In this episode of China Money Podcast, guest Gary Rieschel speaks to Nina Xiang about US-China competition, venture investment in China under the current geopolitical environment, and more. Gary Rieschel Founding Managing Partner, Board Member Qiming Venture Partners Shanghai, China Rieschel has more than 25 years of operating and investing experience. He is widely recognized as a leading venture capitalist in both the U.S. and China and is Founding Managing Partner of Qiming...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending September 24. There were only 72 startup and growth stage investment deals that closed over the past 5 days in which Chinese startups raised US$1.775 billion. This is down from last week's great week of 103 startups raising a combined US$2.55 billion. Startups this week like Hai Robotics, Black Sesame, and Airwallex raised capital, and more than 460...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending September 17. There were 103 deals closing over the past 5 days in which Chinese startups raised US$2.55 billion. Startups like Keenon Robotics, DeepRoute, and Cytovia Therapeutics raised capital, and more than 520 venture capital and private equity firms got involved with the 103 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Alibaba Group, Yunqi...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending September 10. We counted 93 deals closing over the past 5 days in which Chinese startups raised US$2.565 billion. That's a total deal volume drop of 6 deals from the previous week, but a value per deal increase of about 4%. Startups like RootPath Genomics, Distinct HealthCare, Caocao Zhuanche and TimeCab raised capital, and over 400 venture capital...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending September 3. As we enter September, there were 99 deals over the past 5 days in which Chinese startups raised US$2.3 billion. Startups like Zeekr Technology, YGL Intelligence, and Yunyou Freight all raised capital, and over 440 venture capital and private equity firms got involved with those 99 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Intel...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending August 27. There were 87 deals over the past 5 days where Chinese startups raised US$2.71 billion. Startups like Kuaikan Manhua, XREX and Ionova Life Science all raised large amounts of capital, and over 370 venture capital and private equity firms got a taste of those 87 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Shenzhen Capital Group, Greater...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending August 20. Which China-based startups raised big investments this week? There were 80 deals over the past 5 days where Chinese startups raised US$2.61 billion. And there were over 340 venture capital and private equity firms that got involved in those 80 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Temasek, INVESCO Private Capital, Loyal Valley...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending August 13. There were 86 deals this week where Chinese startups raised US$2.02 billion. And there were over 320 venture capital and private equity firms that got involved in those 86 deals. Investors in this week's deals include Sequoia Capital China, China Growth Capital, Orbimed, Matrix Partners China, Source Code Capital, Volcanics Venture, 5Y...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending August 6. Chinese startups raised US$1.905 billion this past week across 85 deals. And there were over 460 venture capital and private equity firms that got involved in those 85 deals. Investors in those deals include IDG Capital, Deppon Express, CMB International, Eight Roads, CICC Capital, GL Ventures, Boyu Capital, Goldman Sachs, Changjiang...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending July 30. Deal value in China dropped precipitously in the past five days compared to the week before. This week we counted 83 Chinese startups and growth-stage companies raising a total of US$1.395 billion in venture capital. But last week there were 84 companies who combined to raise US$2.28 billion. So with a nearly-identical number of deals each...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending July 23. Eighty-four Chinese startup and growth-stage companies raised a combined US$2.28 billion over the past five days. Investors in the 84 deals this week include DST Global, General Atlantic, Dawang Capital, Capital Today, Ocean Link, Andreessen Horowitz, GGV Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Addor Capital, Highlight Capital, and CS Capital. And...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending July 16. This was a great week for Chinese venture capital investments, as we counted 79 startup and growth-stage companies who raised a combined US$2.85 billion over the past five days. Investors in the 79 deals this week include the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, MSA Capital, Matrix Partners China, Merck Research Lab, Joy Capital, China Growth...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending July 9. We're in the full swing of July and we counted 77 startup and growth-stage Chinese companies who raised a combined US$2.12 billion over the past five days. To put this week's deal total in perspective, last week there were 76 deals totaling a little bit more than US$1 billion. So this week we had one more deal at 77, but the combined deal...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending July 2. We're at the start of July, and we counted 76 startup and growth-stage Chinese companies who just managed to top a combined US$1.05 billion in the past five days. But while the total take this week was low, the month of June still hit a high point for Q2 with an aggregated 334 investment deals worth a total value of US$11.33 billion recorded...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending June 25. As we end the last full week prior to end of the first half of the year, we count 82 startup and growth-stage Chinese companies who raised investments totaling US$1.975 billion in the past five days. This week's 82 deals included investors like Eastern Bell Venture Capital, Shunwei Capital, GL Ventures, Warburg Pincus, South River Capital,...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending June 18. Even with the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival holiday this week, we still saw some large fundings for Chinese startups and growth-stage companies. Last week there were 73 deals totaling US$3.99 billion, and this week there were 70 deals totaling US$2.28 billion. This week's 70 deals included investors like IDG Capital, Temasek, Lake Blue...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending June 11. This was a massive funding week for Chinese startups with 73 dealings closing for a total just shy of US$4 billion! To put this week's huge investment scale in perspective, last week there were 10 deals fewer than this week, but last week's total deal value was a full US$2.3 billion less than this week. Investors such as Sequoia Capital...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending June 04. Deal flow was on the low side in China this week with only 63 documented fundraise closings, but we still saw some mega fundings, such as the US$200 million Series B for a Shanghai-based healthcare company and a US$190 million Series D closing for an 8-year-old artificial intelligence firm. Investors in key deals this week include China...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending May 28. Frequent China Money Podcast listeners know that last week we counted 73 Chinese startups closing their funding rounds. Well, this week we had another 73 deals close in China. But the good news is this week's total deal size increased. Last week's 73 deals totaled US$1.295 billion. And this week's total deal size amounted to US$1.7 billion....

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending May 21. After last week's massive number of startup fundings hitting 80, we came very close this week, as 73 Chinese startups, growth stage, and pre-IPO companies closed big funding over the past 5 days totaling US$1.295 billion. And whereas last week we had a nice mix of cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and e-commerce firms in China raising...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending May 14. After coming out of the Chinese holiday last week, this week saw a massive number of startups closing frothy financing rounds. We monitored 80 different startup, growth stage, and pre-IPO investment deals closing over the past 5 days totaling US$2.66 billion across China. The 80 cash-infused startups include a blockchain bank, a fresh food...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending May 7. It's been a long holiday week in China, but dozens of startups still managed to close deals to raise additional funding. We monitored 34 different startup, growth stage, and pre-IPO investment deals closing over the past 5 days totaling US$880 million across China. Investors such as GP Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, Panlin Capital, Champion...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending April 30. It's the last day of April, and we monitored 69 different startup, growth stage, and pre-IPO investment deals closing over the past 5 days totaling US$1.18 billion across China. Investors such as InnoAngel Fund, Susquehanna International Group, Sinopharm Capital, BioTrack Capital, GGV Capital, SenseTime, China Reform Holdings, and CDH...

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending April 23. We monitored 75 different startup, growth stage, and pre-IPO investment deals closing in the past 5 days totaling US$1.77 billion across China. Investors such as BioTrack Capital, Sherpa Venture Capital, IDG Capital, Lilly Asia Ventures, 3H Health Investment, HG Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Alwin Capital, and Kunlun Fund all made...