Bill Tai, the widely respected general partner of Charles River Ventures, initially established in conjunction with the celebrated MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) responded to several questions from CVN regarding their recent China digital investments. It's interesting that one of their invested companies, Maxthon, co-founded by Netanel Jacobsson, has sung praises about Tai's hands on role in China in his blog.

Tai had revealed that (Charles river Ventures) " believes that
fundamental structural changes are occurring to the
Internet around 'web 2.0' and that the browser's role in media -
particularly around personalization and the formation of community, is becoming more important." Since the venture firm is now currently focused on Open Source, the Digitization of Media, and Mobility, their other China timely investment into WangYu media, a Chinese personal content portal utilizing blogs, reaffirms that it is an increasingly popular social networking experience.

Tai confirmed that that these two companies fit CRV's strategy
and in addition both have the following:

1) large existing user bases (millions at WangYou, and 57+ Million
downloads at Maxthon)
2) are rapidly growing (15% + per month at WangYou, 2M - 3M new per month at Maxthon.)

With no lack of confidence in these recent Chinese investments, Tai and the CRV team "think both these are and will be big hits in their respective segments of the market."