2016 US-China VC Summit & Startup Expo to be held in Boston

Hundreds of top Chinese and US investors gather to talk cross-border investment

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Aug 16, 2016, 09:45 ET

BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2016 US-China VC Summit & Startup Expo, organized by Liaoyuan (http://liaoyuan.io), the largest Asian social networking platform for startups in North America, will be held at Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on October 1-2, 2016. Hundreds of leading investors from the US and China will gather together to talk about cross-border investment, and more than 400 high-end startups will showcase their latest technologies and projects. The event is expected to attract thousands of investors and entrepreneurs from the Boston area as well as the US and Chinese venture capital communities.

The summit will focus on VC-related hot topics in China and the US, creating a face-to-face platform for in-depth communication between top Chinese and US investors. Guests that have confirmed participation include more than 100 VC and industry leaders from KPCB, FreeS Fund, Capital W, TriplePoint Capital, Artiman Venture, Techstars, Indiegogo, StudentUniverse, Madrona Venture, Silicon Dragon, Taoshi Capital and etc. Liaoyuan CEO Han Wang said, "We hope to provide a better platform for communication between Chinese and US venture capital firms and promote the complementary synergies between startups in both countries, while expanding cross-border investment and ecosystem."

"Mass entrepreneurship and innovation" is a widely discussed term these days. In the US, where entrepreneurship is part and parcel of the lifestyle, ambitious Chinese entrepreneurs who accept nothing other than being second to none have developed many excellent projects. The Startup Expo was created in a move to allow entrepreneurs to better share their experiences and seek cooperation opportunities, while allowing investors to more efficiently and directly find out about and further investigate the most interesting startup projects. Zonvon founder Elaine Li further explained that the summit will be the first online-to-offline combination of Chinese and US startup resources, laying a solid foundation for further communication and cooperation between startups in these two vast markets.

About Liaoyuan

Liaoyuan is a social networking platform for the STARTUP community to connect with each other. We provide the platform to help entrepreneurs, investors and industry professionals efficiently find out about and acquire valuable resources by enabling highly targeted and personalized searching. Users can find active networking opportunities and resources including events, informational feeds and jobs at startups. As the largest Asian social networking platform for startups in North America, Liaoyuan has launched more than 1,500 online and offline networking events for startups across the continent, attracting the attention of or registration by more than 100,000 students studying abroad. The social networking platform has signed letters of intent with more than 600 startups and startup service providers in China and the US. Headquartered in Boston, Liaoyuan has branches in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Silicon Valley, Seattle and across the central part of the United States. Liaoyuan completed a more than US$1.8 million angel round of financing in April 2016.

SOURCE Liaoyuan.io