neoteny labs

Shiwen is a part-time freelance writer, aspiring entrepreneur and overall generalist interested in exploring, researching and writing. Silicon Straits’ James Chan (left) at Co.Lab with Sanjay Nath, managing partner at

James Chan is the Singapore-based founder and CEO of Silicon Straits, a ‘tech venture foundry’ focused on Southeast Asia. James is also the principal of Neoteny Labs, a $5 million venture fund co-founded with Joi Ito in 2009, funding startups in their early stages in the United States and Asia.

After running Neoteny Labs as Principal and making 24 investments since May 2010, James Chan has announced the rebranding of his early-stage venture fund. It’s now called Silicon Straits.

The Burpple crew at OpenWebAsia 2012 in Hainan, China, this week. The social food app Burpple has been served a double order of good news today, the largest of which

We often see successful startups coming from the West, more particularly in Silicon Valley and sometimes it raises the question of whether there is innovation in Asia. A panel of

Viki, a video site that translate content into 150 languages, has announced last week a deal with Renren, known as China’s Facebook, to release content on both renren.com and 56.com.

Joichi Ito: Founder and CEO of Neoteny Labs The New York Times Company announced on 21st June that Joichi Ito has been elected to its Board of Directors. Brian McAndrews,

Viki, a Singapore-based global video site, has announced this week that it has signed deals with Warner Music Group (WMG), LOEN Entertainment and SEED Music Group, as well as other labels

The creators of Insync, an app that offers Dropbox-like functionality to Google Docs users, have responded to the launch of Google Drive. More than two weeks ago, I wrote that

Will users cheat on Insync? Technophiles have generally greeted the launch of Google Drive with cheer. That’s no surprise: It has 5GB of free space, which is more than double