500 China: Are You China’s Next Acquisition Target?

500 Startups is an early-stage venture fund and seed accelerator. Some of our companies include Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), Credit Karma, Grab, Wildfire (acquired by Google), Makerbot (acquired by Stratasys), Viki (acquired by Rakuten), Simple (acquired by BBVA), Sunrise (acquiredby Microsoft), Behance (acquired by Adobe), Ipsy, Udemy, Smule, Styleseat, SendGrid, Angellist and many other great companies.http://500.co/Edith Yeung is the the Partner for 500 Startups China.  Prior, Edith  brought Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser to the US and grew install base to over 150 million installs worldwide and later acquired by Changyou (NASDAQ: CYOU) in 2015. Some of her investments include Penrose, Cryworks, SIlk Labs, Piper, Apptopia, Mobile Action, Andy OS, Quickly, Powercore, Pack, Ingrain, Hooked, Switch, Bento, DayDayCook, Palantir, Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest) and Human (acquired by Mapbox) etc.http://www.edith.co/

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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG>Edith Yeung - </STRONG>500 Startups China Partner - brought Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser to the US and grew install base to over 150 million installs worldwide and later acquired by Changyou (NASDAQ: CYOU) in 2015.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><STRONG STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Michael Levit</STRONG> - Founder of <A STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;" HREF="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/serial-entrepreneurs-rick-marini-and-michael-levit-are-selling-companies-to-china-for-a-lot-of-money/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dragonfly Partners</A>, a new advisory firm matches U.S. companies with China-based acquirers. Michael advised Media.net / Miteno for $900 million acquistion in August 2017, and AppLovin / Orient Hontai Capital acquisiton for $1.4 billion.</SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">中国已是全球并购市场的一支重要力量，</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">2016</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">年中国海外并购交易量达到创纪录的</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">1950</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">亿美元</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">,</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">占全球并购活动总量的</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">20%</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">。</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">自</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">2014</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">年以来</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">,</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">中国一直频繁收购美国和欧洲的资产</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">,</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">这一趋势在</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">2016</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">年</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">2</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">月急剧加速</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">,</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">中国化工集团以</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">466</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">亿美元高价收购瑞士农药集团先正达公司，成为史上交易额最大的海外收购案。</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 宋体;">在这场论坛上你会了解——</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 宋体;">－最新中国并购市场现状</SPAN></P>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;"><STRONG>Edith Yeung</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">（杨珮珊）</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">500 Startups</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">中国合伙人，曾将红杉投资的中国本土公司海豚浏览器带入美国市场并在全球获取</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">1.5</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">亿用户，海豚于</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">2015</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">年被畅游</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">(NASDAQ: CYOU)</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 宋体;">收购。</SPAN><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;"><STRONG>Michael Levit</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 宋体;">－</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; 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