M&A deal values in the medical device sector in China 2016-2019, by funding type

The deal value figures refer only to the deals whereby a value has been disclosed publicly.

Financial buyer refers to investors that acquire companies with the objective of realizing a return on their investment by selling the business as a profit at a future date and mainly, but not entirely, comprise PE and VC funds.

Private equity (PE) deals refer to financial buyers deal with deal value over ten million U.S. dollars and/or with undisclosed deal value, invested mainly by private equity GPs but also including direct investments by financial institutions and conglomerates which are of the nature of private equity type investment.

Venture capital (VC) deals refer to financial buyer deals with deal value of less than U.S ten million and/or with undisclosed deal, but invested by venture capital funds.