Published in SOSV·Jun 15, 2021Introducing the 10 Trailblazing Startups from Chinaccelerator Batch 19 Demo DayOn June 2nd, Chinaccelerator held a Demo Day for the ten companies in its 19th cohort. …Venture Capital3 min readVenture Capital3 min read
Jun 4, 2021How to win term sheets and influence investors: Notes from founders of NewCampus, Snapask, and FlickstreeActionable steps that startup founders — both first-timers and seasoned — have taken to raise funds themselves Fundraising can be a daunting task for most first-time founders. Unlike running the startup, which is oftentimes based on the founders’ expertise on a subject matter or an unfair advantage they may possess…Fundraising6 min readFundraising6 min read
Mar 18, 2021USHOPAL COMPLETES ANOTHER $100 MILLION ROUND FINANCINGUSHOPAL, a leading new luxury beauty and new retail group in China, has announced the completion of another $100 million USD round of financing, driving up its investment pool to $200 million USD, aimed to support USHOPAL’s portfolio brands’ rapid growth in China and the Asia Pacific. The leading investor…Luxury2 min readLuxury2 min read
Published in The Startup·Jan 21, 2021Capping off 2020 and Looking Ahead at Trends for 2021Inside Chinaccelerator: 10 Years of Cross Border Excellence Happy 10th-anniversary Chinaccelerator! 🎉 Over the last 10 years, we have strived tirelessly to help founders from across the world in their entrepreneurial journey, to foster and to contribute to the ever-growing startup ecosystem, and to support early-stage startups. In the last 10 years, over 160 startups have gone through…Startup9 min readStartup9 min read
Published in SOSV·Sep 9, 2020How Founders Can Get Prepared for PivotingEntrepreneurship is like steering a ship on the ocean. Pivoting occurs when the captain decides to shift the direction to accommodate changes, be it a furious storm or an iceberg. In the startup world, it’s relatively unrealistic to believe that your first approach to address the problem is the best…Pivoting8 min readPivoting8 min read
Published in SOSV·Aug 18, 2020Top 5 Podcasts to Understand How VCs Make DecisionsContrary to popular belief, raising venture capital is not easy. With big money flowing into lucrative startups, it is often easy to think that VCs are sitting with their checkbook ready to sign a check for any founder that walks in through their doors. But that is not the case…Podcast4 min readPodcast4 min read
Published in SOSV·Jun 29, 2020Member-onlyFounders explain how they succeeded with their MVPsWritten by Eva Shi, Communications Manager at Chinaccelerator and Producer of the China Startup Pulse Podcast. A new, brilliant business idea doesn’t come from clueless imagination and perceptions. That’s why you need to test the market and validate your assumptions with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Trouble is, many founders…MVP6 min readMVP6 min read
Published in SOSV·Apr 13, 2020Xiaomi’s Head of India Investment Shirley Mao: Opportunities, Growth, Timing, and Funding in IndiaThis is an edited summary of an 8-min talk given by Shirley Mao, Head of India Investment at Xiaomi, during Chinaccelerator’s 8X8 Speakers Series event in September 2019. The views expressed by Shirley are her own and not related to Xiaomi Corporation. You can check out the talk video here. …India5 min readIndia5 min read
Published in SOSV·Mar 19, 2020Startups in the time of the virus: Lessons from ChinaWhat Chinese startups can teach their global peers While things start to go back to normal in China, the virus crisis continues to unfold across the globe. Silicon Valley is shutting down as local governments order people to stay in their homes. Small and medium startups are likely going to…Startups5 min readStartups5 min read
Published in SOSV·Feb 25, 2020Going Global Series | Chinese social companies starting in India come with considerable opportunities and challenges“India is like an open game for every single social company in the world because its millennials have not been tapped” — — Prakhar Khanduja Interviewee: Prakhar Khanduja Indian 3x serial entrepreneur with multiple exits; His last two social and content startups, InstaLively (world’s first live streaming app for YouTube)…China7 min readChina7 min read
