Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital, a big venture-capital firm, reckons that in emerging markets like China around 50% of start-ups backed by foreign venture capitalists in the internet and mobile sectors are copycats, and in markets like Brazil it is closer to 70%.
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Plus its venture capital spinoff China Softbank is investing in Chinese internet companies as well as Vietnamese online marketplace Peacesoft.
Ng, who is now an Asia-based managing director of Silicon Valley's Granite Global Ventures, says the venture capital firm expects to invest more money in China in the next few years.
Feng Deng, managing director of Northern Light Venture Capital in Beijing, paints the new scenario for China.
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India is on the rise, but compared with China, its venture capital market lags in deals and fund sizes.
How the new team at Sequoia Capital India handles the transition and charts its own journey will signal prospects for the evolution of venture capital in this key Asian market the largest after China.
Just when everyone is looking to the Chinese market as the savior of the global economy, and when more venture capital firms and Internet startups are planning on setting up in China, something happens to shake up their plans.
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While still only one-fourth the size of the U.S. venture capital market, China deal making growth far exceeds the action in the U.S. For the first three months of 2011, Dow Jones VentureSource reported U.S. gains of 5 percent for deals and 35 percent for investment.
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Citigroup launched an investment-banking joint venture in China, gaining access to its fast-growing capital markets.
Following the graduates back to their homeland in China and India, our banks, venture capitalists, capital and investments have contributed to the globalization of our economic secret sauce.
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Former investment banker and engineer-by-training Tina Ju got into China venture through co-founding VTDF in 2000 and TDF Capital in 2005, and she made several well-timed investments in some of the best China hits, Alibaba, Baidu, Focus Media and Hurray.
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Feng Deng of Northern Light Venture Capital said that speed to market and cheap prices still matter most for startups to get ahead today in China.
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