对话者：Oscar Ramos（主持人）& Sophie Yao（Pegasus Tech Ventures中国区总经理）
主题：管理Pre-IPO基金，逆全球化浪潮下的中国IPO趋势。
China is one of the world’s biggest and leading stock markets. As a result, China’s capital markets are gaining more interest from both domestic and international investors. But today, we are not talking a step back from investing in public companies and instead, talking about pre-IPO deals.
What are pre-IPO deals? What are the risks and opportunities associated to pre-IPO deals? We also look at the typical range of investment in such deals and how similar or different are pre-IPO investors from investment bankers? We have the perfect guest to talk about the pre-IPO market today.
Our guest today is Sophie Yao, the general manager of Pegasus Tech Ventures, which some people may know for their notable investments like SpaceX and Airbnb. Sophie currently manages a $1 billion fund that predominantly focuses on pre-IPO deals. She shares with us what goes on in the background when sourcing and investing in pre-IPO deals. We also touch upon the current economic tensions between the US and China and how that can impact companies looking to go public.
Show Notes:
1:48 Introduction to Sophie Yao
2:59 The CVC 4.0 Model
4:33 Rationale behind corporate partnering with single LP funds
6:58 The $1 billion pre-IPO fund, what it is and why Pegasus invests in pre-IPO deals
8:04 Risks associated with pre-IPO deals
9:46 Pre-requisites in a pre-IPO deal. How do you measure returns?
12:28 Role of the pre-IPO investor in supporting companies
13:40 Evaluating potential investments
16.14 Next wave of IPOs from China
20:58 Revenue vs Technology: What matters more in deep tech investment
23:12 Does investor behavior shape the type of companies in China?
24:36 China’s STAR market and how it has performed so far
26:15 Companies doing well in the STAR market
26:45 Alibaba Ant dual IPO: Inflection point in Chinese companies' perspective on IPOs
28:41 Foreign companies listing in STAR market
29:23 US-China deteriorating relations and impact on internationalization of Chinese tech startups
31:29 Luckin’s impact on the perception of listed Chinese companies
34:36 Lessons for Series A or B founders
36:54 Pegasus’ area of investment and how to contact Sophie
37:53 Pegasus’ Incubation program
Many thanks to our guest Sophie Yao; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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