Saif Partners Picks China TV Home-Shopping Network as the Next Big IPO at China Venture News

Daniel Yang, a partner of SAIF Partners, the most active venture capital firm in China in 2004, displays only confidence about the investment climate in the country. The fund's $35 million investment in Acorn International, illustrates Saif's home-run appeal to global investors. Acorn is the largest TV home shopping network in China.The venture partners predict that TV home shopping is projected to gross close to $2 billion by 2008, and [...] Read More


SAIF Partners is China's Number One Venture Capital Firm at China Venture News

Zero2IPO recently released the China Venture Capital & Private Equity Annual Ranking for 2007 and this year's number one venture capital firm is SAIF Partners. SAIF Partners describes itself as being focused on providing growth capital to companies in Asia that operate in the areas of business services, financial services, communications, consumer services, education services, healthcare, & manufacturing. Founded in 2001, the company manages over $2 billion in assets across three [...] Read More


Lightspeed Venture Partners Joins China March at China Venture News

Earlier this week, according to Silicon Beat, Lightspeed Venture Partners closed a $475 million fund, three months after a third of its General partners severed ties to start their own venture fund. Previously, a six partner firm, Lightspeed's Gill Cogan and Carl Showalter departed last fall to launch Opus Capital. General partner, Chris Schaepe, has placed China squarely on their 2006 investment radar screen. �We have gotten more comfortable with the [...] Read More


China Claims World's First 4G Network at The Wireless Weblog

Reuters reports today that China, where 3G is not yet largely available, has announced the launch of the "world's first fourth-generation standard." According to the China Daily, a group of ten "leading domestic institutions" collectively called the "FuTURE Project" (for Future Technology for Universal Radio Environment) rolled out 4G in Shanghai on Sunday the 28th. "China aims to hold field tests for the 4G system -- whose rollout has cost 150 million [...] Read More


Top three DIY Wi-Fi Network articles at Tech Without Wires

Either you don't have a network at home, or your wired network is showing its age, and you need to build a wireless network yourself. The first site you should visit is "Wireless Product Equipment - Network Routers, Access Points, Adapters and More". This site reveals exactly what hardware you need to buy and how it all works together. You may also want to visit "DIY: Wireless network buying guide". This article [...] Read More