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Venture Capital News (Tianjin Daily) (Chinese GB)

International Finance & Listing Forum. Beijing, China.

concentrates on new economics and venture investment.

hosted by Dept. of High and New Technological Industries, Ministry of Science and Technology.

a venture investment information site by ChinaWeb.

is intended to provide a convenience  platform for investors and investees.

the first venture capital fund to focus on Greate China, launched in 1985 and now rank as one of the region’s oldest and largest private equity firms.

a venture capital investment news site by CCIDnet.

is a informative site regarding venture capital in China. 

provided by The Home of Overseas Chinese.

a CNET category for venture capital information in Singapore.

provided by Hua Chung Hi-Tech Network Technology Company, features the columns of For Entrepreneurs, For Investor, Startup University, Resources, Team Building, and Newsline.

by I and I Asia, provides a list of venture capital firms in Asia.

lists the major VC firms in Singapore.

a vertical portal, provides information and financing service for the hi-tech entrepreneurs in Greater China Region and the investors all over the world who concern about the China market. The company is registered in British Virgin Island, with Rep. offices both in Beijing and in Hong Kong.

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• Dealflow Asia Archive by Red Herring.

was established in 1987 with the objective of promoting and protecting the interests of the venture capital industry in Hong Kong. The Association currently has 68 Full Members (firms or individuals actively participating in the venture capital industry) and 39 Associate Members (firms or individuals associated with the industry, including legal firms, accountants and consultants.

The AITC is the trade Association of Investment Trust Companies.'The AITC's mission is to work with Member Investment Trust companies to add value for their shareholders over the longer-term.

a US$260 million fund of Acer SoftCapital Group will focus its investment in Internet technology and services companies owning significant intellectual property located in the U.S., Canada, Greater China, south east Asia and India. They invested, with GE venture, in HiTrust Corp., an e-commerce certificate authority.

a Korean venture capital investment firm. They jointed manage the Beijing Popeyes Food Ltd with TS Hamarrow.

a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm. In addition to investment capital, provides access to Asia to set up distribution channels, and arrange critical strategic partnerships. 

try to be the leading business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce enabler, partnering with forward looking companies to help build and operate leading Internet-based business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces in Asia.

an Asian incubator and investment company focusing exclusively on Asian business e-commerce startups.

a venture capital firm.

is a California based venture capital firm making investments in E-Commerce, Communications, Networking, Internet, Information Technologies and Semiconductors.

aims to be the premier venture capital firm in Asia specializing in high technology investments as well as the transfer of technology to Asia. AsiaTech Ventures differentiates itself from conventional venture capital firms by providing technical, marketing and operations expertise as well as financial investments. They invested in Asia Travel Network, Click2Asia.com, OpenFind, EachNet.com, Kimo.com,  RenRen.com, PCHome.com, Chinese Modern Book,  eLand.com, QuotePower.com and Asiacontent.com.

is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with funding primarily from large technology corporations. The firm is focused on seed and early stage investments in information technology companies with proprietary and leading-edge technologies, and is also a consulting and advisory firm which specializes in helping U.S. technology companies enter Japan and other Asian markets

was founded on October 28, 1998 after the authorization of Beijing Municipal Government, with the registered capital RMB Yuan 500,000,000. 

founded by Eric Li and Bo Feng and invested by Sutter Hill Ventures and Yale University, Stanford University and etc. They invested in Asia Info, Renren Media, RedFlag Software, T2 Technology.

is primarily an entrepreneur ally-oriented venture company also providing advisory services to firms interested in investing, joint venturing, or marketing in China, and to Chinese firms interested in investing or marketing abroad.

is an Internet investment company to invest in China based Internet companies.

the first venture capital fund to focus on Great China, launched in 1985 and now rank as one of the region’s oldest and largest private equity firms. They invested in AsiaInfo.

Citicorp Capital Asia (Taiwan) Ltd. ("Citicorp Capital") is the private equity investment arm of Citicorp in Taiwan. Together with other Citicorp Capital affiliates, Citicorp Capital has invested in more than 40 companies in Taiwan. They invested in Meetchina.com, pAsia.com.

an investment firm in Hong Kong and China.

Internet investments are their only business. Joseph Tzeng is managing director and founder. They invested in Sina.com in March 1999.

is a venture capital firm that specializes in cross-cultural investing. CCC's mission is to link the global investment community with emerging Chinese and Asian technology ventures, especially those engaged in e-commerce, Internet development, and/or software development. Simon Jiang (Jiang Xiao Ming, son of the former Chinese state leader Qiao Shi) is the chairmen of the company. Recently they raised $17.6 million (80%) from Fannet Online of Fraser & Neave (a Singapore-based food and beverage business that recently moved into e-business and publishing). They invested in ReadWorld.com and CC-Edu.com

is the Internet investment vehicle of Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited, a Hong Kong public listed flagship company of the Pacific Century Group, whose chairman Richard Li, son of Li Ka-shing, the government-appointed developer of Hong Kong's Cyberport.

is the business group at Dell responsible for strategic investment activity and for incubating early-stage private companies. Dell Ventures makes equity investments that support Dell's business initiatives, often opening the door to new technologies, services or customer markets. They invested in Asia Online, Netyear, Sina.com, Skyworth, TechPacific, and Turbo Linux.

a leader in start-up venture capital, having invested in over 150 high-tech companies. In the majority of cases, we are the lead investor for a company's first round of financing. We focus on information technology businesses with enormous market potential. They invested US$ 4.5 million first round financing in Etang.com.

is a Internet-focused venture capital firm. Located in New York's historic Flatiron district, the heart of Silicon Alley, Flatiron thrives off the synergy between the rapid evolution of digital technology and New York's traditional focus of content, commerce, and communications. Founded in 1996, the firm is a pioneer in Internet investing, and has establishing more than three dozen companies including some of the best known companies of the Internet Age.

is a private venture capital firm, founded in Boston in 1965, with committed capital of over $725 million under management. They invested in HelloAsia.

GIV is a privately held holding company investing in a global network of eBusinesses with a primary focus on India and China. GIV was founded in May 2000 by successful entrepreneurs Bill Melton, Jeong Kim and Jeff Tonkel on the premise that the Internet will bring a fundamental shift in the competitive landscape of businesses worldwide. GIV is headquartered in Northern Virginia near Washington D.C. and has additional offices in Bangalore, India, and Beijing, China. They invested in eLiren.com and QZone.com.

one of the largest investment banker. They invested in several China Internet firms include China eNet..

one of the largest investment banker. They invested in several China Internet firms include China eNet..

since 1985 and formed by Dr. Ta-lin Hsu, is a private equity operations in Asia. They invested in AsiaContent.com.

a Swiss venture capital firm who did a reverse merger in November 1999 and created YnotChina Inc. and created elawchina.com by reverse merger with Beach Couch Inc.

focused on investing in, creating, operating and growing the most collaborative network of cutting-edge Internet companies in Asia, especially Greater China. The firm with shareholders of  H&Q Asia Pacific and J. H. Whitney & Co. invested in ask100, windhorst, foodEtrade, AsiaWeb ASP, OnAir100

Established in 1992, former Pacific Technology Venture Fund (PTV-China), with over US$ 100 million in capital commitment, was the largest and first U.S. venture capital fund targeted exclusively for investments in the P.R.C. It is managed jointly by International Data Group (IDG) and the Ministry of Science and Technology. Zhou Quan is its president. They invested in  Eachnet.com, 8848.net, www.99gl.com, 3721.com, Shawei.com, sohu.com, Soim.com, Strongnet.com, and Dangdang.com.

is Intel's strategic investment program and is one of the largest worldwide corporate venture programs investing in the technology segment. They invested in Asiacontent.com, Asiainfo Holdings Inc., eAsia.com, pAsia.com, HelloyAsia.com, Beijing Golden Human Computer Co., Beijing Golden Yikang New -Tech Co., China Prosperity Investments LTD., ChinaQuest.com, Internet Technologies China, Inc. (Sohu.com), NetChina.com.

invests in early-stage Web sites  and promote community and commerce through vertically focused content and information. It contains two funds: internet.com Venture Fund I and Venture Fund II. They invested in Taiwan based gourmetnet.com and Xianzai.com.

John Hay ("Jock") Whitney founded J. H. Whitney & Co. in 1946 and, in so doing, created the country's first organized private equity firm. The firm invested in RenRen.com and EachNet.com.

an investment managers and advisors. They, with a syndicate of investors, invested in Etang.com US$ 40 million.

KKR is a private investment firm that makes equity investments in management buyouts on behalf of itself and its investors, which are primarily government and corporate pension funds, financial institutions, and university endowments. They invested ChinaRen.com.

is the venture capital arm of Li & Fung Limited, a global consumer products sourcing company that is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. LF Venture Capital provides equity capital and consumer product sourcing expertise to companies in the United States and Europe, and its strategy is to partner with consumer product companies that are well positioned for growth and can benefit from the global sourcing network of Li & Fung Limited.

an investment firm dedicated to making direct investments in Asia. Established in 1994 by the Texas Pacific Group and Blum Capital Partners (formerly Richard C. Blum and Associates) of the United States, Newbridge Capital manages over US$1.7 billion of capital and operates out of offices in Hong Kong, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore and Mumbai. Thye invested HiChina www.net.cn, Zoom Networks www.ztek.com.cn. They also hold 20% of Shenzhen Development Bank.

Founded in 1996, Nexus Group LLC is a private technology multi-stage venture capital and investment firm, managing assets for qualified individuals, family groups, foundations and institutions. A significant majority of the firm's investors are technology industry entrepreneurs and top executives. Many investors are also technology industry analysts, investment bankers and venture capitalists. They invested in Asia Online and Tian Software (founders Christian Gheorghe and Qingwei Lou).

is a Hong Kong based, Chinese market oriented, and US financed venture capital firm.

a Vancouver-based private venture capital and global investment firm.

Led by Richard Li, son of Li Ka-shing,  PCCW is involved primarily in technology businesses related to the Internet and the delivery of broadband ISP-enabling services and technologies to local access operators through an innovative system for satellite-to-broadband ground distribution. CyberWorks Ventures, its venture capital subsidiary, is one of the foremost developers of Internet businesses in the world. CyberWorks Ventures invests in, incubates and operates these businesses. 

an investment holding company.

a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm who invested in Beijing-based infotech-focused website China eNet.

is an international investment banking firm specializing in growth companies. They invested in Sina.com.

is a premier venture capital firm recognized for working with entrepreneurs to build successful, long-term companies. Our proven track record results from a focus on solid business models, motivated management teams, emerging market opportunities and pivotal technologies that can transform existing markets. They, with a syndicate of investors, invested in Etang.com US$ 40 million.

is the Shanghai government's Internet investment arm. It formed a strategic alliance with Compaq and CMGI to pursue cooperative Internet opportunities in China.

has 600 million (US$72.55 million) in initial capital to invest in China’s high tech sector.

SingTel's business strategy is also to expand operations outside of Singapore through strategic investments and joint ventures. To date, SingTel has investments worth about S$7 billion (US$4.12 billion), at a cost of S$3.7 billion (US$2.2 billion), in 72 joint ventures and strategic investments. 

focuses on Internet investment in China. Its mission is to identify and grow promising Internet and e-Commerce companies in the critical markets of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. SBCVC has established a cutting-edge incubation facility in Shanghai to provide Internet startups with the funding, executive leadership, strategic partnerships, IT infrastructure and operating services necessary to ensure an optimal launch and orbit. They invested in Guaweb, Meetchina.com, Claday.com, and Taiwan based Eznova.com.

the technology flagship of Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP). They have subsidiaries iAdvantage, Superhome, HK PropoertyStreet, and Red-dots.

is an interim management and financial advisory services firm serving start-up, emerging growth and growth companies, as well as established companies. They, with a syndicate of investors, invested in Etang.com US$ 40 million.

is a privately held merchant banking and investment firm with approximately US$150 Million in capital. They invested in E-tang, ChinaWeb Ltd.

With a registered capital of 200 million RMB invested by Tsinghua Enterprises Group and Capital Steel Co., Ltd. and other financial institutions, investment funds, listing companies, large enterprise groups, and private capitals, Tsinghua Venture Capital Co., Ltd.(THVC) is a limited liability company mainly engaged in venturing investment and management for high-tech projects or enterprises.

headquartered in San Francisco, is an international venture capital firm, managing funds of US $850 million. WIIG is affiliated with the Walden Group which has offices in the United States and Israel. Since 1987, WIIG has invested in over 200 companies in Asia-Pacific and the United States. They invested in sina.com.

is a venture capital investment firm affiliate with Vantone Group, an privately owned company in China. They invested in AsiaInfo, EachNet, Wanwang Network, and other Chinese Internet companies.

Mr. Gary Cheng is the the general partner.

Venture Frogs was formed by two founders of LinkExchange (acquired by Microsoft for $265 million in November 1998). Focusing on the Internet, e-commerce, information, and telecom technology markets, Venture Frogs provides angel investment in and consulting for private companies which are in early development of new strategic opportunities and in a phase of unusual growth.

started in 1988 as the venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies Group is a global venture capital firm with over US$500 million under management. They invested in Seed.net.tw and 2Bsure.com.

provide entrepreneurs with knowledgeable guidance and necessary capital resources, and to act as a coach by helping them every step of the way in order to ensure their business success and to elevate projects in the Greater China to a globally competitive level.

is a venture capital and investment banking company with office in California, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Established in 1989 by Mr. Peter Liu and Mr. Lip-Bu Tan to provide investment banking and advisory services to the Walden Group of Companies. In May of 1995, WI Harper began to offer professional service  independently of the Walden Group. They invested in Bookoo.com, CitiTech.com.tw, CitiFamily.com.tw, Business News International, SoftChina, and Music.com.tw.

Warburg, Pincus is a major global private equity investment firm that has invested more than $9 billion in over 300 companies since 1971. They invested in AsiaInfo US$ 10 million in 12/1997, AsiaEC.com, Wiser Information Ltd, (Hong Kong), iCareAsia, 8848.net, Gotomaps.com, and Shanghai Mecox.

Waylin International Inc. is an international funding, venture capital  investment, and business management firm that based  in Toronto, Canada.             

a division of International Consulting Group, Inc.(ICG), Web Venture Asia works in liasion with Japan-based venture capital groups to provide the funding. WVA's job is to select, on behalf of our venture capital partners, the business opportunities.

a venture capital firm investing in U.S. information technology companies and helping U.S. entrepreneurs expand their business into the Asia-Pacific region.

founded by Dr. Michelle Wu, is an integrated incubator for Internet businesses in China to help early stage Internet companies by providing them a full range of services including strategic guidance and operational support in the areas of technology, sales and marketing, business development, and financing.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, IncubASIA is the company focused on providing the infrastructure to transform Asian ideas, technology and innovation into global Internet businesses.

a publicly-traded incubator in Hong Kong, provides technology companies and entrepreneurs with a value-added set of services and advice that accelerates their growth and development. They invested a minority in Netease.com. They also invested in PickTips.com.

is a pan-Asian consumer Internet company. Key investors include AsiaTech Ventures, CNET Networks, Inc., GE Capital Equity Investments Ltd., H&Q Asia Pacific, Intel Asia Pacific Inc., MTV Networks, NBC Internet, Newbridge Capital, TDF Management of Singapore, The Hambrecht Family, Trans Cosmos, Inc. and W.R.Hambrecht + Co. 

Asia Online, Ltd. is a finance and holding company launched in late 1998 to build a pan-Asia Pacific network of Internet companies. The Company is dedicated to the facilitation of reliable communications for the development of Asian business and culture, worldwide.

 They invested in SinoBull.com, Financial Telecom Ltd., StreamingAsia.com, and UAC Online.

Founded in October 1994 by Internet entrepreneur Mr. Wong Toon King (T.K. Wong) as a bootstrap operation with less than S$100,000, the company is to identify, nurture and develop e-commerce ventures in Singapore and across Asia.

Tsinghua Investment Management Co., Ltd (TIMC) is a professional investment management institution set up by several listed and powerful companies and was incorporated by Enterprise Group of Tsinghua University.

is advisory and investment firm in China

is advisory and investment service firm in Beijing, stared up by Tsinghua University graduates.

joint ventured between Pacific Millennium and Tsinghua Investment Management Company in Feb. 2000, located at Beijing.

is a large group of companies started up by Chengdu Business Newspaper.

a small investment banker, whose founder wrote some articles on the Interne, but it is said most of his articles are fake.

by China M & A Management Co., Ltd., provides news, case analysis, and other information about Chian's business merge and aqquisition.