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10692 Top startups in China for August 2026

We rank Weibo, Huya and NetEase Cloud Music in China along with 10689 other startups based on an algorithm that scores startups based on total investment, employee count, and quarterly website traffic. China startup ecosystem ranks #15 globally and #1 in East Asia.

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Top Unicorn Startups in China for 2026

140 startups have achieved unicorn status by exceeding USD 1 billion in valuation. Collectively, the top three unicorns in China have raised more than USD 333B.
1st
KLOOK logo
KLOOKSB Score: 823

Klook is the leading travel and leisure e-commerce platform for experiences and services anytime, anywhere. Klook curates the most joyful experiences so that users can satisfy their relentless curiosity for adventure and experiences at home and around the world. With our website and app, users can experience a world of joy, from attractions, tours to local transportation and stays. Founded in 2014, Klook is inspired to enable more moments of joy through over half-million activities in over 1,000 destinations.

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Website
www.klook.com
Employee range
1,001 – 5,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$1B
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
2nd
Xiaohongshu logo
XiaohongshuSB Score: 807

Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) is a popular social media and e-commerce platform in China that combines lifestyle content with user reviews and shopping. It offers a unique blend of shopping inspiration and community-driven recommendations for users.

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Website
xiaohongshu.com
Employee range
1,001 – 5,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$917.7M
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Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
3rd
Bytedance logo
BytedanceSB Score: 796

ByteDance, a Chinese tech company, owns TikTok and other content platforms, leading in social media and digital entertainment innovation.

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Website
bytedance.com
Employee range
10,001+
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$4.1B
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)

Total amount:140

Best Startups in China for 2026

1st
Weibo logo
WeiboSB Score: 788

Weibo is a social media platform designed for microblogging and allows people to create, distribute, and discover Chinese-language content. It specializes in the fields of social media, communities, and blogging platforms.

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Website
weibo.com
Employee range
1,001 – 5,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$586M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
2nd
Huya logo
HuyaSB Score: 740

Huya.com is China's interactive broadcast platform, enriched by the world's first communications service operators. The company's live products cover PC, Web, and mobile three-end, and have nearly 300 featured channels in 4 categories including online games, single-game hot games, mobile games, and entertainment variety, covering e-sports, music, sports, beauty, outdoor, A wide range of popular content such as reality shows, variety shows, entertainment, and food.

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Website
www.huya.com
Employee range
1,001 – 5,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$536.6M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
3rd
NetEase Cloud Music logo
NetEase Cloud MusicSB Score: 730

NetEase Cloud Music is a popular music streaming platform in China, providing a diverse collection of songs with interactive social features. Join the community to discover new music, connect with others, and enjoy your favorite tunes anytime, anywhere.

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Website
music.163.com
Employee range
11 – 50
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$5.7M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
5th
CSDN logo
CSDNSB Score: 684

CSDN (CSDN) is an IT and community service platform focused on providing Chinese software developers and IT workers with life-long services such as knowledge diffusion, career development, software development, and more. It is able to satisfy people's rigid needs of learning and sharing knowledge and information during their career development, establish a social circle of career development, and achieve commercialization of technology by software development. Established in 1999, CSDN ranks No. 39 among global Chinese websites, with a base of more than 25,000,000 registered members, which includes 8,000,000 monthly active members and 500,000 registered companies and partners.

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Website
www.csdn.net
Employee range
501 – 1,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$10M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
6th
Sohu.com logo
Sohu.comSB Score: 670

Sohu provides a network of community-based, web 2.0 products to millions of Chinese users on a daily basis. Sohu corporate services consist of online brand advertising on its matrix of websites as well as bid listing and home page on its in-house developed search directory and engine. This matrix of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines, consists of the mass portal and online media destination sohu.com, interactive search engine sogou.com, the games information portal 17173.com, the real estate website focus.cn, developer and operator of online games www.changyou.com/en/ and online video website tv.sohu.com. It also provides multiple news and information service on mobile platforms, including Sohu News app and mobile news portal WAP.Sohu.com. Sohu's online game subsidiary, Changyou.com has a diverse portfolio of online games that includes Tian Long Ba Bu, a massively multiplayer online games in China, and DDTank and Wartune (also known as Shen Qu), which are two popular web games in China. Sohu.com was established in November 1995 and went public in July 2000.

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Website
www.sohu.com
Employee range
5,001 – 10,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$2.2M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
7th
Inspur Cloud logo
Inspur CloudSB Score: 667

Inspur Group Co.,Ltd. (浪潮集团) is a leading supplier of computer platforms and solutions for IT application in China. It is also the largest server maker and provider of server solutions in China. Currently, Inspur Group has developed two leading industries including server and ERP, and other industry groups as computer, software, mobile communication, intelligent terminal, semiconductor, and more. Users of Inspur Group are spread as far as industries and government departments such as finance, communication, government, education, manufacturing, tobacco and more. It meets the information demands of government and enterprises comprehensively. In 2008, the sales revenue of Inspur Group exceeded 23.2 billion Yuan.

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Website
cloud.inspur.com
Employee range
10,001+
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
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Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
8th
Fenbi Education logo
Fenbi EducationSB Score: 666
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Fenbi Education offers a range of training programs for civil service exams, public institution recruitment, teacher certifications, postgraduate entrances, and more. Their services cater to individuals seeking knowledge and success in various fields through specialized training programs.

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Website
fenbi.com
Employee range
5,001 – 10,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$397M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
9th
AfterShip logo
AfterShipSB Score: 659

AfterShip empowers e-commerce businesses to grow and bring the best shopping experiences to their customers. The platform offers a suite of automation tools to help businesses with sales, marketing, order management, and shipment tracking. The platform connects the global infrastructure of e-commerce and makes buying and selling accessible to everyone, everywhere. AfterShip is trusted by more than 100,000 businesses around the world, including leading e-commerce platforms like Amazon, eBay, Wish, and Etsy, as well as established brands like Microsoft, Dell, HP, and many more.

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Website
aftership.com
Employee range
251 – 500
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$69M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
10th
Aqara logo
AqaraSB Score: 656

Aqara creates innovative home solutions with a focus on hardware and software development. Their products enhance smart home technology for a seamless and convenient living experience.

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Website
www.aqara.com/en/home.html
Employee range
1,001 – 5,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$271.4M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
11th
Phoenix New Media logo
Phoenix New MediaSB Score: 650

Phoenix New Media (PNM) is a Chinese new media company with an integrated platform consisting of internet portals (www.ifeng.com), a mobile channel (3g.ifeng.com), and a video channel (v.ifeng.com). Being an internet distribution channel for Phoenix TV's premium content, it also sources content from various professional media institutions, as well as user-generated and in-house produced content. It provides news and information, in-depth report, views, comments, financial tools, interactive applications, and community sharing through text, image, audio, and visual formats. Phoneix New Media caters to diversified and personalized users with services that include news browsing, community interacting and sharing, entertainment, and wealth management of the mainstream community. It also feeds a substantial amount of user-generated content from discussion forums, surveys, micro-blogs, and comment postings to Phoenix TV. This internet-TV combined model enables internet, mobile phone, and TV users to consume rich and premium content wherever they are. Phoenix New Media was founded in 1996. On November 9, 2009, it received a US$25 million funding from Morningside Ventures, Intel Capital, and Bertelsmann Asia Investment Fund. On May 12, 2011, PNM was listed on NYSE. Its total revenue in 2012 was US$1.1 billion.

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Website
www.ifeng.com/corp/about
Employee range
1,001 – 5,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$25M
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)

Total amount:5891

Most Funded Startups in China for 2026

The top three most funded startups in China have raised total funding of more than USD 10.2B. Hozon has 0.04% more funding than Tenglong Holding Group.
1st
Hozon logo
HozonSB Score: 574

Hozon integrates hardware products and software services through innovative technology research and development, intelligent manufacturing, and multi-channel sales services. Through the development of electricity, intelligence, and connectivity, they are committed to creating cost-effective Intelligent electric vehicles of high quality, providing users with a simple, intuitive, and comfortable travel experience.

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Website
www.hozonauto.com
Employee range
5,001 – 10,000
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$3.9B
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
2nd
T3 Mobile Travel Services logo

T3 Mobile Travel Services offers car-sharing services powered by renewable energy.T3 is purely market-driven, with a mission to build what it calls a “smart mobility ecosystem” by combining the data capability of its technology partners with the manufacturing know-how of its automakers.

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Website
www.t3go.cn
Employee range
11 – 50
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$2.7B
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
3rd
GAC Aion New Energy Automobile logo

GAC Aion New Energy Automobile is a manufacturer of electric vehicles and offers new energy products and services. It is a Chinese electric vehicle marque of Guangzhou Automobile Corporation. The company was established in 2017 and was introduced in 2018 as a sub-brand and in 2020 as a marque.

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Website
www.gacne.com.cn
Employee range
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$2.5B
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)

Total amount:5891

Top Hiring Startups in China by Employee Number

The top three hiring startups in China have an median employee size that is between [10001+]
2nd
Inspur Cloud logo
Inspur CloudSB Score: 667

Inspur Group Co.,Ltd. (浪潮集团) is a leading supplier of computer platforms and solutions for IT application in China. It is also the largest server maker and provider of server solutions in China. Currently, Inspur Group has developed two leading industries including server and ERP, and other industry groups as computer, software, mobile communication, intelligent terminal, semiconductor, and more. Users of Inspur Group are spread as far as industries and government departments such as finance, communication, government, education, manufacturing, tobacco and more. It meets the information demands of government and enterprises comprehensively. In 2008, the sales revenue of Inspur Group exceeded 23.2 billion Yuan.

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Website
cloud.inspur.com
Employee range
10,001+
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
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Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)
4th
ROX Motor logo
ROX MotorSB Score: 624

ROX Motor specializes in crafting off-road new energy vehicles, focusing on innovative smart car technologies. The company is dedicated to advancing research and development in new energy power, intelligent cockpits, and autonomous driving, delivering exciting solutions for adventurous drivers seeking cutting-edge vehicle performance.

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Website
www.roxmotor.com
Employee range
10,001+
Web Traffic (Monthly)
Funding amount
$1.4B
National Rank(China)
Regional Rank(East Asia)
Global Rank(Worldwide)

Total amount:10692

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