Professional Connector is proud to partner with Hardware Massive for a special evening of connecting with other IoT and Startups to learn about what China’s current entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem look like and how can they can learn from each other on Monday June 27th 2016 6:30pm at their new venue The Batchery (2036 Bancroft Way)  in downtown Berkeley

Registration is required. RSVP now https://hardwaremassive.com/events/2016/06/east-meets-west-connection-china-and-silicon-valley-iot-startups

Join our partner Hardware Massive for their East Meet West: Connection of China and Silicon Valley for IoT and Startups event on Monday June 27th 6:30pm at a new venue The Batchery in downtown Berkeley. The Batchery is the new global incubator for seed stage startups poised for rapid growth.

Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Where: The Batchery, 2036 Bancroft Way in downtown Berkeley

The expert panel will be discussing the current state of relationship between Silicon Valley and China for IoT startups. China has a population of 1.4 billion to Silicon Valley’s four million and both are necessary to establish a great company and at the same time, connections have become unusually important. Learn about what China’s current entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem look like and how can they can learn from each other.

Registration is required. RSVP now https://hardwaremassive.com/events/2016/06/east-meets-west-connection-china-and-silicon-valley-iot-startups

The first speaker, Bay McLaughlin, is flying in from Hong Kong to speak to the group. Bay is the Co-Founder of Brinc, the global IoT accelerator and platform based in Hong Kong which is the world’s first end-to-end integrated platform designed to support global IoT entrepreneurs by accelerating IoT startups from concept to sustainable commercialization. Bay was also a founding team member of Apple’s global SMB channel, and founder of Apple’s first Entrepreneurship Evangelism channel.  brinc.io

The second speaker is Thomas Cheng, Co-Founder of Streetline and Head of Hardware for August Smart Lock, and currently founding a stealth IoT business. Thomas co-founded Streetline, the current leader in smart parking by revenue and market share, and raised $60 million while with the company.  www.streetline.com

This event is powered by:
• Rush Order, a flexible fulfillment solutions provider for startups. www.rushorder.com
• The Batchery, a Berkeley-based global incubator for seed stage startups ready to go from idea to launch at lightning speed. batchery.io

Agenda
6:30-7:00 Networking w/ Beer & Pizza
7:00:7:40 Announcements, Demos & Pitches*
7:40-8:00 More Networking
8:00-9:00 Panel Talk w/ Q&A’s
9:00-9:30 More Networking

*If you want to demo your product or pitch your startup/services in front of the group, please sign up on the sheet here:
goo.gl/n6HRLm . You will have approximately 2 minutes to speak. If you don’t sign up beforehand, you may still demo at the event if there is time remaining.

Registration is required. RSVP now https://hardwaremassive.com/events/2016/06/east-meets-west-connection-china-and-silicon-valley-iot-startups