AsiaWired Venture Roadshow series are held quarterly in various locations throughout Asia.  The most recent ones, AsiaWired Venture Roadshow Summer 2001 and AsiaWired Venture Roadshow Fall 2001, took place in Taipei, Beijing and Shanghai, organized by AsiaWired Group together with Polaris Securities, Taiwan Venture Capital Association, Zero2ipo and eConeo.  32 companies presented their business plans in the roadshows, with more than 140 VCs participated in Taipei, nearly 100 VCs participated in Beijing and over 150 VCs participated in Shanghai.  As results of the roadshows, most presenting companies are now in due diligence process with interested venture capitalists, and numerous have successfully established strategic partnership in Asia.    

     AsiaWired Venture Roadshow series are specially designed to take emerging startups from Silicon Valley to two separate locations in Asia back-to-back, allowing companies to quickly assess the Asian market and streamlining the process for seeking Asian capital and partners.  With its well reception, AsiaWired Group will be duplicating the concept with AsiaWired Venture Roadshow & Forum 2002 on March 15 in Beijing, China.

     This time, we are enriching our program even further and creating more networking opportunities for all by adding a new session of Roundtable Discussions. Two topics will be discussed: “Future Trend of Venture Capital and Opportunities of M/A and Technology Licensing in China”, and  “The Trend of Biotechnology and its Partnership Opportunities Between China and Taiwan.”  AsiaWired Group will invite leading professionals from different industries to participate.

     According to a recent research report, in 1999, Asian funding has already reached $5 billion, placing Asian venture capitalists as the second largest investment group in the world.  And now, with China joining WTO, to capture such explosive market potentials and abundant capitals, value-added capital and partners are the two essential elements in the equation for success for startups and established companies entering Asia.  We are certain Asiawired Venture Roadshow & Summit 2002 will again prove to be a valuable link Asian capital and market for companies expanding to the region.