CHINESE investors manoeuvred around heightened geopolitical tensions to make record-level investments into US startups in 2018, but increasingly hostile conditions will likely lead to a drop-off in Chinese funding for this year, according to a new report.
Chinese entities invested US$3.6bil (RM15bil) last year in US companies, exceeding the previous record of US$2.8bil in 2015, although the number of deals dipped to about 270 from more than 300, according to the report from New York-based economic research firm Rhodium Group.
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