
Bedo’s innovations are coming from a powerful friend and profile matching algorithm implemented on top of a location-aware platform. The idea is to meet people who match your expectations/profile, locate them geographically and communicate with them anonymously (if needed) over IP (Bedo has designed a VoIP gateway over GPRS). Push to talk and broadcast-to-many are key features of the service. Revenue comes from premium features but mostly advertising from POI etc.
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Gypsii, a 2008-Navteq Global LBS Challenge Finalist, is positioned as a mobile lifestyle service. Gypsii is coming from a mapping and GPS background. Their focus and expertise is about sharing life experience (hence the UGC component), rather than communicating real-time with people in the vicinity (Bedo), though it is possible too (via sms, IM, or simply phone of course). The geo-tagging component plays an important part, as well as the “search venues and POI” and directions on how to get there. Search is an important component of Gypsii’s offering.
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According to the estimation of Analysys International, revenues from China’s LBS market reached RMB 505 million ($71.6 million) in 2007, up 59.7 percent year-on-year. A new generation of these mobile services now leverage on presence and localization to build social networks, invent new mobile phone usage, and better target advertising.
2 emerging leaders in the sector, Bedo and Gypsii, will share with us their latest innovations. Our guest speakers: M. Mu Rong, CEO of Bedo (www.bedo.cn) and M. Jeff Lin, Managing Director of Gypsii China (www.gypsii.com). Keynote will be followed by a panel with our 2 speakers as well as Interfax China (www.interfax.cn) with M. Iris Hong, TMT Team Leader and Mustang Ventures, an investor in Bedo (www.mustangvc.com) with M. Raymond Feng, Vice-President.
Event starts at 7 pm on April 21st, 2007 (networking, followed by presentations at 7.30 pm and panel at 8pm). We will charge a nominal fee of RMB 50 for the event to cover for some of the expenses. This fee includes 2 alcoholic drinks and canapés/hors-d’oeuvres.
今月的 Mobile Monday 将在 4 月 21 日在上海赛玛餐饮有限公司,南京西路325号(Tel: 63272221)从7点开始举办。我们象征性地收取50元以作为活动经费,期间将有一个大型演出交流活动,免费赠送2瓶酒以及点心。
Venue: Kathleen’s 5 Rooftop Restaurant and Bar. Address: 325 Nanjing Xi Lu (Huangpi Bei Lu). Tel: 63272221. Directions and other info can be found at http://www.kathleens5.com.cn . 上海赛玛餐饮有限公司,南京西路325号(黄陂北路).
Mu Rong founded Peptalk in Jun 2005 and is responsible for the overall strategic development of the company. Peptalk is a mobile 2.0 startup based in Suzhou, China. Peptalk’s location-based mobile SNS service, namely Bedo (http://bedo.cn), provides free services like location-based friend finder, geo-tagged mobile blogging, mobile IM/push-to-talk etc. Before founding Peptalk, Mu Rong was the founder & CEO of Cybertech from 2001 to 2005. Cybertech is a leading software company focused on developing pioneering, mission-critical mobile applications for the Chinese police. Prior to Cybertech, Mr. Mu served as a project manger in China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park development Co. (1996-2000), and the head of automation dept of Suzhou Papyrus Paper mill (1993-1996). Mu Rong holds a MBA degree and a BSc degree. www.peptalk.cn
穆荣于2005年6月创立广达友讯并负责公司总体战略及运营。广达友讯位于苏州,是一家无线互联网创业企业。广达友讯于2008年1月发布了基于位置的手机社交网络—“贝多Bedo” (http://bedo.cn)。贝多向用户免费提供基于位置的交友、带有地理标签的手机博客,移动即时通讯及手机对讲等服务。在创立广达友讯前,穆荣是广达科技的创始人及CEO(2001-2005)。广达科技是中国领先的移动行业应用软件开发商之一,主要向中国公安机关提供先进、可靠的移动警务解决方案。在创立广达科技之前,穆荣曾先后在苏州新加坡工业园区开发公司担任项目经理(1996-2000)及在苏州紫兴纸业担任自动化组主管(1993-1996)。穆荣拥有MBA及工学士学位。www.peptalk.cn
Jeff Lin is a seasoned executive with more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunication, navigation, digital content and LBS space. Mr. Lin is the Managing Director and board member of GyPSii China, and has overall responsibility for building the GyPSii business in the Asia Pacific Region. Prior to joining GyPSii, Mr. Lin was the General Manager of NAV2, the NAVTEQ Joint Venture in China, where Mr. Lin was responsible for building the business from the ground up and led NAVTEQ’s entry into China. Nokia subsequently acquired NAVTEQ for $8.1B USD in 2007. Prior to joining NAVTEQ, Mr. Lin has also held number of senior management positions at Tellabs Inc., a global telecommunication equipment manufacturer and was part of the founding team at Dantis Inc., a next generation hosting service provider that raised over $100M USD from tier one venture investors.
Jeff Lin现任GyPSii亚太区总裁兼董事,全面负责GyPSii在亚太区的业务发展。
Jeff 在通信、导航、内容信息服务及LBS行业拥有15年的行政管理工作经 验。 在加入GyPSii之前,Jeff曾任NAVTEQ在中国的合资公司-NAV2的总经 理,主要负责引领NAVTEQ进入中国市场,并推动其在中国的业务发展。诺基亚公司于2007年宣布以81亿美金收购NAVTEQ。在加入NAVTEQ之前 ,Jeff曾在美国Tellabs公司,一家全球性电信设备制造商担任过多个高级主管职位。此外Jeff还是美国Dantis公司的创办人之一。 Dantis公司由一级风险投资商筹集多达1亿美金的资金投资建成。
GyPSii connects people, places and communities across networks and devices. A geo-location social networking platform and services for mobile, web & set-top box devices, headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (www.gypsii.com )
总部位于荷兰阿姆斯特丹。GyPSii是基于位置构建新型社交网络社区的应用服务提供商,致力于通过网络和硬件设备为用户创建全新的生活方式。
The Interfax China TMT intelligence service delivers the latest headline news and inside perspective on the forces driving China’s TMT markets. Understand market dynamics through exclusive, unbiased commentary and analysis by our in-house analysts, coupled with interviews with industry experts on the ground in China. www.interfax.cn
Mustang Ventures is a China-focused venture firm investing in early stage companies that leverage China’s attractive cost structure, large pool of intellectual talent, burgeoning domestic market and / or export capability. Mustahttp://www.mobilemondayshanghai.net/events/15-lbs-and-mobile-social-networks;editng Ventures is an investor in Bedo. www.mustangvc.com
关于愈奇
愈奇投资咨询(上海)有限公司是美国愈奇投资基金设在上海的运营机构,主要针对高科技的,具有成本结构优势、精英的管理团队以及拥有巨大市场前景的公司进行投资。
愈奇对于其投资的公司在运营的各个方面都给予相关的支持,从最初的创业理念到成为一家成功并获利的企业,愈奇运用其专业的投资经验及营运模式在其创业的各个阶段提供帮助。
The Interfax China TMT intelligence service delivers the latest headline news and inside perspective on the forces driving China’s TMT markets. Understand market dynamics through exclusive, unbiased commentary and analysis by our in-house analysts, coupled with interviews with industry experts on the ground in China. www.interfax.cn
Understand the current state of mobile location based services in China.
MobileMonday Shanghai & Interfax are proud to offer the Mobile Location Based Services report. The report provides an in-depth investigation into the development of this industry in China, including an examination of major trends and challenges facing the industry, the outlook for the market, major players and products, current state of the value chain and more. The report will be freely available at the event on Monday evening, and downloadable, upon free registration, after the event (please send download request with your professional detail to info@mobilemondayshanghai.net).
China Entrepreneurs is a not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to fostering the growth of entrepreneurship in China. With both domestic and foreign members, our goal is to bring the wide range of personal experiences and resources together to support entrepreneurship in China. The community is open to entrepreneurs of all industries, with businesses of all sizes. Over the course of five years in Beijing, thousands of entrepreneurs have attended our events, listened to countless talks from successful entrepreneurs, investors and people who love the world of entrepreneurship, and walked away with valuable techniques and insight on how to elevate their business. Today, we wish to bring that spirit to Shanghai!
Speakers: Jack Perkowski (ASIMCO Technologies Limited); Dick Kramlich (NEA), Raymond Cheng (Lucky Pai)
Location: Three On The Bund
Price: 200 rmb pre-registration or 300rmb at the door (includes light food and refreshments)
Register: Before May 12th, email to events@ce-online.cn phone to 010-6569 1933
Language: English.
For more information: www.ce-online.cn
Meet Mark Read – WPP’s Director of Strategy and CEO of WPP Digital. Mark will set the pace of the 2 days conference by opening the keynote session. Expect to hear all about the media marketing landscape of Asia and how brands and agencies are increasingly using interactive mediums over traditional media campaigns. www.ad-tech.com/singapore
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We look forward to seeing you there!!!
The Shanghai Mobilemonday Team.
我们期待你的光临!
上海Mobile Monday团队。
04/21/2008 07:00PM at Kathleen's 5 Restaurant and Bar