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3 July 2009

Andreessen Horowitz raises US$300m in bleak times

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Two of Silicon Valley’s most experienced entrepreneurs, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, were reported by BusinessWeek to have successfully raised US$300 million for their first venture fund.  As if raising money amidst a bleak recession wasn’t enough, the power duo’s first-ever venture fund was 20% oversubscribed; their intended fund of US$250 million had to [...]

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2 November 2008

Impressions of CrunchyRoll

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I had the fortune of meeting Kun Gao, co-founder (together with Vu Nguyen) of CrunchyRoll (CR) on my recent trip to the Valley. I’d like to think we hit it off well the two times I was there in that month. I didn’t quite tell Kun enough of how much I liked their cool basement [...]

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18 October 2008

Talk Your Way out of a US$371 Ticket

We Chinks have this silly superstition that misfortune would befall us if we gloat over others’ misfortune or brag about our good luck. As I type this entry, my wrists are firmly planted on my wooden table top (touchwood!) for good measure – I wouldn’t want to jinx my perfect driving record because I was trying to [...]

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15 October 2008

Silicon Valley: 21 Sep – 15 Oct

This time round, I have spent an inordinate amount of time out in the field, meeting countless startups and VCs. Although it was too long to be away from my loved ones, my job gives me an excuse to meet all sorts of cool startups and catch a glimpse of what they’re up to.
Here’s the [...]

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11 October 2008

Sequoia Capital heralds Dark Days ahead

If you haven’t been following the latest developments in Venture Capital land, this deck of slides by Sequoia Capital to its portfolio investees should quickly bring you up to speed.
Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn 
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It’s a really interesting time to be in the Valley [...]

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20 August 2008

Olympics 2008 is all about China versus USA

These days, I make it a daily routine to flip the newspapers and check out the medal tally tussle going on between China and the United States.
Beneath all that talk about sportsmanship and brotherhood, smiling faces and gleaming medals, there’s a battle going on between one world-superpower-on-the-decline and one world-superpower-aspirant – a battle neither side [...]

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10 August 2008

Whirlwind trip to Tokyo, Guangzhou and Silicon Valley

And off I go!
This whirlwind trip sees me kissing the shores of Tokyo, Guangzhou, Hong Kong (transit) and Silicon Valley and saying farewell before the week is over. I know you seasoned business travellers probably have done way crazier itineraries…but hey, go easy on me man! I’m just starting out.
It’s a pity Singapore Airlines has [...]

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