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Meet the 50 top-funded startups and tech companies in China
Which company in China is most likely to challenge the West? One way to judge – although imperfect – would be the amount of money they have raised. Using Tech in Asia’s data, we’ve generated this constantly updated list of 50 startups and tech companies in China who have raised the most money from investors.
To keep the list fresh, we’ve only included funding data from the past two years.
Seeking more? Search the most comprehensive database of tech companies in Asia or read our Research methodology.
https://www.techinasia.com/top-funded-startups-tech-companies-china
Why Founders Need a Moral Compass. Steve Blank
Why Founders Need a Moral Compass
Posted on October 26, 2018 by steveblank
I’ve been thinking why the ethical boundaries of todays founder/VC interactions feel so different then they did when I was an entrepreneur. I’ve written about the root causes in an HBR article here and an expanded version here. Worth a read.
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Why Founders Need a Moral Compass
3 Major Industries And Their Next-Gen Disruptors
Produced by Forbes in partnership with TrueBridge Capital Partners, the Next Billion Dollar Startups List recognizes 25 of the fastest-growing companies in tech and provides insight into the industries they are transforming. While last year’s list was highly concentrated in five industries, this year, the high-growth startups on our list are more diverse than ever.
Among the sectors represented by this year’s list are insurance (Lemonade), payments (Flywire), security (Anduril Industries, Auth0), hospitality and travel (Sonder, Away), and many more. Here are the three industries and their sub-sectors that have the greatest concentration of startups on their way to billion-dollar valuations.
Consumer Products & Technology
With the traditional retail industry in ongoing crisis, the internet has become a refuge for many fashion brands. According to CB Insights, competition in the fashion space has been increasing, especially with the rise of online-first brands using technology to transform their businesses and the industry.
What Startups Need to Know About Regulated Markets
Posted on October 9, 2018 by steveblank
Often the opposite of disruption is the status quo.
If you’re a startup trying to disrupt an existing business you need to read The Fixer by Bradley Tusk and Regulatory Hacking by Evan Burfield. These two books, one by a practitioner, the other by an investor, are must-reads.
The Fixer is 1/3rd autobiography, 1/3rd case studies, and 1/3rd a “how-to” manual. Regulatory Hacking is closer to a “step-by-step” textbook with case studies.
Here’s why you need to read them.
One of the great things about teaching has been seeing the innovative, unique, groundbreaking and sometimes simply crazy ideas of my students. They use the Business Model (or Mission Model) Canvas to keep track of their key hypotheses and then rapidly test them by talking to customers and iterating their Minimal Viable Products. This allows them to quickly find product/market fit.
Except when they’re in a regulated market.
SoftBank Vision Fund said to eye investment in Chinese education startup
Selina Wang October 2, 2018
SoftBank Vision Fund is seeking to invest about $500 million in China’s Zuoyebang as it seeks a stake in the country’s vast online education market, people familiar with the matter said. The fund, created by SoftBank Group Corp., and Zuoyebang are still finalizing terms of the deal and the details could still change, the people said, asking not to be identified as the details are private. The education technology startup has already raised more than $500 million in funding from investors including Coatue Management, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Sequoia Capital China and GGV Capital. Founded in 2014 by Chinese search giant Baidu Inc., Zuoyebang targets primary and secondary school students in China. The company, which was spun out from Baidu a year later, created a mobile app that lets students upload homework questions and search for answers. Zuoyebang has also expanded into live-streaming courses and one-on-one mentoring, with a reported 300 million registered users.
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SoftBank to raise $100b fund every 2-3 years, spend $50b annually
September 27, 2018
SoftBank Group Corp plans to create a new $100 billion fund every two to three years and spend $50 billion annually, its Chief Executive Masayoshi Son told Bloomberg Businessweek in an interview published on Thursday. Son has attracted more than $93 billion to his Vision Fund technology investment vehicle, and has flagged his intention to raise further financing. The comments reflect Son’s dealmaking ambitions that have shaken up the world of venture capital investing as he looks to accelerate his vision of a future driven by artificial intelligence. SoftBank did not immediately comment.