China’s shopping extravaganza Singles’ Day finished two weeks ago, but the aftermath of the 24-hour madness is going to span a whole year. Idle Fish, more commonly known by its Chinese name Xianyu (闲鱼), is helping China’s online consumers to cash in their second-hand or idle items online, not only for alieving financial pressure but also for […]
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Here’s how China’s 3 big co-working players are differentiating
Rising millennial workforce, government support for innovation and startups, changing public attitude from “owing” to “sharing” stuff, and of course the huge market scale: everything makes China a perfect for the development of co-working or shared space industry. Unsurprisingly, the industry took off in China over the past two years in a big way, marked by the emergence […]
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What you missed at TechCrunch Shanghai 2017
This week saw TechCrunch land in Shanghai for yet another great event. While Shenzhen might be the hardware capital, Shanghai has a potent mix of hungry entrepreneurs from all over the world. We were delighted to welcome back for the 7th time more than 8000 people including 600 for the hackathons, 300 investors, 200 startups […]
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Get funding for your startup from Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and Gobi Ventures at TechCrunch Shanghai
The TechCrunch China Startup Competition is on! And we are happy to announce that Gobi Ventures will join the jury to pick outstanding contestants for the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and the Gobi VC awards. Here are the detailed rules and regulations about the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund competition: Prize The eligible outstanding projects in the competition […]
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TechCrunch Shanghai startup competition winner Blue Sky Labs sucks up RMB 1 million prize
Blue Sky Labs won the TechCrunch Shanghai 2017 Startup Competition with its plans to manufacture products to help consumers tackle problems with air, water and food. The prize was RMB 1 million in the form of an interest-free convertible debt bond from Gobi Partners. TechCrunch Shanghai 2017 was brought to a fitting close: recognition of […]
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Live from TechCrunch – Kuang-Chi is bringing space tourism to China
Doctor Liu Ruopeng has been called the Elon Musk of China. His company is involved in several projects that sound like they are straight from science fiction – balloons that fly to space, jetpacks, flying cars, and metamaterials. Metamaterials were what made Dr. Liu famous. As a doctorate student at Duke University, he became known […]
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Live from TechCrunch – How can a foreign hardware company enter China?
Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley in China, is becoming a must-destination for the foreign hardware startups to start their business. On the other hand, Chinese startups are starting from Shenzhen and expanding to global markets, such as educational robot kit Makeblock, drone maker DJI, and smartphone manufacturer Huawei. In the panel “Startup in Shenzhen”, Benjamin Joffe, Partner […]
