I’m Rui Ma, Partner for Greater China at 500 Startups. AMA!

Hi TIA Community!

I’m Rui Ma, Partner of Greater China at 500 Startups. 500 is a global accelerator and seed fund founded in 2010 and based in Silicon Valley with over 1,000 investments worldwide in more than 50 countries.  I cover the Greater China region (meaning: mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) for 500, and have been living and working in the region for eight years. I am based mostly out of Beijing. I’m happy to answer any questions, especially:

• Seed-stage startup trends/ecosystem development in the Greater China region vis-à-vis Silicon Valley
• General questions on angel/seed investing
• Anything I’ve written or been interviewed about (hardware, expat entrepreneurship, investing as a female, etc.)
• ANYTHING!

Thanks and looking forward to chat!