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.
News of Mary Meeker’s annual Internet trends report was almost flooded by China dealmakers in the U.S. and moves by tech billionaires (think EBay founder Pierre Omidyar) into frontier markets such as newly digitizing Myanmar.
The Hover flying camera and Baidu driver-less cars drew eyes in Beijing, DCM deal and personnel move were in the spotlight, signs of a slowing startup economy surfaced PLUS Silicon Dragon made a splash with its 6th annual event in ever-intense Beijing.
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.
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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)
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