
On this episode we talk with four experts about some new Federal regulations being called “Reverse CFIUS” that will have a big impact on venture capital and private equity funds with investing activities in China and certain other countries. Investments from China into US companies and operations have long been subject to Federal review by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (commonly called CFIUS) and now the Biden administration is looking to make investments going the other way also subject to review. According to many sources, a new executive order is being drafted and will be issued soon - it’s being called “Reverse CFIUS”. The Biden administration’s purpose is to check Chinese ambitions in fields such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, with the clear aim of slowing the development of China’s military capabilities. But what do the new expected regulations mean for US investors? Today there are many outbound transactions conducted by venture capital, private equity, and other US investors into Chinese investment opportunities, and by some accounts nearly half of these transactions will be subject to this new set of regulations. The experts on this episode include Louis Lehot, Christopher Swift, PhD, HK Park, and Ker Gibbs.