Top 10 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in China in October 2024

Last updated: Oct 2024 A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Crowdfunding startups based in China. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Crowdfunding companies from China. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in China in October 2024

Investor	Crowdfunding China investments
Shanghai Liuhe Capital	1
IDG Capital	1
China Renaissance	1
Fi Capital	1
Decent Capital	1
SBCVC	1
Legend Capital	1
Meridian Capital Asia	1
Northern Light Venture Capital	1
Milestone	1

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Shanghai Liuhe Capital is a professional investment management company started in August 2004 in Shanghai China. The company currently manages around RMB 4 billion assets, in the form of trust security funds, PIPE funds, and VC/PE.Liuhe Capital is managed by nine partners, majority of whom have been working together for more than ten years.Dr. Xia Xiaohui, CEO & General Manager, was ranked among the TOP 10 of 2012 China's Best Private Fund Managers, by Forbes (Chinese version).Liuhe's security trading business is managing eight trust security funds, which are also called private funds. Among the eight funds, Liuhe Fortune Yinzhan and Liuhe Sunshine Age were set up in 2008 and 2009 respectively, which are the early private funds in China. Liuhe Sunshine Age was ranked among the TOP 10 of 2012 China's Best Private Funds for its three-year performance.Liuhe's VC/PE business started in 2006. Among the seventeen deals invested, six have successfully gone public in China. Liuhe Capital is ranked as one of the TOP 50 PE managers by Qingke Group in its 2012 China VC/PE ranking report. PE/VC business focuses upon investing in small to middle-sized, high-growth companies in high-end manufacturing, advanced materials, consumer product and services sectors.PIPE is a relatively new business in Liuhe Capital. It started in 2011, and has invested in more than ten PIPE deals with total amount over RMB 2.7 billion."Growth, Change and Fair Valuation" is the core investment philosophy of Liuhe Capital. Liuhe Capital believes that changes and growth are the key driving forces of a company's value increase.Liuhe's culture is "Pursuing Excellence, Sharing and Being Benevolent." Liuhe's core values include putting the customer's interest first, respecting facts, and encouraging responsibility and innovation. Liuhe's goal is to become one of the most respected investment management companies in China.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, SaaS
Angel, Series A, Series B
China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Meixin Global — Founded in 2015, Meixin provides a number of global wealth management products such as fixed income investments, real estate private equity fund, private equity investments and overseas hedge funds to Chinese high-net-worth individual clients. It also has a business-to-business platform providing global asset analysis and trading services forfinancial institutions such as asset management companies.
BaiCells Technologies — Baicells Technologies provides wireless broadband access solutions. Its technical solutions include Light4G which is a deployment solution for mobile operators to improve coverage and expand capacity in hotspot; BroFi WBB solution which is a multi-carrier intelligent broadband access system that triples the user capacity and provides 300 Mbpshigh-speed concurrent broadband; and WeLTE 4G wireless industry network solutions which provide multi-media services covering voice, cluster service, positioning, data collection, picture transmission, video call, high-definition monitoring ,and emergency communication for various industries. Baicells Technologies also manufactures elfCell which helps mobile operators to build digital home integrated platform. Additionally, it manufactures pico cell, micro cell, and customized TDD/FDD customized frequency bands. Lixin Sun and Mingyu Zhou founded Baicells Technologies in 2014. It has its headquarters in Plano in Texas with additional location in Beijing in China.
HeadSpring Technology — HeadSpring Technology is a provider of transportation equipment, R&D and information technology solutions.

IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds,pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries.IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Galaxy Bot — Galaxy Bot is an innovative robotics company that provides intelligent universal service robotic products.
Sentient — Community-built open AGI
Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology Co. — Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology Co., Ltd specializes in the development, production, and supply of high-purity single molecular PEG series derivatives, polypeptide long-acting drug side chains, and their intermediates. The company focuses on serving the pharmaceutical industry with a range of chemical supplies that are crucial for drug development andmanufacturing processes. With a professional R&D team, Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology is dedicated to advancing pharmaceutical intermediates technology and providing solutions that meet the evolving needs of the healthcare sector. The company's commitment to research and development is evident in its continuous efforts to innovate and improve its product offerings to support the pharmaceutical industry.

China Renaissance is a leading independent investment bank in China. Established in Beijing in 2004, we focus on top Chinese entrepreneurs across a broad range of sectors including TMT, consumer products & services, education, healthcare, financial services and CleanTech. We have more than 60 professionals in two offices in Beijing andShanghai. We offer financial advisory services in private placement and M&A to an extensive network of leading Chinese entrepreneurs. In the past five years we have become the number one advisor to Chinese entrepreneurs and successfully closed over $2 billion worth of transactions. We have received awards The Best Boutique Investment Bank in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Financial Services, Software
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, Australia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Robosense — RoboSense (Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.) is the world leading environment perception solutions provider of autonomous driving LiDAR. The company is striving to deliver the world with cutting-edge robotic perception solutions which can perfectly integrate premium LiDAR hardware, 3D data processing algorithms, and deep learning technology.Through constant technology innovation, the company has made possible for robots to “see” the world with excellent environment perception capability.Registered in 2014, RoboSense is founded by a group of PhDs from Harbin Institute of Technology who have been working on LiDAR technology for more than 7 years. Over the past 4 years of commercialization, RoboSense, centered around LiDAR environment Perception technology has set up a complete operation system integrating R&D, Production, and Marketing.Besides an R&D center with Operation team headquartered in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China, the company has an R&D center in Beijing and Silicon Valley. Until April 2017, the employee base of the company has exceeded 200 people(production employee excluded) with more than 60% are Postgraduates and PhDs. For a long time, the company has maintained cooperation with world-class educational and research institutes including MIT, HKUST, Tsinghua, and HIT on talent sourcing and academic exchanges.
Grit Science — Grit Science is a gene therapeutics firm, that engages in the R&D of liver genes.
A new energy — Yidao New Energy is a solar photovoltaic manufacturer

Fi Capital is a venture capital firm focused on high-tech TMT, and information technology.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Internet
Series A, Angel, Seed
China

Portfolio highlights

Supreium — Chuang Technology focuses on the research and application of computer-aided engineering and intelligent industrial design, independently develops the underlying algorithm solver, provides cloud-native intelligent cloud simulation and intelligent design services, and provides high-performance CAE algorithms, intelligent optimization algorithms andindustrial Software research and development and other fields have been at the international forefront.
riskstorm — riskstorm is an artificial intelligence-based enterprise intelligence analysis and risk control system.
DeepcreatIC — DeepcreatIC develops hardware and artificial intelligence chips.

Decent Capital is a venture capital firm with a cross-border presence. It was founded in 2007 by Jason Zeng, co-founder of Tencent Holdings Limited. Decent Capital has two teams, venture investment and asset management, with offices in Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore and the United States. Decent’s investment team invests from Seed to SeriesA, primarily focusing on SaaS, Consumer Internet, and Frontier Tech. Decent has invested in over 200 companies globally, spanning across the United States, China, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Singapore. Decent upholds strong dedication to post-investment management, they continue to heavily support their portfolio companies’ business operations, supply chain and logistics, and future fundraising efforts. While Decent’s emphasis is on early-stage investments, they prioritize continuing to support portfolio companies throughout growth, for example, Decent invested in Lime from Seed to Series D.

Investment focus

Internet, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Angel, Series A
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Xingchenhai — Xingchenhai is a technology company that focuses on technology research and development of drone scenario applications for the field of low-altitude security, and major scientific research projects in military and government-related fields.
Luojia Yiyun — Luojia Yiyun is a high-end laser scanning detection equipment developer company that specializes in lightweight, high-precision, high-performance, and independent intellectual property laser radar devices.
Hongde New Materials — Hongde New Materials produces thermoplastic composite materials with fiber reinforcement. It offers energy storage and auxiliary components for solar and automobile power and steering systems.

Established in 2000, SB China Capital (SBCVC) is a leading venture capital and private equity firm that manages both USD and RMB funds. Their investment focuses on high-tech, high growth companies in TMT, clean technology, healthcare, consumer/retail, and advanced manufacturing sectors; and they invest across all stages of companies.Withextensive entrepreneurial and operating experiences, their professional and seasoned deal team members recognize the vision and champion the ideas of start-up companies. In addition to providing capital support, they help their portfolio companies realize their strategic and commercial potential by giving value-adding services and advices including planning, business development, recruiting and resources deployment.They have a proven track record and solid reputation in identifying high potential start-ups and creating successful industry-leading companies. Some of their spotlight portfolio companies are Alibaba, Taobao, Focus Media, GDS, BGI, Ankon, Di’an, and Edan.With their operational headquarters located in Shanghai and regional offices spread in Beijing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Taiwan, they have an extensive coverage of the greater China region and access to potential investment opportunities.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

HaploX Biotechnology — HaploX Biotechnology is a Shenzhen-based genetic sequencing company.
Shengyin Optoelectronics — Shengyin Optoelectronics is a platform-based micro-nano manufacturing firm that creates ornamental films for electrical appliances and portable electronics.
Xindi Digital Engineering System — Xindi Digital Engineering System specializes in the development of 3D CAD software for manufacturing enterprises.

Legend Capital, a subsidiary of Legend Holdings Ltd., started its vintage year in April, 2001 with a mission to become a top-notch and the most respected venture capital investment manager in China.Managing up to US$700 million across four funds, Legend Capital focuses on driving high-growth ventures with operations substantially based in Chinaor on markets related to China.Legend Capital mainly invests in early stage IT companies, specifically, in sectors of network applications and services, outsourcing and professional services, Infrastructure (IC design/key components), and mid-market growth stage companies in the fields of consumer goods, clean technology, health care, equipment manufacturing and modern services.Among over 60 portfolio companies are Joyo.com (acquired by Amazon.com), SinoCom (0299.HK), Solarfun Power (Nasdaq: SOLF), Spreadtrum Communications (Nasdaq: SPRD), China Sunshine Paper (2002.HK), and VanceInfo (NYSE:VIT), Eyang (0117.HK), etc.As an active investor, Legend Capital provides its portfolio companies extensive business resources and tailored services to assist with business development, company image building, and other critical company building activities on Chinese market so as to add value and maximize returns. Legend Capital is proud and thankful that it has the opportunity to blaze a trail with its innovative practice for China's venture capital industry.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Zhipu AI — Zhipu AI combines large-scale knowledge map built by itself to form a two-wheel-driven artificial intelligence framework through R&D.
Ensurge Medical — Ensurge Medical is a medical equipment developer, specializing in research, development, production, and sales of intelligent medical products like surgical energy instruments and ultrasonic scalpels.
Xellar Biosystems — Xellar Biosystems is a wet artificial intelligence biotechnology company that provides analysis of drug testing and treatment.

Meridian Capital is the leading TMT field of venture capital institution in China. They have a wide range of investment layout in the mobile Internet and media entertainment field and they have a vibrant and experienced investment team.Meridian Capital’s investment area is relatively concentrated, and its investment can be regarded as investmentwithin the industry. They have a wide range of layout-oriented investments in the core areas of industry such as culture and entertainment, consumption upgrades, Internet finance, and enterprise services, with the flow of inputs and realization methods. It has a clear view of development in the industry and sub-industries. Social, online-business, education, health care, real-estate, car business, digital reading, digital marketing, music, film and television, games, entertainment community and etc, industrial cluster effect is obvious.Since its inception in 2008, Meridian Capital is committed to focusing on investment in culture new media fields, currently it is mainly concerned with culture entertainment, consumption upgrading, Internet finance, and corporate service fields, it has issued 5 RMB funds, and 2 Singapore currency funds, whose total management size topped RMB 5 billion yuan, more than 100 Internet startup enterprises are its beneficiaries. Meridian Capital’s concern for culture new media field is consistently prominent.