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December 7, 2018

Asian investors hunt for core technology startups at Slush

IoT, gaming, mobile technologies and AI are of particular interest


Maija Palmer

4 min read

Some 140 Asian investors were scouting for startups at Slush this year. Photo by Sami Välikangas

"We are looking for new product concepts that our clients can take to China, and also for investment opportunities,” says Li Zhao, vice president at Bepsun Eurotech Investments, a Chinese venture capital company. Li was one of a growing number of Asian investors scouting for startups at Slush, the annual technology conference in Helsinki.

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