Ask A VC Show with

Eric Feng and host Rebecca Fannin

October 25

VC and tech pro Eric Feng shared all about his new Gold House Ventures, a $30 million fund in Silicon Valley to support tech founders of Asian descent.

It has the backing of many young tech stars who have already made it. Think DoorDash, YouTube, Zoom founders.

Eric believes Asian founders are under-represented when it comes to venture capital. The fund has already made more than 70 investments.

Eric's background at Facebook, Hulu and Kleiner Perkins no doubt has helped to get this new venture off the ground. There's an accelerator too.

VC Kelvin Au

Cell Capital

London

November 9, 8-9am PT

Kelvin is a geek at heart and brings

18 years' experience in VC, tech & I-banking

to his new fund's focus on deep tech. He checks in with us from London.

https://askVCKelvinAu.eventbrite.com

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Alyssa Lee

Bessemer Ventures in Hong Kong

November 16, 4-5pm PT

VC Helen Wong

Managing Partner, AC Ventures

October 5, Replay

Helen is investing a 5th fund in digital disruptors at AC Ventures throughout Southeast Asia.

She made her mark in 20 years as partner at

GGV Capital and Qiming Ventures

We asked Helen about her:

4 unicorns and 15 exits

Outlook for SE Asia VC and tech

View of geopolitical impact on China VC

Advice for Excelling in Venture

Her top deals in China VC

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NOTEWORTHY

AI's Impact in Venture

AI's share of funding dollars averaged around 12% between 2018 and 2022, before rocketing up to 26%, or about $23 billion so far, in 2023. The soaring growth comes as venture funding in North America declined 50% across the board in the first half of the year, according to Crunchbase. Investment in early-stage generative AI companies was the big gainer in the first half of 2023, led by Microsoft’s $10 billion investment in OpenAI.

Ohio Picks up Tech Hub Status

Akron gets one of 31 national Tech Hubs from The White House for sustainable polymer development - eligible for $10 billion pool of federal grants from last year’s CHIPS and Science Act. This economic development initiative is investing in high potential US centers and aims to drive regional innovation and job creation and deploy technology that will advance American competitiveness.

Ohio lands projects as part of a new Appalachian federal ‘clean hydrogen hub’ - one of 7 nationally.

StartupCincy Week attracted 1,000+ attendees to its week-long series of events, which highlighted Cincy as hub of innovation and opportunity.

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Cyberport VC Forum 2023

October 31 - November 1

4 Sessions powered by

Silicon Dragon

Panel Discussion:

Empowering NextGen Startup Funding in A Volatile Global Landscape

Time: October 31, 10:10 – 10:45

Moderator

Rebecca Fannin, Founder/Editor, Silicon Dragon

Panelists

Jenny Xiao, Partner, Leonis Capital, Silicon Valley
Tytus Michalski, Managing Partner, Fresco Capital, Singapore
Douglas Hansen-Luke, Executive Chairman, Future Planet Capital, London
Medea Nocentini, Senior Partner, Global Ventures, Dubai

Cross-border geo-political currents in global venture investing are running strong, and look likely to intensify with increased scrutiny of privacy practices, more regulation of trade and investment in sensitive sectors, strategic competition between the US and China, climate risk and more. An international panel of VCs from Europe, Silicon Valley, Singapore and the Middle East dive into the many deal-making challenges – yet opportunities – in funding a next generation of tech innovations in these turbulent times.

Keynote Speaker

Plugging Into Venture In A

Big Way

October 31, 09:30 – 09:50

Alireza Masrour, General Partner, Plug & Play / Silicon Valley

From Silicon Valley at leading global investor and Innovation hub Plug and Play, venture capitalist and technology founder Alireza Masrour has scaled up startups across AI, web3, fintech and other disruptive fields, and since 2008, led more than 200 early-stage investments and scored several exits from among 13 unicorns in his portfolio.

Workshops

November 1

Workshop A: 10-11:30

From Start-up to Scale-up: Growing your business