05/20/2013– Profile of venture capital firms in Asia

Profile of Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms in Asia

With Asian economies becoming more and more important, it is also important to find investment institutions from Asian markets as your funding resources. Here are some companies for you to consider:

3i Asia Pacific plc – China

3i is a global private equity firm, the company has over US$10bn under management, 3i has operations globally and invests in Technology, Healthcare, ICT, CleanTech, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors.

The China’s office is an important operation for 3i, it has invested over $300m in China so far, of which 7 were successfully exited mostly through IPOs. It had invested in media communications companies, retailers and other sectors. Typically, 3i will only look at opportunities minimum $20m.

Asia Media & Technology Capital

Asia Media & Technology Capital is a venture capital Fund focused on investing in Media & Technology companies in the Asia Pacific region. The company’s primarily interests are in the technology sectors, but this also includes various media opportunities such as entertainment. The main markets are in SE Asia and Greater China regions – It also signed with Beijing-based China Information Broadcast Network Company Limited (CIBN) to collaborate on media industry venture investments in China.

Allen & Buckeridge

Allen & Buckeridge is a venture capital firm dedicated to investing in and helping build global companies of significant and lasting value. It is one of the earliest technology venture capital fund estalbished in Australia, and it had been instrumental to Australia’s technology sectors.

Examples of these include: enterprise software and services, communications & security, semiconductors and wireless applications.

It has a network of Venture Partners provides a unique position to assist our portfolio companies in building their operations in the Asian and North American markets. Its investments range in size from as little as $100,000 to as much as $10 or $15 million.

Allen & Buckeridge currently manages approximately $280 million spread across several funds. Our newest fund, the Allen & Buckeridge Emerging Technologies Fund, is one of only four pre-seed funds licensed by the Commonwealth Government and invests in research & development originating out of Australian universities and other government-funded research organisations.

For more information about different venture capital & private equity firms in Asia-Pacific Region, please check out our Asia-Pacific Capital Providers Guide on http://researchwhitepaper.com