Taishan Invest

Taishan is an institutional Business Angel that invests into high growth “angel stage“ and “early stage“ startups as well as special opportunities in China. It was jointly founded in 2008 by top class serial entrepreneurs in China, headed by Raymond Lei Yang, and Mountain Partners Group from Europe with a long term commitment to this market. Taishan brings the proven angel investing business model from Europe, sufficient capital, advanced technologies and additional exit channels to the emerging business angel market in China.

Investment Approach:

  • Focus on rising startups in China
  • Usual Investment size from 0.2M to 0.5 M USD. Syndicated up to 2M with trusted partners. 66% Angel investment /33% special situation (Distressed, MBO , spin-off )
  • Combining financial power of institutional investor with the flexibility of business angels
  • Opportunistic investments on the bridge between China and Europe, leveraging the respective advantage of each part
  • Hands on deal management and exit management
  • Fast and entrepreneurial decision-making processes
  • Co-investment with business angels and local partners
   
 
 

  • BLUEHILL ID ANNOUNCES UNAUDITED PRELIMINARY FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR RESULTS

    St. Gallen, Switzerland – Bluehill ID AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: BUQ) a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, today announced unaudited preliminary results for its 2009 fiscal fourth quarter (Q4) and year (FY) according to IFRS.

  • SYSCAN ID EXPANDS INTO THE UK MARKET

    PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT REACHED WITH ANIMALCARE GROUP PLC TO DISTRIBUTE EID WAND READER

    Montreal, Quebec – Syscan ID Inc., a leading producer of RFID readers used in animal identification and livestock tracking management, today announced its expansion into the UK market. The company announced it has reached a channel distribution agreement with Animalcare Group’s Livestock division which include the well established Ritchey and Fearing brands.

  • IDENTIVE GROUP ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS AND PREVIEW OF NEW BUSINESS STRUCTURE

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    SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany – SCM Microsystems, Inc., d.b.a. Identive Group (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INV), a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, today announced preliminary results for its 2009 fiscal fourth quarter (Q4) and year (FY) and outlined the Company’s cost reduction program following the completion of its combination with Bluehill ID.

  • IDENTIVE GROUP EXPANDS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

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    Melvin Denton-Thompson Named CFO/COO, Dr. Manfred Mueller Named CEO of SCM Microsystems Business Unit

    SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany – SCM Microsystems, Inc., d.b.a. Identive Group (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INV), a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, today announced that it has expanded its management team with the addition of three new executives in line with the announced reorganization of its management structure. All appointments are effective January 19, 2010.

  • SCM Microsystems and Bluehill ID AG COMPLETE Business Combination

    Combined Company to Adopt New Name: Identive Group

    Santa Ana, Ismaning, and St. Gallen – SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, and Bluehill ID AG (FSE: BUQ), a leading provider of automatic identification and RFID technologies, products, services and solutions, announced today that the transaction to combine their respective businesses has closed.