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Incubating in China

Why C-Bridge is writing big checks to bring Western platforms into China

January 19, 2018 7:08 PM UTC

C-Bridge Capital is one of the newer venture funds in Chinese healthcare seeking to bring mature platforms or programs from the Western market into China. Compared with most other Chinese VCs, however, C-Bridge is investing larger sums of capital into a relatively small portfolio.

And while C-Bridge cut its teeth on more established companies, the firm is now setting its sights on building more companies from the ground up. Its two most recent investments -- Everest Medicines Ltd. and CMAB Biopharma Inc. -- are examples...