John Dean and Danny Louis began raising its first fund as a Startup Capital Ventures (SCV), a small venture capital firm in 2005. They are soft commitment to invest 15-20% of the first $ 25MM fund in China. They made their first Chinese investment in 2005 Zero2IPO, Beijing research firm that tracks the Chinese mainland private equity and venture capital markets. Investment has gone well so far, but the venture capital market is changing rapidly. Dean and Louis must decide whether to continue to invest in China, and if so, they have to develop a new strategy. This case examines the problems of venture investment in China, given the increasing competition for deals, significant change management and growth of the local team against the preference of foreign venture capitalists. "Hide
by John Glynn, Peter Ziebelman, Claire Magat Raffaelli Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 19 pages. Publication Date: January 22, 2009. Prod. #: E325-PDF-ENG
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