营业初期,WeLab花了很大力气来说服服务提供商相信该公司有存在的道理。龙沛智说:“香港还不习惯于接纳创业型企业。如果一家企业没有营业记录,房东不愿向它提供办公场所,银行也不愿为它开立账户。“你得有一年的营业记录。但没有上面这些东西,你怎能(起步并)成长起来呢?
Funding was not such a problem. The first round of capital raising in 2013 garnered $2m fromfriends and family, beating the target of $1.3m. Then last year some big name investorsinjected $20m in equity: Tom Group, a Hong Kong listed media company that is 36.7 per cent-owned by Li Ka-shing’s flagship conglomerates Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong, andSilicon Valley’s Sequoia Capital were among them.
资金方面倒没有遇到这样的问题。第一轮融资是在2013年,从朋友和家人那里融来了200万美元,比130万美元的目标要高。接着在去年,一些大名鼎鼎的投资者通过入股注资了2000万美元,其中包括TOM集团(TomGroup)和硅谷的红杉资本(Sequoia Capital)。TOM集团是一家在港上市的媒体公司,李嘉诚(Li Ka-shing)的旗舰企业集团长江和记实业(CK Hutchison)持有该公司36.7%的股份。
The journey to WeLab’s conception began in a Stanford Graduate School of Businessdormitory room in 2010. Mr Loong had taken time to help his fiancée settle in for her MBA. Ashe flicked through her coursework, he realised further study might benefit him too. Herequested a sabbatical and enrolled for a Masters in Science and Management, also at Stanford,relocating from his home in Hong Kong.
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