New investments in China life science may have declined over the last year, but large investment companies continue to raise large sums to invest, apparently convinced the current slowdown won’t last for long (see story). According to unofficial sources, Sequoia China has raised about $9 billion to make investments in China’s healthcare and tech companies, above its $8 billion target. Investors would have raised the total by 50%, but Sequoia allowed only a $1 billion increase over their goals. So far, Sequoia has declined to comment on the news, which was unofficially leaked to The Information.