Zero2IPO and JCD Host 1st China Venture Capital Forum in Tokyo

Zero2IPO and JCD Host 1st China Venture Capital Forum in Tokyo

September 12, 2007

    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
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