Chinese Venture Capital Ushers in Thunder & Rainmakers at China Venture News

A dramatic transformation is sweeping across the Pacific. For two decades, Asia watchers have proclaimed the dawning of a Pacific Century that is waking up the West like thunder out of China. China's unprecendented economic boom with its robust juggernaut engine fueling a 9.5 percent growth is the catalyst responsible for an Asian private equity capital tsunami spilling into new provinces and science and technology parks throughout the Middle Kingdom. [...] Read More


For China's Poor- Venture Capital Funds for Digital Deliverance at China Venture News

Hangzhou based Sinomen, has received US$1 million in funding and will soon receive another US$1 million investment, according to Pacific Epoch. Sinomen is an information website for China's rural workers. The website was launched in November 2005 and provides recruitment, training, life style, and various other information for China's rural workers. Rural laborers began to flood into cities in the 1980s looking for simple manual jobs. There are now about 140 [...] Read More


Insurers Allowed into Venture Capital World Soon? at China Venture News

The Shanghai Daily is reporting that China may expand venture capital opportunities in the near future. According to a recent report in the paper, "China is drafting rules to let insurers start venture capital business..." The new regs would also encourage local governments to look for private capital to finance start-up firms in their jurisdictions, according to the article. The news emerged in part at the Shanghai International Forum of Venture Capital [...] Read More


The 2009 Outlook for Venture Capital (from the National Venture Capital Association) at TJ's Weblog

Nine out of ten venture capitalists expect a decrease in VC investment in 2009. That, according to a recent survey conducted by the National venture capital Association. The survey, conducted in late November and early December, asked more than 400 VCs about the outlook for next year. Some 92 percent of them forecast decreased investment (measured in dollars, but not necessarily in deals) for 2009. While there may be less [...] Read More


The REAL Condition of the Venture Capital Industry at TJ's Weblog

Bill Gurley has a long-but-interesting article online at the moment about what's really going on in the venture capital industry. And since I like people with the guts to stand up and say that they can cut through the crap and tell you what's really going on, I thougth I'd give him a plug here. I love Gurley's before-and-after graphic. The Venture Capital industry was an overweight couch potato; now [...] Read More