Venture capital firms in China

China has 556 active venture capital firms and 86 active angels in our database, and 1,234 investors worldwide have already backed a China startup. Series A is the busiest stage, and IDG Capital, Qiming Venture Partners and Shenzhen Capital Group lead by China deal count.

642active investors based in China
556VC firms
86Angel investors
1,234invest here from anywhere
Active at stage
Pre-seed261
Seed500
Series A571
Series B+555
By investor type
VC firms321
Angels86
Private equity221
Other14
Active investors: at least one recent deal and a reachable contact. Headquarters counts use the investor's registered country; the worldwide figure counts any investor with at least one China portfolio company. In the table, deals are the fund's investments into China companies, while Last 12 mo counts all of its deals in the past year. Source: Fundraisly investor database, September 2026.

The most active investors in China

InvestorTypeDeals in ChinaLast 12 moLeadsHQ
IDG Capitalcn.idgcapital.com
PE1,246
58
YesBeijing
VC902
62
YesShanghai
VC752
95
YesNanshan
Matrix Partners Chinamatrixpartners.com.cn
VC712
41
YesBeijing
Shunwei Capitalshunwei.com
VC506
59
YesBeijing
Legend Capitallegendcapital.com.cn
VC499
50
YesBeijing
VC372
12
YesBeijing
Cowin Capitalcowincapital.com.cn
PE365
48
YesShenzhen
VC353
49
YesShenzhen
Addor Capitaladdorcapital.com
VC335
54
YesNanjing

What the numbers say about China

556 VC firms and 86 angels are based in China

514 of the 556 funds have led at least one China round. The rest only follow

548 of the 556 funds have already backed a China company, and 514 of them led the round

221 of the 556 are private-equity firms. A third of the list will not write a seed cheque

How a founder raised from investors like these

Frequently asked

Q1

Do I need a China investor to raise in China?

No. 1,234 investors worldwide have already backed at least one China startup, against 642 based in the country. Domestic and foreign investors are usually mixed in one round; a local lead mostly helps with follow-on and with public co-investors.

Q2

How many investors do founders contact to get meetings?

Founders in our Raise Benchmarks reached 45 to 900 investors per round. Neofleet closed $3M+ from 5 investors after 50 first meetings. Besample reached 900 investors for 55 first meetings. A wide, well-targeted list beats ten warm names.

Q3

How do I get a warm intro to these investors?

Fundraisly's Warm Intro maps your team's LinkedIn connections against every investor in this database and shows which of these funds and angels a colleague can introduce you to.

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