Chris Evdemon is an entrepreneur and angel investor based in Beijing. He is a Partner at Innovation Works, China’s leading early stage technology venture capital fund. Chris is also a Director of Finn Evdemon Capital Partners, an angel investments firm based in Singapore and an investor in PropertyGuru.
In the past four years, Singapore has been quietly-but-steadily brewing one of South-East Asia’s first, dominant, cash-generating online verticals, certainly one of the very first to successfully make the jump from a domestic Singapore to a truly regional play.
PropertyGuru still has some way to go before it realizes its full potential and before the team cashes in on its hard work, but its progress should serve as a beacon to all aspiring entrepreneurs in Singapore and the region.
For the lucky few that have been involved with PropertyGuru from the beginning to date, the course has offered a number of invaluable lessons in entrepreneurship and in angel investing. It is impossible to fit them all in a single blog post and in any case, some learnings are always company or situation-specific. At the very least however, the following should serve as straightforward advice for simple issues that are nevertheless often overlooked by founders and investors alike. Read more
Here are some interesting startup news from China, not only in its capital, Beijing, but also other startup hubs such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, and many more. Read more
Filed under NewsTags: Around Asia, Baidu, Baidu Yi, Douban, Google China, iClick Interactive, Innovation Works, Jay Chou, Key Asia Startup News This Week, Key China Startup News This Week, Lvmama, Phoenix New Media, Shihui, TenCent, Tencent App Center, Tencent Intelligent Eye, WeiShiTong
Here are some interesting startup news from China, not only in its capital, Beijing, but also other startup hubs such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, and many more. Read more
Filed under NewsTags: 360buy, 99Bill, Alipay, Alpha Town, Around Asia, Baidu, Beiwa Network, China Mobile, Doodle Mobile, Douban, eBay, Evernote, Gu Jianxin, HP, Innovation Works, Key Asia Startup News This Week, Key China Startup News This Week, Key Southeast Asia Startup News This Week, Key Startup News This Week, Kouxin, KPCB, Meituan, mknote, NewEgg, Qihoo 360, Qiming Ventures, Robin Li, Sogou, Sohu.com, TenCent, UnionPay, Wan Xin, Weibo, Zero2IPO
Here you can find some interesting startup news from China, not only in its capital, Beijing, but also other startup hubs such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, and many more. Read more
Filed under NewsTags: 500 Startups, Around Asia, Baidu, Charles Chao, China International Mobile Conference, China Internet Network Information Center, Chinaccelerator, CNNIC, Dalian, HP Labs, Innovation Works, iResearch, Key China Startup News This Week, Key Startup News This Week, newegg.com, One-Stop China, OSC, PPTV, Shanda, Sina Weibo, Sogou Map, Sohu, TechStars, Twitter, Weibi, Xunlei, Y Combinator, Yao Ming
The Business Angel Network Southeast Asia (BANSEA) is holding a workshop at the end of the month for startups, angel investors and anyone else who wants to venture into the Chinese market, with a focus on the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) sector. The program is divided into two parts to discuss, amongst others: current mainland China market status & trends, the Chinese internet; early stage ecosystem in China, local angels & VCs, resources and fundraising. Read more
Filed under EventsTags: Angel Investors, angel network, angels, Asia, BANSEA, Business Angel Network (South East Asia), Business Angel Network Southeast Asia, CBAN, China, China Business Angel Network, Chris Evdemon, Innovation Works, IWDF, Southeast Asia
How is the venture incubator space emerging in China after Lee Kaifu’s departure from Google China to create Innovation Works? What is the current trends in the Chinese market and how does it differ from Singapore. Following our special interview series in conjunction with Echelon 2010, we have Chris Evdemon from Innovation Works & a business angel in Singapore on our show to discuss this issues and his expectations on Echelon 2010. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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Filed under MediaTags: Asia Tech News, China, Chris Evdemon, Echelon 2010, Google Android, Innovation Works, Micro Venture Capital, Technology podcast, This Week in Asia, TWIA, Venture Incubator
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