China's Lepu Biotech snags $186m Series B co-led by Ping An Capital

China's Lepu Biotech snags $186m Series B co-led by Ping An Capital

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Chinese biotech startup Lepu Biotech has raised an aggregate of 1.291 billion yuan ($186 million) in a Series B round co-led by Ping An Insurance (Group)’s investment vehicle Ping An Capital and Sunshine Insurance Group-backed private equity firm Riverhead Capital Investment Management.

Other new investors include state-owned SDIC Unity Capital, Haitong Securities’ Haitong Innovation Capital Management, and Qingdao Minxin Qiyuan Investment, and China Reform Holdings Corporation’s joint fund, Lepu announced on WeChat. 

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