Jenny Liu

The Chinese economy is growing at an unprecedented speed, and one of the emerging trends is angel investment. It is an area with tremendous potential for growth. Compared with the more mature markets in Western countries, however, angel investing in China is still at an early stage, due to a lack of incentives and insufficient policy support.

By delving into existing literature on China's angel investment and conducting interviews with leading angel investors for China and abroad, Prof. Liu Manhong and Dr Wang Jiani — both scholars on and practitioners in the angel investment market — try to provide readers with a detailed picture of China's angel market: What is going on in the market? How should the government formulate relevant polices? And, perhaps more pertinently, what should investors know if they have invested in or are going to enter this market?

This book will be very useful for scholars and researchers on China's angel market, as well as those "angels" who would like to tap its full potential.

Contents:

• Foreword

• Preface

• About the Authors

• Overview of Angel Investment:

  • The Origin and Development of Angel Investment
  • Concepts and Financial Connotations of Angel Investments
  • The Necessity and Feasibility of Developing Angel Investment

• Angel Investment Practice:

  • The Study of Angel Investment in China
  • How Founders Can Win Over Investors
  • How Investors Can Get Involved in Angel Investment
  • How Third Parties Can Strengthen Angel Investment

• Angel Market in China:

  • Market Conditions of Angel Investment in China
  • The Ecological Environment for Angel Investment in China
  • How China Can Learn from the Development of Angel Investment around the World

• Special Research:

  • Angel Investment in Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Centers of Angel Investment: Zhongguancun Science Park, Beijing
  • Survey Report of Innovative Incubators in Zhongguancun, Beijing
  • Development of Crowd Funding of Angel Investment in China

• Appendices

• Afterword

• Index

Readership: Students, researchers, investors and policy makers who are interested in learning more about China's angel market.
Key Features:

• Written by Mannie Liu, a prominent author who has a wealth of experience in the field of venture capitalism and angel investing, and the author of the first book in Chinese about angel investing
• Contains many interviews conducted with leading angel investors