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VCs Face Fresh Scrutiny Over China Investments as Geopolitical Pressures Build A new report from the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

– A US House panel has released a report calling for investment bans on critical tech sectors in China. – Five US venture capital firms have invested at least $3 billion into

Hong Kong-based InsurTech company, MediConCen, has secured $6.85 million in Series A funding to support its expansion plans in international markets, particularly in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. MediConCen uses AI

TLDR: Bessemer Venture Partners partner Jeremy Levine has revealed how the firm selects and trains its venture capitalists (VCs). Levine said the company hires apprentice analysts and gives them “enormous agency”, unlike

Rising fintech company LoanStar Technologies has secured $28 million in growth equity from a group of strategic investors, including Sageview Capital, Launch Credit Union, TruMark Financial Credit Union, Ben Franklin Technology Partners,

TLDR: Venture capitalists should look beyond the “big four” countries in Africa – Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, and Nigeria – to explore untapped potential in other regions. Despite a slight dip in

TLDR: AI company Unlearn has secured $50m in a Series C funding round led by Altimeter Capital, for optimising clinical research with digital twin technology. The funding round saw participation from returning

Dutch investment firm Orient Growth Ventures has closed its second India and Southeast Asia fund at $90 million. The firm, which is a limited partner in venture capital firms such as Blume

TLDR: Five venture capital (VC) firms, including Sequoia Capital China and Qualcomm Ventures, have invested at least $3 billion in Chinese tech companies involved in military activities and repression of minorities in

TLDR: A US congressional report has accused three prominent venture capital companies – Sequoia Capital China, Qualcomm Ventures, and GGV Capital – of funding Chinese tech firms that have ties to the