元器件交易网讯 4月23日消息，据外媒报道，中国复星国际集团因针对硅谷的1亿美元风险投资，知名度大幅提升。

　　复星集团董事长郭广昌表示，公司几个月前成立风险投资部门，并已将1亿美元投资资金分配完毕。郭广昌称该部门投资主要针对智能机和移动互联网领域，并看重希望在中国扩展的初创公司。资金通过复星的受限合伙人昆仲资本（Kinzon Capital）运作。

　　“我们对很多东西都感兴趣，”同时郭广昌相信移动互联网“将改变每一个行业”。

　　郭广昌表示复星特别感兴趣的领域包括手机游戏、聊天、支付、医疗以及设计云计算的公司。

　　根据年报，复星投资机构去年管理了大约70亿美元资金，并投资了大量中国互联网公司，包括完美时空、中国智能物流骨干网以及阿里小额贷。（元器件交易网毛毛  摘译）

　　以下为原文：

　　Chinese Conglomerate Fosun Starts $100Million Venture Arm In Silicon Valley

　　Chinese conglomerate Fosun International israising its profile as an international investor, establishing aventure-capital operation in Silicon Valley.

　　Fosun Chairman Guo Guangchang said hiscompany launched a venture arm a few months ago and allocated $100 million forinvestments. Guangchang said the arm will target investments related tosmartphones and the mobile Internet, with an eye toward financing startups thatare looking to expand in China. The money will be invested through KinzonCapital, a venture firm in which Fosun is the sole limited partner.

　　“We are looking at a lot of things,” he said. Guangchang believes themobile Internet “will change every industry.”

　　Areas of particular interest include mobilegames, chat, payments, healthcare, as well as companies involved in cloudcomputing, said Guangchang. With cloud computing, companies rent computingpower online instead of buying hardware and running it on their own premises.The operation is small for now, and is led by managing director Brad Bao, aformer executive of Chinese Internet company Tencent Holdings, along with oneother investment professional.

　　“Fosun is transforming into a global investment firm, and venturecapital and technology is core to the portfolio,” wrote Bao. “Kinzon will carrypart of the mission.”

　　Last week, Guangchang joined a delegationof Chinese business leaders and toured the Valley, making stops at StanfordUniversity and Sequoia Capital, said a Sequoia spokesman. “We introduced him tosome companies, including DropBox and Evernote and Airbnb,” thespokesman said.

　　The venture investment vehicle comes aftera string of foreign purchases by Fosun, which styles itself as a sort ofChinese version of Berkshire Hathaway, the well-known conglomerate run byWarren Buffett. The company operates four lines of business: insurance;industrial operations with assets in pharmaceuticals, steel and mining; directinvestment; and an asset management business.

　　Fosun was founded in 1992 by Mr. Guo andthree other graduates of Shanghai’s prestigious Fudan University. The fourfounders still own a majority of Fosun, which is listed on Hong Kong’s stockexchange.

　　Fosun recently gained internationalattention for exploring the purchase of Forbes Media, and its $725 millionacquisition of One Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City, among the biggestpurchases of U.S. property by a Chinese investor. Fosun made headlines when itbeat out U.S. private equity firm Apollo Global Management to purchase an 80%stake in the insurance arm of state Portugal’s state bank Caixa Geral deDepositos. Fosun also controls or owns stakes in brands such as St. John, FolliFollie and Club Med.

　　“Our investments are focused on the new middle class and lifestyle ofthe Chinese people,” said Guangchang.

　　Last year, Fosun’s investment arm managedabout $7 billion in capital, according to its annual report. The company hasinvested in other Internet companies, many of which are based in China.Investments include Chinese online game developer Perfect World, and ChinaSmart Logistics Network and Ali-Small Loan, two companies affiliated withChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

　　Fosun’s strategy may be appealing to somestartups that are looking to expand to China, a gigantic market that is hard topenetrate. Foreign Internet companies may operate Web services for the Chinesemarket from outside China, but run the risk of being blocked. Blocks can beavoided by opening offices within China and obtaining licenses to operatelocally. But the licensing process can be complicated for social-mediacompanies, which are carefully watched by authorities.

　　In 2011, mobile news application Flipboardpartnered with two Chinese social-media companies, Sina’s Weibo and Renren, toenter the Chinese market.

　　However, Fosun may also face competitionfrom a few Valley venture firms that have seen some success in China. Theyinclude IDG Capital Partners, which opened shop in 1992 and has invested inmore than 300 companies such as Baidu and Tencent; Sequoia Capital’s Chinaoperation, which was founded in 2005 and now has more than 50 investmentprofessionals. Another potential competitor could be Alibaba-backer GGVCapital, which has $1.6 billion under management, and has offices in SiliconValley and Shanghai.