Ambitious Chinese start-ups in need of funding are advised to look to the US, where venture capital firms are increasingly willing to make investments.

China is increasingly a centre of innovation, driven by entrepreneurs and their start-up companies. Those companies need funding. The largest pool of venture capital money, and still the world’s centre for innovation, is 6,000 miles away in Silicon Valley. Should your company reach out to Silicon Valley? If so, what do you need to know?

Originally published in the Shanghai Business Review in November, 2013.