How to Start a Venture Fund in China, with Chris Lerner, Managing Partner at MSA Capital

We invited Chris Lerner, Managing Partner at MSA Capital, to join us to share his experience on starting and running a successful venture fund, and also how MSA Capital has supported startups to grow and expand to different markets. Founded in 2014, MSA Capital is an independent global private equity and venture capital firm with over $1.5 billion assets under management. Most notably, 60% of its 26 early stage investments have become super unicorns. We also extended the conversation from a “cross-border” perspective by discussing about the potential opportunities for foreign startups and foreign VCs to enter China. Show Notes: 2:48 Introduction to MSA Capital 5:22 What has kept Chris Lerner living in China 9:12 What makes the Chinese VC industry different 13:10 The DNA of Chinese corporate VCs (CVCs) 15:13 Conflicts happen when startups work with different CVCs 17:38 What takes to launch a VC fund 19:57 Who is investing in VC funds in China 24:40 The difference between RMB funds and USD funds 27:44 How VC funds can exit themselves in China 31:38 The trends of consolidation for financial returns 33:18 What support MSA Capital provides to startups 38:13 Potential opportunities for foreign startups to enter China 41:18 The opportunity of foreign VCs to enter China 42:32 How to contact Chris Lerner Many thanks to our guests Chris Lerner ; host Oscar Ramos ; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary ; editor David ; organizer Chinaccelerator ; and sponsor People Squared . Be sure to check out our website Share,

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How to Start a Venture Fund in China, with Chris Lerner, Managing Partner at MSA Capital is an episode from The China Startup Pulse by Orbit Startups.

This episode is 00:43:35 long.

This episode was published on Jul 9, 2021.

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