CHINESE startups are increasingly struggling with demands from early-stage venture capitalists to return their investment or face lawsuits, after failing to provide an exit via a market listing within an agreed time frame, industry executives said.
Startups worldwide often agree to redemption rights, allowing private equity and venture capital investors to ask for their money back along with a premium if targets such as an initial public offering are not met.In China, however, a near freezing of the IPO market this year and declining sources of capital in an economy hobbled by a property crisis and struggling for growth has given rise to reimbursement requests, threatening many startups' existence, executives said.
The company was really doing well back then,' said board secretary Ma Xiaonan at Inlarin Technology.'If it hadn't been for the three-year pandemic, we might really be on the Beijing Stock Exchange by now,' Ma said. A slump in the construction industry in which the firm operates also precipitated a severe decline in business volume, he said.Neither Luxin Capital nor Peng could be reached for comment.
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