Blockchain dominated 2017. it seemed that every day a new company entered the blockchain space, raised millions via an initial coin offering, or deployed a new peer-to-peer pilot. Based on the current pace of innovation for blockchain, 2018 will bring many new developments. Additional funds and pilots will demonstrate the true value blockchain can bring above and beyond existing IT infrastructure. 
Join us on April 4th where SVACE invited DDC general partner Yida Gao and DxChain Cofounder Allan Zhang to discuss about the blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
SVACE will be inviting blockchain experts, developers, and explorers to dive into blockchain’s realworld applications, prospects for the future, the explosion in ICOs, where the real investment opportunities lie, and what the risks are in a regulatory vacuum.
Time：April 4th, 6:30-9:00pm
Location：4151 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94303
Link for tickets： http://svacebc.eventbrite.com
Programme Schedule:
6:30pm - 7:00pm Check in & Networking
7:00pm - 8:00pm Guest Speech
8:00pm - 8:30pm Fireside Discussion
8:30-9:00 Networking
Speakers：
Yida Gao, Divergence Digital Currency Fund(DDC) General Partner
Yida Gao is currently a general partner at Divergence Digital Currency Fund (DDC), a multi-strategy crypto fund. He is also general partner of Struck Capital, a venture capital fund based in Los Angeles and San Francisco that invests in both early stage and pre-IPO stage companies. Formerly, Yida was a technology investor at NEA (New Enterprise Associates), the world’s largest venture capital fund with $25Bn+ AUM and over 200+ IPOs and 350+ acquisitions in its 40 year history. Prior to joining NEA, Yida was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banking team at Morgan Stanley in New York City where he helped execute over $15Bn in aggregate deal volume. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Yida held research positions at MIT’s Sloan School of Management under professor Paul Asquith and at McKinsey & Company in Boston. Topics of research, among others, included landscaping the high tech enterprise verticals to identify pockets of likely consolidation and testing IPO theories using reverse mergers. Yida graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science and was a varsity pole vaulter.
Allan Zhang, DxChain Cofounder
DxChain is a big data and machine learning network which is powered by a computing-centric blockchain with a native protocol token (also called “DxC Token”) . With a unique chain architecture design and several major innovations, DxChain provides a comprehensive solution for running machine learning algorithms and businesses intelligence on big data  and keeping data privacy with security. 
DxChain’s founding team includes Hadoop community founding members, Apache Pig PMC chair, Principle scientist of AT&T blockchain research center and Trustlook AI-cybersecurity veteran.
Joint Organizer：
DFG (Decentralized Fintech Group)
DFG (Decentralized Fintech Group) is a venture capital fund founded in 2018 focusing on the blockchain investment. Its strategic investment philosophy is to incubate projects with a technical strong suit and ultimately become the benchmark fund in Silicon Valley. DFG fund consists of partners from elite backgrounds including Cornell, UC-Berkeley, UCLA and CMU alongside the guidance of Lianjin(Ken) Huang, former Huawei's chief blockchain scientist as a general partner. More specifically, we have Oracle cloud computing experts, senior PR marketing expert, general partners of a well-established funds in Silicon Valley which have been in the blockchain arena since 2013. DFG is also currently taking efforts to advance blockchain education. It is cooperating with top universities and incubators in the United States to establish a US-China blockchain training to fulfill a long-lasting and impactful stance in the development of the blockchain industry.
Sponsor
Cheetah Mobile
Cheetah Mobile is a leading mobile internet company dedicated to making the world smarter. Cheetah Mobile was formed in November 2010 and went public in NYSE 3 years ago. The Company has attracted approximately 600 million global MAUs in more than 200 countries and regions, of which approximately 77% are located in Europe and the U.S.
Cheetah Mobile's products, including its popular utility applications Clean Master, Security Master, CM Launcher, and Cheetah Keyboard help make users' mobile internet experience smarter, speedier and safer. In addition to utility applications, Cheetah Mobile also has social live broadcasting app Live.me and popular casual games such as Piano Tiles 2, Rolling Sky and Arrow.io.
Cheetah Mobile is also an investor in OrionStar, an artificial intelligence company dedicated to developing the next generation of ground-breaking technology products.
Recently, Cheetah Mobile is heavily investing in the blockchain industry. In addition to the newly released mobile cryptocurrency wallet, called SafeWallet, they are also building a blockchain incubator in Palo Alto to help entrepreneurs with their business growth.
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