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Silicon Dragon
San Francisco
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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
Wei Jiang
ZhenFund
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Bill Tai CRV |
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Patrick Loofbourrow, Cooley
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San Francisco
Thanks to Our
Sponsors
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SPEAKING
GIGS
HYSTA
Silicon Valley Oct. 6
Cyberport Venture Capital Forum
Hong Kong
Nov. 2
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Rebecca Fannin with
Helen Wong, Qiming Venture Partners
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VIP Invites
* Event
Tickets
* Networking
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Introductions
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DEALS
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
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
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SILICON DRAGON SF 2017 AGENDA NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center,
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PROGRAM: 1:50pm Welcome Remarks 2pm Keynote Talk Gary Rieschel, Founding Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners .... 2:20pm East Meets West Market: Bike Sharing James Liao, Operations Manager, Ofo Euwyn Poon, President, Spin ...
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 ...
3:05pm Investor/Founder Chats: AI Sector
Sam Liang
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CEO/Co-founder, AISense
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Andrew Tang
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Managing Director, Draper Dragon
Moderator:
Ying-Ying Lu
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Head-US, DayDayUp
Richard Liu
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Co-founder & CEO, Leap.ai
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Wei Jiang
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Venture Partner, ZhenFund
Moderator:
Robert Bao
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Associate, Cooley ...
3:30pm
Startup Journey: China Path
George Godula
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Founder & CEO, Web2Asia / Angel Investor, Chinaccelerator ...
3:35pm Cryptocurrencies Panel: Impact of China Ban
Gabriel Chan
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Blockchain Architect, Hong Kong Blockchain Society
Shuonan Chen
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General Partner, Agile VC
Chance Du
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Founding Partner, Coefficient Ventures
Patrick Dai, Founder, Qtum
Bill Tai
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Partner Emeritus, CRV / Co-founder, Treasure Data
Moderator:
Eric Savitz
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Partner, Brunswick Group
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4:10pm Venture/Dealmaker Panel
Gary Rieschel
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Founding Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners
Hans Tung
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Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Veronica Wu
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Managing Partner, Hone Capital
Chris Evdemo
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Partner, Sinovation Ventures
Patrick Loofbourrow
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Partner, Cooley
Moderator/MC:
Rebecca Fannin
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Founder/Editor, Silicon Dragon
/ Contributor, Forbes
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5pm Networking Reception:
Appetizers and Drinks
Thanks to Sponsors: Cooley, KPMG, Nasdaq
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