Tech-sharing deals put Indian start-ups in fix with China's new controls

Beijing has added 23 technologies to its list of regulated exports; move could affect start-ups that have IP co-creation as part of investment deal with Chinese VC investors, say experts

China's new rules governing technology exports might put the spotlight further on Indian start-ups which have significant investments coming in from that country. Many of these deals involve co-sharing of intellectual property (IP) or technology as part of the funding tie-up.

China has now added 23 technologies, including personal information push services based on data analysis, artificial intelligence (AI)-interactive interface, voice recogmition and content recommendation analysis to its list of regulated exports. While it is being seen as a knee-jerk reaction coming from Beijing to safeguard its key IPs from companies such as Bytedance, Huawei and WeChat, experts say the