Chinese tech giant plans to invest $180 million in startups ?
Reuters
Shanghai, ChinaUpdated: Jul 01, 2016, 12:58 PM IST
The Chinese tech giant ZTE Corp aims to diversify its business. (Representational Image.) Photograph:(Getty)
Follow UsChinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp will set up a 1.2 billion yuan ($180.38 million) fund to invest in private technology, media and communication startups and diversify its business.
ZTE and other investors will set up the Suzhou Partnership fund to invest in shares, equity or assets of firms with good growth potential, "enhancing the competitiveness of the group's main business," ZTE said in a statement late on Wednesday.
ZTE will control about 25 per cent of the fund, while 75 per cent will be owned by other investors.
The Chinese tech giant saw first-quarter profit rise 16 per cent despite an ongoing US probe into allegations the firm broke sanctions against Iran by shipping millions of dollars worth of American-made hardware and software to the country.
(Reuters)
ZTE and other investors will set up the Suzhou Partnership fund to invest in shares, equity or assets of firms with good growth potential, "enhancing the competitiveness of the group's main business," ZTE said in a statement late on Wednesday.
ZTE will control about 25 per cent of the fund, while 75 per cent will be owned by other investors.
The Chinese tech giant saw first-quarter profit rise 16 per cent despite an ongoing US probe into allegations the firm broke sanctions against Iran by shipping millions of dollars worth of American-made hardware and software to the country.
(Reuters)