# 36Kr

> 36Kr is a VC fund in Beijing backing Manufacturing and Sports. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 26%
- Fund size: $147M
- Last fund: Oct 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/36-36kr-com-/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/36kr
- Website: http://36kr.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/X36Kr

36Kr is a VC fund in Beijing focused on Manufacturing and Sports. 36Kr was founded in July 2011 as a company dedicated to serve entrepreneurs. Over six years, it has grown into a comprehensive service provider aimed at serving innovative tech companies while being the largest and strongest ecosystem-based platform that boasts comprehensive coverage over a myriad of sectors with a game-changing vision. So far,36Kr consists of three major business segments: 36Kr media, Venture Capital and Kr Space, through which they strive to offer Chinese entrepreneurs and SMEs with one-stop service encompassing providing of information, matchmaking of financing and direct access to funding, not to mention office solutions and relevant incubating services. They aspire to become the platform that provides entrepreneurs and SMEs with ambient services that can help them grow, nothing short of utilities. 36Kr has served over 20,000 startups and helped to secure next round financing for 4,000 firms with free-of-charge services throughout the entire process, supporting startups to embark on their very first steps. Currently, over 90,000 startup projects are being proceeded on the 36Kr on-line platform where 80% of premium projects are hosted. Meanwhile, they have established an investment alliance of top 15 Chinese institutional investors with the mission of offering the best financing support to the most promising bunch of entrepreneurs.Out of recognition of their vision, China’s fintech giant Ant Financial has made a strategic investment in 36Kr so as to better SMEs’ financing needs. In addition, 36Kr is also favored by globally-renowned Matrix Partners China and traditional securities giant China Securities, with both as its shareholders. Another strategic investor – China Merchants Group’s VC was introduced in 2016.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.9M–$3M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$14M |
| Series C | $14M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 16% |
| Sports | 3 | 10% |
| Enterprise | 3 | 10% |
| Food Processing | 3 | 10% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 10% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 35% |
| Seed | 5 | 16% |
| Series C | 4 | 13% |
| Angel | 3 | 10% |
| Series B | 3 | 10% |

10 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Zhao | Head Of Research | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-zhao-1f6e |
| Chengcheng Liu | Founder & Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chengcheng-liu |
| Dagang Feng | Chief Executive Officer, Co-chairman of the Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dagang-feng |
| Emon Wang | Managing Partner Europe | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emon-wang |
| Jason Zheng | co-founder & COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-zheng |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PureblueAI | PureblueAI is an AI-powered digital workforce platform operator specializing in enterprise marketing scenarios. |  | Seed | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| Shihang Intelligent | Shihang Intelligent is a company that creates water robots and intelligent unmanned equipment. It requires "the ability to fight in wartime and respond in emergencies, with a focus on independent research and development, production, and sales of water robots and intelligent unmanned equipment. The company focuses on surface/underwaterspecial operation robots and takes "being able to fight in wartime, respond in emergencies, and provide peacetime services" |  | Series A | Feb 09, 2026 |  |
| Yunsheng Group | Yunsheng Group is a technology company that offers human resources digital service cloud platforms. It creates a one-stop human resources full-process service system for employees, enterprises, governments, and institutions, and integrates recruitment, background adjustment, entry, social security and provident fund, salary, personal tax, andcommercial insurance.The company was established in 2015 by Li Xianwei. | $40.4M | Series C | Jun 24, 2022 |  |
| Shebaotong | Shebaotong provides social security, provident fund, commercial insurance, salary services, labor cost optimization and other services. | $40.4M | Series C | Jun 24, 2022 |  |
| Six Degrees | Six Degrees Think Tank is a dynamic knowledge search platform with expert network as its core service. |  | Series A | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| Jialin Group | Jialin Group is a catering retail brand and enterprise that R&D manufactures, distributes, and sells dumplings, pot stickers, and scones. | $15.8M | Series C | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Vanbeer | Vanbeer offers handcrafted beer. |  | Angel | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Global Mofy | Global Mofy is a digital asset operation company driven by visual technology innovation. |  | Series A | Aug 09, 2021 |  |
| Beijing Sharetimes Technology | Beijing Sharetimes Technology Co., Ltd is a Chinese game developer. The company covers intellectual property(IP) license, game publication, development of film and television products, development of game series and derivatives. It creates standardized cartoon images for some Chinese stars and design digital entertainment products for these virtualcartoon images. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 06, 2021 |  |
| Nihaozhiwu | Nihaozhiwu is a producer of high-quality honey products. | $7.1M |  | Dec 11, 2019 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Plum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plum-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Peakview Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peakview-capital-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Enlight Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enlight-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fosun RZ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fosun-rz-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Joint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joint-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oriental Fortune Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oriental-fortune-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 36Kr invest in?

36Kr invests primarily in Manufacturing, Sports and Enterprise startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 36Kr's check size?

36Kr typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$3M at Seed, $1.4M–$14M at Series A and $14M–$40M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 36Kr participates in.

### How do I contact 36Kr?

Public channels for 36Kr include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at 36Kr?

The team at 36Kr includes Alex Zhao (Head Of Research), Chengcheng Liu (Founder & Chairman) and Dagang Feng (Chief Executive Officer, Co-chairman of the Board of Directors), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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