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Best Auto Companies in Hangzhou, China

The 36 best Auto companies in Hangzhou, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Souche.

36companies tracked
$1.4Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AUTO × HANGZHOU

Our analysis of 256 Auto companies

$29.3b in tracked funding; 77% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

256companies analysed
77%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
16unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Auto companies in Hangzhou

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Souche 🦄
O2O-based used car transaction platform
$1.2B96 mo agoSeries FYao Junhong
Founder and CEO
2012JavaEChartsAnt Design+6——
2Geely
Manufacturer of vehicles and parts
$200M13 mo agoSeries DLi Shufu
Founder
2016Node.jsTailwind CSSEnvoy+7—1 partnership
3Go&Up Automation
Manufactures, supplies and tests automotive components
$26M76 mo agoDeadpooledZhang Zhigang
Founder & President
2017———
4Zhejiang Jiuzi New Energy Automobile
Manufacturer of electric car, fire trucks, and other vehicles
$2M7 mo agoPublicShuibo Zhang
CEO
2017———
5Haibao
Online auto insurance platform
—100 mo agoSeries B—2015—3 patents
Patents concentrated in its core technology
—
6Sqmall
Online B2B trading platform for auto parts
—135 mo agoSeed—2015———
7Bucar
Online consignment model based used car transaction platform
——UnfundedDave Bucar
Co-Founder
2007———
8CXJ Group
Company engaged in the trading of automobile and electronics products
——UnfundedLixin Cai
CEO
1998———

Top 7 Auto companies in Hangzhou

#1
Series D · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2016
$200Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of vehicles and parts

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 3.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. CaoCao) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series D$200M
Founders & team
Li ShufuFounder
Investors
Hangzhou Hi-Tech Investment Holding Group, Nanxun Industrial Fund, Xiangtan Electric Industry Investment
Tech stack
EnvoyGsapMicrosoft 365Node.JsNuxt.JsPriority Hints
#2
Public · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2017
$2.5Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of electric car, fire trucks, and other vehicles

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Post IPO$30M
  • Dec 2021Post IPO$2.5M
Founders & team
Shuibo ZhangCEO
Investors
Xinhui Solar Technology
#3
Souche 🦄
Series F · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2012 · 2000 employees
$1.2Braised
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Souche is an O2O-based used car transaction platform. Based on the buyer's specification of the price range, model, etc, suitable cars are listed with their detailed information. Once the buyer picks the car, Souche provides a professional examination and the buyer can observe the car in its consignment facility. It helps the buyer and seller bargain online to make a deal and also provides after-sale services.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2018Series F$578M
  • Nov 2017Series E$335M
  • Apr 2017Series D$180M
  • Nov 2016Series C$100M
Founders & team
Yao JunhongFounder and CEO
Investors
5Y Capital, Ferry Venture Capital, Sequoia Capital China, ClearVue Partners, Warburg Pincus, Cygnus Equity
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnAnt DesignBabelBaidu Analytics (百度统计)Core-JsEcharts
#4
Deadpooled · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2017
$26Mraised
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Manufactures, supplies and tests automotive components

Founders & team
Zhang ZhigangFounder & President
Investors
Hangzhou Industrial Investment Group, Zijingang Capital, Juren Capital, Rushan Capital
#5
Series B · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2015 · 60 employees
—raised
▾

Hangzhou Dayu Network Technology Co. Ltd. (Haibao) is an online auto insurance platform. Users need to provide their basic information to get quotes from multiple insurers and they can make payment via debit or credit card. They also have a mobile app for Android & iOS.

Funding rounds
  • May 2018Series B—
  • Series A—
Investors
China Pacific Insurance
#6
Seed · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2015 · 200 employees
—raised
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Sqmall is an online B2B marketplace for trading auto parts. Provides domestic and imported auto parts for garages. Has a mobile app for android platform and claims to be in plans to launch iOS app soon as of June 2016. Claims to have raised $1.92M in seed round of funding from In Capital in 2015.

Funding rounds
  • 2015Seed—
Investors
Rushan Capital
#7
Public · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 1986 · 80000 employees
$13Braised
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Brand of passenger cars

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 254k LinkedIn followers — 71.2% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Li ShufuFounder

Funding & investor landscape

$1.4Btotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
9disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Rushan Capital2 rounds
5Y Capital1 rounds
Alibaba Group1 rounds
Ant Group1 rounds
Beijing Yuxiang Capital Management1 rounds
CMB International Capital1 rounds
CPE1 rounds
China Pacific Insurance1 rounds
ClearVue Partners1 rounds
CreditEase1 rounds

Notable founders

Li Shufu
Founder · Geely
Shuibo Zhang
CEO · Zhejiang Jiuzi New Energy Automobile
Yao Junhong
Founder and CEO · Souche
Zhang Zhigang
Founder & President · Go&Up Automation
Prism market signals · China · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,753,656 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Auto coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN HANGZHOU · Mobility

How research on Autonomous Vehicles in Hangzhou is moving

A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles in Hangzhou — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 41 papers.

41 papers · stance +0.71 · 62% breakthrough · 5% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Hangzhou Dianzi University12
  • Changzhou Institute of Technology6
  • Hangzhou City University6
  • Changzhou University5
  • Hangzhou Wanxiang Polytechnic4
leading researchers
Wen Hu · Zejian Deng · Aixi Yang · Bangji Zhang · Biao Yang · Chen Hua
prism intelligence · tone & topics
98% positive · 2% critical tone
Artificial IntelligenceTransportationMachine LearningComputer ScienceAutomotiveRobotics
▲ Breakthroughs24 · 59%
▲ 0%→59% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→59% of field), led by Object detection.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Object detection5
  • Robustness (evolution)3
  • Feature (linguistics)3
  • Perception3
  • Inference3
Newly emergingObject detection 0→5 · Robustness (evolution) 0→3 · Feature (linguistics) 0→3
Landmark Towards C-V2X Enabled Collaborative Autonomous Driving · 43 cites
◆ Advancements13 · 32%
▲ 0%→33% share
2 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→33% of field), led by Field (mathematics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Field (mathematics)2
  • Human–computer interaction2
  • Sensor fusion2
  • Perception2
  • Artificial neural network2
Landmark An Efficient and Accurate A-Star Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicle Path Planning · 103 cites
▼ Concerns2 · 5%
▲ 0%→5% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→5% of field), led by Platoon.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Platoon1
  • Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control1
  • Cruise control1
  • Stability (learning theory)1
  • Collision1

Common questions

How many Auto companies are there in Hangzhou, China?
Radar tracks 36 indexable Auto companies headquartered in Hangzhou, China that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Auto companies in Hangzhou, China?
The Auto companies in Hangzhou, China on this list have raised a combined $1.4B in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Auto company in Hangzhou, China?
Souche is the highest-funded Auto company in Hangzhou, China, with $1.2B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Auto companies in Hangzhou, China are funded?
4 of the 36 Auto companies in Hangzhou, China on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Auto unicorns are there in Hangzhou, China?
2 Auto companies in Hangzhou, China on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Hangzhou, China Auto companies?
The most active investors in Hangzhou, China Auto companies on this list include Rushan Capital, 5Y Capital, Alibaba Group, Ant Group, Beijing Yuxiang Capital Management.
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