© Tax_RebateAs China's government spends billions to reverse the damage to its water resources from pollution and provide clean water to its people, water-treatment firms in the country are proving to be attractive venture capital fund targets. Private equity and venture capital firms are pouring money into these companies in hopes of high returns from a heavily subsidized industry. China's rapidly growing water sector is valued at $48 million, currently the third largest in the world behind the US and Japan. The industry is ...

© Charles Henri BakerRepublican Charles Baker has joined Cambridge-based VC firm General Catalyst Partners as an 'executive in residence.' His goal will be of helping the VC firm identify new opportunities in health-care, especially in Massachusetts, and get involved in them. He will concentrate mainly on working with small and midsized health-care service providers for the VC firm that has USD 1.7 billion under management across five funds. Baker's hiring to the VC firm has everything to do with his impressive track record in ...

2010 was another tough year for venture capital, according to Dow Jones. The industry venture capital fundraising shrank by 14% to $11.6 billion as compared to $13.5 billion in 2009. This is a huge fall for venture capital when placed against the VC funding of $40 billion that was raised in 2007. According to Dow Jones, the majority of venture capital funds were accounted for by Multi-stage funds, where 38 funds collected $5.4 billion. Data suggests that LPs are becoming increasingly selective while investing. ...

© borman818Individuals looking to invest their money through venture capitals in China may be fond of a company called China Venture Capital Association. China Venture Capital Association has official changed names for individuals looking for them. Their new name is China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. The recent change of name was to refocus the values of the company and explicitly describe the purpose of the company to more clients who are from a range of backgrounds and experiences. The company who has ...

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Shanghai hopes to get a big image and business boost when the World's Fair starts up there on May 1st.

This year's World's Fair is set to be the biggest ever. The World's Fair traces its roots to the French Industrial Exposition of 1844, held in Paris. That was followed across Europe by other similar national exhibitions. The first truly international exhibition was held on May 1st of 1851, in London. Since then Expos have been held (among other places) in Sydney, …

India is not catching up with China. At least if you mean that soon the Indian economy and the Chinese economy will be level with each other, then it isn't.

If you think you heard me say something like that India's economy wasn't really that important, or wasn't prepared to compete with China's economy, you weren't listening. When I say that India isn't "catching up," that doesn't mean it's not keeping up. And it doesn't mean that the Indian economy isn't growing in importance. …

Asiajin had an interesting story a couple of weeks ago about the online mall that 100 Japanese companies are setting up for shoppers in China.According to the Nikkei, major electronics retailer…

The China Law Blog pointed this out to me. Mastercard has come out with its list of the key cities "driving growth in emerging markets worldwide." Of the 65 cities that made the list, 15 are…

The $586 billion stimulus package Beijing announced Sunday was a flop with the markets, at least. Seeking Alpha estimates that the effect of the stimulus package on the stock markets in China…

A number of news sources (International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg, the WSJ) are reporting that China has unveiled $586 billion stimulus package that it hopes will bolster domestic demand and help…