China Deal Review: Startup financing halves to $4.3b in Jan in run-up to Lunar New Year

China Deal Review: Startup financing halves to $4.3b in Jan in run-up to Lunar New Year

Shanghai, China. Photo by Freeman Zhou on Unsplash

Startup financing in Greater China more than halved in January 2022, in the run-up to the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, as big-ticket transactions and dealmaking activity by top-tier investors declined.