{"id":4105,"date":"2024-09-23T04:57:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T04:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/?page_id=4105"},"modified":"2024-09-23T05:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T05:28:06","slug":"report-china-aug-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-china-aug-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"China Deals Barometer Report: Megadeals propel startup funding to $6.8b in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4105\" class=\"elementor elementor-4105\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-335ebad elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"335ebad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea7c338\" data-id=\"ea7c338\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1364919 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1364919\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-13b7cfd\" data-id=\"13b7cfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea5f09d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea5f09d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Greater China Deals Barometer Report: <span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: Montserrat, system-ui, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 2.25rem; white-space-collapse: collapse;\">Megadeals propel startup funding to $6.8b in August<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><\/span><br><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8de46ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8de46ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>By <a href=\"#\">Stephanie Li<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b73541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b73541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>September 11, 2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158dfd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"158dfd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-footer bg-white div-social-icons d-print-none\">\r\n    <ul class=\"nav\">\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\"><i class=\"fa fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n        <li>\r\n            <div class=\"dropdown-social\">\r\n                <a class=\"nav-link dropdown-toggle\" type=\"button\" id=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><i class=\"fa fa-share-alt\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                <div class=\"dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdownMenuButton1\">\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-reddit-alien fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" data-action=\"\/share\/whatsapp\/share\"><i class=\"fa fa-whatsapp fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a06ee4 less-content\" data-id=\"4a06ee4\" data-element_type=\"column\" id=\"showContent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e65b0f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e65b0f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August witnessed an upswing in investment activity in Greater China as startup fundraising doubled from the previous month and also grew a third from year-ago levels.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investors pumped $6.8 billion into privately-owned firms in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan last month, compared with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$2.9 billion in July, show proprietary data compiled by DealStreetAsia. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The capital commitments last month were also 34% higher than the $5.1 billion recorded in August 2023.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The surge in monthly fundraising was on account of 11 megadeals, or investments worth at least $100 million, which garnered 84% of the total capital raised in August. In comparison, there were six megadeals in July that accounted for 51% of the capital raised that month.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it is not unusual for megadeals to dominate the funding scene, August was interesting as early-stage investments slid sharply.\u00a0<\/span>This resulted in overall monthly deal volume sliding to <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">165, which is 10.3% less than the previous month and 35.8% less than August 2023 (<em>see chart<\/em>).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, the first eight months of 2024 saw startups in Greater China secure $38.8 billion\u2014up 11% from the same period last year, while the deal count of 1,489 is down 13.2%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-411755\" src=\"https:\/\/dealstreetwebsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MoM-scaled-e1725958383189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2496\" height=\"1472\" \/><\/p><h3>Auto &amp; Parts ride high<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The surging demand for intelligent components used in smart vehicles made the automotive sector stand out in August amid overall market uncertainty.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shenzhen Yinwang Smart Technologies, was the biggest fundraiser of August, riding high on the EV boom. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yinwang snapped up a combined <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/huaweis-avatr-technology-409149\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23 billion yuan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($3.2 billion) from two megadeals after Chinese EV firm AVATR Technology and Shanghai-listed automobile maker Seres Group separately announced that they would buy a 10% stake each in the Huawei-owned smart auto parts firm.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yinwang\u2019s two fundraisings were part of August&#8217;s 11 megadeals\u2014the highest megadeal volume recorded so far this year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solar company <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/tongwei-runergy-408592\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tongwei<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s plan to acquire a controlling stake in its competitor Runergy for about 5 billion yuan ($697.8 million) was the third largest deal of the month followed by the $680 million acquisition of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/mubadala-cbc-buy-ucb-business-409903\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UCB Pharma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s neurology and allergy business in China by Mubadala and CBC group. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rest of the megadeals were scattered across telecom, aerospace, consumer products, and logistics.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-411757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dealstreetwebsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Megadeal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2888\" height=\"1564\" \/><\/p><h3>Early-stage investments take a hit<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early-stage investments took a hit in August. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although companies in their Series A and earlier stages sealed 74 deals, or 44.8% of the month\u2019s deal count, the early-stage firms raised only $549.7 million, or 8.1% of the total investments in the month\u2014the lowest share of capital commitment so far this year in these stages.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The share of early-stage deal value in August was far below the monthly average of 23.7% in Jan-August 2024.<\/span><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">List of megadeals (August 2024)<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-121\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-121\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Startup<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Headquarters<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Investment size (Million USD)<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Unspecified size<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Investment stage<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Lead investor(s)<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">Other investor(s)<\/th><th class=\"column-8\">Industry\/Sector<\/th><th class=\"column-9\">Vertical<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Yinwang Smart Technologies<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Shenzhen<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1615.9<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Equity Financing<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">AVATR Technology<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Automobiles &amp; Parts<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">Electric\/Hybrid Vehicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Yinwang Smart Technologies<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Shenzhen<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1615.9<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Equity Financing<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Seres Group<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Automobiles &amp; Parts<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">Electric\/Hybrid Vehicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Runergy New Energy Technology<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Yancheng<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">697.8<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">M&amp;A<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Tongwei Co Ltd<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Renewable Energy<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">CleanTech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">UCB\u2019s mature business (neurology and allergy) in China<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zhuhai <\/td><td class=\"column-3\">680<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">M&amp;A<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Mubadala Investment Company, CBC Group<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Pharmaceutical<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">Biotech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hengtong Submarine Power Cable<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Changshu<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">364.8<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Guokai Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading Fund<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">CCB Investment, BOC Financial Asset Investment, State Grid Yingda Industry Investment Funds Management, Baowu Green Carbon Private Investment Fund<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Telecoms<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">XPeng AeroHT<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Guangzhou<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">150<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">B1<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Aerospace<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">AI and Machine Learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Xinwanxing Composite Materials<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Leshan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">140.6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Equity Financing<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Eastern Bell Capital, Goldstone Investment<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Aerospace<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Seek Pet Food<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Linyi<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">140.6<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Strategic Investment<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Advent International, Boyu Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Consumer Products<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">Pet Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">AutoAi<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nanjing<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">108.3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Strategic Investment<\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">DiDi Smart Transportation Technology (affiliated with DiDi Global), NavInfo<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Automobiles &amp; Parts<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">Electric\/Hybrid Vehicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ganghong Wharf<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zhuhai<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">101.3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">China Energy Investment Corp<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Logistics &amp; Distribution<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Autoflight<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Shanghai<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">100<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Yes<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Strategic Investment<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Limited (CATL)<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Aerospace<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-121 from cache --><\/span><\/p><h3>Chinese flying cars take flight<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China is furthering its support to the so-called &#8216;low-altitude economy&#8217;, providing tailwinds to aerospace companies like flying car makers.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/xpengs-electric-flying-car-unit-funding-406963\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xpeng Aeroht<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a subsidiary of EV maker Xpeng secured $150 million in a Series B1 funding round as the firm looks to kickstart pre-orders for its modular flying car in Q4 this year and start deliveries to consumers in Q4 2025.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL also pumped in \u201cseveral hundreds of millions\u201d of US dollars into electrical aerial vehicle maker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/catl-backs-autoflight-406880\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AutoFlight<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the duo eyes to dedicate resources for the R&amp;D of batteries used in electric aviation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The investments come four months after Chinese drone maker EHang Holdings received the first-ever Production Certificate (PC) from the Civil Aviation Administration of Central and Southern China (CAAC) in April. The PC enables eVTOL companies to commence mass production and commercial operations of their eVTOL aircraft.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the flying car ambition, investors continued to dabble in energy storage, medical devices, and the semiconductor sectors to spawn the country&#8217;s deep tech ambitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-411758\" src=\"https:\/\/dealstreetwebsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/By-Industry-scaled-e1725958528148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1582\" \/><\/p><h3>Jinding Capital tops investor list<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local investment firm Jinding Capital and its affiliates clocked five deals to top the investor list in August. The five investees raised $32.5 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With offices across Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, and Xiamen, Jinding Capital sets itself apart by serving listed companies and their corporate venture arms. It invests on behalf of the listed firms and their CVC arms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, the firm has served over 50 listed firms in the areas of strategic investment as well as M&amp;As, according to its website.<\/span><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Most active investors in China (August 2024)<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-122\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-122\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Investment company<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">No. of deals<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Total value of participated deals (Million USD)<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Lead<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Non-lead<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jinding Capital &amp; affiliates<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Qiming Venture Partners<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">117<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Suzhou Capital Group<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">TopoScend Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">37.9<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Suzhou International Development Venture Capital (SIDVC)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Legend Holdings &amp; affiliates<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">29.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fortune Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">41.9<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Oriza Holdings &amp; affiliates <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">CICC Capital &amp; affiliates<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">105.1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-122 from cache --><\/p><p><em>Note: In our monthly analysis for August 2024, we have put together detailed charts of prominent deals, active investors, deal stages, and the most attractive sectors that have bagged the maximum venture dollars in the Greater China region.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Our database only considers deals officially announced by the related investee, investor(s), and\/or financial advisor, while information based on market rumours and news reports citing sources is excluded.<\/em><\/p><p><em>For a more detailed analysis, and to enable comparison between primary and secondary markets, DealStreetAsia has started tracking deals of all sizes since April 2020, as against considering only transactions worth more than $10 million earlier.<\/em><\/p><p><em>We have also introduced a standardised system for industry classification. 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size-full wp-image-4128\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sea-sept-db.png 2598w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sea-sept-db-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sea-sept-db-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sea-sept-db-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sea-sept-db-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sea-sept-db-2048x1146.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2598px) 100vw, 2598px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-se-asia-aug-2024\/\">SEA Deals Barometer Report: Startup funding hits four-month low in August as megadeals play truant<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Southeast Asian startup fundraising dropped to a four-month low in August, according to proprietary data compiled by DealStreetAsia, highlighting a continued slowdown in the region since the post-pandemic recovery phase.\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd78531\" data-id=\"fd78531\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ed822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97ed822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Venture Capital<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5341de7 elementor-position-left related-box elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5341de7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-india-aug-2024\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2554\" height=\"1438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/India-sept-DB.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4122\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/India-sept-DB.png 2554w, 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to $1.76 billion in August owing to an uptick in big-ticket transactions, according to proprietary data compiled by DealStreetAsia. The investment marked an increase of 76% in value from July when startups collectively garnered $1 billion across 119 deals.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater China Deals Barometer Report: Megadeals propel startup funding to $6.8b in August By Stephanie Li September 11, 2024 August witnessed an upswing in investment activity in Greater China as startup fundraising doubled from the previous month and also grew a third from year-ago levels. 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