• Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  •  
    Regions
    • Australasia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Greater China
    • North Asia
    • South Asia
    • North America
    • Europe
    • Central Asia
    • MENA
  •  
    Funds
    • LPs
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Venture
    • Renminbi
    • Secondary
    • Credit/Special Situations
    • Infrastructure
    • Real Estate
  •  
    Investments
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Early stage
    • PIPE
    • Credit
  •  
    Exits
    • IPO
    • Open market
    • Trade sale
    • Buyback
  •  
    Sectors
    • Consumer
    • Financials
    • Healthcare
    • Industrials
    • Infrastructure
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Real Estate
  • Events
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
  • Weekly Digest
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  • Events
  • Sign in
    • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

      If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

      If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

      Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

      Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

      • Sign in
     
      • Saved articles
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
  • Follow us
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
  • Free Trial
  • Subscribe
  • Weekly Digest
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
    • Latest Data & Research
      2023-china-216x305
      Regional Reports

      The reports review the year's local private equity and venture capital activity and are filled with up-to-date data and intelligence on fundraising, investments, exits and M&A. The regional reports also feature information on key companies.

      Read more
      2016-pevc-cover
      Industry Review

      Asian Private Equity and Venture Capital Review provides an independent overview of the private equity, venture capital and M&A activities in the Asia region. It delivers insights on investments made, capital raised, sector specific figures and more.

      Read more
      AVCJ Database

      AVCJ Database is the ultimate link between Asian dealmakers and those who provide advisory, financial, legal and technological services to the private equity, venture capital and M&A industries. It is packed with facts and figures on more than 153,000 companies and almost 117,000 transactions.

      Read more
AVCJ
AVCJ
  • Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Regions
  • Funds
  • Investments
  • Exits
  • Sectors
  • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

    If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

    If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

    Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

    Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

    • Sign in
 
    • Saved articles
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 

Larissa Ku

Follow Tim

  • Article feed

Articles by Larissa Ku

China's Qiming appoints Qualcomm investor as venture partner
China's Qiming appoints Qualcomm investor as venture partner

Qiming Venture Partners has appointed James Shen, previously a managing partner at Qualcomm Ventures, as a venture partner.

  • Greater China
  • 19 July 2023
China chip designer Senasic raises $70m
China chip designer Senasic raises $70m

China-based chip company Senasic has raised CNY 500m (USD 70m) in Series D funding led by state-owned Enterprises Mixed Ownership Reform Fund.

  • Greater China
  • 18 July 2023
China's Cornerstone Robotics raises $112m
China's Cornerstone Robotics raises $112m

China-based Cornerstone Robotics, a surgical robots specialist, has raised a CNY 800m (USD 112m) round featuring BridgeOne Capital and Lenovo Capital & Incubator Group.

  • Greater China
  • 17 July 2023
Legend Capital leads Series A for China CDMO CoJourney
Legend Capital leads Series A for China CDMO CoJourney

China and US-based contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) CoJourney has raised a Series A of USD 30m led by Legend Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 13 July 2023
China regulators look to streamline private equity oversight
China regulators look to streamline private equity oversight

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed off on new regulations aimed at facilitating private equity investment and guiding it into policy-aligned areas like semiconductors and biotech.

  • Greater China
  • 12 July 2023
Deal focus: National team drives Hithium towards China IPO
Deal focus: National team drives Hithium towards China IPO

Government and state-owned investors accounted for most, but not all, of Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology’s USD 622m Series C, underlining where China’s strategic priorities lie

  • Greater China
  • 11 July 2023
Deal focus: Aerofugia wins support for eVTOL tilt
Deal focus: Aerofugia wins support for eVTOL tilt

China’s Tsinghua Holdings Capital (TH Capital) regards eVTOL as the best way to leverage electrification of the skies. Aerofugia became a preferred target by virtue of its Geely ties and commitment to tilt-rotor technology

  • Greater China
  • 11 July 2023
SDIC leads $97m Series A for China's Pyrotech Therapeutics
SDIC leads $97m Series A for China's Pyrotech Therapeutics

China-based Pyrotech Therapeutics, which develops treatments for inflammation and tumours, has raised a Series A of CNY 700m (USD 97m) led by state-owned investor SDIC Venture Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 11 July 2023
Healthcare specialist CBC adds managing director
Healthcare specialist CBC adds managing director

Asia healthcare investor CBC Group has appointed Billy Cho, formerly CFO of listed Chinese drug developer Zai Lab, as a senior managing director for private equity.

  • Greater China
  • 11 July 2023
Boyu leads Series C for China's Space Pioneer
Boyu leads Series C for China's Space Pioneer

Boyu Capital has led a Series C round amounting to several hundred million renminbi for Space Pioneer, a China-based aerospace company. CICC Capital and Youshan Capital also participated.

  • Greater China
  • 10 July 2023
China's FutureX closes Fund II on $150m
China's FutureX closes Fund II on $150m

FutureX Capital, which makes growth-stage technology investments in China, has closed its second US dollar-denominated fund with commitments of approximately USD 150m. 

  • Greater China
  • 07 July 2023
China manufacturing software player UJoin raises $14m
China manufacturing software player UJoin raises $14m

China-based manufacturing services business UJoin-Tech has raised a Series A of CNY 100m (USD 14m) led by Vision Plus Capital and Jinma Investment, a private equity fund launched by Ant Group and the Zhejiang provincial government.

  • Greater China
  • 07 July 2023
China's Hithium Energy Storage raises $622m
China's Hithium Energy Storage raises $622m

Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology, a China-based battery manufacturer, has raised a Series C round of CNY 4.5bn (USD 622m) led by Beijing Financial Street Capital and China Life Insurance's private equity unit.

  • Greater China
  • 06 July 2023
China red envelope marketing start-up raises $28m
China red envelope marketing start-up raises $28m

Saoyasao, a Chinese digital commerce service provider best known for using "red envelopes" to attract customers to offline stores, has raised a CNY 200m (USD 28m) Series A round from two local investors.

  • Greater China
  • 05 July 2023
Deal focus: Gitee aspires to be more than China's Github
Deal focus: Gitee aspires to be more than China's Github

FutureX Capital got onto Gitee’s shareholder register by suggesting a separation from Baidu. Now, FutureX is backing the company to leverage its status as China’s dominant open-source software player

  • Greater China
  • 04 July 2023
Deal focus: Nothing's swift evolution into something
Deal focus: Nothing's swift evolution into something

A global brand developed by a European-Chinese founder, Nothing has made its presence felt on the idiosyncratic edges of the smart phone market. Investors have responded positively

  • Greater China
  • 04 July 2023
Geely's China eVTOL unit gets Series A funding
Geely's China eVTOL unit gets Series A funding

Aerofugia, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Geely that focuses on electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, has raised a Series A round of CNY 100m (USD 13.8m) led by Tsinghua Holdings Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 04 July 2023
Cathay Capital raises $262m for fourth small-cap fund
Cathay Capital raises $262m for fourth small-cap fund

Cathay Capital Private Equity has closed its fourth small-cap fund - which will make investments across Asia, North America, and Europe - on EUR 240m (USD 262m). It takes the firm's total assets under management (AUM) past EUR 5bn.

  • Greater China
  • 04 July 2023
Meituan to buy Chinese AGI player Light Year
Meituan to buy Chinese AGI player Light Year

Listed Chinese consumer technology platform Meituan has agreed to acquire 100% of Light Year, a VC-backed local artificial general intelligence (AGI) business, for USD 284.3m.

  • Greater China
  • 30 June 2023
China's GitHub substitute raises $107m
China's GitHub substitute raises $107m

Gitee, a China-based open-source platform regarded as a domestic substitute for GitHub, has raised an extended Series B of CNY 775m (USD 107m) led by FutureX Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 29 June 2023
China EV battery solutions provider raises $229m
China EV battery solutions provider raises $229m

Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery (EVB), a subsidiary of lithium-ion battery maker Sunwoda Electronic, has raised a CNY 1.65bn (USD 229m) Series B round from domestic investors.

  • Greater China
  • 28 June 2023
Singapore T-cell therapist gets China government funding
Singapore T-cell therapist gets China government funding

Singaporean T-cell immunotherapy company Lion TCR has raised USD 40m in its second tranche of Series B funding. Guangzhou Industrial Investment and Capital Operation Holding Group led the round.

  • Greater China
  • 28 June 2023
Q&A: Soul Capital's Herry Han
Q&A: Soul Capital's Herry Han

Lightspeed China spinout Soul Capital is pursuing an early-stage dual-currency strategy in China. Herry Han, the firm’s founding partner and CEO, explains how and why he’s staying relevant

  • Greater China
  • 27 June 2023
China ride hailing platform Ruqi Mobility secures $117m
China ride hailing platform Ruqi Mobility secures $117m

Ruqi Mobility, a ride-hailing platform incubated by Chinese state-backed automaker GAC Group, has raised CNY 842m (USD 117m) in a Series B funding round led by Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group.

  • Greater China
  • 27 June 2023
123
  • About AVCJ
  • Advertise
  • Contacts
  • About ION Analytics
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy
  • Group disclaimer
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters

© Merger Market

© Mergermarket Limited, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE - Company registration number 03879547

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013