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China online-to-offline: Retail reorientation

As technology brings the buyer closer to the seller, some investors are put off by the uncertainty while others see opportunities in finding ways to digitize – or further disrupt – traditional retailers

  • Greater China
  • 02 May 2018
Fund focus: Qiming sees growing opportunity set

Qiming has chosen to stick to its successful formula with its sixth US dollar-denominated vehicle, which recently closed at $935 million

  • Greater China
  • 25 April 2018
Sequoia leads $48m round for China online baby products retailer

Sequoia Capital China has led a RMB300 million ($48 million) Series C round of funding for PatPat, a China-based e-commerce platform operator that exports maternal and infant products overseas.

  • Greater China
  • 20 April 2018
Alibaba invests $717m in China PE-backed rural e-commerce site

Alibaba Group has agreed to invest RMB4.5 billion ($717 million) in Huitongda Network, a private equity-backed online retailer that focuses on China’s rural areas.

  • Greater China
  • 19 April 2018
Chinese fintech start-up raises $159m Series C

China Reform Holdings Corporation (CRHC), a Chinese state-owned asset manager, has led a RMB1 billion ($159 million) Series C round for 100Credit, a financial technology start-up that uses big data to provide credit services.

  • Greater China
  • 19 April 2018
MSPEA, Crescent Point lead Series C round for China’s Qingke

Morgan Stanley Private Equity (MSPEA) and Crescent Point have jointly led a Series C round of funding for Qingke, a long-term rental apartment services platform in China.

  • Greater China
  • 18 April 2018
BBVA backs China Sinovation Ventures’ fourth fund

Spanish bank BBVA has committed $50 million to Chinese VC firm Sinovation Ventures’ latest US-dollar denominated fund.

  • Greater China
  • 18 April 2018
Chinese big data firm MiningLamp gets $159m Series C

MiningLamp Software, a big data solutions provider in China, has raised a RMB1 billion ($159 million) Series C round of funding led by China Renaissance’s Huaxing Growth Capital and Tencent Holdings.

  • Greater China
  • 17 April 2018
CITIC Capital acquires Chinese facility management service provider

China-focused GP CITIC Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Jiangsu Sky Facility Management (SkyFM), a Chinese facility management service provider, for an undisclosed sum.

  • Greater China
  • 17 April 2018
China’s Qiming raises $1.39b across three VC funds

Qiming Venture Partners has closed two China-focused VC funds – including its sixth US dollar-denominated vehicle and fifth renminbi-denominated vehicle – and a newly-established US healthcare fund, with $1.39 billion in aggregate commitments.

  • Greater China
  • 16 April 2018
CLSA backs MBO of Japan medical IT systems supplier

CLSA Capital Partners (CLSA CP) has supported a management buyout of NHOSA Corporation, which provides electronic health record (EHR) systems to dental clinics across Japan.

  • North Asia
  • 16 April 2018
WeWork buys PE-backed Naked Hub in Asia expansion drive

US-based co-working space operator WeWork has acquired industry peer Naked Hub, which is backed by Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital Partners, as part of a continued expansion in China and Southeast Asia.

  • Greater China
  • 13 April 2018
Warburg Pincus leads $44m round for China’s Sensors Data

Warburg Pincus has led a $44 million Series C round of funding for Sensors Data, a Beijing-based big data analysis company.

  • Greater China
  • 12 April 2018
LP interview: Hermes GPE

Hermes GPE has fine-tuned its co-investment strategy since establishing a presence in Asia. Iesan Tsai, the group’s regional head, will work with portfolio GPs or fund-less sponsors in pursuit of the right deal

  • LPs
  • 11 April 2018
Chinese biotech firm Biocytogen raises $65m

Biocytogen, a Chinese contract research organization (CRO) that provides genetically engineered mice for drug testing, has raised RMB410 million ($65 million) in a Series C round of funding led by CMB International Capital, an investment arm of China...

  • Greater China
  • 11 April 2018
Deal focus: Meituan makes a strategic move with Mobike

Meituan-Dianping's acquisition of Mobike means stellar returns for some of the early investors in the Chinese company - and more layers of intrigue in the competitive dynamic between Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings

  • Greater China
  • 11 April 2018
Alibaba leads $600m round for China’s SenseTime

Alibaba Group has led a $600 million Series C round for China's SenseTime, said to be the largest-ever fundraise by an artificial intelligence (AI) company globally.

  • Greater China
  • 10 April 2018
China’s Meiliche Jinrong raises another $38m

Meiliche Jinrong, the online auto finance unit of Chinese consumer loans site Meili Jinrong, has raised an additional RMB239 million ($37.88 million) for its Series B round.

  • Greater China
  • 10 April 2018
China’s PE-backed Liepin files for Hong Kong IPO

Wise Talent Information Technology, a PE-backed company that operates Chinese online recruitment services platform Leipin, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 09 April 2018
China’s Meituan-Dianping acquires PE-backed Mobike

Meituan-Dianping, China’s largest online-to-offline (O2O) local services platform, has agreed to buy full control of bike-sharing company Mobike. Both companies are backed by Tencent Holdings and have received substantial private equity funding.

  • Greater China
  • 06 April 2018
China’s Source Code hires former Commonfund Asia head

Jireh Li, formerly chief representative for Asia at US-based fund-of-funds Commonfund Capital, has joined Chinese venture capital firm Source Code Capital as an executive director.

  • Greater China
  • 04 April 2018
Bain Capital to merge US-based WWP with Chinese player

Bain Capital Private Equity has acquired US-based World Wide Packaging (WWP), a provider of cosmetic packaging components and plastic tubes, and plans to merge it with a Chinese cosmetics packaging manufacturer – another acquisition the GP is currently...

  • Greater China
  • 04 April 2018
Tencent leads $80m round for China’s Miaoshou Doctor

Tencent Holdings has led a RMB500 million ($80 million) Series C round for Miaoshou Doctor, a China-based healthcare services provider.

  • Greater China
  • 04 April 2018
Alibaba to acquire China’s Ele.me at $9.5b valuation

Alibaba Group has agreed to acquire all the remaining shares of Ele.me, a Chinese food delivery platform backed by several private equity investors, in a transaction that values the company at $9.5 billion.

  • Greater China
  • 03 April 2018
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