Kleiner Perkins repents — goes to China with $360M fund

Kleiner Perkins repents — goes to China with $360M fund

Kleiner Perkins, one of the most respected venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, but also one of its most parochial, has finally decided to invest in china.

It has just announced a $360 million China Fund, to invest in “high-growth industries,” including Internet, media, wireless, health and green technologies. To help it make the investments, Kleiner has hired three partners from the Shanghai venture firm, TDF Capital, and another partner from Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund.

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