
Deal focus: China SaaS gets specific

Investors are gradually returning to China’s software-as-a-service space with an appetite for industry specialists rather than generalists. The CDH Investments-led Series B for 1Data is a case in point
Chinese software-as-a-service (SaaS) start-ups have experienced feast and famine over the past two years. Now, though, they appear to be back on the menu, albeit at more reasonable valuations and with...
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