On December 8th, 2017, Sensegain Asset Management was named one of the “Top 50 PE Firms of the Year 2017” for the 7th consecutive year. On the same day, Sensegain was honored to be one of the “Best 30 PE Firms in China of the Year 2017” on Forbes’ first PE election list. These two awards have shown that Sensegain’s steady development and outstanding achievements over the past years have been recognized by a list of well-known award institutions in China.

The 17th China Venture Capital & Private Equity Annual Forum was held in Beijing, China on December 6th to December 8th, 2017 by Zero2IPO Group. Sensegain was number 26 in the “Top 50 PE Firms of the Year 2017.” Minwen Wu, Chairman of Sensegain, was invited to the annual forum of Zero2IPO and gave a keynote speech on the topic of “the New Era of Private Equity.”

This VC & PE forum brings together elites in entrepreneurship and investment industry. In Chairman Wu’s keynote speech, he analyzed the current situation of the Chinese equity investment industry and expressed his own views of the future trends. He stated that “The IPO tends to be a more common form of exiting, but financing needs are still growing.” Following the meeting, other guests in the investment industry shared their opinions and discussed the trending topics with Chairman Wu. He also expressed his thoughts on the future development of the Chinese PE industry, he stated that “if the policy does not change too much, the scale of PE funds is expected to be doubled to 20 Trillion CNY in 3 years. PE funds will become the core of the capital management ecosystem.”

China Venture Capital China Venture Capital & Private Equity Annual Ranking by Zero2IPO Group is based on overall surveys on such aspects as an investment, management, fundraising, exit, and so on. The reference system for the ranking includes such indicators as the amount of managed capital, the number of new funds raised, the number of investment deals, the amount of investment capital, the number of exits, as well as the return on investment, etc. To fully reflect the actuality and trend of current development of China venture capital and private equity, ranking indicators are modified on a yearly basis according to the actual development.

China Venture Capital Annual Ranking was initiated by Zero2IPO Group in 2001 with the great supports of various investment institutions in the industry and organized on a yearly basis ever since. The annual ranking is aimed at providing a sound evaluation and reference system for the development of China venture capital. Moreover, since 2006, Zero2IPO has also introduced the ranking list of private equity investment institutions in the annual ranking and Zero2IPO newly creates Angel Investment Firms and Angel Investors Ranking since 2015.
Through years of practice and exploration, China Venture Capital & Private Equity Annual Ranking by Zero2IPO Group has won strong support and high recognition by domestic and overseas venture capital and private equity investment institutions, and it has been widely cited by well-known financial media at home and abroad. By now, the annual ranking has developed into an authoritative and objective system and criterion for surveying Chinese venture capital and private equity investment institutions, and the award ceremony for the annual ranking has also become a grand annual event in the industry.
Forbes’ ranking system is based on the company’s exits and achievements in the past five years (from 2013 to August 2017). With this great opportunity with Forbes, Sensegain has won the award with other international institutions, which has also shown the solid position of Sensegain as one of the Top PE firms in China’s investment industry.