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by james on August 31, 2005
Venture capitalists are now banking on Internet and digital media as the new fast track investment ramp in China, thanks largely to the success of the Middle Kingdom's national innovation priority...
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by james on August 29, 2005
With at least four major China private equity conferences scheduled before year- end, one prominent track orchestrated by many high profile international law firms, will address the challenges faced...
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by james on August 26, 2005
The waning dog days of a long hot summer in Washington may have been a factor contributing to the heated and at times volatile language embedded in the U.S.-China Economic Security Review...
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by james on August 24, 2005
What China does with its growing technology capabilities - whether it converts them to military uses and/or to control the free flow of information to its population - is of direct national security...
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With little or no fanfare, China is assuming an influential role within the global biotech industry. For example, Bio Veda Capital's announced formation of its new Bio Veda China Fund provides...
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by james on August 19, 2005
Trident Capital a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, focusing on information technology, has formed a partnership with Mustang Ventures, a new venture capital firm investing in technology and...
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This posting is an abstract from a recent broadcast held on the development of Chinese venture capital at the ABP (Advanced Business Park) in the Zhongguancun high-tech district of Bejing. The forum...
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Intel Corporation's $200 million China Technology Fund has wasted little time making an undisclosed investment in three companies. Although industry analysts speculate that the investments were...
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by james on August 16, 2005
Jim Robinson IV, general partner of RRE, a New York based venture firm has recently made an investment into Smartpay. This company is the leading mobile payments service in China, enabling almost 350...
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by james on August 15, 2005
Daniel Yang, a partner of SAIF Partners, the most active venture capital firm in China in 2004, displays only confidence about the investment climate in the country. The fund's $35 million...
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by james on August 11, 2005
Everyone's talking but no one's listening. Yahoo's 1 billion dollar 40 percent stake in Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce firm does not illustrate that a Net bubble is back, but it...
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by james on August 10, 2005
Venture capitalists in board rooms from Hong Kong to Silicon Valley are engaged in high octane meetings strategizing about the next China IPO in the wake of Baidu.com Inc.'s recent blockbuster...
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With the launch of China's stock markets in 1992, Financial news reporting has taken on a wider and more prominent educational role in advising the increasing number of private equity investors....
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by james on August 08, 2005
Investment analysts in New York and Hong Kong are still reeling from last week's surprising Nasdaq listing of Beijing-based Baidu. The popular Baidu.com, launched in 2001, more than lived up to...
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Zero2ipo, an advisory venture capital service in Beijing, has been tracking the increasing number of US venture capitalists storming into China since 1999. Gavin Ni, the young energetic chairman and...
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China remains red hot among venture capitalists from Silicon Valley and the Sandhill Road VCs favorite banker, Silicon Valley Bank has made it much easier for them with their announcement of a new...
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by james on August 02, 2005
With no Abatement in the gold rush of US VCs into China, I continue my conversation with author and researcher, Jonsson Yinya Li, on his observations in his new book, Investing in China: The Emerging...
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A number of leading private equity and venture players continue to float their funds through the South China Seas, most with offices not only in Hong Kong but now also in China. This includes industry...
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