Season 3, Episode 2: The Xiaomi IPO

Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Venturecapital, Ma, Investing, Acquisitions, Startups, Vc, Investment, Business, Technology

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Acquired kicks off our China tech mini-series by teaming up with the best in the business: Hans and Zara from GGV’s 996 Podcast! Together we cover the largest technology IPO in the world since fellow China tech giant Alibaba in 2014: Xiaomi, where Hans has been an investor and board member from the very beginning. This episode is chock full of history and insight on both Xiaomi and what’s happening in China tech more broadly, and why we all should be paying attention. No matter where you live, this is definitely not one to miss!

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0:00.0	I had something weird going on my internet cut out too.
0:03.2	Did you get that?
0:04.2	Did you see that, I mean it's fine because we're not using any kind of like web upload thing.
0:08.8	We're just doing a, but yeah, when I disappeared for a, it was to go turn on a fan.
0:13.4	Because I was like, maybe it's like hot and that's affecting, I don't know.
0:17.3	Oh, good.
0:18.9	I was so, I was worried.
0:20.1	I was like, oh no, Ben's super pissed that we're changing the...
0:22.3	No, no. I was like oh no Ben's super pissed that we're changing the
0:23.0	No no you couldn't take it anymore Welcome to Season 3 episode 2 of Acquired, the show about technology acquisitions and IPOs. I'm Ben Gilbert.
0:45.5	I'm David Rosenthal. And we are your hosts. Today we are covering Shao me. You may already
0:51.4	know a few things about Shao me, that they make smartphones, they're from China, and they recently
0:56.1	IPO. But today we're here to go deeper, understand what the company really is at their core,
1:01.2	and talk about the exploding China tech sector.
1:04.4	And we have with us today two of the best people in the world to help us dig in on these topics,
1:09.4	Hans Tung and Zara Zang from G. G. G. G. V. Capital. So Hans and Zara do a podcast called 996 that you should
1:16.4	absolutely check out if this topic is of interest to you at all. I've listened to
1:20.3	about half their episodes so far and it's a fantastic resource for anyone
1:23.7	who wants to understand what's going on with Chinese companies, one of our focuses here on season
1:29.0	three of acquired. Hans was an investor in the very first round of
1:33.0	Shao me and was involved in the initial ideation of the company,
1:36.0	a rare and amazing feat to be with a company from conception all the way to IPO.
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