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Nope. There’re tons of Chinese startups already with or without YC. Would US startups be required to register as Chinese companies if they receive Chinese VC mo
by echevil 8y ago
Nope. There’re tons of Chinese startups already with or without YC. Would US startups be required to register as Chinese companies if they receive Chinese VC money?
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoThe US is open to arbitrary FDI so it doesn't matter. China's laws are more...complicated. For example, you can't give stock options to non-Chinese employees if your company is Chinese and not already listed, see https://www.chinalawblog.com/2018/03/china-scam-week-part-4-the-china-stock-option-scam.html https://www.chinalawblog.com/2018/03/china-scam-week-part-4-.... I'm not aware of any foreign funded startups in China currently. I mean, there must be some small players with private foreign funding, but it is so easy to get Chinese funding I'm not sure why anyone would even bother.
- bgee 8y agoMost big tech companies (Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba) in China has received foreign funding when they were "startups". See VIE Structure [0] (in Chinese). [0]: https://www.zhihu.com/question/19634851/answer/13095653 https://www.zhihu.com/question/19634851/answer/13095653