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Walden International Looking to Sink $300 Million in VC Funds Into Taiwan
The US-based venture capital firm Walden International is looking to increase its investment in Taiwan, according to Digitimes in Taipei. Digitimes quotes Walden managing director Brian Chiang who said that his company hoped to invest over $300 million in Taiwan in over the next twenty years. The investments would target integrated circuit (IC) design, reusable [...]
The Big Deal: RedBaby’s $25 Million in VC Funds
Redbaby is a business-to-consumer (B2C) website based in Beijing. The company started off dealing in children's products, selling them through an online portal. It has broadened its product line, and Redbaby is the biggest deal so far for venture capital in 2007. Alarm:Clock points out that Redbaby is not a new comer to VC funding. [...]
Service Sector Grows, IT Shrinks in Q3 VC Funding in China
Venture capital investment continues to grow in China, but it is changing direction in China according to a recent report by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne on third quarter venture capital deals. Venture capital investment in China is up by 5% this year over Q3 of 2006. VC firms invested $677 million in [...]
Al Gore Signs on With VC Firm
A variety of news sources are reporting today that former Vice-President Al Gore has signed on as a partner at one of Silicon Valley's top venture capital firm. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers announced Monday that Gore, is joining the California-based VC firm as a partner with a portfolio aimed at alternative energy investments. Kleiner [...]
Private Equity Faces Hurdles in China
Forbes published a report recently saying that private equity continues to face hurdles in China. China's private equity industry is in a state of change and is experiencing growth. We reported earlier this month on the debut investment of China's first home grown private equity fund. Foreign private equity funds face a number of hurdles. [...]
Changes in China for Foreign Investment: Real Estate
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has decided to place new limits on foreign investment in a number of areas of the economy, including real estate according to the Associated Press. While limits and restrictions already existed on foreign investment in real estate, the new rules expand those restrictions. Foreign investment in resorts, luxury [...]
The Dollar, the Yuan, the President, and the Price of Oil… a Rant, I suppose
I am not an economist. I heard some sound bites recently from the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, that make it sound like being an economist is not that big a deal anyway. So maybe I'm okay. But I am not an economist. I should begin with a second piece of self-disclosure: I [...]
China’s Clean Technology Era
Clean technology has been a hot topic recently for venture capital buffs interested in China. So when I saw this article in Business Week I knew I'd have to at least mention it… “Venture Capital's Clean Dreams for China” provides a great overview of the current state of affairs. The article looks at the current [...]
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