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.
About Zero2IPO Group:
Founded in 1999, Zero2IPO is a leading integrated service provider for the China venture capital and private equity industry. Zero2IPO provides a broad range of services, such as financial advisory, financial information, event management and investment services. Zero2IPO’s mission is to be the preferred service provider to businesses in the venture capital and private equity industry by offering unparalleled knowledge and expertise to clients and partners. Over the past seven years, Zero2IPO has become an unbeatable deal flow and networking source in China. For more information, please visit http://www.zero2ipo.com.hk .
About JCD Group:
JCD CO., LTD is an enterprise founded by Chinese overseas students in 1993 with the Japanese investment. As the name “Japan China Development” implies, JCD is actively committed in promoting China-Japan communication in terms of information and communications, media, IT, public health, medical treatment and surrounded service industries, creating new market and added value and consolidating and expanding its investment/incubation/consultation business, so as to make contributions to the economic development of two countries and friendly relations.( http://www.jcd.co.jp )
