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Where startups in China are based

2,167 funded startups in China have raised money in rounds we track, $285B between them. 504 of them are placed on the map by their city; Beijing leads with 166, then Shanghai with 118.

2,167startups
56cities on the map
$285Braised between them
Beijingleading city (166)
Xuhui: 1 startups西安: 1 startupsWu Xi Shi: 1 startupsSuzhou Shi: 1 startupsDalian: 1 startupsFu Zhou Shi: 1 startupsWuxi Shi: 1 startupsChengdu Shi: 1 startupsJiuquan: 1 startupsQingdao: 1 startupsChangzhou: 1 startups杭州市: 1 startupsTaizhou: 1 startupsBen Xi Shi: 1 startupsZi Bo Shi: 1 startups浦东新区: 1 startupsDanzhou: 1 startupsZhuhai: 1 startupsQing Dao Shi: 1 startupsBEIJING: 1 startupsChaoyang: 1 startupsLiaocheng: 1 startups广州市: 1 startupsXiangyang: 1 startupsWu Han Shi: 1 startupsXian: 1 startupsYantai: 1 startupsDongguan: 1 startupsDong Guan Shi: 1 startupsSHANGHAI: 1 startupsTianjin: 2 startups深圳市: 2 startupsNan Jing Shi: 2 startupsNanchang: 2 startupsXiamen: 2 startupsGuangzhou Shi: 3 startups广州: 3 startups北京市: 3 startups上海市: 3 startupsWuxi: 3 startupsWuhan: 3 startupsNanjing: 4 startupsHefei: 4 startups北京: 5 startupsGuang Zhou Shi: 5 startupsHang Zhou Shi: 5 startupsSu Zhou Shi: 6 startupsHangzhou Shi: 6 startupsChengdu: 11 startupsSuzhou: 13 startupsShen Zhen Shi: 17 startupsGuangzhou: 18 startupsHangzhou: 28 startupsShenzhen: 40 startupsShanghai: 118 startupsBeijing: 166 startupsBeijingShanghaiShenzhenHangzhouChengduHefeiWuhanXiamen

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there.

Leading cities

  1. Beijing166$48B
  2. Shanghai118$6.8B
  3. Shenzhen40$2.8B
  4. Hangzhou28$4.2B
  5. Guangzhou18$1.0B
  6. Shen Zhen Shi17$699M
  7. Suzhou13$651M
  8. Chengdu11$593M
  9. Hangzhou Shi6$534M
  10. Su Zhou Shi6$351M
  11. Hang Zhou Shi5$278M
  12. Guang Zhou Shi5$200M
  13. 北京5$77M
  14. Hefei4$1.6B
  15. Nanjing4$1.1B

By state or region

  1. Beijing175$48B
  2. Shanghai124$8.8B
  3. Guangdong92$5.7B
  4. Zhejiang40$5.0B
  5. Jiangsu33$2.7B
  6. Sichuan12$596M
  7. Hubei5$750M
  8. Shandong5$274M
  9. Anhui4$1.6B
  10. Fujian3$397M
  11. Liaoning3$79M
  12. Jiangxi2$197M

Best-funded

  1. ByteDanceChina · $33B
  2. DeepSeekChina · $24B
  3. AFAnt FinancialChina · $14B
  4. Didi ChuxingChina · $11B
  5. Moonshot AIChina · $6.7B
  6. PinduoduoChina · $4.4B
  7. KoubeiChina · $4.1B
  8. MMeituan-DianpingChina · $4.0B
  9. JJD.comChina · $3.8B
  10. Ele.meChina · $3.3B
  11. KAKling AIChina · $3.0B
  12. GAC Aion New Energy AutomobileChina · $2.5B

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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