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China online radio platform raises $150m

Qingting FM, a Chinese online radio platform, has raised a RMB1 billion ($150 million) round of funding jointly led by We Capital – the VC arm of Chinese ticket booking site Beijing Weiying Times Technology – and Baidu.

  • Greater China
  • 29 September 2017
CBC, Ocean Link lead $40m round for China's Yitiao

China Broadband Capital (CBC) and Ocean Link – a travel and tourism-focused PE firm – have jointly led a $40 million Series C round for Yitiao, a Chinese online platform that offers lifestyle video content and retail services.

  • Greater China
  • 29 September 2017
Hony backs $1b COFCO Capital mixed ownership reform deal

Hony Capital has committed RMB1.8 billion ($271 million) to COFCO Capital Investment, a subsidiary of Chinese state-backed COFCO Group. It is the largest participant in a RMB6.9 billion mixed ownership reform deal.

  • Greater China
  • 27 September 2017
LP interview: Ardian

Ardian has raised large amounts of capital on the basis of a big-ticket secondaries strategy. Jan Philipp Schmitz, a managing director with the firm, discusses where investor demand is heading

  • LPs
  • 27 September 2017
Yao Capital leads $75m round for China sports school

Yao Capital has led a RMB500 million ($75 million) round of funding for Doing Now, a privately-held Chinese sports school for children.

  • Greater China
  • 27 September 2017
Qiming leads $52m round for China's JingChi

Qiming Venture Partners has led a $54 million pre-Series A round for JingChi, a Chinese self-driving technology company, with participation from US-based strategic investor Nvidia GPU Ventures.

  • Greater China
  • 27 September 2017
China Renaissance recruits ex-GA executive for PE unit

China Renaissance Group has appointed Ke Wei, formerly a managing director at General Atlantic (GA), as a partner in its private equity investment platform, known as the New Economy Fund.

  • Greater China
  • 25 September 2017
Didi invests $200m in China's VC-backed Renrenche

Chinese ride-hailing app operator Didi Chuxing has invested $200 million in Renrenche, a local consumer-to-consumer used-car trading platform, which is backed by several VC investors.

  • Greater China
  • 25 September 2017
Hony backs Hong Kong VC fund

China-focused PE firm Hony Capital has agreed to back the debut fund being raised by newly-established Hong Kong VC firm Beyond Ventures. The vehicle has a target of HK$1.2 billion ($154 million).

  • Greater China
  • 25 September 2017
China's 51Job acquires majority stake in VC-backed Lagou

US-listed Chinese recruitment site 51Job has agreed to acquire a 60% stake in industry peer Beijing Lagou Network Technology, which is backed by Qiming Venture Partners and other VC investors, for $119 million.

  • Greater China
  • 24 September 2017
Hostplus commits $50m in Artesian's China VC fund

Australian superannuation fund Hostplus has committed $50 million to a China-focused VC fund launched by Australian seed investor Artesian. The fund is targeting up to $200 million.

  • Greater China
  • 22 September 2017
CITIC Private Equity recruits ex-CalPERS PE head

Réal Desrochers, formerly head of private equity at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), has joined Beijing-based CITIC Private Equity (CITIC PE) as a managing director.

  • Greater China
  • 21 September 2017
CMC, AlphaX lead $84m round for China Gaosi Education

CMC Capital Partners and AlphaX Partners – a VC firm co-founded by Chuan Thor, formerly a managing director at Highland Capital China – have jointly led a RMB550 million ($84 million) round for Gaosi Education Group, a Chinese education and training institution....

  • Greater China
  • 21 September 2017
Tiger Global, Genesis lead $230m round for China's Miss Fresh

Tiger Global Management and Genesis Capital have led an extended Series C round worth $230 million for Miss Fresh, a Chinese online grocery retailer backed by Tencent Holdings. Jeneration Capital also participated.

  • Greater China
  • 20 September 2017
Banyan joins $152m round for China's QianbaoCard

QianbaoCard, a Shanghai-based start-up that provides financial services to local merchants and consumers, has raised a RMB1 billion ($152 million) Series B round of funding from Banyan Capital and other domestic investors.

  • Greater China
  • 20 September 2017
Singapore's NRF invests $12m in cybersecurity start-ups

Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) has invested S$16 million ($12 million) in new cybersecurity projects, with a view to strengthening the country’s R&D capabilities in this area.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 20 September 2017
China's VC-backed Qudian files for US IPO

China-based Qudian, previously known as Qufenqi, a VC-backed micro-lending services provider, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

  • Greater China
  • 19 September 2017
China's United Imaging Healthcare raises $509m Series A

Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare, a China-based medical imaging device maker, has completed a RMB3.33 billion ($509 million) Series A round of funding co-led by state-backed SDIC Fund Management and China Life Healthcare Fund.

  • Greater China
  • 18 September 2017
Trump blocks sale of Lattice Semiconductor to Chinese GP

US President Donald Trump has vetoed the sale of US-based chip maker Lattice Semiconductor to Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, a private equity firm backed by Chinese LPs, citing national security concerns.

  • Greater China
  • 15 September 2017
Fund focus: Welkin finishes institutional upgrade

The closing of Welkin Capital's second fund sees the GP pairing a formalized PE investment approach with the industry connections forged in its family office origins

  • Greater China
  • 14 September 2017
Fund focus: OrbiMed scales up for Fund III

US-based healthcare specialist investor OrbiMed once again raises the bar with the closing of its oversubscribed third Asia fund

  • Greater China
  • 13 September 2017
Hony, Poly Capital to open VR cinemas with China's Digital Domain

China-focused private equity firms Hony Capital and Poly Capital have partnered with Digital Domain Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed digital visual effects and virtual reality (VR) technology developer, to establish a joint venture that will open VR theaters...

  • Greater China
  • 13 September 2017
Tiantu re-ups in Chinese online grocer FreshMarket

China-based online grocery retailer FreshMarket has secured an extended Series C round of funding worth RMB290 million ($44 million) led by its existing investor Tiantu Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 13 September 2017
TPG hires Chang Sun as China head

TPG Capital has appointed Chang Sun, who spent 20 years at Warburg Pincus in China before setting up agriculture-focused PE firm Black Soil, as its managing partner for China.

  • Greater China
  • 12 September 2017
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