Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech Companies in Hong Kong, China
The 31 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Hong Kong, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Meridian Innovation.
Our analysis of 50 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies
$31.9b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Hong Kong
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meridian Innovation Manufacturer of thermal imaging sensors for consumer and commercial applications 29Product top 35%Funding top 37%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Producttop 35% Fundingtop 37% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Newsbottom 18% Product: 2 published apps (1.6k installs) · Company stage: Series C Funding: Raised $28.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $28M | 25 mo ago | Series C | Hock Leow Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 2 | Wynyard Group Cloud-based integrated cyber forensics and threat analysis solutions | $10M | 116 mo ago | Public | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 3 | Clearbot Provider of AI-based unmanned robots for cleaning marine litter waste | — | 50 mo ago | Seed | Utkarsh Goel Co-Founder & CTO | 2019 | WebflowreCAPTCHAHSTS+9 | — |
| 4 | Atmosoar.io Weather-based software solutions provider for maximizing UAV flight time | — | 124 mo ago | Seed | Alessio Tixi Co-Founder | 2015 | DebianChart.jsW3.CSS+10 | — |
| 5 | Altizure Builds software for controlling drone cameras via a mobile application | — | — | Funding Raised | Siyu Zhu Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | AsiaSat Provider communication services through its own fleet of satellites | — | — | Public | — | 1988 | DrupalPHPGoogle Maps+18 | — |
| 7 | AVINOC Blockchain-based solutions for the aviation industry | — | — | Unfunded | Rene Inkret Co-Founder & Partner | 2018 | — | — |
| 8 | Block Aero Blockchain-based supply chain solutions for aerospace industry | — | — | Funding Raised | Lucas Pinoli Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
Top 4 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Hong Kong
#1
Series C · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2016 · 28 employees$28.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of thermal imaging sensors for consumer and commercial applications. These products utilize semiconductor technology to capture long-wave infrared radiation for temperature monitoring and heat detection. The hardware supports integration into smart appliances, automotive systems, and monitoring equipment. The sensors provide radiometric output and thermal video streaming capabilities for various diagnostic and safety functions.
- Oct 2024Series C$12.5M
- Jul 2021Conventional Debt—
- Jul 2021Series B$8M
- Jul 2019Series A$2M
#2
Public · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2012 · 20 employees$10Mraised▾
Cloud-based integrated cyber forensics and threat analysis solutions. The security solutions offered include crime analytics, cyber threat analytics, unmanned aerial systems, and counter-drones. It provides analytical tools with algorithms and data visualization interfaces to detect crime. Drone classification and identification, drone tracking, and monitoring are some of its features. It offers software for risk management and crime fighting, which is used in investigations and intelligence operations by government agencies. It helps organizations to secure their autonomous vehicles by detecting and preventing cyber-attacks.
- Mar 2017Post IPO$2.8M
- Sep 2016Grant (prize money)$15M
- Aug 2016Conventional Debt$10M
- Jun 2015Post IPO$29.9M
#3
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2019 · 12 employees—raised▾
Provider of AI-based unmanned robots for cleaning marine litter waste. It offers self-driving boats to automate trash and oil clean-up, foam cleaning, and moving of cargo. It also provides monitoring of the marine environment, water quality testing, and maritime surveillance.
- Sep 2022Seed—
#4
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2015 · 2 employees—raised▾
Atmosoar develops software solutions to help users extend the range and endurance of their drones by using weather data and creating optimized route maps.
- 2016Seed—
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How research on Launch Vehicles is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Launch Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 840 China-affiliated papers.
- Northwestern Polytechnical University138
- Beihang University112
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology52
- National University of Defense Technology48
- Beijing Institute of Technology44
- Aerospace engineering8→19
- Rocket engine5→14
- Rocket (weapon)5→14
- Liquid-propellant rocket1→8
- Control theory (sociology)5→12
- Aeronautics14→24
- Mach number2→8
- Liquid-propellant rocket25→31
- Propulsion6→12
- Plume3→8
- Nozzle1→4
- Liquid-propellant rocket2→5
Where launch vehicles is researched across China
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing launch vehicles patents in China
China launch vehicles patent filing is accelerating — 48 filings from 36 assignees (2019–2025), led by XIAN Aerospace Propulsion Instit, XIAN Aerospace Propulsion Testin, XIAN Aerospace Propulsion TEST T; annual filings 1→10.
- XIAN Aerospace Propulsion Instit7
- XIAN Aerospace Propulsion Testin7
- XIAN Aerospace Propulsion TEST T6
- China Beifang Industry6
- Naval UNIV Of Engineering5
- UNIV Dalian TECH5
- XIAN Space Engine Company4
- Beijing Interstellar Glory TECH3
Common questions
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