
China green-tech investors hunt for overlooked niches - AVCJ Forum

Investors targeting green technology in China are looking beyond saturated areas such as renewable energy projects to opportunities that target unaddressed industry pain points, the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China 2023 heard.
“We are more interested in innovative technologies that deal with bottleneck issues or to look after the niche but underserved requirements of green industrial activities,” said Jingyi Zhang, a private...
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