
VantagePoint launches Bohai VC fund
VantagePoint Venture Partners has become the latest fund to launch out of China's bustling Bohai Rim development zone, with the announcement of the Tianjin VantagePoint Hi-tech China FIVCE Fund, targeting RMB680 million ($100 million) for investment in financial services and cleantech.
The new fund, to be managed jointly with the Tianjin Hi-Tech Holding Group and Tianjin Binhai Development Investment Holding Co., has already had its first close, and will seek to invest in Tianjin and...
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