China’s lifescience sector receives more VC/PE investment in Aug’20 compared to the USA

Aug’20 saw China’s lifescience sector receive more VC/PE investment than the USA for the second time ever in terms of monthly recorded amounts, with the first instance being in Apr’20. For Aug’20, China reported USD 2024m of venture capital investments, as compared to USD 1531m recorded by the USA. China…

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July was a landmark month for Chinese Biotech

China’s biotech sector continues to blossom as far as fund raising goes. For 4 months in a row, the sector is witnessing increasing amounts of fund raise. While private deals (VC/PE) led the increase in April and May, in June and July, it is public market fund raising that drove…

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China’s Booming Biotech IPOs

We have earlier commented on the sharply accelerated venture capital activity in the biotech sector in China. From around 2-3 deals a month, aggregating maybe USD100m 2-3 years ago, China is now witnessing close to USD1B of venture capital investments in biotech sector on a  monthly basis. Keeping company is…

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