Top 20 Startup Investors in China in May 2025
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Venture capital startups based in China. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Venture capital companies from China. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Startup Investors in China in May 2025
Investor | Venture Capital China investments |
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F50 | 1 |
Matrix Partners China | 1 |
Share Capital | 1 |
Next Blockchain Capital | 1 |
Next Capital | 1 |
HSG | 1 |
ZSVC | 1 |
Ameba Capital | 1 |
Will Hunting Capital | 1 |
Huasheng Yihong Investment Management | 1 |
China Renaissance | 1 |
Plum Ventures | 1 |
ClearVue Partners | 1 |
China Merchants Venture Capital | 1 |
Decent Capital | 1 |
K2VC | 1 |
Shangying Capital | 1 |
Dark Horse Ventures | 1 |
GSR Ventures | 1 |
Zero2IPO Ventures | 1 |
F50 identifies the most promising technology companies and supports their growth with venture capital financing and global market development.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Mobile, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Invi Labs — Providing services that enable users to share pictures, videos, and so much more within your text conversations, as interactive content
- Presdo — Presdo Match is the high-engagement event networking app that enables your event participants to connect through online and mobile apps. Provider of an event networking and matchmaking platform designed to offer face-to-face meeting opportunities through an application. The company's event networking and matchmaking platform provides aweb-based mobile application, enabling the event participants, attendees, exhibitors and sponsors to connect at conferences, trade shows and arrange face-to-face meetings.
- Gummicube — Gummicube™ is a leader in providing Big Data Analytics for the App Stores, which is used for App Store Optimization, Mobile Marketing and Market Analysis. Gummicube™ is revolutionizing the way businesses connect with and understand their mobile audience. Gummicube™ develops and markets DATACUBE® - the leading SaaS platform that provides businessesaccess to real-time mobile market intelligence, consumer trends and competitive insights to grow their mobile audience. Top global agencies, Fortune 500 brands and innovative startups rely on Gummicube’s suite of software and services to drive decision making around mobile product development, mobile marketing and app store optimization. Top global app developers around the world use Gummicube’s DATACUBE® software for App Store Intelligence, App Store Optimization and Competitive Research and Analysis for their iOS and Android apps. Gummicube’s DATACUBE® software is available as part of a simple, self-service SaaS subscription, with Enterprise programs that include full account management available to clients who wish to put an expert from Gummicube™ on their team. Based in San Jose, California, Gummicube™ was founded in 2011 by mobile veterans with more than 40 years of combined experience producing, marketing and distributing mobile applications. For more information on Gummicube’s services, or to receive a live demo of its DATACUBE® software product, please visit http://www.gummicube.com/. Gummicube™ has been funded by top investors and founded by 25 year veterans of the mobile app business. Gummicube™is a Season One winner of F50 (Fundable 50 of Silicon Valley) and a 2014 winner of Pitchforce, SVE Demo Day, Launchpad: Idea to IPO. http://gummicube.com
Matrix Partners China builds long-term relationships with entrepreneurs and helps them build significant, industry-leading companies.Since its inception in 1977, Matrix Partners China has made hundreds of investments and played an active role in the development of many successful businesses, 50 of which went on to IPO, and 75 of which have goneon to profitable M&A events. The firm consistently ranks in the top venture firms in terms of returns to its investors.Matrix Partners China combines local knowledge with global experience and vision. Its team consists of both former entrepreneurs and experienced investors. Its past successes include Focus Media, Eachnet, and Baidu, among others. The company invests across multiple sectors and stages.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Sand AI — Sand AI is an AI company that focuses on producing videos.
- TOYA — TOYA specializes in the production of ultra-fine copper and copper alloy conductors.
- LeXiang Intelligence — LeXiang Intelligence is a robotics company that specializes in the development of intelligent consumer-grade robots.
Next Blockchain Capital
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Venture Capital
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Hash Incubator — Hash Incubator is an investor and facilitator supporting early-stage blockchain technology companies. They provide courses for developers and C-suit and BD courses for entrepreneurial enterprises so that entrepreneurs and students can grow rapidly under the guidance of industry experts. They provide legal guidance and related assistance at allstages of business incubation and provide legal compliance services for relevant partners.
Next Capital focuses on projects of new consumer retail, new finance and internet, innovation sector. The investment phase ranges from angels to round A, with investment ranging from RMB 3 million to RMB 30 million.
Next Capital was founded in 2017 and was established by Li Li.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Finance, Medical
- Angel, Series A, Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Mingkun Technology — Mingkun Technology is a VR research and development firm.
- Keli Spoken Language — Keli Spoken Language is an AI oral learning software provider to giving customers with an effective English speaking improvement experience through individualized AI learning solutions.
- Interstellar Lightyear — Interstellar Lightyear Technology is a developer specializing in dexterous robotic hands, focusing on creating intelligent dexterous hands with advanced capabilities for precise manipulation.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Manus AI — Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions. It excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest.
- Noematrix — Noematrix is an embodied intelligence company that specializes in innovative general robotic intelligence solutions and services.
- Xingkeyuan — Star Science is a high-performance lithium battery silicon-carbon negative electrode material research and development company. It has achieved small-scale mass manufacture of nano-silicon as well as the experimental development of high-efficiency silicon-carbon composite materials.
ZSVC is a Chinese venture capital firm specialized in seed and early stage investments.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Health Care, Medical
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- China, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Pixmoving — PIX Moving develop and manufacture the next-gen smart vehicles powered by its proprietary Ultra-skateboard chassis platform. PIX is an innovator and global leader of groundbreaking smart connected vehicles. Based on the research and development of PIX Ultra-skateboard chassis platform, a wide range of purpose-built robo-vehicles, commercialvehicles and passenger cars can be built and developed. Currently PIX products have expanded to 20 countries around the world and the company is growing rapidly. With the modular architecture, PIX products are more smart and flexible, covering 30+ application scenarios worldwide, which makes PIX a full-stack autonomous driving company with the most versatile scenario solutions. Moreover , PIX has developed the award-winning large-scale in-house metal 3D printing system, the dieless forming system as well as the real-time manufacturing. Combined with its patented vehicle generative design algorithms, PIX is capable of reducing vehicle parts and the assembly work by 70%, which enables easier maintenance and meanwhile disrupts the automotive industry from design to manufacturing, beaconing the next-generation of smart vehicle production.
- Stial — Stial is a manufacturer of adaptable polishing robots.
- Prim Semiconductor — Prim Semiconductor specializes in ultra-high precision motion solutions, wafer transfer (EFEM), precision parts production, and comprehensive equipment research and development. The company focuses on providing integrated solutions across various sectors, including semiconductors, integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing, and new energy applications.
Ameba Capital is a Chinese venture capital firm that provides early and growth stage investments. Ameba Capital makes investments in the telecommunications, media, and technology industries, focusing on SaaS, AI, Digital Transformation and other disruptive technologies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Services, E-Commerce
- Angel, Series A, Series B
- China, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Collov — Collov is a virtual interior design & shopping platform that offers interior design services stocked with shoppable goods from many brands.
- Shexu Technology — Established in 2020, Shanghai Shexu Technology Co., Ltd. is an AI-driven industrial design software R&D technology enterprise and design service provider. The company has a professional scientific research and technical team, and has independently developed automatic industrial design software based on AI computing engine. The design softwarehas been widely used in the field of automotive industry equipment, significantly improving the design efficiency of industrial machinery designers.
- ExponTech — ExponTech is a provider of overall data infrastructure solutions based on a new generation of distributed architecture.
Will Hunting Capital is an early stage investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Marketing, Pet, Construction
- Series A, Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Qunxiang — Qunsheng is a venture capital service brand for to C traffic traders and business leaders. We hope to provide them with quality information, worthy of discussion and effective deep links through high-frequency, business-oriented activities. . Beijing Fanxing Siyi Culture Media Co., Ltd. products.
- Pets Know — Pets Know runs a pet store chain.
- GroupUltra — GroupUltra is a platform that allows users to program their groups and design their communities.
Huasheng Yihong Investment Management is an investment Firm.
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Investment focus
- Information Services, Banking, Big Data
- Post-IPO Equity, Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- 8kana — 8kana is a venture company in China.
- Innovisgroup — Innovisgroup focuses on the technical fields of 3D reconstruction, data fusion, computer vision, and machine learning.
- Yaoyu Vision — Yaoyu Vision is a provider of SALM algorithms and chips, specializing in research, development, and design. It primarily offers a complete set of 6DoF solutions based on self-developed chips for the AR/VR headset sector, including head 6DoF positioning, hand 6DoF positioning, and cloud mapping.
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.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Financial Services, Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, Australia, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Mingxin Digital — Mingxin Digital is a financial technology company dedicated to driving industrial credit management with digital technology.
- A new energy — Yidao New Energy is a solar photovoltaic manufacturer
- Enkris Semiconductors — Enkirs Semiconductors is a developer of high-quality GaN epi-wafers for power electronics.
Plum Ventures is a venture capital company that aims to encourage young people to become entrepreneurs. It specializes ins providing seed and early-stage investments in the technology, new media, and telecommunications industry.
The firm was founded in May 2014 and is based in Changzhou, China.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Manufacturing
- Series A, Angel, Seed
- China, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Ubinexus — Ubinexus focuses on the overall design capabilities of satellite communication payloads and satellite-based comprehensive digital processing technology to meet the multi-dimensional needs of low-orbit mega-constellation construction and provide users with the world's leading communication payload system.
- ViTai Robotics — ViTai develops hand-eye coordination algorithms and general-purpose tactile sensing modules for robotic end-effectors.
- Multiway Robotics — Multiway Robotics is an advanced intelligent on-site logistics solutions provider.
ClearVue Partners is a private equity firm that provides growth capital, typically in the range of $5 to $30 Million, to expansion-stage companies in the fast-growing consumer sector in Greater China, with an emphasis on the food & beverage, consumer lifestyle, and internet/mobile sub-sectors. It targets growth-stage investments infast-growing and promising local companies, enables market entry for leading international consumer brands into China, and develops top-tier brands and businesses.The ClearVue investment team has over 60 years of combined experience directly in the consumer industry, across Asia and the US.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, United States, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- BUD — BUD is a 3D Internet content social UGC platform. Headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
- Point One — Building the next-gen consumer products!
- Gusto Collective — First brandtech group using the latest technology to help brands create content and experiences across the physical and virtual worlds.
China Merchants Capital is engaged in alternative investment and asset management.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Automotive, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Haizol.com — HAIZOL is China's leading professional online sourcing service platform for custom parts and components, designed to propel domestic small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises to the global theater of procurement resources, meeting output quotas and manufacturing capacities of traditional parts and component manufacturers, integratingupstream and downstream industry supply chains, optimizing both the manufacturer's business model and revenue structure, accelerating the realization of production and management intelligence. At the same time, HAIZOL's online platform solidifies both the global online procurement and service market, establishing a dynamic data and business intelligent model, independent research and development intellectual digital tools, implement a transparent delivery model throughout the entire supply chain, standardize procurement of custom parts and components, improving the overall procurement efficiency of the industry.HAIZOL Online has established manufacturing contracts with over 600,000 parts and components factories throughout China. The core concept of such vast network of manufacturers is for our international service team to represent the best interests of our procurement partners. HAIZOL Online has been actively servicing our procurement partners from more than 100 different countries worldwide, successfully established long-term, profitable business relationships. In addition, more than 50,000 industry supply chains, in both upstream and downstream, service providers have cooperatively joined HAIZOL Online to enhance production efficiency and reduce manufacturing cost. Since its inception in 2015, HAIZOL Online has enthusiastically awarded multiple rounds of committed financial investment from the world's top establishment and financial institutes such as Haier, Woofoo Capital, Eastern Bell Capital, Stala Capital and Hongtai Capital Holdings.
- Mint BioTech — Mint BioTech is a biotechnology company that provides develops eco-friendly biomolecules and materials to improve sustainability.
- Xingneng Xuanguang — Xingneng Xuanguang is a fusion energy company that specializes in the development of advanced field reverse magnetic mirror fusion path technology.
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.
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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.
K2VC (Xianfeng Evergreen) was founded in 2010, focused on early stage investment in technology start-ups in China, focus on promoting change and technological progress, innovative business models and lifestyles.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- China, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Xingkeyuan — Star Science is a high-performance lithium battery silicon-carbon negative electrode material research and development company. It has achieved small-scale mass manufacture of nano-silicon as well as the experimental development of high-efficiency silicon-carbon composite materials.
- Amio Robotics — Amio Robotics focus on developing robot applications in commercial scenarios.
- FuChe Biotech — FuChe Biotech is a biotechnology startup which Empower a clear future and innovative technology.
Shangying Capital is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Banking, Venture Capital, Food and Beverage
- Series A, Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- 8kana — 8kana is a venture company in China.
- Foodtopia — Foodtopia is a food company based in Hangzhou, China.
- Willing Technology — Willing Technology is a provider of auto electronics products.
Dark Horse Venture is a venture capital firm that invests at early-stage startups in industrial internet and technology.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Education
- Angel, Series A, Seed
- China, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Tuyun Space — Tuyun Space focuses on developing a common twin platform. For the universal twin platform, Tuyun Space builds technical barriers through four basic capabilities: 1. Spatial modeling; 2. Data coupling; 3. Rendering and visualization; 4. Simulation analysis.
- Thoth Medical — Thoth Medical develops medical wearables integrating biomedical sensor technology.
- Maicong Software — Discover the top SQL editor and one service data platform to enhance database management and query efficiency. It supports poplular SQL databases like mysql, mariadb, postgresql, sql server, sqlite, hadoop and more.
GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.The firm backs entrepreneurs building disruptive businesses that have the potential to dominate multi-billion dollar markets. GSR Ventures currently manages about $3.7 billion across itsfunds.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Dinari — Discover Equity Boundless - Simplify everything from equity management and options grant to payroll so that you no longer have to worry about compliance, taxes, or vesting schedules no matter where your employees are.
- Sonar — Sonar is a scalable mental health platform for schools. We use a combination of AI and human connection to ensure every student is seen and supported. For educators, Sonar offers actionable insights to improve mental wellbeing, empower your staff, and boost student outcomes.
- Infinite Uptime — Infinite Uptime provides predictive maintenance services and plant-reliability solutions to global manufacturing and asset-intensive industries. Book a demo NOW.
Zero2IPO Ventures is the venture investment arm under Zero2IPO Group targeted at high-potential, high-growth China enterprises. Leveraging Zero2IPO's vast network in China, Zero2IPO Ventures does not compete with other venture funds, but rather pursue a two-prong investment strategy, i.e. to co-invest with active venture capital firms ingrowth and late stage companies and to lead or co-lead in early stage startups in China. The industry focus includes Internet, mobile and wireless applications, digital media, healthcare, green-tech, consumable products and services, as well as other emerging sectors. We intend to leverage the extensive network that has been created by Zero2IPO Group, a leading venture capital and private equity market research and financial advisory company, to seek out potential investment opportunities and provide a strong value-add to our portfolio companies. Through its venture capital and private equity surveys, investment forums, training programs, and investment advisory services, Zero2IPO Group has developed a strong reputation in the China market for helping entrepreneurs connect with investors.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Education
- Series A, Series B, Angel
- China, India, Taiwan
Portfolio highlights
- AlpsenTek — AlpsenTek is a company engaged in the research and development of machine vision sensors and algorithms.
- HanchorBio — HanchorBio is a Biotechnology Research firm that is working to revolutionize the treatment of people with cancer.
- Reistone Biopharma — Reistone Biopharma is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It is focused on rapidly developing innovative medicines through global collaborations within Research and Development
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