Chinese Tech Giant Invested In Company Mark Kelly Cofounded

Former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, a Democrat who is challenging Arizona GOP senator Martha McSally this fall for her Senate seat, has been making noises about blaming China for suppressing information about the Wuhan coronavirus. But he has been much quieter regarding another issue involving China: The Chinese tech giant Tencent’s investment in World View Enterprises, a company Kelly cofounded.

Real Clear Politics (RCP) reports, “In the fall of 2014, the CEO of World View Enterprises, the company Kelly co-founded, announced during a visit to Beijing that Tencent had invested an undisclosed sum of money in the Tucson-based space travel venture. In April 2016, as part of a subsequent, $15 million investment round, World View announced that it had received more funds from Tencent, along with three other venture capital firms.”