How to Foster the European & Chinese Startup & Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Caroline Pan Technology Advisor & Angel Investor October 20, 2015
What’s an Accelerator? Accelerators are fixed-term, batch-based programs that include mentorship and educational components and culminate in a public pitch event or demo day.
What’s Chinaccelerator? 3 month program, 9 months on site One size does NOT fit all Sector focus Mentorship focus Funded by SOSV, The Accelerator VC
What We Do • Help Chinese Startups Go Global • Help Global Startups Come to China/Asia • Provide support – including funding, mentorship, and connections • Focus on mobile, commerce, adtech, education, travel, health, games, SaaS and fintech
MENTORS
Startup Partner Ecosystem
Free Stuff • Legal – legal packages from Pillar Legal, advice from Cooley • Workspace – 6 months’ desk space at Chinaccelerator • PayPal – $10K in Transaction Credits • Hiring platforms – $3,000 in HR support Web Hosting credits • Amazon AWS – $15,000 in Web Hosting Services • IBM Softlayer – $120,000 in Hosting Services • Microsoft – $60,000 in Azure Credits • Rackspace – $24,000 in Hosting Credits • Qingcloud – 2,000RMB in Credits • Aliyun – 5,000RMB in Credits
Proof is in the Pudding Oct 2011 graduated Chinaccelerator Nov 2011 won TechCrunch Disrupt Dec 2011 US$3m Series A Dec 2013 US$6m Series B Nov 2014 US$28m Series C
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