Shenzhen’s Startup Jungle

Yan 晏琰Co-founder, Startup Salad

Wechat: mncfjzgEmail: yan@salad.cool

Big Fan of Rui Ma

April. 8th, 2016

Welcome to Shenzhen!

Agenda

• Me & My Shenzhen Story• Numbers about Shenzhen• Overview of local startup Ecosystem• The key players in the jungle• Investing in Shenzhen• Fun Facts• Questions?

About Me

• Co-Founder• China’s No.1 Startup Commnunity• In 2015, 15000 Paticipants, 100 Startups still

alive, 20 funded.• Before that, Tech Temple/Startup

Grind/Startup Weekend/Bafo/Doing nothing.

Shenzhen Numbers

• 15 Million Population• History shorter than US (30 years)• No Local, everyone is local• Super young, highest housing price in China. (USD

100 per Square Foot)• No Agriculture, Big on Manufacturing (100 B in

2014), Big on Service （ 150 B in 2014)• In 2015 Tech industry has 100 Btakes 40% of

GDPm

1.Global Players in Shenzhen/China

• Google/Facebook/Snapchat/Tinder• Apple• Uber/Linkedin/Airbnb• Amazon/Ebay/Yelp

2.Giants

• Tencent （ USD 15 B income in 2015)• Huawei ( USD 64 B income in 2015)• DJI (USD 1 B income in 2015)• Wanke (USD 40 B income in 2015)• BAT

3.Capital

• 9000+ investment companies• USD 350 B registered Capital• Seed investment range from 0 to USD 300K• Qianhai Mother Fund: USD 33 B (Take it easy)• SZVC， Dacheng， Songhe,Dongfangfuhai,

A+• Qifu， Chuangxiang, Zhicheng,Dexun

(ZengliQing）• Character of Shenzhen investors.

4.Supporters

1. Tencent Space.2. Simplywork3. Hax4. Chaihuo5. InnoValley6. Startup Plaza

5. Startups

• Compare to Beijing and SV.• Numbers, opinion on money, story-telling).

Investing in Shenzhen

• Hardware? Careful.• Online to Offline, Sexy Salad/Super Monkey• Turbulant time/Cash is the king.

Some Facts

• Programmer Salary, SZ VS SV, 1:5, not easy to hire.

• Only one College in SZ• 15 million hustlers• Only Major City with OK air• Only Major City with no one smoke in public

Enjoy !