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Evaluating the Rise of SaaS in China with Shao Lee, Partner at Global Founders Capital
Manage episode 288289723 series 1402108
Today, we invite Shao Lee, Partner at Global Founders Capital, who spearheads their China operations. We talk about GFC’s investment thesis and their unique proposition of Geographical Arbitrage. We dive deeper into understanding the Chinese ecosystem and the drivers of enterprise SaaS in China. As a leading investor in the TMT/ SaaS space, Shao shares his insights on how GFC evaluates enterprise SaaS companies in China.
Show Notes
01:19 - Introduction to Shao Lee and motivations to become a VC
04:18 - What is Global Founders Capital?
05:53 - Bringing the Rocket Internet model to Asia
10:19 - GFC’s Geographical Arbitrage
13:00 - How to discover new business models?
14:45 - Why is it time for Enterprise investment in China?
17:10 - Trends in Chinese companies overseas expansion
19:00 - GFC’s investment decision-making process
20:34 - Founder’s pedigree in the decision-making process
25:45 - Late entrant to China: Is the market still worth entering for VCs?
27:40 - China’s competitive value proposition in global market
32:24 - VC Trends for 2021: The Rise of Enterprise SaaS
35:22 - The drivers of Enterprise SaaS
38:24 - Evaluating Chinese Enterprise SaaS companies
Many thanks to our guest Shao Lee; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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180 episodes
Manage episode 288289723 series 1402108
Today, we invite Shao Lee, Partner at Global Founders Capital, who spearheads their China operations. We talk about GFC’s investment thesis and their unique proposition of Geographical Arbitrage. We dive deeper into understanding the Chinese ecosystem and the drivers of enterprise SaaS in China. As a leading investor in the TMT/ SaaS space, Shao shares his insights on how GFC evaluates enterprise SaaS companies in China.
Show Notes
01:19 - Introduction to Shao Lee and motivations to become a VC
04:18 - What is Global Founders Capital?
05:53 - Bringing the Rocket Internet model to Asia
10:19 - GFC’s Geographical Arbitrage
13:00 - How to discover new business models?
14:45 - Why is it time for Enterprise investment in China?
17:10 - Trends in Chinese companies overseas expansion
19:00 - GFC’s investment decision-making process
20:34 - Founder’s pedigree in the decision-making process
25:45 - Late entrant to China: Is the market still worth entering for VCs?
27:40 - China’s competitive value proposition in global market
32:24 - VC Trends for 2021: The Rise of Enterprise SaaS
35:22 - The drivers of Enterprise SaaS
38:24 - Evaluating Chinese Enterprise SaaS companies
Many thanks to our guest Shao Lee; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
Share, subscribe, review, enjoy!
To join our listener group on WeChat, please add SOSV Helper (WeChat ID: sosvhero) and ask for the group invitation.
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asia-startup-pulse
Email us: [email protected]
180 episodes
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