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China’s JD.com to launch equity crowdfunding platform
Chinese online retailer JD.com has launched an equity crowdfunding platform through which local entrepreneurs can raise capital from potential early-stage investors.
Capital Today, New Horizon lead $100m round for Beibei
Capital Today and New Horizon Capital have led a $100 million Series C round for Beibei.com, a Chinese online discount retail platform for maternity and baby products. Existing investors Banyan Capital and IDG Capital Partners also participated.
Capital Today, DST, Hillhouse raise $619m through JD.com share sale
Capital Today, DST Advisors and Hillhouse Capital Management have raised $618.9 million by selling a portion of their shares in JD.com, the Chinese online retailer that went public earlier this year.
PE investors set for another JD.com windfall
Capital Today, DST Advisors and Hillhouse Capital Management will sell more shares in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com through a follow-on offering.
VCs worried but enthused by frothy China tech sector - AVCJ Forum
The flood of capital entering China’s technology space is a concern for VC investors, but they remain firm believers in the emerging generation of mobile-enabled consumers that is driving interest in the sector.
Carlyle, Tiger Global back China mobile classifieds site Ganji
The Carlyle Group and Tiger Global Management have invested $200 million in a further round of funding for Ganji.com, a Chinese mobile classifieds site.
Q2 analysis: Still open for business
The IPO window remains open, especially in Australia; VCs continue to dominate China fundraising, but probably not for much longer; the Philippines stakes its claim as Southeast Asia’s emerging PE star.
China's Capital Today targets evergreen fund
China-focused private equity firm Capital Today is seeking to raise an “evergreen” fund with an lifespan far longer than the industry standard 10 years, whereby funds usually enter the exit phase in year three.
Capital Today commits $7m to online game developer
China-focused investor Capital Today has participated in a $7 million round of funding for Thatgamecompany, a US online game developer.
China's JD.com jumps 10% on NASDAQ debut
Shares in PE-backed Chinese online retailer JD.com jumped nearly 10% on their first day of trading on NASDAQ following a $1.78 billion IPO.
Chinese online retailer JD.com in $1.8b IPO
Chinese online retailer JD.com has raised $1.8 billion after its US IPO priced at a higher level than anticipated.
China’s Capital Today invests in Home Original Chicken
Capital Today has committed RMB129 million ($21 million) for a 10% stake in Home Original Chicken, a Chinese fast food chain.
Women in private equity: Minority report
Private equity is a man’s world, in Asia and everywhere else. What can women on the inside do to bring about change?
Matrix Partners, Capital Today invest in Ihush.com
Shanghai-based e-retailer Ihush.com has received $43 million in venture capital funding from Matrix Partners China and Capital Today, China Business News reported.
DST invests in China's 360Buy
VC-backed Chinese digital retailer 360Buy has received a Series C fundraising tranche worth “hundreds of millions of dollars” from investors including Russian internet-investment company Digital Sky Technologies (DST) and Walmart, according to the...
Capital Today invests PRC travel welsite Uzai.com
Capital Today, the growth-focused private equity firm based in Shanghai, has invested $5 million in Uzai.com, a travel website in the city.
Greene launches Diamond Dragon for Asia placement first
Asia Pacific placement veteran Edward Greene is launching Diamond Dragon Advisors, Asia’s first locally headquartered private equity placement agent and advisory firm with a global reach, with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and soon to open in Sydney,...
Kathy Xu of Capital Today
Kathy Xu, Founder and Managing Partner of Capital Today, talks to AVCJ about her firm’s research into Chinese consumers and foreign investors’ comfort level with the evolving private equity market in China.
Capital Today hits $183 million first close
Capital Today, the Shanghai-based PRC private equity firm, has held the first close of its second private equity fund on $183 million.