There was a VC panel at the conference made up of Sam Angus (Partner, Fenwick & West), Jeff Clavier (Managing Director, SoftTech VC), Jai Das (Investment Partner, SAP Ventures), M.R. Rangaswami (Founder, Sand Hill Group), Gordon Ritter (General Partner, Emergence Capital Partners). They offered 5 best practices for startups who are looking for funding. Team [...]

Written by: Simon Lee One of the most interesting roundtable sessions on day 2 was the engaging and sometimes heated discussions about the trends of venture capital in Asia. Participants on the board inlcuded managing partners of big name venture capital in Asia including James Ding from GSR Ventures, Joe Zhou of KPCB China, Andy [...]

So you have a grand idea of how to make the next great web service or maybe you have a service with a user base already, but want to take it to the next level or think it’s fun to grab a little cash. Luckily in Hong Kong, there are options where you can get [...]

Team and Concepts Limited, the parent company of EditGrid has secured US$1.25M in Series A funding from WI Harper. EditGrid is one of the few Hong Kong web startups to secure funding from overseas VC firms. EditGrid has had a busy 2007 thus far and with this funding, they have set themselves up for a [...]

Frenzoo, a Hong Kong 3D social networking company, will be acquired as part of the Series A funding from Ambient Sound Investments (ASI), an investment company formed by Skype engineers. The details of the news are found on Frenzoo’s website, but the exact details of this deal are undisclosed. This is certainly good news for [...]