WEB 2.0 HITS ASIA
Digital Marketplace
IDC’s Asia-Pacific Web 2.0 Conference 2008
June 24, 2008 Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Singapore
Presentation by:
Justin Lee
Executive Director,
E27 Singapore

HELLO!

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A Social Enterprise Dedicated
To Serve the Entrepreneurial and Leadership
Community.
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Business Model: Niche Events, Collaborative Spaces,
Specialized Tours, Community Oriented Websites that
leverage Web 2.0
Regional Social Media Workgroup Audiences: Startups, Academics, Governments, Educational
Institutions, Investors, Media

The Straits Times, 11 March 2008 The Business Times, 11 December 2007

WE ASKED FOR THIS

BUT GOT THIS

FROM THE BOOM DAYS
CIRCA ‘90S, MARC ANDRESSEN (NETSCAPE), 1.0 POSTER BOY

TO THE ‘NUCLEAR’ WINTER
DAYS
THE NASDAQ INDEX PEAKED IN 2000, REFLECTING THE
HIGH POINT OF THE BUBBLE (CREDITS, WIKIPEDIA)

GOOGLE AT IPO
$85

GOOG POST IPO
CREDITS: FINANCE.GOOGLE.COM

SILICON VALLEY 2005

HIGHWAY 101 - JAN 2005
CREDITS: HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/MICHAELPATRICK/67028273/

HIGHWAY 101 - DEC 2005
CREDITS: HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/SOUTHERNCALIFORNIAN/429024787/

BOOM!

2.0 IS HERE!

IT IS SHINY,

HAS REFLECTIONS,

GRADIENTS,

& AJAX

VENTURE CAPITAL COMMITMENTS ‘05-’08
PWC/NVCA MONEYTREE(TM) REPORT

VENTURE CAPITAL COMMITMENTS ‘05-’08
PWC/NVCA MONEYTREE(TM) REPORT

VENTURE CAPITAL COMMITMENTS ‘05-’08
PWC/NVCA MONEYTREE(TM) REPORT

BUBBLE?
YES(MASSIVE VALUATIONS)
NO (SUB-PRIME REDUCED VALUATIONS)
MAYBE (THE COST OF STARTING UP HAS PLUMMETTED)

“Media & Advertising Drive
VC Activity in China as
Investment Jumps 46% to
$719M in 1Q08”
- Dow Jones VentureSource
CHINA

INDIA
Sequoia Capital India Growth Fund 1: $383m
Matrix Partners: $150m
Helion Venture Partners: $140m
New Enterprise Associates IndoUS: $105m
Sherpalo Ventures/KPCB
Reliance Capital

VIETNAM
Mekong Ventures
IDG Ventures
Vietnam $100m
DFJ VinaCapital
$50m

FIRST THE INVESTMENTS
THEN THE USAGE
VENTURE CAPITAL HAS GLOBALIZED
VC FIRMS NO LONGER INVEST ONLY WITHIN ‘2
HRS’ FROM SAND HILL ROAD
EMERGING MARKETS REPRESENT MASSIVE
POTENTIAL
THE OPPORTUNITY LIES IN LOCALIZATION
IT’S ALL ABOUT COPYING: FACEBOOK VS
XIAONEI VS STUDVIZ

WEB 2.0 IS HERE &THRIVING
IN ASIA. AWARENESS RISING

WEB 2.0 ANALYSIS
Primary Consumer Technology Market in Asia still lies in Gaming:
Online Gaming Revenues (i.e. MapleStory, WoW) still trumps anything in Web 2.0
Now: China, Korea, Japan, Thailand. Emerging: Vietnam, Indonesia.
Gaming is not-equal-to Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is still in its infancy Innovation Wise in Asia
Consumer Adoption is Extremely Strong: Facebook, Youtube, Xiaonei, TuDou.com,
Baidu.com, QQ, Yahoo!
Enterprise Adoption is pretty slow.
SME’s, Sohos First. (i.e. Google Docs)

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’
IN ASIA?

ASIA’ STYLE
Less Innovation
More Consumers
More BootSrapping/ consuming US services
Angel Money
Local services are
VC only in ‘Scale highly localized -
Markets’ - China, Difficult to scale
Korea, India because of fragmented
cultures/languages
Community ‘Self Help’

SOME OF ASIA’S “SCALE”
MARKETS...

CHINA
•Large Population
•Clones
•Thriving Venture Scene
1. Gaming
2. BBS
3. Online Video
•QQ: Olympic/Anti-Tibet
•BBS + Video: Sichuan EarthQuake
•President Hu Web Casting

KOREA
•Similarly large
market
•Local orientation,
bereft of external
influence.
•Top Notch
Infrastructure
Naver, Daum, Nate, •Korean gaming
Cyworld, OhMyNews, culture is
ThinkFree widespread

SOME OF THE MICRO-
MARKETS...

MALAYSIA
www.mindvalley.com, barcamp.org/BarCampMalaysia, malaysiakini.com, tumpang.com, lighthouse.my, youthsays.com, advertlets.com

HONG KONG
852signal.com, webwednesday.hk, recruit.net, duedee.com, editgrid.com

THE REST
India Japan Australia Vietnam
Philippines Thailand Indonesia

WHAT ABOUT SINGAPORE?
(IT’S MORE EXCITING THAN
YOU THINK!)

SINGAPORE
GrassRoots
Institutional
Grass Roots: e27.sg, thedigitalmovement.org, 9eek9oddess.blogspot.com, theory.isthereason.com, barcamp.org/BarCampSingapore, sgentrepreneurs.com, php.com.sg, tech65,
interesthink.com
Institutional: NUS School of Computing Class CS3214, garag3.com, etp.nus.edu.sg, nus.edu.sg/noc, sv.nusilead.org/site, ntu.edu.sg/NTC/etip.asp, nes.org.sg

SINGAPORE
Governmental
Corporate
Conferences
mda.gov.sg, ida.gov.sg, spring.gov.sg

SINGAPORE
Startups
homespace.sg, ihipo.com, widgeo.us, zopim.com, wego.com, discoverio.com, app.facebook.com/battlestations, nuffnang.com, yum.sg, hungrygowhere.com, yebber.com, sharedcopy.com

SINGAPORE: WEB2.0 HUB?
Advantages
•Capitalize on It, The True Gateway to Asia
•The Best of East and West
•A Tier-One Global Lifestyle Capital
•Easiest Place to do Business
•Trusted, Transparent City of Commerce
•Constellation of Auxiliary and Professional
Services
•Cost-Competitive vis-à-vis Silicon Valley,
Boston, London
•Pro-Active, Entrepreneur Oriented Govt
•Massive Regional Labour Pool
•Top Notch Educational System
•Low Corporate Taxes, No Capital Gains Tax,
No Tax on Foreign Earned Income
•Private Banking, Angel Investor, Finance
Centre
•Active University Entrepreneurial
Programmes
•NOC Programme! Silicon Valley Linkages
•Sentosa!, F1 GP, Youth Olympics, IRs, Sports
Hubs...

WHAT CAN WE DO?
Understanding Web 2.0 Evangelizing Web 2.0
Raising Supporting
Awareness of Local
Web 2.0 Leading The Services
Way in Web 2.0
2.0 Your
Using Web 2.0 Organization
Opening Data Access

THANK YOU!
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