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The pied-piper of China’s entrepreneurs

“Shen’s mission is to give small and fast fish money so they can compete successfully”

Neil Shen recently topped Forbes’ annual ranking of Chinese venture capitalists – again. No surprises there. After a stellar two-decade run placing big early bets on big eventual winners (Alibaba, ByteDance, Shein, Pinduoduo, Meituan…), the former lead dealmaker at Sequoia China enjoys “god-like status in the Chinese private-equity industry”, says

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