| Characteristic | Private equity | Venture capital |
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April 2020
China
2016 to 2019
The deal volume figures refer to the number of deals announced, regardless of whether or not a value is disclosed for the deal.
Financial buyer refers to investors that acquire companies with the objective of realizing a return on their investment by selling the business as a profit at a future date and mainly, but not entirely, comprise private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds.
Private equity (PE) deals refer to financial buyers deal with deal value over ten million U.S. dollars and/or with undisclosed deal value, invested mainly by private equity GPs but also including direct investments by financial institutions and conglomerates which are of the nature of private equity type investment.
Venture capital (VC) deals refer to financial buyer deals with deal value of less than U.S ten million and/or with undisclosed deal, but invested by venture capital funds.
