A look at the new favorite in China's chip investment space — including why the firm is drawing suspicion internationally.
These are turbulent times for China’s top semiconductor firms and financiers. Corruption probes launched in recent weeks have ensnared senior executives at some of China’s largest chip funds and firms, including the head of China’s giant state-backed chip investment fund and the ex-chief of Tsinghua Unigroup, China’s one-time leading chipmaker.
Against this backdrop, Wise Road Capital looks like a new favorite in China’s chip investment space. The Beijing-based private equity
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