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Venture Capital
on November 26, 2008
If the Venture Capital model is broken in the U.S., companies that invest VC Funds in China don't seem to have figured it out yet; they're investing faster than ever, according to sources like...
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News
on November 18, 2008
The China Law Blog pointed this out to me.
Mastercard has come out with its list of the key cities "driving growth in emerging markets worldwide." Of the 65 cities that made the list, 15 a...
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Venture Capital
on November 13, 2008
TechCrunch ran a piece today on the ratio funds raised to invests with vs. economic value created by venture capital firms (measured by what VC companies have gotten back on exiting their investments)...
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Venture Capital
on November 13, 2008
U.S. venture capital fund Revolution Ventures plans to open a Beijing office "soon," according to Reuters.
The VC company wants to focus on the education and learning sectors in China and I...
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News
on November 11, 2008
The $586 billion stimulus package Beijing announced Sunday was a flop with the markets, at least. Seeking Alpha estimates that the effect of the stimulus package on the stock markets in China "la...
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Venture Capital
on November 11, 2008
China Economic Review is reporting that Shanghai's Pudong district is going to get its own venture capital firm.
A government sponsored investment fund worth almost $300 million is going to focus...
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Private Equity
on November 10, 2008
PEHub reported last week on the growing investment in education that private equity firms seem to be making in Asia.
Because of the value that Asian society places on education, the sector is seen b...
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News
on November 9, 2008
A number of news sources (International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg, the WSJ) are reporting that China has unveiled $586 billion stimulus package that it hopes will bolster domestic demand and help aver...
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Private Equity
on November 8, 2008
A number of news sources (Reuters, Xinhua) are reporting that Apax Partners plans to open an office in Shanghai by the end of the year.
The Shanghai office would be the Private Equity firms first off...
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News
on November 7, 2008
"The basic framework of U.S. policy under an Obama administration will not fundamentally change," said Cui Liru, president of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, in ...
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Private Equity
on November 2, 2008
Last week Intel Capital invested in three different Chinese companies, according to Reuters.
Intel Capital is the investment arm of Intel Corp. According to Reuters, Intel Capital invested $20 millio...