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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for Finance startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shenzhen Capital Group | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia | ||
Green Pine Capital Partners | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia | ||
Tiantu Capital | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia | ||
Qingsong Fund | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia | ||
Tencent Industry Win-Win Fund | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia |
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We’ve ranked the top Finance Seed investors in Shenzhen. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Finance Investors & Funds (Shenzhen)
Shenzhen Capital Group
Shenzhen Capital Group Co., Ltd (“SCGC”) is a limited venture capital company established by Shenzhen Government in 1999. Since its establishment, SCGC has focused on cultivating national industries, shaping national brands, promoting economic transformation and emerging industriesdeveloping. SCGC has registered capital of 5.42 billion RMB, and total AUM of 338.99 billion RMB. SCGC primarily invests in SMEs, innovative high-tech enterprises, enterprises in emerging industries, and enterprises in start-up period, growth period and in transformation, covering industries supported by national policies, including IT, internet, new media, biopharma, new energy, environmental protection, chemical engineering, new material, high-end equipment manufacturing, consumption goods, modern service, etc. By the end of April 2019, SCGC ranked the first based of the number of portfolio companies and the number of listed portfolio companies: 994 portfolio companies, investments totaling 43.9 billion RMB, 145 of which have been listed in 16 capital markets worldwide.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Green Pine Capital Partners
Shenzhen Green Pine Capital Partners Co. Ltd. (“GPCP”) was established in 2007, with the investment team assembled in 2000. GPCP is one of the most time-honored Chinese VC companies that boast experience in areas such as biotech, new materials, new resources and AI, etc. Currently, GPCP manages assets over 15 billion RMB through 21 special funds and have invested 7 billion RMB into 388 enterprises among which 14 are listed on NEEQ and 48 of them are either listed or acquired by listed companies, including BGI(300676.SZ), Aurora(600666.SH), Nationz Tech(300077.SZ), Foresee(002530.SZ), Qudian(NASDAQ:QD), etc. GPCP invested in the angel round of BGI (Beijing Genomics Institute), Royole, Kuang-Chi, Appotronics, BMF, C-one, Arrayed Materials and other star enterprises. GPCP is based in Shenzhen, with branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. GPCP also runs two GPI incubators and an incubator for overseas Chinese scientists who start businesses in China.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia
Industries: Finance
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Qingsong Fund
Founded in June 2012 by Liu Xiaosong, Dong Zhanbin, and Su Wei, three Internet and investment circle veterans, Qingsong Fund is an early venture capital firm specializing in investment in education, social networking, consumerism, innovation, technology and applications. It manages four RMB funds with a total value of about RMB 2 billion. So far, it has invested in more than 140 companies, including 1 to 1 head, 1 DaDa English, squirrel AI, onion mathematics, wedding calendar, werewolf killing, flystep technology, HomeFacial. Pro and other star projects – 50% exit project returns more than 60 times, multiple project valuation multiples increased nearly 200 times, and educational projects have an average annual value increase of 500%. Among them, the Qingsong Smart Fund, which was newly established in 2018, focuses on the underlying technologies of the underlying AI and Smart Connect, as well as investment in such areas as smart healthcare, enterprise services and intelligent transportation applications. Liu Xiaosong, founding partner of Qingsong Fund, is a Ph.D. student at Tsinghua University. He invested in Tencent in 1999 and has a return on investment of tens of thousands of times. In 2000, he founded A8 New Media Group, which was successfully listed on the main board in Hong Kong in 2008. In 2015, he hatched in November 2018. Listed in Hong Kong stocks in the year. As a leading early investment institution in China, Qingsong Fund and its founding partners have repeatedly won Top 10 of Zero2IPO China’s early investment institutions/investors, Top10 of China’s education sector, Top100 of Chinese investors, and China’s best early venture capital investment. Institution/Investor Top10; 36氪 China’s new entertainment sector investment institutions Top10, online education sector investment institutions/investors Top10 and other mainstream awards.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Incubators, Venture Capital
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Tencent Industry Win-Win Fund
In 2011, Tencent Industry Win-win Fund was established with an initial funding of 5 billion yuan. Presently, it has invested in 24 projects. Tencent Industry Win-Win Fund has assembled a team of professionals with extensive experience in investment, entrepreneurship and management, including Haiyang Yu, Chaohui Li, Shaohui Chen, who are senior investment managers for Tencent. Tencent industry win-win fund invests primarily in high-quality companies on the chain around online games, social games, wireless Internet, e-commerce and new media, to serve Tencent open platform. So far, Tencent industry win-win fund has played an active part in direct investments in such projects as Kaixin001.com, GroupNet, Innovation Works, Jinshan Network, Meilishuo, Roseonly, Didi Dache, Gaopeng.com, Shuame and 1jiajie.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Dream Chaser Capital
Dream Chaser Capital is an investment firm focused on providing angel investments in China. The firm was founded by Zhu Bo, a Chinese angel investor. The management team has accumulated many years of experience in Internet entrepreneurship and international management, creating a very high return on investment for shareholders and LPs. The firm has previously established the Mobile Internet Incubation Accelerator “Innovation Valley,” the first mobile Internet incubator in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It also currently operates two mobile Internet incubators and accelerators in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Dream Chaser Capital has been awarded the “Top 10 Chinese Angel Investment Institutions” and “China’s Most Active Angel Investors” by the authorities.
Stages: Seed
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Asia
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Financial Services
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