{"id":4918,"date":"2025-09-18T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/?page_id=4918"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:00:57","slug":"report-china-aug-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-china-aug-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"China Deals Barometer Report: Dealmaking hits 3-month low in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4918\" class=\"elementor elementor-4918\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-335ebad elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"335ebad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea7c338\" data-id=\"ea7c338\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1364919 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1364919\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-13b7cfd\" data-id=\"13b7cfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea5f09d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea5f09d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>By <a href=\"#\">Stephanie Li<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b73541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b73541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>10 September, 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158dfd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"158dfd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-footer bg-white div-social-icons d-print-none\">\r\n    <ul class=\"nav\">\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\"><i class=\"fa fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n        <li>\r\n            <div class=\"dropdown-social\">\r\n                <a class=\"nav-link dropdown-toggle\" type=\"button\" id=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><i class=\"fa fa-share-alt\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                <div class=\"dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdownMenuButton1\">\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-reddit-alien fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" data-action=\"\/share\/whatsapp\/share\"><i class=\"fa fa-whatsapp fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a06ee4 less-content\" data-id=\"4a06ee4\" data-element_type=\"column\" id=\"showContent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e65b0f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e65b0f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investment activity in Greater China hit the brakes in August, with dealmaking plunging to its slowest pace in three months. The market saw just 207 deals closed, totaling $2.6 billion, a stark 60.4% drop in value and a 9.6% decline in volume compared to July.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite a V-shaped rebound from March to July, the venture funding scene is still far from the peak achieved a year ago. While August\u2019s deal count edged 25.5% higher than the same month last year, the total value plummeted by 61%, a reminder that the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">high <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of 2024 is still out of reach, according to DealStreetAsia\u2019s proprietary data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first eight months of 2025, venture investors have invested a total of $29.6 billion through the completion of 1,633 deals. The deal value was 23.7% less than the same period in 2024, while the deal count was 9.7% more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sharp slowdown raises questions of whether the current dealmaking developments are just a temporary lull or a sign of caution gripping investors in the world\u2019s second-largest economy, amid slow domestic economic growth and macro uncertainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major cause for concern is that mainland China-focused private equity and venture capital funds have been struggling to fundraise. In the first half of 2025, only nine PE\/VC funds managed to raise $350 million, a meagre portion of the $24.9 billion raised in the full year of 2024, S&amp;P Global reported, citing data from Preqin. The fundraising decline bucked the global PE fundraising growth during the same period, the report added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-455555 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dealstreetwebsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MoM_202508-scaled-e1757402738672.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2478\" height=\"1442\" \/><\/p><h3><strong>Top deal of the month<\/strong><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What sets August apart is that only three megadeals, or investments worth at least $100 million, were recorded. The top deal went to global logistics builder and investor GLP, which signed an agreement with Zhejiang government-affiliated entities in the month to invest a total of RMB 2.5 billion ($349.5 million) into GLP\u2019s China data centre business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HongShan-backed automotive electronic chip developer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/siengine-series-b-453441\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SiEngine Technology<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sealed its Series B funding round at over 1 billion yuan ($139.2 million), with the state investor China Structural Reform Fund II as the lead investor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minghui Pharmaceutical, a Chinese late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company, was the third megadeal, which completed a pre-IPO financing of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/orbimed-qiming-minghui-452310\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$131 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-led by global healthcare investment firm OrbiMed and Qiming Venture Partners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>List of megadeals (August 2025)<\/b><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-158\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-158\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Company Name<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Headquarters<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Investment size (Million USD)<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Unspecified size<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Investment stage<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Lead investor(s)<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">Other investor(s)<\/th><th class=\"column-8\">Industry\/Sector<\/th><th class=\"column-9\">Vertical<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">GLP&#8217;s China data center business<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Shanghai<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">349.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Quzhou Industrial Holding Group<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Business Support Services<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">SiEngine Technology<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Wuhan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">139.2<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">B<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">China Structural Reform Fund II<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Automobiles &amp; Parts<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">Electric\/Hybrid Vehicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Minghui Pharmaceutical   <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Shanghai<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">131<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Pre-IPO<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">OrbiMed, Qiming Venture Partners<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">TF Capital, BioTrack Capital, 5Y Capital, New Day Fund, Wider Link Enterprise Investment <\/td><td class=\"column-8\">Pharmaceutical<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-158 from cache --><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early-stage investments dominated the funding scene. Series A and pre-Series A rounds accounted for 53.6% of the total deal count, clocking 30.9% of the deal value. Late-stage dealmaking saw a recovery with a total of four pre-IPO deals recorded in August.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, Nasdaq has proposed a set of new rules that require a minimum of $25 million public offering proceeds for new listings of firms principally operating in China, to bolster investor protection and market stability, the bourse said on September 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposed rule changes could make a dent in the small Chinese firms looking to go public on the Nasdaq bourse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Three megadeals raise 23.6% of PE-VC money in Aug 2025<\/h3><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-455561 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dealstreetwebsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-3.31.51\u202fPM-e1758559678751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2846\" height=\"1446\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese offshore IPOs rebounded in 2024 after a two-year slump, but the market was dominated by small-cap listings. The average deal raised just $50 million \u2014 down from $300 million in 2021 \u2014 as geopolitical tensions between China and the US, stricter Chinese regulatory oversight, and Beijing\u2019s tighter controls on overseas fundraising kept blockbuster listings at bay, according to a report published by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) in March.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of March 7, 2025, there were 286 Chinese companies listed across the top three largest US exchanges, with a total market capitalisation of $1.1 trillion. That valuation increased by $250 billion from the start of 2024, when this table tracked just 265 Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges with a total market cap of $848 billion, per the USCC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><strong>HK\u2019s tech ecosystem in the limelight<\/strong><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple\u2019s key supplier, Foxconn Technology, made a strategic investment in Hong Kong-based robotics firm Robocore Technology in August as the world\u2019s largest precision electronics manufacturer forayed into the smart robotics market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robocore\u2019s funding added to the heightened investment interest in Hong Kong startups. A total of seven funding deals were secured in July, equal to the total number of deals closed throughout the first six months of 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city\u2019s tech ecosystem has tracked an unprecedented influx of capital in the past three years, from the inception of Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC), an investment firm wholly-owned by the Hong Kong government in 2022 with a total of HKD 62 billion ($8 billion) in capital, to the series of venture funds set up by local public universities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has been one of the early movers in its investment approach, with the launch of HK$500-million Redbird Innovation Fund (RIF) in April 2024 to provide anchor investments to GPs investing in HKUST-born projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March, HKUST tied up with state-owned Shanghai Industrial Investment Holdings (SIIC) to establish a new fund targeting Hong Kong\u2019s biotechnology and life science sector. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/hkust-siic-new-fund-biotech-434498\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong Biotechnology Fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (HKBF) will be the inaugural venture investment fund under RIF. The fund has a target size of HK$600 million ($77.2 million).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, rigid and fragmented university licensing terms <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/hk-university-licensing-biotech-455013\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an issue hindering the growth of early-stage innovation in the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sectorally speaking, business support services have overtaken semiconductor as the most-invested sector by value, largely thanks to the busy dealmaking scene for AI and robotics startups serving businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The business support sector as a whole secured $594.5 million through the completion of 36 deals, while the semiconductor industry raised $394.6 million through 38 deals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-455556 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dealstreetwebsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/By-Industry-scaled-e1757402785989.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2483\" height=\"1736\" \/><\/p><h3><strong>Qiming tops investor list\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese blue-chip venture capital firm Qiming Venture Partners invested $253.1 million across six deals, making it the most active investor of the month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 2006, Qiming currently manages eleven US Dollar funds and seven RMB funds with $9.5 billion in capital raised. Since its inception, the firm has targeted early and growth-stage opportunities across the technology and healthcare sectors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The month also saw the comeback of other top-tier VC firms, including 5Y Capital, which manages over $5 billion in capital from global investors. 5Y Capital, alongside other firms including the likes of GL Ventures (affiliated with Hillhouse Capital Group), CICC Capital, and Gaorong Ventures, has separately backed a total of four deals in the month.<\/span><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Most active investors in China (August 2025)<\/strong><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-159\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-159\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Investment company<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">No. of deals<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Total value of participated deals (Million USD)<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Lead<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Non-lead<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5Y Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">43.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Addor Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">CAS Star<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">11.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">China Merchants Venture Capital Management<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">CICC Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">43.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Confitop Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">4.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fortune Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gaorong Ventures<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">43.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">GL Ventures (affiliated with Hillhouse Capital Group)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">GP Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">15.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hefei Innovation Investment<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">HongShan Seed Fund (previously Sequoia China Seed Fund)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">IDG Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Legend Holdings &amp; affiliates <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">42<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lightspeed China Partners<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Optics Valley Industrial Investment<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Peakvest<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">25.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Qiming Venture Partners<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">75.7<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">YuanBio Venture Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">29.5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-159 from cache --><\/p><p><i>Note: In our monthly analysis for August 2025, we have put together detailed charts of prominent deals, active investors, deal stages, and the most attractive sectors that have bagged the maximum venture dollars in the Greater China region.<\/i><\/p><p><i>Our database only considers deals officially announced by the related investee, investor(s), and\/or financial advisor, while information based on market rumours and news reports citing sources is excluded.<\/i><\/p><p><i>For a more detailed analysis, and to enable comparison between primary and secondary markets, DealStreetAsia has started tracking deals of all sizes since April 2020, as against considering only transactions worth more than $10 million earlier.<\/i><\/p><p><i>We have also introduced a standardised system for industry classification. 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class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4919\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-194749.png 1221w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-194749-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-194749-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-194749-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1221px) 100vw, 1221px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-se-asia-aug-2025\/\">SEA Deals Barometer Report: Startup funding slumps 84% in Aug<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Startup funding in Southeast Asia declined sharply in August, following a record-setting July, as the absence of megadeals pushed the month\u2019s total to the third-lowest so far this year.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd78531\" data-id=\"fd78531\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ed822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97ed822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Venture Capital<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5341de7 elementor-position-left related-box elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5341de7\" 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The rebound was largely on account of a 3.5x surge in growth-stage investments in the month, which offset a decline in early-stage activity, underscoring investors\u2019 continued caution.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater China Deals Barometer Report: Dealmaking hits 3-month low in August By Stephanie Li 10 September, 2025 Investment activity in Greater China hit the brakes in August, with dealmaking plunging to its slowest pace in three months. The market saw just 207 deals closed, totaling $2.6 billion, a stark 60.4% drop in value and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4784,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-parts\/elementor-sidebar-template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"deals-type":[],"class_list":["post-4918","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4918"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5044,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4918\/revisions\/5044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"deals-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/deals-type?post=4918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}