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Funded! Global Edition San Francisco


Hans Tung of GGV Capital (right) talking with Bill Reichert of Garage Technology Ventures. 
Photograph Copyright © 2015 Alexander Chow-Stuart.

I attended Funded! Global Edition in San Francisco on Wednesday, a tech-focused conference about venture capital, an event organized by Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs with the sponsorship of ShengJing (Peakview Capital in the US) and F50.

 An often fascinating glimpse into the thought processes of fund managers, the general conclusions from the panels were of the vital importance of passion, persistence and resilience, of course, with Hans Tung, Managing Partner of GGV Capital (and one of the most entertaining of the participants) stressing the importance of the DNA of a founder and how that relates to both the product and the market.

 Among the people I met who most interested me were: 

 Karen Katz, panelist and founder of Playlist Media, which she said is currently in "stealth mode." 

 Corey Breier, who was representing a mailbox app called MailTime, which formats email in text/chat form.

 Lorelei Tong, who has a startup, DreamAlliance Entertainment, aiming to disrupt film industry financing by using big data to minimize the risk (she's also putting Chinese investors together with American filmmakers).

 And a 17 year old Indian developer named Divya, who has already secured first round funding from Japan for his app that puts like-minded people (artists, guitarists, engineers, for example) together in their local area.

 Here's my Twitter feed from the F50/ShengJing/SVE event:
Jun 17
Funded! Global Edition in San Francisco is packed!




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Jun 17

Erik Lassila of Peakview Capital talking to Mark Siegel of Menlo Ventures at Funded! Global Edition

Erik Lassila of Peakview Capital with Mark Siegel of Menlo Ventures. Photograph Copyright © 2015 Alexander Chow-Stuart.


Jun 17

Mark Siegel talked about investing in Uber, didn't mention major legal decision against Uber today.

Jun 17

Ruling that Uber drivers are not independent contractors. Major decision for Silicon Valley and elsewhere.

Jun 17
Hans Tung of GGV Capital talking about with Bill Reichert of Garage Technology Ventures

Bill Reichert of Garage Technology Ventures talking with Hans Tung of GGV Capital.
Photograph Copyright © 2015 Alexander Chow-Stuart.

Jun 17
Great insight from Hans Tung: Does the founder have the right fit with product and market?

Jun 17
Thanks! I'm looking forward to it, though I have to leave for dinner. Hans Tung is awesome.

Hope you have a great time tonight :)
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Jun 17
"Give up more early and get extremely committed people" Karen Katz, founder, Playlist

Karen Katz, founder of Playlist, seated center. Photograph Copyright © 2015 Alexander Chow-Stuart.

Jun 17
From the panel at Funded! Global Edition: passion and expertise essential, also a sense of family within the startup!

Jun 17
"What's the three most important things in a startup? Team, team and team!"

Jun 17
Poor requote: "You need great partners in a startup because it's like a marriage - but at least in a marriage there's sex!"

Jun 17
Bespoke at Westfield Center in San Francisco, location of Funded! Global Edition convention on…


Jun 17

Karen Katz, founder of Playlist Media, who talked to me today at Funded! Global Edition
Karen Katz, founder of Playlist Media, one of my favorite people at Funded! Global Edition.
Photograph Copyright © 2015 Alexander Chow-Stuart.


Jun 17

Ossama Hassanein at Funded! Global Edition: "In god we trust, for everyone else, bring me data!"

Ossama Hassanein, seated center of background board.
Photograph Copyright © 2015 Alexander Chow-Stuart.

4 hours ago
I especially liked your remarks about founder's DNA. My experience is of Hollywood, much of the same applies.


thank you for your kind words!
Hans Tung ‏@hanstung 4 hours ago


Jun 19
yes lots of similarities




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