TOKYO, Sept. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Zero2IPO, a leading integrated financial services firm in China, announced today its first China Venture Capital Forum ("CVCF") in Japan. The forum was held on Sept. 12th at the Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo. It was jointly organized by Zero2IPO Group ( http://www.zero2ipo.com.cn ) and JCD Group ( http://www.jcd.co.jp ), with sponsorship by, ngi group, Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Asset Managers Co., Ltd., Astoria Consulting Group, Vincera Capital, Mitsui Ventures, DCM, Nikko antfactory K.K., Mobile Internet Capital, Daiwa Securities SMBC.
The second quarter of 2007 showed a strong record performance for the China VC & PE industry. With respect to the VC market, over 120 enterprises secured VC investments for a total amount of US$694 million. At the same time, 15 new Asia-focused (including China) private equity funds were formed and raised a total capital of US$5.8 billion. Meanwhile, 45 Chinese enterprises garnered US$2.4 billion of private equity investment. With China being ranked as the world's second largest venture investment market, the world's leading venture capitalists and entrepreneurs participated in the Tokyo CVCF event.
"As a leading organizer for private equity and venture capital forums in China for the past seven years, Zero2IPO is proud to host its first CVCF in Japan in partnership with JCD this year," said Gavin Ni, Founder, President and CEO of Zero2IPO Group. "With the recent boom in venture capital and private equity market, we believe this was an excellent opportunity to bring together leaders of China's venture capital and private equity industry to speak at the conference and share their insights and experiences."
The conference opened with Zero2IPO releasing the most current 2007 data about China's venture capital and private equity activities. The forum also hosted several panel discussions covering topics such as how China venture capital and private equity industry has become the fastest growing VC/PE investment in the world; insights and perspectives of the new generation of Chinese entrepreneurs; challenges and opportunities facing Japanese investors in China; and bridge opportunities for Japan LPs to invest in funds focused on China.
Many renowned venture capitalists spoke at the conference including Mr. Yoshitaka Kitao, the Representative Director CEO of SBI Holdings, Inc.; Mr. Osamu Nagao, President & CEO of MVC Corporation; Mr. Masaki Shiz, Executive Director of Tokyo Stock Exchange; Mr. Jun Tang, President of Shanda Entertainment; Mr. Zhimin Xu, President of JCD Group; Mr. Satoshi Koike, Chairman & CEO of ngi group and other senior executives from JAFCO, JAIC, IDGVC, Sequoia Capital, KPCB, European Investment Fund, Alternative Investment Capital and so on.
For more information, please contact:
Zero2IPO Group
Aileen Huang
Tel: +86-1367-114-1623
Email: aileenhuang@zero2ipo.com.cn
