Events: Register here
›› International Tour Participants:
Registration for international tour participants is closed.
›› Locally based Investors, Startups and Entrepreneurs in Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai:
The Tokyo leg of the tour is sold out! We still have tickets to give away for the Beijing events:
- Startonomics Beijing: http://www.amiando.com/startonomicsbeijing.html, discount code for pre series A startups to be used on amiando registration page: "startupprice300”
- Startup2Startup Dinner Beijing: http://www.amiando.com/startup2startupbeijing.html, discount code for pre series A
startups to be used on amiando registration page: "startupprice250”
- Startup2Startup After Party: http://www.geekychicbeijing.com/
Geeks On A Plane is all about leveraging the combined cross border networks of Dave McClure, Founders Fund and Web2Asia to offer attendees an opportunity to accelerate the process of meeting and connecting with key contacts in Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai's tech and investment sector.
- In depth crash course on Japan and China's tech sectors. Who are the innovators? Who are the investors? What are the trends?
- The opportunity to connect with high caliber people in Japan and China's startup and investment community. In one week, you will meet with a number of great people that usually takes foreign
companies, entrepreneurs and investors several years, several trips and multiple layers of relationships and introductions to connect with.
- Accelerate your cross border business strategies. Find local partners. Invest in new technologies.
- Gain first hand insight into the role that cross cultural understanding and subtle but important nuances plays in doing business in the Far East
Invited speakers, attendees and guests in Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai who we are reaching out to include:
Tokyo
- Digital Garage
- Felica Networks
- Global Venture Capital
- Infinity Ventures
- Mixi
- Gree
- Zopa Japan
- Zooomr
- NGI Group
- Smart.fm
- Nico Nico Douga
- Yahoo Japan
- KDDI Web Communications
- Mozilla Japan
Beijing
- representatives of search engine Baidu
- Google China
- Kaiser Kuo, author, angel investor, and consultant. former digital lead strategist of Ogilvy China
- Andrew Lih, author
- video hosting website Youku
- representatives of SNS Kaixin001
- representatives of SNS Xiaonei and their management company Oak Pacific Interactive
- representatives of online entertaiment company Tencent
- about.com China
- Paul Denlinger, consultant and author
- message board software producer Comsenz
- virtual world HiPiHi
- Matrix Partners China
- representatives of Microsoft China
- representatives of Myspace China
- representatives of game developers Perfect World
- travel website Qunar
- Jake Hsu, CEO of software outsourcing company Symbio
Shanghai
- representatives of B2B ecommerce platform Alibaba
- SNS 51.com
- food recommendation website dianping.com
- Qiming Ventures
- William Bao Bean, partner at Softbank China & India Holding
- video hosting website Tudou
- Marc v. d. Chijs, CEO of Spil Games Asia and co-founder of video hosting website Tudou
- Sam Flemming, CEO of IWOM research company CIC
- Cisco Ventures
- representative of DFJ
- Chris Evdemon, CEO of East Bell Venture Capital
- David Nieh, General Manager of technology park KIC/Shui On Group
- Alan Tien, General Manager of eBay/Paypal China
- representative from gaming company Giant Interactive
- Popcap China
- Calvin Chin, founder of student p2p loan lending community Qifang
- representative of gaming company Shanda
- representative of gaming company The9
