East Ventures on Instagram: "At 18 years old, Li Yufu traveled to Singapore to further his education at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where he took up aerospace engineering. However, he was always interested in building startup and started taking entrepreneurship courses. . By the time he graduated in 2017, Li had a business idea to help China’s investors and entrepreneurs to explore Southeast Asia. Grew up in China, he knew that most of the players there are still obstructed with limited information about internet economy in SEA, due to the language difference. . He reached out to Lin Xibang, his longtime classmate at NTU and fellow China native, to be his co-founder. Using the cash they had at the time, the duo founded 7.5 Degree. The name itself inspired by the compass which guided Admiral Zheng's to navigate exploration to Southeast Asia and other region, that has minimum calibration of 7.5 degree. . Until now, 7.5 Degree has served both Chinese and SEA's tech players with more than 350 Chinese language in depth articles, covering internet economy in Southeast Asia. It distribute the articles via multiple channels like WeChat and has become one of the major news resources for giant Chinese media. . Beside that, it also organized regular "SEA-Commerce Summits" in centers of internet economy of Asia, such as Singapore, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh, Bangkok, and Jakarta. In December 2018, it launched Invmall, a platform that can link up entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia with investors in China (and vice versa). . 7.5 Degree will be the tool for Chinese to navigate SEA as Admiral Zheng He's compass that help him to navigate the ocean and sailed to this region. We haven't seen a dedicated SEA/China news site like 7.5 Degree before, and we feel privileged to support them in showcasing the best of SEA. . Link: bit.ly/EV75degree . #eastventures #startup #venturecapital"