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Tony Cheng is a Managing Partner at Foresight Ventures, where he covers Web3 investments for the firm while also acting as Head of Corporate Development at Bitget Exchange. Formerly an investor at Sequoia Capital China and 3G Capital, Tony is well-versed in both traditional and crypto VC. Tony has also worked as a consultant at Oliver Wyman after earning his business degree from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.In this conversation, we discuss:- Investing around the world- Managing investment size and portfolio construction- Working with Bitget - Vetting founders- Importance of conviction- Investing in the West vs. China- First-mover advantage- Strength of a community- Investment trends of 2023- Various ways where the VC landscape changed in 2022- Navigating different bear and bull market cycles- Day in the life of a VCForesight VenturesWebsite: foresightventures.comTwitter: @ForesightVenLinkedIn: Foresight VenturesTony ChengTwitter: @tcheng_100LinkedIn: Tony (Wenji) Cheng, CFA   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest, boldest and baddest technology news. We are back on Tuesday, as the United States was off yesterday. So a day late, but hopefully not a dollar short, here's what we got into today:Stocks are mixed around the world, and set to fall in the United States at the open. At the same time, the crypto market has been somewhat relaxed in the last day.Sequoia Capital China is raising $9 billion, a huge amount of money at a time in which we have seen venture capital activity in China slow.Speaking of slowing venture capital, Indian activity is falling. That deceleration comes as the country's crypto market is under pressure.At the same time, Twitter is pushing back against the Indian government bullying, which is good. But maybe less good for Elon Musk, who is buying the social network, and wants to sell imported cars in the country.Closing out, we touched on a potential database breach in China, struggles at Vauld, a new climatetech fund, and news from the quantum front.All that and we had a good time! We are back tomorrow morning, and Friday morning!

George Chen Biography George Chen, MD MBA, is an oncologist by training with a successful track record in the world of global pharmaceutical companies. Prior to founding D3 Bio, Dr. Chen held senior global positions in research, drug development and management at leading institutions, such as the National Institutes of Health, and multinational pharmaceutical companies, such as Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, BeiGene, and Astra Zeneca. At these organizations he led development and regulatory registrations of blockbuster drugs into the U.S. and Chinese markets, directing more than 70 IND approvals and more than 30 NDAs. His medical degree is from the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University and his MBA is from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. D3 Bio D3 Bio, Inc is an “in China, for global” biotech company aiming to become a world-class biotherapeutic company to develop and register the First/best-in-class medicines for cancer and autoimmune disease patients in large unmet medical needs through a continuously progressing cycle of using the insight of Development to guide Discovery and back to Development process. The company has launched 6 pre-clinical portfolio projects with first and best in class potential and recently received IND clearance from the FDA to initiate Phase 1 trial for D3S-001. D3 Bio is backed by a syndicate of world-class investors whose support underscores their belief in the promise of the Company. Major investors include Boyu Capital, Matrix Partners China, Sequoia Capital China, Temasek, and WuXi AppTec's Corporate Venture Fund. In this episode of Behind Biotech, we spoke with George about: Training as an oncologist in China in the 80s and his motivation to come to the US to learn about immunotherapy His experience of building the foundation of BeiGene as the company's first Chief Medical Officer The success story of and lessons learned from developing Tagrisso, an EGFR-TKI for NSCLC, at Astrazeneca China D3 Bio's plans after launching with a $200M Series A-the second largest Series A in 2020 of any biotech company

Our guest for today's podcast is James Liang, Founder of Skyline Ventures, a Shanghai-based venture capital firm that invests in outbound opportunities from China to the rest of the world.   James has an impressive background given his 10 year experience in venture capital, including almost 4 years at Sequoia Capital China in his formative years.  As many of you know, I am a big champion of the underdog and James' story resonates with all of us that didn't have all the advantages growing up.  Like many families growing up in the 1980's in rural China, James' family was poor.  But thorough grit, determination, hard work, education, and some luck, he managed to make it and has now launched an independent venture capital firm.   James shares his perspective on why China will continue to have a competitive advantage as the global manufacturing powerhouse for the world.   Without further ado, here is our conversation with James Liang.

“We've been expecting you…” In Paris, everything is prepared for the return of big-spending tourists. Stores are open, mirrors shined, brand leaders bullish that the global capital city of luxury remains irresistible. But when BoF founder and CEO, Imran Amed connects to Angelica Cheung in Beijing, she sounds a caution. For 16 years, Angelica was Vogue China's Editor-in-Chief. Today, she's a venture partner at investment leader, Sequoia Capital China. She tells Imran that Chinese customers used to travel to Paris for choice — which they can now find at home; for price — yet prices are now balanced around the world; for “Made in France” — yet they're increasingly proud of “Made in China”. Her insights on what it's going to take to lure the Chinese back to the City of Light are featured in the second episode of The BoF Show, now streaming on Bloomberg QuickTake. Here, we share the full interview with Cheung exclusively on The BoF Podcast. Watch the second episode of The BoF Show, “Re-Invention: How Fashion's Megabrands Will Adapt to Post-Pandemic Customer Behaviour”

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending September 24. There were only 72 startup and growth stage investment deals that closed over the past 5 days in which Chinese startups raised US$1.775 billion. This is down from last week's great week of 103 startups raising a combined US$2.55 billion. Startups this week like Hai Robotics, Black Sesame, and Airwallex raised capital, and more than 460 venture capital and private equity firms got involved with the 72 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Sequoia Capital China, 5Y Capital, Source Code Capital, Legend Star, 01 Venture Capital, DST Global, and Sunic Capital. This is the September 24, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending September 17. There were 103 deals closing over the past 5 days in which Chinese startups raised US$2.55 billion. Startups like Keenon Robotics, DeepRoute, and Cytovia Therapeutics raised capital, and more than 520 venture capital and private equity firms got involved with the 103 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Alibaba Group, Yunqi Partners, Morningside Ventures, IDG Capital, Addor Capital, Zhongguancun Development Group, and Sequoia Capital China. This is the September 17, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending August 27. There were 87 deals over the past 5 days where Chinese startups raised US$2.71 billion. Startups like Kuaikan Manhua, XREX and Ionova Life Science all raised large amounts of capital, and over 370 venture capital and private equity firms got a taste of those 87 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Shenzhen Capital Group, Greater Bay Area Homeland Development Fund, GSR Ventures, Tsing Song Capital, Systex Corporation, Metaplanet Holdings, Sequoia Capital China, Qiming Venture Partners, and FountainBridge Capital. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending August 13. There were 86 deals this week where Chinese startups raised US$2.02 billion. And there were over 320 venture capital and private equity firms that got involved in those 86 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Sequoia Capital China, China Growth Capital, Orbimed, Matrix Partners China, Source Code Capital, Volcanics Venture, 5Y Capital, Hopu Fund, Oriza Holdings, Zhencheng Capital, and Keli Capital. And they invested in a range of companies including those involved with pharmaceuticals, home renovation, mobile phone design, aerospace technology, smart conferencing, and biodegradable materials. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

Culture Amp was founded in 2009 to let companies conduct anonymous employee surveys, but since then, its focus has expanded to helping employers turn the data they collect into action. The company announced today it has raised $100 million in Series F funding, led by returning investors Sequoia Capital China and TDM Growth Partners.  The round bumps Culture Amp's valuation to $1.5 billion, more than double what it was after the company's Series E in 2019. That makes them our industries latest unicorn. There are now 27 different companies that have ever received a single funding round of $100 million or more. https://hrtechfeed.com/culture-amp-gets-100-million-in-new-funding/ Talview, a leading provider of an end-to-end, AI-powered hiring and proctoring solution, today announced it closed $15M in Series B funding led by Silicon Valley investor Eileses Capital….The new capital further validates that their video AI platform is perfectly positioned to help organizations analyze talent interactions for more efficient and effective talent decisions in a digitized world where video plays a key role.  https://hrtechfeed.com/talview-raises-15m-to-revolutionize-talent-lifecycle/ Pangea is a freelance marketplace for college age talent that has just secured a nice round of funding. They are based in Providence Rhode Island. According tot he company's blog; In the past 12 months, students from more than 850 colleges across the US and Canada have come to Pangea to find freelance work.  In that time, we've grown GMV nearly 400; helping Pangeans earn nearly $500,000. https://www.jobboardsecrets.com/2021/07/29/college-freelancer-marketplace-raises-2-million/ Leadr, Inc., a rapidly growing human resource software company, today announced closing their Series A funding with a $10M investment round led by Bedrock. The Series A raise also included funding from Leadr friends and family, including Leadr Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the board, Chris Heaslip; Chief Revenue Officer of Intuit, Bobby Morrison; and Co-founder of Pushpay, Eliot Crowther. https://hrtechfeed.com/people-development-software-leadr-inc-raises-10m-series-a-led-by-bedrock/ REBRAND…..ORLANDO — HR Payroll Systems and Applicant Tracking Systems announced today that the two websites will unite to form Matchr. Both companies are designed to connect HR professionals with HRIS/payroll systems and applicant tracking systems, respectively. Through consolidation of the two brands under Matchr, HR professionals can conveniently access a single site for all of their HR software needs. https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-software-company-rebrands-as-matchr/

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending July 23. Eighty-four Chinese startup and growth-stage companies raised a combined US$2.28 billion over the past five days. Investors in the 84 deals this week include DST Global, General Atlantic, Dawang Capital, Capital Today, Ocean Link, Andreessen Horowitz, GGV Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Addor Capital, Highlight Capital, and CS Capital. And they took stakes in a range of businesses including those involved in dental surgery, robotic automation, analog chip development, e-commerce, medical marketing, autonomous vehicles, and fintech. This is the July 23, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending July 9. We're in the full swing of July and we counted 77 startup and growth-stage Chinese companies who raised a combined US$2.12 billion over the past five days. To put this week's deal total in perspective, last week there were 76 deals totaling a little bit more than US$1 billion. So this week we had one more deal at 77, but the combined deal value was more than double last week's total! This week's 77 deals included investors like GenBridge Capital, JD.com, Sequoia Capital China, Qiming Venture Partners, Shunwei Capital, Lenovo Capital, and Jucheng Capital. And they invested in a bunch of companies, including those engaged in an e-commerce platform for imports, computational biophysics, and an online meeting SaaS solution provider. This is the July 9, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending July 2. We're at the start of July, and we counted 76 startup and growth-stage Chinese companies who just managed to top a combined US$1.05 billion in the past five days. But while the total take this week was low, the month of June still hit a high point for Q2 with an aggregated 334 investment deals worth a total value of US$11.33 billion recorded in June 2021. This week's 76 deals included investors like Rotating Boulder Fund, Cowin Capital, Shenzhen Zhongmeiyin Investment, Matrix Partners China, Shunwei Capital, CITIC Securities, Nokia Growth Partners, and Sequoia Capital China. And they invested in a range of companies, such as those involved in logistics, clinical stage biopharmaceuticals, and cellular immune testing. This is the July 2, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending June 11. This was a massive funding week for Chinese startups with 73 dealings closing for a total just shy of US$4 billion! To put this week's huge investment scale in perspective, last week there were 10 deals fewer than this week, but last week's total deal value was a full US$2.3 billion less than this week. Investors such as Sequoia Capital China, IDG Capital, AVIC Capital, Yingke PE, Matrix Partners China and Gaosheng Capital all piled into some big deals in artificial intelligence, robotics, e-commerce, cybersecurity, blockchain, online payments, marketing technology and healthcare technology. This is the June 11, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending June04. Deal flow was on the low side in China this week with only 63 documented fundraise closings, but we still saw some mega fundings, such as the US$200 million Series B for a Shanghai-based healthcare company and a US$190 million Series D closing for an 8-year-old artificial intelligence firm. Investors in key deals this week include China Merchants Venture, Sequoia Capital China, Greenwoods Investment, WuXi AppTec, N5 Capital, Matrix Partners China, Legend Capital, and Chenhui Venture Partners. This is the June 04, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending May 21. After last week's massive number of startup fundings hitting 80, we came very close this week, as 73 Chinese startups, growth stage, and pre-IPO companies closed big funding over the past 5 days totaling US$1.295 billion. And whereas last week we had a nice mix of cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and e-commerce firms in China raising capital, this week's highlighted companies are all from the biotech and healthcare sector. Investors in key deals this week include Lyfe Capital, HG Capital, Green Pine Capital Partners, Matrix Partners China, Oriza Holdings, Newley Capital, Yinglian Health Industry Fund, WuXi AppTec Group, and Sequoia Capital China. This is the May 21, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending May 14. After coming out of the Chinese holiday last week, this week saw a massive number of startups closing frothy financing rounds. We monitored 80 different startup, growth stage, and pre-IPO investment deals closing over the past 5 days totaling US$2.66 billion across China. The 80 cash-infused startups include a blockchain bank, a fresh food e-commerce platform, and an HR services firm. And this week's investors include dozens of top-tier private equity and venture capital firms such as Aplus Capital, GDD Industry Fund Investment Group, Tiger Global Management, Shanghai Huajing Economic Development, Baidu Ventures, FountainVest Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund, Shunwei Capital, Primavera Capital, Fidelity Investments, Shenzhen Capital Group, Matrix Partners China, Genesis Capital, Sequoia Capital China, and Goldman Sachs. This is the May 14, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending May 7. It's been a long holiday week in China, but dozens of startups still managed to close deals to raise additional funding. We monitored 34 different startup, growth stage, and pre-IPO investment deals closing over the past 5 days totaling US$880 million across China. Investors such as GP Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, Panlin Capital, Champion Ascend, Forebright Capital, SoftBank Ventures Asia, DCP Capital, and Sequoia Capital China all made investments this week in a bunch of startups. This is the May 7, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending April 23. We monitored 75 different startup, growth stage, and pre-IPO investment deals closing in the past 5 days totaling US$1.77 billion across China. Investors such as BioTrack Capital, Sherpa Venture Capital, IDG Capital, Lilly Asia Ventures, 3H Health Investment, HG Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Alwin Capital, and Kunlun Fund all made investments this week in a bunch of startups ranging from gene editing to building information modeling to online education to artificial intelligence to cross-border trade, and everything in between. This is the April 23, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending April 16. We are at the midpoint of the month of April, and we recorded 58 different startup, growth stage, and pre-IPO investment deals closing in the past 5 days totaling US$1.5 billion. Investors such as Sequoia Capital China, Tencent Holdings, Nio Capital, GSR Ventures, Cygnus Equity, C Ventures, BAI, CITIC PE, and Northern Light Venture all made investments this week in a wide range of companies like China's version of the U.S.-based Peloton and a cancer screening startup. This is the April 16, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending April 9. This week was punctuated by the Qingming Festival in China that closed businesses, but we still recorded 51 different investment deals closing in the past 5 days totaling an incredibly high US$3.4 billion. Investors such as DST Global, Tiger Global Management, General Atlantic, CMC Capital Partners, Capital Today, Sequoia Capital China, Ocean Link, Hony Capital, Aspex Management, 3W Fund, Zhen Fund, APlus Partners, Innoangel Fund and Cygnus Equity all made investments this week. Welcome to the April 9, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending April 2. April is the cruelest month, wrote poet T.S. Eliot. But if April is anything like the month of March that just closed, it will be a record-breaking month for startups and investors in China. An aggregate of 336 venture capital deals worth US$12.02 billion were recorded in March 2021, and 76 different investment deals closed in the past 5 days alone totaling US$2.385 billion. Investors such as Matrix Partners China, Yingke Private Equity, Topping Capital, China Everbright Limited, Tencent Holdings, Sequoia Capital China, GGV Capital and Lilly Asia Ventures all made investments this week. Welcome to the April 2, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending March 19. We passed the halfway point this week for March 2021, and in the past 5 business days we took a deep dive into nearly 80 deals closing with private equity and venture capital firms in China with a combined raise of more than US$2.79 billion in everything from seed to pre-IPO rounds. Investors such as Sequoia Capital China, Temasek, Tiantu Capital, Cherubic, SoftBank, Tencent, Firstred Fund, Everest Venture, and Shunwei Capital all got involved in the dozens of deals this week. It was a great week for China startups and alternative asset investors, so welcome to the March 19, 2021 edition of the China Money Podcast where we update you on the news, data, and insights you need for making private equity and venture capital decisions in China. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending February 26. This was a massive week for China's venture capital and private equity investors as well as the startups and businesses that closed their funding rounds. We documented 99 deals that closed this week, and those deals totaled more than 3.204 billion US dollars. Just a massive week of dealflow across China! Key investors making commitments in China this week included Temasek Holdings, GGV Capital, Zhen Fund, BAI, GSR Ventures, Huaxing New Economic Fund, Lightspeed China Partners, Sequoia Capital China, Millennium Capital, and Oceanpine Capital. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending February 19. Matoka Capital's Danny Levinson sits in as guest host, and topics covered include private equity and venture capital deals done this past week with Sequoia Capital China, Tencent Holdings, KKR, Qiming Venture Partners, Temasek Holdings, Primavera Capital, FountainVest Partners, Evergrande Group, DCP Capital, DT Capital Partners, Redhill Capital, Join Hands Capital, and Yuanju Capital. Plus we break down the numbers in the massive Changsha-based Xingsheng Youxuan deal and in the Suzhou-based Liangyihui deal, respectively. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

Nick Hazell is an international entrepreneur who made the leap from a corporate job to a highly impactful startup, in one of the biggest industries worldwide. Nick's company v2food has successfully raised $100 million in funding from top-tier investors like Sequoia Capital China, China Rennaissance, Novel Investments, and Esenagro.

Nick Hazell is an international entrepreneur who made the leap from a corporate job to a highly impactful startup, in one of the biggest industries worldwide. Nick's company v2food has successfully raised $100 million in funding from top-tier investors like Sequoia Capital China, China Rennaissance, Novel Investments, and Esenagro.

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big news, chats about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You can follow the show on Twitter here, and myself here, and don’t forget to check out last Friday’s episode.As you probably expected, we had a lot to say about the TikTok-Microsoft tie-up that is somehow still afoot. Other things happened too, don't worry. Here's the rundown:The TikTok-Microsoft deal is back on.Lordstown Motors is looking to go public via a SPAC. To which we have to say that the EV boom and SPAC crush are going to fuse and lose some people a lot of money. Not this deal, necessarily, mind.Google is dumping money into ADT as part of a Nest deal.And Zoom's latest move regarding the Chinese market feels like a harbinger of times to come.On the TikTok front, Microsoft never really fully abandoned consumer hardware and software, it just pruned deeply under its current CEO Satya Nadella. Windows Phone? Gone. Surface? Bigger than ever. Mixer? No. Bing? Yep. That sort of thing. And Microsoft, like any modern super-platform, doesn't just want to own your time when you are at work. It wants to burn your eyes out around the clock.For a host of ByteDance backers like Yuri Milner, Sequoia Capital China, General Atlantic, SoftBank, and Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the deal could be rather lucrative, we presume.Rounds for Wejo (coverage here), Lezzoo (coverage here), and Feather (coverage here).Finally, why does Microsoft want to buy TikTok? We had a number of ideas that all sort of summed to maybe, but when we ran through the big tech companies that were possible suitors -- ports in the Trump storm -- maybe Microsoft makes more sense than we would have guessed?Whatever the case, we can't wait until Satya announces the deal by dancing and pointing at text on a screen while wearing something silly.

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big news, chats about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You can follow the show on Twitter here, and myself here, and don’t forget to check out last Friday’s episode.As you probably expected, we had a lot to say about the TikTok-Microsoft tie-up that is somehow still afoot. Other things happened too, don't worry. Here's the rundown:The TikTok-Microsoft deal is back on.Lordstown Motors is looking to go public via a SPAC. To which we have to say that the EV boom and SPAC crush are going to fuse and lose some people a lot of money. Not this deal, necessarily, mind.Google is dumping money into ADT as part of a Nest deal.And Zoom's latest move regarding the Chinese market feels like a harbinger of times to come.On the TikTok front, Microsoft never really fully abandoned consumer hardware and software, it just pruned deeply under its current CEO Satya Nadella. Windows Phone? Gone. Surface? Bigger than ever. Mixer? No. Bing? Yep. That sort of thing. And Microsoft, like any modern super-platform, doesn't just want to own your time when you are at work. It wants to burn your eyes out around the clock.For a host of ByteDance backers like Yuri Milner, Sequoia Capital China, General Atlantic, SoftBank, and Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the deal could be rather lucrative, we presume.Rounds for Wejo (coverage here), Lezzoo (coverage here), and Feather (coverage here).Finally, why does Microsoft want to buy TikTok? We had a number of ideas that all sort of summed to maybe, but when we ran through the big tech companies that were possible suitors -- ports in the Trump storm -- maybe Microsoft makes more sense than we would have guessed?Whatever the case, we can't wait until Satya announces the deal by dancing and pointing at text on a screen while wearing something silly.

Lucy Liu is Co-founder and President of Airwallex. She is responsible for the company's branding and operations and has been involved with the company since its early days. Before establishing Airwallex, she was an investment consultant in CICC (China International Capital Corporation) and also served as a board director of Hong Stone Investment Development Limited, a Hong Kong based investment company. With her outstanding entrepreneurial achievements, Lucy has won a series of awards including 2020 EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Asia-Pacific, 2019 SmartCompany “30 Under 30”, 2018 Fintech Australia Female Leader of the Year, and 2017 Forbes “30 Young Entrepreneurs in Asia”. Lucy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awxlucy/ Airwallex's website: http://airwallex.com/ Airwallex is a technology company that revolutionises the way businesses operate globally. Businesses use Airwallex as their end-to-end global financial services platform. Whether it's making or receiving payments from customers, domestically or internationally, Airwallex saves businesses time and money by offering real-time, reliable and cost-effective financial solutions. Founded in 2015, Airwallex has since grown to over 400 employees across ten offices around the world. Airwallex has raised over US$360 million in venture capital funding, supported by top-tier investors including Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, DST Global, Hillhouse Capital, Horizons Ventures, ANZi Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Mastercard and Salesforce Ventures. In March 2019, Airwallex was valued over US$1 billion after its Series C financing, and became one of the fintech unicorns in APAC. The company was also named one of the world's top 50 fintechs in KPMG's 2019 and 2018 Fintech100 lists.

Small Biz Matters – a half hour program each week where you can work ON your business rather than IN it.with Alexi Boyd, broadcaster, advocate and small business owner.Date: 2 June 2020 Do you know what FOREX stands for? Do you watch the Australian Dollar go up and down and not truly understand what it means? Do you think your small business is unaffected by minor fluctuations in the Aussie Dollar? Think again. Even those of us who DON’T have an e-commerce site or deal with international clients or corporates paying invoices in USD, are affected by changes to the dollar. Without realising it you’re actually having  an effect as an exporter importer. How? Think about your suppliers - digital subscriptions paid in USD, goods or services bought on ebay or those clients you sell to overseas … it all adds up to changes which can potentially have big impact on your cash flow. So let’s really find out how the foreign exchange rate (that’s FOREX) affects your small business and what you need to know to keep an eye on it. Rylan Dawes is the VP of FX for Airwallex and he’s here to teach us all we need to know about FOREX. Welcome to the show Rylan. Topics we’ll be covering: What is foreign exchange risk, and what are some of the ways small businesses mitigate that? Forex is simply when you conduct a business across borders. The risk happens when the exchange rate changes between when you make the transaction and when the funds are settled. Small business need to be aware of things like lag times Invoice dates This has a huge cash flow impact What types of products should small business know about to mitigate risk Broadly how do Banks (traditional) vs other, newer options An example of volatility has been the the FX market in COVID-19? Why does small business need to keep an eye on that volatility? You can make a loss in a matter of days when there is extreme volatility Purchases included like software subscriptions - subscription creep Jan - lowest level of volatility and within 2 weeks, a spike not seen since GFC How do you keep an eye on that volatility? Examples of tools - price alerts to buy FX to offset the volatility in costs from FX movements It works on both directions - sales and marketing What is the impact of currency volatility on small businesses today? What is your advice to small businesses who do not have any dedicated finance teams or large finance teams to still be kept educated on FX movements? Who can you have on your side to support you? STRATEGY: Be aware of what you buy and sell in other currencies Be prepared if you have a large transaction coming up in say, 30days time Educate yourself in the tools you can use (alerts about exchange rates at a certain rate) Establish if you’ve got any natural hedges (revenues or costs in USD). Rather than converting all of these immediately Reduce the FX risk but you may have additional costs with moving money around And that’s when you should seek the help of an expert... Rylan Dawes Bio Joined Airwallex: 2017 Role: Responsible for end-to-end provision of FX product, including internal risk management Biography: Deakin University graduate (BComm/BA, Finance / International Relations) Joined Airwallex was as a product manager in April 2017, promoted to VP – FX Product in January 2018 Previously employed by ANZ as a Senior Business Analyst and has FX experience with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Areas of expertise and insight: FX Risk management Fintech product delivery Financial markets Customer experience and integration management Overview of Airwallex Airwallex was founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2015 with a simple goal - to push the boundaries of global financial services capabilities in an increasingly borderless world. Airwallex has since secured over  $360 million USD in external funding, supported by top-tier investors including Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, DST Global, Hillhouse Capital, Horizons Ventures, ANZi Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Gobi Partners and Salesforce Ventures. The company’s core strength lies in its proprietary tech-driven infrastructure to enable low-cost, high-speed and transparent international collections and payments (accessible via API), its business account and borderless card which helps businesses grow both domestically and internationally. Airwallex has grown to over 420 employees across 10 international offices (Melbourne, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Singapore, London, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Bangalore). To find out more go to their website: www.airwallex.com

AutoX trialing its “robotaxi” service in Shanghai, Tesla escalates battle against Chinese EV maker Xpeng, Starbucks has entered a strategic partnership with Sequoia Capital China, ByteDance ordered to suspend office app Feishu

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture and tech sector for the week of September 9 to September 13, with Eudora Wang sitting in for Nina Xiang in Hong Kong. Topics covered include Chinese all-electric vehicle brand Byton is raising a series C round at US$500 million after the start-up experienced a management shake-up and reported layoffs; Sky9 Capital closed two new funds with US$440 million in total capital commitments; and Houbank, a Chinese online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform that counts Sequoia Capital China as a major shareholder, has been put on file for investigation and prosecution of alleged "illegal absorbing public deposits." Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

This latest episode of Digitally China has a special format, partly recorded live from D-Congress, one of the largest e-commerce conferences in Europe where co-host Tom Xiong and producer Jacob Lovén moderated panels with Chinese e-commerce experts. In this episode we'll listen to excerpts from Shenyi Wu (former CFO of Pinduoduo and RED) and Julie Chen (former Sequoia Capital China) that have founded the new western-focused e-commerce platform Flamingo.shop. Together with them we discuss how the Chinese e-commerce market have become the global leader, what the secret sauce behind social e-commerce is and how this has a potential to disrupt Amazon. We also get to listen to Tingting Fang, Brand Director of JudyDoll which is one of the fastest growing cosmetics brands in China. Just founded 18 months ago, they have already surpassed established companies such as L'Oreal by utilizing social e-commerce and the new ways to both engage and sell products online. Topics this episode covers:What is Social E-commerce?Why was Pinduoduo able to grab market-share from much larger players such as Alibaba?Guests: Shenyi Wu, Julie Chen and Tingting Fang.Hosts: Jacob Lovén and Tom Xiong.Production: Jacob Loven.Digitally China is a subjective but independent depiction of the tech scene in China. Audio clips used in the podcast have not been distorted nor taken out of context and are included for commentary and educational purposes and thus shall be considered “Fair Use”. Digitally China ispowered by RADII (www.radiichina.com), an independent media platform exploring China from all angles.

Friday, June 27, 2019 4:01 PM #Livecast #Replay We are joined by Wei Jiang, a venture partner at ZhenFund. ZhenFund is one of the most respected early stage investors in China. ZhenFund was founded in 2011 by former entrepreneurs, co-founders of New Oriental, the largest provider of private education in China, Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang. The goal of ZhenFund is to invest in the most promising innovators. The fund was launched in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 600 portfolio companies, including over 10 unicorns based in China and has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Silicon Valley. The total size of the fund is around 1 billion dollars. Wei’s investment portfolio includes such companies as Leap.ai, Subtle Medical, Citcon, and many others. Wei held leadership positions in a number of world class internet companies: Prior to ZhenFund, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at Google Greater China. Wei was an entrepreneur himself, he had founded startups in both US and China. Earlier in his career, Wei worked for eBay, Intuit and NBC internet. In this episode, we are talking about why ex-Googlers are so special and what are the most interesting segments in media & entertainment that can flourish in the future.

Yuan Liu is a managing director at ZhenFund, one of China's top seed funds founded by Xu Xiaoping (Bob Xu) and Wang Qiang (Victor Wang), cofounders at NYSE listed New Oriental Education, along with Sequoia Capital China. While at ZhenFund, Yuan has invested in some of their top deals, including autonomous driving unicorn Momenta, Yi23, Castbox, 12 Sigma, and more. With Yuan, we'll learn more about ZhenFund's investment focus, fund strategy, and how it differentiates against other funds. We'll explore best practices when it comes to deal sourcing and portfolio management. Yuan also shares with us what trends he's looking at in China, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese teams building start-ups tackling global markets. Link to write-up: https://www.theharbingerchina.com/blog/pioneering-china-seed-investing-with-zhenfund-managing-director-yuan-liu?categoryId=23497

#CryptoCorner: Fit Pay, Inc. Issues New Video and FAQ for Flip™, Japan's FSA to Crack Down on Crypto Exchanges, Binance CEO Suing Sequoia Capital China and Coinme Announces Expansion with Coinstar Bitcoin ATMs

This latest episode of Digitally China has a special format, partly recorded live from D-Congress, one of the largest e-commerce conferences in Europe where co-host Tom Xiong and producer Jacob Lovén moderated panels with Chinese e-commerce experts. In this episode we’ll listen to excerpts from Shenyi Wu (former CFO of Pinduoduo and RED) and Julie Chen (former Sequoia Capital China) that have founded the new western-focused e-commerce platform Flamingo.shop. Together with them we discuss how the Chinese e-commerce market have become the global leader, what the secret sauce behind social e-commerce is and how this has a potential to disrupt Amazon. We also get to listen to Tingting Fang, Brand Director of JudyDoll which is one of the fastest growing cosmetics brands in China. Just founded 18 months ago, they have already surpassed established companies such as L’Oreal by utilizing social e-commerce and the new ways to both engage and sell products online. Topics this episode covers:What is Social E-commerce?Why was Pinduoduo able to grab market-share from much larger players such as Alibaba? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This latest episode of Digitally China has a special format, partly recorded live from DCongress, one of the largest e-commerce conferences in Europe where co-host Tom Xiong and producer Jacob Lovén moderated panels with Chinese e-commerce experts. In this episode we’ll listen to excerpts from Shenyi Wu (former CFO of Pinduoduo and RED) and Julie Chen (former Sequoia Capital China) that have founded the new western-focused e-commerce platform Flamingo.shop. Together with them we discuss how the Chinese e-commerce market have become the global leader, what the secret sauce behind social e-commerce is and how this has a potential to disrupt Amazon. We also get to listen to Tingting Fang, Brand Director of JudyDoll which is one of the fastest growing cosmetics brands in China. Just founded 18 months ago, they have already surpassed established companies such as L’Oreal by utilizing social e-commerce and the new ways to both engage and sell products online. Topics this episode covers:What is Social E-commerce?Why was Pinduoduo able to grab market-share from much larger players such as Alibaba?Guests: Shenyi Wu, Julie Chen and Tingting Fang.Hosts: Jacob Lovén and Tom Xiong.Production: Jacob Loven.Digitally China is a subjective but independent depiction of the tech scene in China. Audio clips used in the podcast have not been distorted nor taken out of context and are included for commentary and educational purposes and thus shall be considered “Fair Use”. Digitally China ispowered by RADII (www.radiichina.com), an independent media platform exploring China from all angles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Abonniert den GRATIS Telegram Channel für Analysen und Tipps: https://bit.ly/blue-alpine-de ——————————— In der heutigen Folge sprechen wir über: Sequoia Capital China investiert 400 Mio USD in Bitmain, noch vor dem Börsengang (https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2018/06/11/sequoia-capital-china-said-to-invest-in-bitmains-400m-pre-ipo-round) Coinbase nimmt Ethereum Classic (ETC) auf, beginnend mit Coinbase Prime und Coinbase Pro (https://blog.coinbase.com/adding-ethereum-classic-support-to-coinbase-becb9a337e9c) EOS Mainnet ist zwar lanciert aber noch nicht live, wieso? (https://www.coindesk.com/eos-launched-not-yet-live-heres/)