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* AI: China-US Race
* ICOs: China Ban
* Record Unicorns
* The BAT +
* Chinese Business Models Go Global:
- Livestreaming,
- Bike sharing,
- Online to Offline

SPEAKERS
 
Gary Rieschel
Gary Rieschel 
Qiming
Hans Tung
Hans Tung
GGV
Veronica Wu
Veronica Wu
Hone
Shuonan Chen
Shuo Chen 
Agile VC
Lee Chang
Lee Chang 
Baidu Ventures
Nick Adams
Nick Adams AME Cloud Ventures 
Chris Evdemon
Chris Evdemon Sinovation 
Wei Jiang
 Wei Jiang
ZhenFund

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Bill Tai
Bill Tai
CRV
Patrick Loofbourrow
Patrick
Loofbourrow,
 Cooley
 

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DEALS

Sinovation AI Sinovation Ventures bets big on AI as China aspirations grow. The firm founded by Kai-Fu Lee is launching a global competition for AI enthusiasts, with a winning prize of $300,000.  
 
 
Didi invests $200 million in China's used-car platform Renrenche.
 
KKR leads $200 million investment in China personal finance platform Shenzhen Suishou.
 
Draper Dragon invests $15 million in eSports betting cryptocurrency Unikrn, along with Blockchain Capital and Pantera Capital.
  
Hong Kong X Technology Fund , supported by Sequoia Capital China and Samsung Ventures has invested $9.5 million in Efinix.
  
  INDIA
Accel India to invest $12 million in online gold-lending startup Rupeek, after earlier backing from Sequoia Capital.
  
NOTEWORTHY
WP Trumps
Fake News: Washington Post clone emerges in China. FT (paywall)
 
How Dubai wants to build a tech ecosystem
 
In battle for talent, one startup founder in Beijing tries unlimited pay for his startup ByteDance, invested in by Sequoia Capital China. Bloomberg
 
SILICON DRAGON SF 2017 AGENDA
NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center,
505 Howard Street, San Francisco
Doors open 1:30pm
https://silicondragonsf2017.eventbrite.com
VCs at SDSF17
  PROGRAM: 1:50pm Welcome Remarks
2pm Keynote Talk
Gary Rieschel
, Founding Managing Partner,
Qiming Venture Partners

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2:20pm
 East Meets West Market: Bike Sharing
 
James Liao, Operations Manager, Ofo
Euwyn Poon, President, Spin
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2:35pm AI/Robotics Panel: China & US Race
Andra Keay, Director, Silicon Valley Robotics
Nick Adams, Managing Director, AME Cloud Ventures
Gareth Keane, Senior Investment Manager,
Qualcomm Ventures

Lee Chang, VP, Baidu Ventures
Moderator: Lizette Chapman, Reporter, Bloomberg
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3:05pm Investor/Founder Chats: AI Sector
Sam Liang , CEO/Co-founder, AISense
with  Andrew Tang , Managing Director,
Draper Dragon

Moderator:  Ying-Ying Lu Head-US, DayDayUp
Richard Liu , Co-founder & CEO, Leap.ai
with  Wei Jiang , Venture Partner,  ZhenFund
Moderator:  Robert Bao , Associate, Cooley
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3:30pm  Startup Journey: China Path
George Godula , Founder & CEO, Web2Asia / Angel Investor, Chinaccelerator
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3:35pm Cryptocurrencies Panel:
Impact of China Ban

Gabriel Chan , Blockchain Architect,
Hong Kong Blockchain Society

Shuonan Chen , General Partner, Agile VC
Chance Du , Founding Partner,
Coefficient Ventures
Patrick Dai, Founder, Qtum
Bill Tai , Partner Emeritus, CRV /
Co-founder, Treasure Data

Moderator:  Eric Savitz , Partner,
Brunswick Group
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4:10pm Venture/Dealmaker Panel
Gary Rieschel , Founding Managing Partner,
Qiming Venture Partners

Hans Tung , Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Veronica Wu , Managing Partner, Hone Capital
Chris Evdemo n, Partner, Sinovation Ventures
Patrick Loofbourrow , Partner, Cooley
Moderator/MC:  Rebecca Fannin , Founder/Editor,
Silicon Dragon
/ Contributor, Forbes
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  5pm Networking Reception: 
Appetizers and Drinks
 
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