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Morgan interviews executive director of Life Science Tennessee's Mentor Network for BioTN, Steven King, and the winner of this year's Life Science Tennessee annual Venture Forum, founder and CEO of Hera Health Solutions, Idicula Mathew. They discuss the evolution of the life sciences industry in Tennessee and what sets Tennessee apart in the life science sector.

Benson Tam, Founder & Chairman of Venturous Group, took part in a panel discussion on 16 November 2021 at the 34th Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum. The topic was "Asian venture capital: A new maturity".

As one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review), Carman Chan is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience as an entrepreneur with multiple exits, a tech columnist and a globally recognized venture capitalist. Carman began her entrepreneurship journey when she was in university. In order to pursue her passion for the newly emerging Internet, she passed up a fully sponsored PhD from Imperial College to become a serial internet entrepreneur. Carman’s first company, English Street was acquired by HKET(0423.HK), a Hong Kong listed newspaper group. Her second company was merged with Hiiir in Taiwan and and later acquired by FarEasTone (4904.TW). Carman is also a best-selling book author for several accelerated learning books. Spending eight years as a tech columnist for IT magazines, she wrote about internet business models and internet marketing. After several successful exits Carman started Click Ventures, her angel fund. With a focus on providing seed to series A financing to technology startups, Click Ventures is differentiated by offering mentorship from entrepreneurs with over twenty years of first-hand experience. Click Ventures has grown into a leading investment manager, and two of its funds are featured as Top 5 Seed Fund (Vintage 2003-2015) in the world and Top 4 Funds to Watch by Preqin respectively. Click’s current portfolio includes 40+ investments including Spotify.com, Docusign, Palantir.com, Memebox.com, Youappi.com...etc. Due to her deep experience, Carman is frequently invited to speak or serve as a panel member for prestigious events around the world. She has appeared in 10+ countries at high profile events including the Web Summit, Slush, AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum, and Silicon Dragon. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmanchan/ Website: https://www.clickventures.vc/ AngelList: https://angel.co/carmanchan --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geeksofthevalley/support

Auntie Terrie shares what it was like being a woman working in tech at IBM in the 60's along with her take on cryptocurrency. In part 2, Che Mott gives a European perspective to regulation of the blockchain and privacy with the new GDPR law, while announcing the Global Venture Forum in San Francisco on May 11 and 12th. http://gvxchange.com/globalventureforum Tech Advisors: Samsung Vs, GE Vs, Adobe, ServiceNow, IBM Vs, Blockchain@BerkeleyPartners: TheHeart, Mind The Bridge, Flanders Investment & Trade Agency, Startup Estonia, Open Austria, Berkeley alumni and MBAs Details on The Global Venture Forum: Brings insight, networks and paths to cooperation with industry, May 11 and 12th Speakers:  Christopher "Che" Mott, CEO GVF Raymond Liao - MD Samsung NEXT, Industry & Investor leaders.  Alexandra Johnson, Managing Director, DFJ VTB Aurora Deborah Magid - Director Software Strategy, IBM Ventures Ivar Siimar, Trind Ventures Sam Lee, CEO, Blockchain Global Peter Braun, European Business Angel Network Board Member Jesse DeMesa, Principal Partners, Momenta Partners Mo Gaber, Global Practice Director, Digital Strategy, Adobe Abhishek Shukla, Managing Director, Software Investments, GE Ventures Rodrigo Prudencio, Leads Alexa Accelerator - Amazon Alexa Fund Moderator: Marco Marinucci - CEO, Mind The Bridge w Startup Europe Partnership Tomasz Rudolf, CEO TheHeart  

Today on Entrepreneur Effect we are joined by Susan Solvic, THE Small Business Expert. An Internet pioneer, Solovic was the CEO and co-founder of one of the first video-based Internet sites, a company she grew from its infancy to a million dollar plus entity.   In 2006, she accepted the Stevie Award (the Oscar’s of business) on behalf of the company for the Most Innovative Company under 100 employees; that same year the company was voted the Best Investment Opportunity at a Venture Forum in the Silicon Valley. A media personality, Solovic is a former small business contributor for ABC News and hosted a syndicated radio program, It’s Your Biz. She appears regularly as a small business expert on Fox Business, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal’s “Lunch Break”, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC and many other stations across the country.  She hosted her own PBS special called Reinvent Yourself Now:  Become Self-Reliant in an Unpredictable World.  In addition to television and radio appearances, Solovic is a featured blogger on numerous sites, including Constant Contact, Entrepreneur, ATT Business Circle, FoxBusiness.com, MasterCard, Intuit, The Pulse of IT (HP) and Samsung. Solovic was recently named in the Top 10 of both SAP’s “Top 51 Potential Human Influencers” and she consistently ranks in the top 5 of the “Top 100 Small Business Experts to Follow on Twitter”   She has written four bestselling books which have been translated into multiple languages.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, guest Jixun Foo, managing partner at GGV Capital, spoke with our host Nina Xiang, on GGV's new funds, China's travel and education sector, and why Chinese companies have a better record of avoiding "down rounds." Don't forget to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to China Money Network weekly newsletters. You can also subscribe to China Money Podcast's Youtube channel or Youku channel. Foo spoke to China Money Network on the sidelines of the 29th Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum in Hong Kong. Q: In April, GGV raised a massive US$1.2 billion across a number of funds, with a first time discovery fund geared for early-stage investments. What are the considerations behind these new funds? A: Yes, the new US$250 million discovery fund is a first, and will allow us to invest in seed and series A rounds, mostly in China but also in the U.S. Our main fund generally invests in late series A, or series B and C rounds, which are our sweet spot. During our 15-year history, we have built a good network of entrepreneurs who we have strong connections with. That is leading us to some early-stage companies. Also, after having backed a lot of successful entrepreneurs, we are getting good deal flows but also seeing serial entrepreneurs who want to start up something new again. These are the factors driving us to raise a discovery fund. Q: U.S.-China is a key element in GGV's investment strategy. If you can divide between U.S. vs. China investments, what are the ratio between the two? A: I guess when we started the firm, we were more U.S. centric. But we have a bottom-up methodology. We are driven by companies and opportunities in the market, not by certain asset allocation guidelines. Q: It seems like GGV has slowed the pace of investment this year, supposedly to around ten deals in 2016, compared to 30 to 40 investments annually during the past two years. Why? A: It really depends on what number you look at. In 2014 and 2015, there were a lot of new start-ups driven by the whole mobile revolution. But we've seen a slowdown in the market and industry consolidation during the past 12 months. But we are still actively investing. It should be more than ten deals this year. In terms of our investment pace, we have gone earlier stage, which means the check size has become smaller. On the other hand, we have also done more follow-on investments. The number you mentioned probably doesn't include our follow-on deals. Q: The increased number of follow-on deals is because the valuations are more attractive? A: It's the companies we know well, like Wish (a San Francisco-based e-commerce mobile app) just announced they raised US$500 million led by Temasek. Q: Has GGV participated in a follow-on investment where company's valuations dropped, in a down round? A: There are a few situations in our portfolio. So far, these are U.S. companies, not Chinese ones. Q: It seems Chinese companies are more capable of avoiding a down round, why do you think that is? A: Chinese companies are more efficient in capital, so they will survive without needing to raise financing. Usually, down rounds are not easy to execute and insiders will resist. In the U.S., it is very much a norm. Chinese companies can control their "burn rate" very quickly, so they will either survive, disappear, or get bought out. A down round is usually a sign of weakness. Are investors prepared to back a company whose valuation is going down? You really need to understand the risks. It's easy to ride the momentum, where everyone is fighting to get in, that's an easy sale to an investment committee. But if you go to your investors and say "I'm going to invest in this company in a down round, and it's a great deal," that's much harder. Q: Let's move on to some of your key portfolio companies. Iwjw, a Chinese online real estate agency,

On April 12, 2015, Trade Show Radio host Justin Barnes with This Just In broadcast live at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago during the Venture+ Forum at HIMSS15. Check out these great interviews…     The post This Just In Broadcast LIVE from VenturePlus Forum at HIMSS15 appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

This half hour, Justin continues to get ready for HIMSS 2015 in Chicago. Justin talks to Howard Burde, Esquire, about the upcoming conference and The Venture+ Forum. Howard Burde (@BurdeLaw) is a nationally recognized health lawyer, who provides general counsel and health law advice to health information technology and health care businesses, providers and payers. […] The post HIMSS 2015 in Chicago appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Justin invites the Digital Diva from HIStalk, Jennifer Dennard @JennDennard to get ready for HIMSS, April 12-16. HIMSS 2015 will be in Chicago this year for a week of dynamic education, networking and the latest technology solutions. The theme is transforming health through the power of information through innovation, engagement, leadership, connectivity and […] The post HIMSS – The Venture+ Forum appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

On the Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 broadcast at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern our special guest is Dr. Ryan Bosch, Chief Medical Information Officer, Inova Health System a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that serves more than two million people each year from throughout the Washington, DC, metro area and beyond. Dr. Bosch is a board-certified internal medicine physician, decorated military officer, former academic department director, health care consultant, and business entrepreneur. He has excelled in diverse health care executive positions both in the delivery of medical care and the optimizing of clinical information systems for over 20 years.   Dr. Bosch leverages broad expertise in both business and medicine to cross the chasm to connect technology to actual workflow/service lines, and thereby, position unified solutions that have significant impact on clinical performance and costs.   As the CMIO of Inova Health System, he directs regional and national initiatives to connect systems and standardize health care technology offerings. This includes a recent overhaul of Inova's entire HIT strategy as Epic was implemented across 5 hospitals in the past 7 months.  Dr. Bosch is a speaker at the Venture+ Forum on the Understanding the Health IT Marketplace panel which our co-host Dr. Pat Salber will skillfully moderate. 

On the [rescheduled] Friday, February 14th, 2014 broadcast at 10:30AM Pacific/1:30PM ET our special guest is Lucian Iancovici, MD, Investment Manager, Qualcomm Ventures. Dr. Iancovici is an Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures, who makes investments through Qualcomm's Life Fund (QLF). His background and experience in medicine lead him to believe that this is a transformative period in the healthcare space, especially given the renewed interest in performance and cost metrics prevalent today. In this context, Dr. Iancovici is focused on wireless healthcare opportunities.  He led the QLF investment in Practice Fusion, Co-led the investment in Fitbit and works closely with Telcare and ClearCare. Dr. Iancovici will keynote the Venture+ Forum, Sunday, February 23, Orlando on 'The Evolution of Digital Health'. 'The future of digital health is changing rapidly. The advent of the connected system has fueled a new generation of companies trying to turn healthcare into a system where information can flow more easily to drive more efficient and effective care. The excitement around the possibilities has driven billions of dollars of investment over the last few years. But based on what we are seeing, what does the future really hold?' Join us for an informative preview of this timely subject.