Boyu Capital
Private equity companywww.boyucapital.cn
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Oct 20, 2026
Robert WuHOST
So it's still a high risk, high uncertainty kind of venture.
Olivia PlotnickHOST
Do we know from the mix of investors, the round was co-led by Boyu Capital, IDG Capital, Tencent.
Olivia PlotnickHOST
Does that investor mix tell us anything about what the future plans are or what the services that they're going into?
Robert WuHOST
I think they are still using the U.S. dollar to invest in the company.
David ZhangHOST
In 2012, Alibaba needed billions of dollars to buy back shares from Yahoo, and among the investors involved were firms connected to powerful Communist Party officials and families.
David ZhangHOST
including Boyu Capital, which was co-founded by Zhang Zhicheng, the grandson of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.
David ZhangHOST
And other factional offsprings were involved as well.
David ZhangHOST
These were competing political networks, there were powerful families with economic interests, and Jack Ma managed to get all of it sorted and pieced out.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
AI agent startup Manus said it raised more than $500 million, its first round since Beijing forced Meta to unwind a roughly $2 billion acquisition.
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Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the round.
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Manus has not disclosed its valuation, though earlier reports pointed to $4 billion.
BillHOST
So Manus, the agent startup Beijing pried out of Meta's hands, raised more than $500 million on October 8th.
BillHOST
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led.
BillHOST
And the valuation? Undisclosed.
BillHOST
That $4 billion number floating around is from earlier reporting.
Brian QuinnCORRESPONDENT
The UN, though, has detailed abuses it says may constitute crimes against humanity.
Brian QuinnCORRESPONDENT
In April, Starbucks completed the sale of 60 percent of its China operations to Boyu Capital, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm.
Brian QuinnCORRESPONDENT
Boyu's plan is to expand Starbucks' China footprint from 8,000 locations to 20,000, and it appears to have started with one of the most controversial markets.
Brian QuinnCORRESPONDENT
It could also be one of the most fertile, though, as many of Starbucks' domestic Chinese rivals who are currently out-competing it in other markets have yet to open there.
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Its parent, Butterfly Effect, announced the round on Thursday.
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It was jointly led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with existing backers including Tencent taking part.
speaker_4NARRATOR
The raise follows the collapse of Meta's planned acquisition of Manus, a deal valued at more than $2 billion, which was unwound after the Chinese government blocked it.
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Manus builds general-purpose agents that carry out multi-step tasks online on a user's behalf.
DariusHOST
That's its first round since Meta was forced to call off its two billion dollar acquisition of the company.
DariusHOST
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the round with existing shareholders Tencent, HSG, formerly Sequoia China, and ZenFund also taking part.
DariusHOST
Manus did not disclose a valuation, though it was reported last month to be raising five hundred million dollars at about a four billion dollar valuation.
DariusHOST
Chinese authorities ordered the Meta deal unwound in April, and Manus resumed independent operations in August.
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