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Silicon Valley Spring 2013
Applications: Mar 17, '13
Sessions: Apr 01, '13 - Jul 09, '13
Vision
Our vision is to Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup ecosystems in promising markets across the globe. We aim to help launch 1,000 technology companies per year in over 50 cities worldwide.
Sponsors
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology and growth enterprises worldwide, as well as the investment banks and venture capital firms that finance them. Over the past four decades, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has established its reputation by having an unmatched knowledge of its clients' industries and deep and long-standing contacts throughout the technology sector. The firm's legal expertise serves clients at all stages of growth, from venture-backed start-up companies to multibillion-dollar global enterprises. The firm's clients include some of the most recognized names in the technology, retail, life sciences, venture capital, and finance sectors. The firm has offices in Austin, Palo Alto, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.
First Republic Bank and its subsidiaries provide private banking, private business banking and the full range of wealth management services with an emphasis on exceptional relationship-based service and a solid commitment to responsiveness and action.
Ravix Group - Ravix Group Inc.provides seasoned consulting expertise to outsource the finance, human resources, and facilities functions of early-stage and middle market companies so that management can focus on their priorities to increase the value of their company.
Purplepatch Services is a strategy consulting firm offering technology firms Marketing Communications and User Experience Design solutions.
Vietnam FI Grad @Appota Wins Most Potential Tech #Startup Award at Ho Chi Minh City Conference
Appota, a graduate of the Hanoi Founder Institute, was recently named Vietnam’s most promising startup at the HCMC Tech Startup Conference held on January 26th, in Ho Chi Minh City. The HCMC Tech Startup Conference is Vietnam’s first early-stage startup competition and attracted more than 200 local tech leaders.
Appota is a platform that serves mobile developers, content providers, advertisers and smartphone users in Vietnam. After having already been recognized as one of Vietnam’s most disruptive startups, Appota made it through several rounds of elimination and was one of four remaining startups chosen to pitch on stage.
In addition to hearing Appota’s winning pitch, guests enjoyed a discussion about technology tends in Vietnam for 2013 from local leaders; Pham Hop Pho (Senior Associate, IDG Ventures Vietnam), Phan Sao Nam (Chairman, VTC Online), Nguyen Manh Dung (Chief Representative, Cyber Agent Ventures), Pham Minh Tuan (Chairman, TOPICA Education Group) and Le Tran Bao Duy (General Partner, Vietnam Prosperous Investment Corporation).
To learn more about Appota and the HCMC Tech Startup Conference, click here to read the full article by Tran Manh Cong (director, Hanoi Founder Institute) on e27.
