This article showcases our top picks for the best Shanghai based Venture Capital companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Venture Capital industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Shanghai Venture Capital Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Golden Bull
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Golden Bull provides a peer-to-peer lending platform in China for auto-secured loans.
Morningside Group
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Morningside Group invests in private equity and venture capital opportunities.
Fosun International
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Fosun International is a classic story of success after China’s reform and opening-up.
QuanCheng
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QuanCheng is a SaaS corporate expense management startup, specializing in corporate expense management and vendor management.
CMC Capital Group
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CMC Capital Group is a media sector focused alternative investment management company.
INCE Capital
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INCE Capital is a new fund that will invest in early-stage consumer-related technology companies in China.
Aladdin Media Holdings
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Aladdin Media Holdings (AMH or the Group), a China-focused outdoor media investment company.
Guotai Junan Securities
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Guotai Junan Securities is a company that specializes in investment management services.
Meridian Capital
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Meridian Capital is a Singapore-based private equity fund focused on areas such as films, music, education, internet, and new media.
Whales Capital
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Whales Capital is an industrial venture capital firm.
Newgen Venture Partners
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Newgen Venture Partners focuses on startup companies with the most innovative ideas and revolutionary technologies in TMT and life science.
Lighthouse Capital Management
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Lighthouse Capital Management is an early venture capital fund focusing on the Chinese and US markets.
Zhonglu Capital
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Zhonglu Capital is a Chinese principal investment firm focused on the technology, media, internet finance, and e-commerce sectors.
Stone Capital
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Stone Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in growth capital investments.
Ledger Capital
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Ledger Capital is a full-service digital asset investment firm focused on the blockchain enablement of the real economy.
Guosheng Group
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Guosheng Group is a state-owned large-scale investment holding and capital operation company.
CVCapital
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CVCapital is a China-centered global investment bank that provides high-impact strategic and financial advice.
Marathon Venture Partners
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Marathon Venture Partners is an international VC fund that focuses on early and growth stage companies in healthcare and Fintech industry.
HuangPu River Capital
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HuangPu River (HPR) Capital is an investment firm that is focused on the global high-growth companies.
Yongjin Group
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Yongjin Group is a holding group company focusing on the financial service, private equity investment and medical industry
Yao Capital
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Yao Capital is a private equity firm based in China.
Long Capital
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Long Capital is an investment firm that makes venture capital investments.
Richina Group
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Richina Group is an international investment and holding company in areas such as financial services, real estate, consumer products, ect.
InnoSpring
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The holding company for a multi-national ecosystem of technology parks, incubators, and venture Capital funds ($200M under management)
LinkStartup
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LinkStartup provides tailored services and information to entrepreneurs, angel investment companies, and venture capital firms in China.
Morning Sentinel Group (Morning Whistle Group)
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Morning Whistle provides information, deal info matching, database, and offline services to facilitate China’s cross-border investments.
Synergy China Funds
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Synergy Funds is a Venture capital fund targeting primarily Israeli high-tech companies.
SDIC Capital
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SDIC Capital is an investment firm based in China.
LTCV Investment Holdings
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LTCV Holdings is an investment company focused on healthy life, retail consumption and catering.
Queschain Capital
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Queschain Capital is a blockchain-focused venture capital.
Social Venture Group – SVG
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Social Venture Group (SVG) is a nonprofit philanthropic advisory and advocacy organization that promotes philanthropy in China.
SNDA – Jiao Yang
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Shanda Group is a cultural investment holding group based in the People’s Republic of China.
Transist
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Transist is an impact lab based in Shanghai, China.