PE tech boom: High stakes
It is still only May but Asia has seen 28 deals in the technology, media and telecom (TMT) space of $100 million or more. This compares to 31 in 2014 and an average of approximately 14 for the eight years before that.
Until 2014, China had seen no more than five rounds in excess of $100 million in any one year, according to AVCJ Research. In 2014 there were 17, and there have been 19 so far this year. Last year, Chinese...
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