overseas ipos grew popular among vc and pe-backed chinese high-flying firms
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According to the latest statistics from CVSource - ChinaVenture’s online database system, during the short period of Oct. 1—8 2010, as many as ten Chinese firms managed to get listed on overseas capital markets. With added to these enterprises completing their road-shows abroad, there were more than 20 Chinese firms landing on overseas capital markets, including 11 VC/PE-backed Chinese firms.TRANSCRIPT
Overseas IPOs Grew Popular Among VC/PE-backed Chinese
High-flying Firms
Overseas IPOs Grew Popular Among VC/PE-backed Chine se High-flying Firms
Since this September, China’s overseas IPOs have taken place one after another in a quick succession. Even during the National Day holiday in
China, which lasted from Oct.1- 7, there were several Chinese firms that landed on overseas capital markets, including Mingyang Electric’s IPO on
the NYSE and Lanxun Precision’s public listing on the NASDAQ. Among these overseas IPO debutants, there were a few big-names, such as
SouFun, MicroPort, Dr. Frog, CSC and Besunyen, and most of them were backed by VC/PE institutions at some points in their developmental
process, suggesting a rising trend of capital exits via overseas IPO sought for by institutional investors .
According to the latest statistics from CVSource - ChinaVenture’s online database system, during the short period of Oct. 1—8, as many as ten
Chinese firms managed to get listed on overseas capital markets. With added to these enterprises completing their road-shows abroad, there were
more than 20 Chinese firms landing on overseas capital markets, including 11 VC/PE-backed Chinese firms (as shown in Table1).
List of China’s VC/PE-backed Overseas IPOs During O ct. 2010
Date Company Sector Stock
Exchange Institutions
2010-10-1 Mingyang
Electric
Alternative
Energy NYSE
DT Capital /Shenzhen Capital
/Merrill Lynch /Tripod Capital
2010-10-1 ChinaCache IT NASDAQ
Qiming Venture Partners/
Ignition/Investor AB/SIG Asia
Investments/JAFCO Asia /
Intel Capital /Tiger Global
Management
2010-10-7 Trony Solar Alternative
Energy HKEx ICBCI
2010-10-7 SUNAC Real Estate HKEx
Bain Capital /Deutsche Bank
A.G./CDH Investments/New
Horizon
2010-10-7 DAQO Group Alternative
Energy NYSE
GGV Capital /Siguler Guff
/NewMargin Ventures
2010-10-8 Goldwind Alternative
Energy HKEx China-Belgium Fund
2010-10-8 Global IELTS Education NASDAQ SAIF Partners
2010-10-11 Winsway Coking
Coal
Traditional
Energy HKEx Hopu Fund
2010-10-19 ShangPharma Healthcare NYSE TPG
TBD Mecoxlane E-commerce NASDAQ Sequoia Capital
China/Zero2IPO Capital
TBD Xueersi Education NYSE Tiger Global Management
/KTB
CVSource, Oct. 2010 www.ChinaVenture.com.cn
Table 1: China’s VC/PE-backed Overseas IPOs During Oct. 2010
According to the latest analysis, since the third quarter, China’s overseas IPOs have been on a drastic rise, as evidenced in as many as ten overseas
IPOs by the Chinese enterprises within just the first week in the fourth quarter of this year. It is highly expected the last quarter of this year will be
likely to see a boom in China’s overseas IPOs. In terms of the deal size, the average amount of fundraisings for China’s overseas IPOs in the third
quarter stood at USD 427 million, up by 374.9% over the previous quarter, suggesting a rising trend in corporate valuations of Chinese enterprises on
overseas capital markets (as shown in Figure 1).
Figure 1: China’s overseas IPOs During Q1/2009-Q4/2 010
Most of China’s overseas IPO debutants in this October have been backed by some investment institutions, indicative of a rising trend of investment
institutions seeking for exits via overseas IPO. The average book ROI for IPOs in the HKEx since the third quarter dropped slightly compared with the
first half of this year, while the figures for IPOs in both the NASDAQ and the NYSE registered a dramatic increase (as shown in Figure 2). One of the
telling stories was SouFun. The company listed in the NYSE on September 18, 2010, bringing about an eye-popping book ROI of as high as 107.2
times to its backer, IDG capital, 11 years later, the highest ROI for overseas exits seen in the recent years.
Figure2: Average Book ROIs for China’s Overseas IPOs During 2010 by Exchange
The boom in overseas exits were attributed to various factors: sustained recoveries in major economies, coupled with continued pickups in
international stock markets for the past few months, contributed to the increasing activity in public offerings. On the other hand, China’s overseas IPO
debutants largely came from a few emerging or high growth sectors, such as TMT, alternative energy, consumer goods and education, which will be
sure to benefit from the vast and ever-expanding domestic markets, as a result, these companies were overvalued on international capital markets.
In addition to high valuations, some USD fund managers were hard pressed to exit from their backed entities as life cycles of their funds are expiring,
so, they are eager to push for quick exits by encouraging their backed entities to go public abroad.
In ChinaVenture’s opinion, not only will a rising activity in China’s overseas IPOs contribute to the performance of foreign institutions, especially
USD-denominated funds, but also will give RMB-denominated local funds much more say in their fundraisings. Meantime, the latest development on
international IPO market will also prompt investment institutions to adopt multi-currency investment strategies, and increase their allocations in their
investment portfolios for local enterprises.
About CVSource
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equity investment trends, records and analysis of investments and M&A activities, industry research, company analysis, analysis of funds and fund
managers, breakdown of investment terms and conditions and studies on regulations on fundraisings and investments. CVSource is dedicated to
provide information services to all players active in the Chinese VC & PE market--VC/PE investment institutions, limited partners, strategic investors,
investment banks, law firms, accounting firms, research institutes, consulting firms and domestic companies seeking investors.