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Help Hong Kong Startups with An Ecosystem Survey and Best Startup Nomination
January 9, 2014 by StartupsHK
Iris Capital’s Nicolas du Cray Talks About China’s Ecosystem and Gives Advice To Hong Kong Startups
December 31, 2013 by Iris Leung
Having lived and worked in Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem for 11 years, investor Nicolas du Cray is no stranger to the Chinese startup scene.
As a venture partner at Iris Capital (a Parisian VC firm that has opened an office in Beijing in 2012), Nicolas is deeply involved in backing growth-stage tech companies within the Greater China region.
As a quick back story: when Orange (a pan-European telecom company) and Publicis Groupe (a global PR and advertising firm) decided to go the venture capital route, they asked Iris Capital to manage their international fund – and that’s when Nicolas joined their new office as a venture partner.
In his journey through China’s startup landscape in the past decade, Nicolas speaks volumes about the country’s entrepreneurial spirit. “China is a place that surprises you every day, even if you’ve been living here for 11 years,” said Nicolas. “And the same goes for the people here: Chinese people have the capacity to adapt to change, and that really impresses me.”
It’s All About the Bitcoins: Another Tech Startup Investment for Hong Kong’s Li Ka-Shing
December 30, 2013 by Iris Leung
Li Ka-Shing, Asia’s wealthiest man, knows what the future looks like: virtual currency.
Having backed a number of tech startups early in the game via Horizons Ventures – like a small site called Facebook, Summly, Waze and that Facebook comic strip app Bitstrips, it’s obvious that Li has uncanny foresight when it comes to doling out investment dollars.
