Best Auto Companies in Shanghai, China
The 98 best Auto companies in Shanghai, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Hozon New Energy Automobile.
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.
Ranked: Best Auto companies in Shanghai
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hozon New Energy Automobile Manufacturer of cars | $3.5B | 33 mo ago | 112 | 2014 | Fang Yunzhou Co-Founder | 123 patents Advanced vehicle control, battery/fuel management, and autonomous driving assistance systems | — |
| 2 | Yixin Group Online lending marketplace for auto financing | $580M | 97 mo ago | 3,947 | 2013 | Zhang Xuan Chairman & CEO | 94 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 3 | Chery Brand of cars | $425M | 42 mo ago | 50,000 | 1997 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Baoxin Auto Group Limited Authorized dealer for premium brand automobiles | $242M | 130 mo ago | 6,568 | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Nathan Automotive Electronics Manufacturer & supplier of automotive electronic control products to OEMs | $152M | 53 mo ago | 30 | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Zhenqu Technology Manufacturer of automotive-certified power modules and electric vehicle solutions 60Funding top 25%Moat top 31%Talent top 38%Market top 43% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Moattop 31% Talenttop 38% Markettop 43% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $152M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $152M | 9 mo ago | 350 | 2017 | Jie Shen Founder | — | — |
| 7 | Haoqipei B2B marketplace for auto spare parts | $130M | 84 mo ago | — | 2016 | Alex Chen Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | Shenma Jinrong Online marketplace for auto loans | $87M | 97 mo ago | — | 2015 | Ning Rui Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 9 | Envision AESC Developer of IoT-based battery management and lifecycle optimization systems for EVs | $50M | 86 mo ago | 5,000 | 2007 | Shoichi Matsumoto CEO | — | — |
| 10 | Shanghai Xiantu Intelligent Technology Brand of autonomous road sweepers and indoor scrubbers | $48M | 44 mo ago | 100 | 2017 | Tingjia Shi Co-Founder | — | — |
| 11 | Maimai Automobile Online C2B used car trading platform | $29M | 96 mo ago | — | 2017 | Jiang Qitao Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 12 | Mai mai Car Online C2B platform for users to sell their cars | $29M | 108 mo ago | — | 2005 | Qitao jiang Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 13 | Xiaomagouche Online marketplace for purchasing cars | $28M | 122 mo ago | — | 2014 | Lai Junjie Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 14 | SHPT Manufacturer of powertrain system for electric vehicles 50Market top 46%Funding top 49%Global bottom 36% All 3 signals ▾Markettop 46% Fundingtop 49% Globalbottom 36% Market: 223 employees (top 34% of Energy Tech) Funding: Raised $21.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $21M | 29 mo ago | 223 | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Cosemitech Manufacturer of automotive grade magnetic gear sensors | $21M | 43 mo ago | 21 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Shanghai Dajun Power Control Technology Manufacturer of electric motors and controllers for EVs | $20M | 173 mo ago | 600 | 2005 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Carking001 Tech enabled used car dealer | $17M | 171 mo ago | 173 | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Newrizon Provider of trucking services | $15M | 32 mo ago | 120 | 2020 | Huang Chendong Founder & Chairman | — | — |
| 19 | OkChexian Mobile-based comparison platform for automobile insurance | $12M | 119 mo ago | — | 2014 | Paul Qi Founder/CEO | — | — |
| 20 | Glubo Technology Manufacturer of automotive hydraulic brakes and electronic control components | $6M | 46 mo ago | — | 2016 | Liu Zhaoyong Founder & CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Auto companies in Shanghai
#1
Series E · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2017 · 350 employees$151.9Mraised▾
Manufacturer of automotive-certified power modules and electric vehicle solutions. The company's products cover power modules, motor controllers, and electric vehicle solutions.
- Sep 2025Series E$84.1M
- Feb 2025Series E—
- Oct 2023Series D$83.4M
- Sep 2023Series C—
#2
Series E · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014 · 112 employees$3.5Braised▾
Manufacturer of cars
- Aug 2023Series E$962.4M
- Jul 2022Series D$443M
- Feb 2022Series D$316M
- Nov 2021Series D—
#3
Public · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 1997 · 50000 employees$425Mraised▾
Brand of cars
- Dec 2022Series D—
- Jun 2009Series D$425M
#4
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2018 · 223 employees$21.1Mraised▾
Manufacturer of powertrain system for electric vehicles. The platform develops system that includes motors, batteries, controllers, and more.
- Jan 2024Seed$21.1M
#5
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 30 employees$152.3Mraised▾
Nathan Automotive Electronics is a manufacturer & supplier of automotive electronic control products to OEMs. Its products include chassis electronic control components, ADAS, brake systems, electric steering EPS controller & wire control systems.
- Dec 2021Series C$78.4M
- Jan 2019Series B$59.6M
- Oct 2018Series B$14.4M
#6
Acquired · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013 · 3947 employees$580Mraised▾
YiXinGroup is an online lending marketplace for auto financing. It provides a comprehensive line of automotive financial services such as insurance, new & used car loans. It facilitates cooperative financial institutions to issue auto loans to consumers & mainly charge service fees from consumers or partners that issue auto loans to consumers.
- May 2018Conventional Debt$150M
- May 2017Series C$580M
#7
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2020 · 120 employees$14.6Mraised▾
Provider of trucking services
- Sep 2023Series B—
- Feb 2023Series B$14.6M
- Nov 2021Series B—
- Aug 2021Series A—
#8
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2017 · 100 employees$48.5Mraised▾
Brand of autonomous road sweepers and indoor scrubbers
- Oct 2022Series B—
- Jul 2022Series B$29.9M
- May 2021Series B$18.6M
#9
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2016$130Mraised▾
Good Auto Parts (Shangze Technology) is an app-based B2B marketplace for auto spare parts. The platform connects auto repair shops to auto parts suppliers. Repair shops can search their desired products by publishing their demand on the platform based on which they get quotations from multiple suppliers. Buyers can compare the offers from suppliers and purchase from the supplier offering the best quote. Apps are available for both Android & iOS devices.
- Jun 2019Series D$60M
- Jan 2019Series C$60M
- Oct 2018Series B—
- Feb 2018Series A$10M
#10
Series C · Minhang, Shanghai · founded 2014 · 21 employees$20.8Mraised▾
Developer of integrated circuit (IC) designed for industry sensing and control system. The company's products include The company's products include current sensor IC, linear Hall IC and other IC products, which are used in sensor technology, energy management and savings, industrial controls, automotive electronics, and entertainment, providing industry users with programmable sensor and control system solutions.
- Oct 2022Series C$20.8M
- May 2021Series A—
- Jun 2019Seed—
- Mar 2017Seed—
#11
Acquired · Minhang, Shanghai · founded 2011 · 6568 employees$242Mraised▾
Baoxin Auto Group Limited is an authorized dealer of premium brand automobiles. It provides sales and after-sales servicing for mid-and-high end brands, and luxury and ultra-luxury brands. Its operations cover 18 brands with its stores. Its services offerings include new car sales, after-sales maintenance, auto beauty, retrofitting, used car sales, auto insurance, auto parts and related-product sales, and others.
- Aug 2015Conventional Debt$242M
#12
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015$86.7Mraised▾
Online marketplace for auto loans. It offers a platform connecting borrowers with lenders for auto loans with customized terms, amounts, and repayment options. Users must add the required details and apply for the loan. Once approved, the funds are transferred to the registered bank account.
- May 2018Series C$47.2M
- Jan 2017Series B$14.5M
- Aug 2016Series B$15M
- Nov 2015Series A$10M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Autonomous Vehicles in Shanghai is moving
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles in Shanghai — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 294 papers.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University leads optimistic autonomous-vehicle research (mean stance 0.69), dominated by neural networks and safety breakthroughs (165 papers), with minimal concern (19 papers), surging post-2020.
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University106
- Shanghai University of Engineering Science41
- Shanghai University28
- Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory24
- Shanghai Institute of Technology15
- Real-time computing1→8
- Automotive engineering1→5
- Control theory (sociology)17
- Trajectory15
- Motion planning11
- Computer vision9
- Automotive engineering7
- Human–computer interaction5
- Computer security5
- Perception4
- Systems engineering2
- Simulation2
Common questions
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