-commerce startups can succeed in China.
Rebecca Fannin moderates panel with VCs and dealmakers Simon Tobelem, Hussein Kanji, Russ Shaw, Frank Meehan and Mark Thompson at Silicon Dragon London 2016.
Silicon Dragon London 2016: HardwarePro’s Josh Liu chats about the opportunities for hardware startups in China with Mark Hedley of the China Britain Business Council.
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