A dataset of types of venture capitalists (VCs) in China’s market between 1978 and 2021

This dataset identifies the types of 49,187 venture capitalists (VCs) that have invested in China between 1978 and 2021. Specifically, a VC can be labelled as the following types: GVC (public agency-affiliated, state-owned enterprise-affiliated), CVC (corporate VC), IVC (independent VC), BVC (bank-affiliated VC), FVC (financial/non-bank-affiliated VC), UVC (university-affiliated VC), and PenVC (pension-fund-affiliated VC). For more information, please contact Dr Jin Chen, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (Email: [e-mail]).