China Oceanwide USA Holdings Co. Ltd.
China Oceanwide USA Holdings Co. Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of China Oceanwide Holdings Group in China and established its US office in the financial district of downtown San Francisco in October of 2013. Its main business focus is on private equity investments in hi-tech, new energy and digital media industries.
China Oceanside USA Holdings Co. plans to build a strong investment and operations team to establish its brand in the US and has long term commitment in San Francisco to become a major player in the venture capital and private equity world.
In December of 2014, China Oceanwide USA Holdings closed its financing with InVisage Technologies, Inc., a leader in camera technology, together with GGV Capital, Nokia Growth Partners and InterWest Partners, for their latest round of funding of a total of $32.5m. With this round of financing, InVisage sets a new record for capital raised by any imaging company. InVisage Technologies is based in Menlo Park, California. It has developed QuantumFilm™, a breakthrough imaging & sensing technology that captures high-fidelity, high-resolution images from mobile devices such as camera phones and digital cameras.
In June of 2015, China Oceanwide USA Holdings closed its financing with Skyonic Corporation, a leader in the Cleantech space, together with Energy Technology Ventures, Northwater Capital, BP and other investors for their latest funding round in the amount of $42MM. Skyonic Corporation was founded in 2005 and is based in Austin, Texas. The company developed SkyMine® and SkyCycle™ technologies, designed to commercially extract and mineralize carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas into products, such as baking soda, hydrochloric acid and limestone. In addition to driving profit through the sale of products, the technology helps mitigate the effects of industrial pollution.
China Oceanwide Holdings Group, China
China Oceanwide Holdings Group, the Parent Company, was founded in 1985 by Mr. Lu Zhiqiang and is the chairman of the group. After more than 30 years of growth and development, China Oceanwide Holdings Group has a global and diversified business structure that is dominated by its financial business and reinforced by its operation and involvement in real estate, energy, culture and media, and strategic investment. The Parent company has its Headquarters in Beijing and operates in many different cities in China. In addition, it has offices in Hong Kong, Australia and Indonesia.
China Oceanwide Holdings Group also invests in commercial real estate with direct operations in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. As of current, it has closed investments in Figueroa Central Development Project in downtown Los Angeles, First and Mission Street Oceanwide Center Project in San Francisco。This project covers a total floor area of 218,300 sq. meters and an investment of USD1.67 billion dollars.
In addition, China Oceanwide Holdings Group holds 20% of Legend Holdings, the well-known world’s No. 4 PC maker, Lenovo, which makes the Company the third largest shareholder in Legend Holdings. Please refer to en.chinaoceanwide.com for additional information.