Announce TechNode Startup Launchpad Judges and One More Launchpad Sponsor: ChinaNetCloud

You may know that we will be running a startup launchpad contest at 19th, the 2nd day of ChinaBang conference. Sixteen finalists will be presenting on stage and compete for a cash prize sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank and a trip to Rovio Headquarter and cool prize from Infinity Venture. Only five days to go, you may wonder who will be sitting as judges. So here they are:

• Zhou Hongyi – CEO of Qihoo 360
• Kevin Dai (戴志康) – Comsenz 康盛创想
• Lilly Huang (黄莉莉) – Silicon Valley Bank (硅谷银行)
• Steven Hu （胡斌）- Qiming Ventures (启明创投)
• Wayne Shiong (熊伟铭) – Bertelsmann Investment (贝塔斯曼投资)
• Akio Tanaka – Infinity Ventures Partners
• Kelly Poon – Atomico
• Jackie Liang Chen (陈亮) – Taishan Ventures (泰山天使投资)
• Li Xiaojun – IDG
• Li Feng (李丰) – IDG
• Dai Zhouyin (戴周颖) – CyberAgent
• William Bao Bean – SingTel
• Jiang Tao (蒋涛) – CSDN
• Gu Xiaobin (顾晓斌) – TechWeb
• Zhao Qi (赵祺) – Paypal China
• Qiu Hao (丘浩) – Innovation Works
• Paul Chen – Angry Birds China
• Ru Haibo (茹海波) – Matrix Venture (经纬创投)

Furthermore, we are also happy to tell you that our ChinaNetCloud friend will be the new launchpad sponsor and offer the TOP 3 winners one free server for a year.

If you want to check out how these startups perform on stage, just do the registration asap.