Seen that? - Venture Investments Boost China Biotech Industry

Filed in archive Best of on May 29, 2010

Venture Investments Boost China Biotech Industry China Venture News

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 another valuable lift to biotech investing despite widely held industry views that the industry is still its infancy. Most of the Biotech venture critics claim that in comparison with Singapore and Taiwan, mainland China still lacks the trained management, [...] Read More


Venture Capital Investments Increase in Western China China Venture News

News is slow coming out of China during the best of times. During Chinese New Year in the "Year of the Dog," make that at a complete standstill. A survey by the influential China Venture Capital Research Institute located in Hong Kong and administered by the capable, Dr. Gongmeng Chen, indicates that China's venture capital size will continue to expand, but the chasm between domestic and foreign venture capital firms [...] Read More


VCs Continue to Bolster an Expanding Wireless China China Venture News

It's no surprise that venture capitalists continue their gold rush into China's broadband and wireless market. With more than 350 million mobile subscribers- the delivery of broadband content across 2.5 and 3G networks can only grow exponentially. According to Digital Media Asia, Wireless China, a mobile content services firm based in Beijing, has raised a $1.2 million seed round of funding. The round was co-led by Shanghai-based Dragonvest Partners and U.S.-based [...] Read More


Biotech Still Attract VC Investors The Biotech Weblog

According to the national venture capital association, venture capital investing in the biotechnology arena continue to be robust. Biotechnology had $1.1 billion going into 99 deals in the third quarter, Heesen told BioWorld Today. VCs invested $1.2 billion in biotech in 124 deals in the second quarter, and in the first quarter, "the strongest quarter ever recorded for the amount of money" for biotech, VCs invested $1.5 billion in 106 deals, [...] Read More


Will China Be the Next Big Biotech Player? The Biotech Weblog

China's pharmaceutical industry is booming, and there are speculations that, given its aggressive growth, China's biotech industry is on its way to becoming a world player. For their study, Singer and his colleagues selected 22 small- and medium-sized biotech firms from literally thousands operating in the health sector for close scrutiny. They looked for companies that were innovative, both scientifically and in business. The portrait that emerged is of a dynamic sector [...] Read More