Growing investment by emerging countries in developed countries
In the last 5 years the flow of capital from emerging countries to developed countries is greater than in the opposite direction according to a EdTech sector study of Pwc. American technology startups are no exception, from Alibaba, REnRen, Tencent etc., Chinese investors are stepping up the pace of investment. From 2007 to today, Chinese and Taiwanese investors have completed 156 deals totalling $2.6Bn and in 2013 it has reached its peak.
Alibaba and Tencent: the most active corporations
According to information from CBinsights, The most recent and largest operations include the investment of Tencent in Fab.com for $150M in Series D in June, that of Alibaba in Quixey by $50M in Series C and the investment of the Hong Kong-based Shining Capital Management in JustFab by $40M.
«The trend of the investment China's investment in US technology appears to have a way to go. Alibaba has created an investment vehicle exclusively to invest in the US market and Tencent still maintains interest in seed deals through the round One of the main arguments of Chinese investors to their new investees is entry into Asian markets, as proposed by the incubator Formation 8" comments Diego Gutierrez, an expert in alternative financing in Abra Invest.