Min Zhu's China Story October 6, 2007

Seats are limited and registration is free.

Speaker: Min Zhu, Founding Partner of Cybernaut Venture Capital Management, and Venture Partner of NEA

For a decade, this name, Min Zhu, has been associated with the every success of WebEx, a leading Internet conferencing platform company who has left those heavyweights, like Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco in the dust in head-to-head competition. WebEx created even more buzz early this year while Cisco acquired the company for $3.2 billion, the second largest deal for Cisco in the past 5 years. It might not be well known to people in Silicon Valley that, around the same time, Min donated 10 million US dollars to establish Zhejiang University Innovation Institute, International. Min started his new venture in China 2 years ago, co-founded Cybernaut, a VC firm focusing on early stage investment in China, and became venture partner of New Enterprise Associates, one of the prestigious US VC firms.

Min is one of the founders and board members of HYSTA, and served as president of HYSTA in 2003-2004. We are honored to have him back to share his takes from a two-year “returnee” journey, along with being an entrepreneur, an investor,and a philanthropist.

The event will be offered with free admission. Seats are limited and pre-registration is required.

Date & Time: 2:00PM – 5:00PM, Saturday, October 6, 2007
Venue:
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1100 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Agenda:
1:30PM – 2:00PM Registration and Networking
2:00PM – 4:00PM Talk by Min Zhu
4:00PM – 5:30PM Q&A

Biography of Speaker:
Min Zhu From educated youth to bay area hero, Min has over 20-year experiences in high-technology industry in US and gets great reputations by his romantic experience and outstanding innovation achievements.

Min’s ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang province. In 1984, he was sent to Stanford University for further education after getting his industry management master degree in Zhejiang University. Min Zhu has large entrepreneur experiences in computer science and web communication area. His development “Interactive Multi-media Communication Technology” was regarded as The Next Generation of Communication.

Min founded Future Labs in 1991, which was sold out at $13 million afterwards. Mr. Min Zhu，Co-Founder of WebEx Communications Inc had been served as President and CTO since 1996. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, WebEx Communications, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed company (WEBX) provides a suite of on-demand web meeting applications that increase productivity and decrease costs across the enterprise. In March, 2007, WebEx was acquired by CISCO at $3.2 billion.

Min joined NEA (New Enterprise Associates) in March 2004 as a Venture Partner. He works closely with NEA's information technology and healthcare practices in sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities with a focus on opportunities in the expanding Chinese market. In 2005, in order to replay his motherland, Min went back to China and founded Cybernaut Investment Consulting Company to help Chinese entrepreneurs grow up together.

As one of outstanding alumni in Zhejiang University, Min Zhu dominated $10million to Zhejiang University, setting up Zhejiang University Innovation Institute (ZII), International. To make the best use of all global technical, educational and industrial resources, ZII will support Zhejiang University to become the first class university in the world.

* One of the 25 most Influential figures in 2002 by Business Week
* Commissary of “Science and Technology Development Committee” in 2004 by University of California.
* Board Member, Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association
* Science and Technology Advisor to the Bay Area of San Jose
* Vice Chairman in Zhejiang University Alumni Association in 2006

About HYSTA Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS)
The Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS) is one of the HYSTA chapters. DSS focuses on economic, social and business topics related to China. It is an opportunity for a broad range of audiences to hear and learn from prominent business leaders, scholars and influential policy makers in both China and U.S. In addition, it aims to help connect HYSTA members with mainstream Silicon Valley and help enhance communication between U.S. and China.

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