Latitude Capital Sponsors China Venture Capital Semi-Annual Forum
July 13-14, 2005 Tianlun Dynasty Hotel, Beijing, China
2005-07-08

2005 China Venture Capital Semi-Annual Forum
Prosperous year for China VC&PE Market

The 2004 China venture capital annual investment surpassed US$1 billion for the first time, and this figure has made the whole industry excited. However, private equity and buyout investment have not beem included in this statistics. In fact, a number of deals, such as the Carlyle Group invested in Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group, Morgan Stanley and China Diamond Holdings invested into Shanshui Group, Goldman Sachs invested into Neptunus, Morgan Stanley invested into Yongle Appliances indicated the opportunities of China private equity investment, which have been emerging from a variety of areas.

On the other side, IPO and M&A markets were also active. According to the Zero2IPO statistics, in 2004, 81 Chinese enterprises were listed in NASDAQ, NYSE, Hong Kong Main Board and Hong Kong GEM, Singapore Main Board and SESDAQ, with total US$ 10.27 billion raised. In the M&A side, there were over 20 deals relevant to hi-growth enterprises. In 2005 the news that Shanda bought Sina’s stock amazed the public and the industry. The increasing IPO and M&A activities not only boosted the growth for enterprises, but also provide liquidity for venture capital, which will sustain the development of China venture capital and private equity market.

Venture capital, buyout investment, IPO , M&A… Investment opportunities in China have been proved by many facts. We are facing the historical opportunity to invest into China!

Facing the huge Chinese market, however, how shall investors grasp opportunities? How will enterprises take these opportunities to seek ideal business partners? The 2005 China Venture Capital Semi-annual Forum, launched by the most influential service provider in China venture capital and private equity industry, Zero2IPO Ltd, will gather together top domestic and oversea investors, entrepreneurs, limit partners, and various professional service providers to share their experience and viewpoints, and to seek potential opportunities to collaborate.

The Forum will last two days, in the forms of keynotes address, panel discussion, venture financing road show, project demonstration, and investment negotiation. 400 people are expected to attend this event, where mainstream investors from Silicon Valley, top people from international financial firms and capital markets, well known entrepreneurs and professional service providers will give presentations and discuss how to grasp the opportunities to invest into China private equity market. At the same time, the Forum will also focus on hot spot industries and hi-growth projects. We hope that the viewpoints shared by those senior investors will benefit all the participants of this forum.