Top 5 Automotive Startup Investors in Hong Kong in January 2026

Huaying is an investment management and consulting firm.

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Automotive
Series A, Angel, Series B
China, Hong Kong

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Tenways — TENWAYS Electric Bikes with multi-scenario applications for superior value, light weight, quick charge and instant assistance. For commuting, lifestyle, exercising and more.
Breath Medical — Breath Medical is a medical device developer in the field of otolaryngology. It independently develops and promotes consumables and equipment, providing a total solution for ENT surgery. Its two core products are “low temperature plasma RF surgery system” and “fully degraded”. Sinus drug stent".
ELS Technology — ELS Technology focuses on supply chain management and supply chain financial product development.

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Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, Hong Kong

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Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
SAMA Fertility — SAMA Fertility is a virtual fertility clinic that offers fertility care and treatments, including preservation and evaluation services.
Infiction labs — SPARC 1.2 is a solar panel robotic cleaning system designed and developed by Infiction Labs Pvt Ltd for commercial solar plants.

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Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, United Kingdom

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VSPN — VSPN is an internet sports and cultural media company that focuses its business on e-sports. It provides core marketing and entertainment content operations as its core business, providing brand marketing, artist brokerage, e-sports TV, and e-sports venues.Founded in 2015, Quantum Sports VSPN (Versus Programming Network) and is based in Shanghai,China.
Gaana — Gaana.com- Listen & Download latest MP3 songs online. Download new or old Hindi songs, Bollywood songs, English songs* & more on Gaana+ and play offline. Create, share and listen to streaming music playlists.
Reliance Health — Reliance Health Global. Improve the lives of your staff with innovative company healthcare benefits fit for any business. You can rely on us.

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L Catterton provides capital to companies to support acquisitions, management buyouts, recapitalizations, and turnarounds. They consider investments across many targeted industry verticals within the consumer industry: food and beverage, retail and restaurants, consumer products and services, and media and marketing services.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Flexjet — Flexjet is a leading luxury private jet company offering aviation services including fractional jet ownership, leasing, jet cards, and our Red Label program.
SUGAR Cosmetics — Discover SUGAR Cosmetics' extensive range of high-quality makeup and beauty products. Shop online for lipsticks, foundations, eyeshadows, and more. Enjoy exclusive offers and free shipping across India.
Healing Hands Clinic — Healing Hands Clinic is a unique and specialty clinic for constipation,piles, hernia & prevention of Lifetstyle diseases. Apart from its heart of the city location, expert consultation, state of the art technology and well qualified staff are few of its assets. It is the first clinic in the city to deliver facility of Defecography forconstipation. Our focus, dedication and inner feeling of curing or treating the patients with care have given us many satisfied patients.Dr. Ashwin Porwal – Our Founder (In Crunch Base)Dr Ashwin Porwal graduated from B.J. Medical College, Pune and completed DNB in General Surgery from Poona Hospital and Research Center. He has undergone a certified training in Advanced Laparoscopy, Bariatric Surgery from Genoa Medical School, Italy and Wound Management from Madeleine Flangan University of Hertfordshire, U.K. Dr. Porwal also holds a Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from EITS – IRCAD, Strasbourg University, France. He has the privilege of having obtained training in Proctology (especially in Constipation & Piles surgery) from the world renowned Colo-Procto Surgeon Dr. Antonio Longo at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Austria.To Dr. Porwal’s credit, is the first STARR (Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection) surgery for ODS a form of Chronic Constipation in Maharashtra. He has performed the maximum number of STARR procedures and MIPH (Minimally Invasive Procedure for Hemorrhoids) surgeries for Piles in the state. In 2011, he presented a paper on MIPH and STARR Surgery at the World Congress on Coloproctology in Rome. This year in February, Dr Porwal has achieved a significant milestone of successfully treating more than 2000 Piles patients with the MIPH (Stapler Surgery) procedure & more than 3000 Piles Patients with medicines, which speaks greatly of the care and cure provided by him and his team at Healing Hands Clinic. This milestone is appreciatively dubbed by his team and patients as “5000 Stories of Piles to Smiles”To his name is more than 500+ Starr Surgeries which is highest in ASIA.Recently in Feb 2013, He has performed the First Pelvic Organ Prolapse Suspension Surgery (P.O.P.S.) for Pelvic Organ Prolapse in INDIA.

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