China-focused VCs depart posts — Asia capital crunch to blame?
Sequoia Capital China founding partner Zhang Fan’s decision to leave for an advising post at a philanthropic fund, is the latest development in a wave of departures for venture capitalists working in Asian markets. Citing the desire to work on issues he’s passionate about, Fan also gave a nod to China’s flagging economy as a factor potentially contributing to his move.
The news comes only a day after Ian Goh, China partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google’s camera, Algoco, SpaceTime’s 3D search, Trivop and more
(updated) Here’s the latest action:
Google’s Street View continued — More details from BoingBoing on the scary little 11-sided camera that Google and its partner are using for street-level photography shots — exposing peoples’ living rooms — including tabby cats — sunbathers in their bikinis, and some poor guy caught picking his nose.
Yahoo provides open access to its “Panama” search marketing APIs — Yahoo launches its “Commercial API,” so advertisers, developers and commercial partners will be able to… Continue Reading