Top 10 Payments Angel Investors in China (July 2026)

He is the Founder & CEO of Blockwall Capital (www.blockwall.capital) – the first German crypto investment fund focused on Distributed Ledger/Blockchain technologies serving UHNWIs, Family Offices and Institutionals to gain access to this asset class.He is also non-executive director in two family businesses, which are a high-performancepolymer producer and a manufacturer for rheological testing devices. Previous engagements in various PE and VC investments.Educated in Germany (EBS University), South Africa (University of Stellenbosch) and Scotland (University of St. Andrews). Member of EO.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Public Transportation
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: China, Ireland

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Bella Protocol — Bella Defi suite allows users to simply deposit and enjoy high yield from sophisticated arbitrage strategies, either on-chain or via custodian service.

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Anatoly is the creator of Solana. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox. He holds 2 patents for high performance Operating Systems protocols, was a core kernel developer for BREW which powered every CDMA flip phone (100m+ devices), and led development of tech that madeProject Tango (VR/AR) possible on Qualcomm phones.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 66
Round size: Seed $2.5M–$10M; Pre-Seed $500k–$6M; Series A $9.5M–$55M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ryder — 60s Setup, Secure Signing, EAL6+ Secure Element, TapSafe Recovery, IP68 Rating, Encrypted NFC.
VeryAI — VeryAI develops a privacy-preserving identity verification platform using palm-scan biometrics on the Solana blockchain.
worm.wtf — worm.wtf is the prediction marketplace for the Solana ecosystem.

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Andrew Kang is a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and investor. He is the Co-Founder of Mechanism Capital which invests in cryptocurrency through prop trading, mining, ventures, and secondary markets. Kang previously worked in portfolio management and venture capital at Digital Capital Management. In 2020, Kang was deeply involved in various DeFirelated ventures, he is also very active in providing analysis on DeFi projects through Twitter.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Software, Bitcoin
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
Geography: United States, China, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 16
Round size: Seed $1.8M–$8.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$3M
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

ZAR — ZAR establishes a connection between cash-based economies and the web3 framework, facilitating adoption of stablecoins.
Plume Network — Plume is the first modular L2 blockchain for RWAs that simplifies onchain asset deployment while fostering a composable ecosystem through DeFi applications
Uranium Digital — Uranium Digital is astartup that uses tokenization to target the uranium market. The business represents uranium ore with blockchain tokens, facilitating smooth transactions in this highly regulated and initially underfunded industry.

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Muneeb Ali is the Co-founder and CEO at Trust Machines and the Co-founder and Exec Chairman of Hiro System. Muneeb Ali attended Princeton University and Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Investment focus

Industry: Bitcoin, Apps, Hardware
Stage:Seed, Angel
Geography: China

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ryder — 60s Setup, Secure Signing, EAL6+ Secure Element, TapSafe Recovery, IP68 Rating, Encrypted NFC.
Arch — The pioneering network for building bridgeless apps directly on Bitcoin. Arch makes it easy to deploy interoperable smart contract-like programs on the L1, without fracturing liquidity or taking on bridge risk.
Zeus Network — Zeus Network is a cutting-edge and permissionless communication layer platform that connects connects Solana and Bitcoin.

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Ben became involved in exploring bitcoin mining he could be found in his home state of Alaska mining for gold. He studied Computer Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage with an emphasis on distributed systems and databases. From gold miner to bitcoin miner, Ben co-founded the Bitcoin company Cloudhashing in early 2013 serving as ChiefOperations Officer, which ultimately brought him to Silicon Valley. His fascination with Bitcoin’s decentralization paired well with his interests in applied data science, graph theory, automation, complex computation, and cryptography. Most recently, Ben was the VP, Business Development for PeerNova.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Bella Protocol — Bella Defi suite allows users to simply deposit and enjoy high yield from sophisticated arbitrage strategies, either on-chain or via custodian service.

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Tao Zhang (张滔) is the Founder and CEO of Dianping.com, MBA from the Wharton School. Tao was consultant in an American IT company. After coming back to China in 2003, he founded Dianping.com, the world’s pioneer in offering consumer reviews for restaurant. After 5 years of development, dianping has over 460,000 registered companies in over 340cities across China. More than 10 million regular visitors and 160 million page views per month make it the most popular city life website in China. Dianping has established branches in 5 cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Hangzhou and is still expanding. Currently its service involves various consumption areas in city life, such as restaurant, shopping, reaction and living service, etc. With a favorable business model, Dianping has more than once been considered one of the companies with the most investment value in China by Zero2IPO and China Venture. It also raised funding from global leading venture capital firms, for example, Sequoia Capital. Dianping recorded profit in November 2008 and become the first profitable Web 2.0 Company and a search website centered on city life.

Investment focus

Industry: Consumer, Internet, Payments
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: China, United States, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Round size: Series A $1.4M–$145M
Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

Z-Trip — Z-Trip is a company that provides travel management services for large and medium-sized enterprises. On the basis of integration of upstream supply chain resources, Z-Trip provides a one-stop SaaS service platform covering scenarios such as travel reservations, conference organization, fee settlement, payment and reimbursement to enterprises,including front-end PC terminals, mobile terminals and back-end service systems.
Lumous Intelligence — Lumous is a leading brand of smart hotel solutions, providing integrated solutions to help hotels streamline the operational processes, optimize service quality and curate personalized guest experiences. Lumous Intelligence was founded in 2018 and was headquartered in Shanghai, China.
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania — Welcome to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Hongyu Xing is the CTO at 58.com.

Investment focus

Industry: Payments, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Stage:Seed
Geography: China

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Yunzhanghu — Yunzhanghu provides online income payment solutions and tax declaration services.

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Having worked on e-cash protocols since 1995, Adam is an applied cryptographer and inventor of the hashcash proof-of-work and decentralized mining used in Bitcoin.In addition to implementing credlib, he was an e-cash consultant to Nokia and later to Credentica (acquired by Microsoft). Adam was an architect and cryptographer at Zero-KnowledgeSystems working on its Freedom network, a precursor to Tor. He has also consulted for leading security companies, including oneID, Vmware and QWcap. Most recently, Adam co-founded Picorp, which was acquired by EMC and where he was CSO of the company’s consumer division, Decho. Adam holds a Ph.D. in distributed systems and computer science from the University of Exeter.

Investment focus

Industry: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Video Games
Stage:Post-IPO Equity, Post-IPO Debt
Geography: United States, China, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 15
Round size: Post-IPO Debt $3.3M–$13M; Post-IPO Equity $788k–$510M
Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

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Resolvr — Resolvr facilitates cross-border reinsurance transactions at 10% of the cost and 5x the speed of traditional payment methods, greatly reducing foreign exchange costs, transaction fees, and administrative back office burden.
Capital B — The Blockchain Group is a blockchain-powered ecosystem. They enable firms to utilize the ability of distributed energy through their many divisions. They offer to incubate, build, develop operationally, and strategically invest in internet and technology companies.

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Leo Wang is recognized as an active angel investor and leading proponent of Mobile Internet, Blockchain, and Angel Investment in China. Boasting over twenty years in mobile internet and tech, he has invested in 300 startups, spanning healthcare to fintech and blockchain, including 2 NASDAQ-listed companies and 5 unicorns.

Investment focus

Industry: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Geography: China, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 21
Round size: Seed $300k–$8.3M; Angel $300k–$300k; Pre-Seed $150k–$500k
Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

Hesai Technology — Hesai Technology is a global leader in lidar solutions for ADAS and autonomous mobility. As an expert in lidar technology, we empower the next generation of robotics with reliable, high-performance lidar sensors. Our solutions improve reliability for ADAS, autonomous vehicles, trucking, robotics, and industrial applications. We strive to improve safety and performance for the future of the automotive industry with advanced lidar technology that delivers high-resolution 3D perception. Learn more about the work Hesai does as a leading lidar manufacturer by visiting our website or contacting our team today.
Huma Finance — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
Westwell Lab — Westwell Lab is a commercial lab specializing in neuromorphic circuits and systems. Through innovative algorithms, custom silicon, and a biology-inspired approach, the company aims to bring neuromorphic systems to big data, embedded systems, and industry. The company was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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