Best Auto Companies in Shenzhen, China
The 42 best Auto companies in Shenzhen, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BYD.
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 Shenzhen
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYD 🦄 Manufacturer of electric cars, sedans, SUVs, batteries, and rail transit 95Patents top 7%Innovation top 15%Funding top 16%Market top 18% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 7% Innovationtop 15% Fundingtop 16% Markettop 18% Techtop 18% Globaltop 22% Producttop 23% Talenttop 23% Moattop 26% Growthtop 37% Newstop 46% Patents: 16,258 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 6570 filings since 2022 vs 3098 in 2017-21 Innovation: 16,258 patents (top 2% of patent-holders) · 6570 filings since 2022 vs 3098 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 95/100 | $6.8B | 17 mo ago | Public | Lu Xiangyang Co-Founder | 1994 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 16,000 patents Advanced lithium‑ion battery materials, extraction, and EV powertrain control systems | 1 partnership |
| 2 | Uxin Online B2C used car auction platform | $500M | 16 mo ago | Public | — | 2011 | Froala EditorBootstrapGoogle Cloud+8 | — | — |
| 3 | Viiyong Manufacturer of automotive multi-layer ceramic chip capacitor | $295M | 48 mo ago | Series B | Weirong Chen Founder | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Casstime Online B2B marketplace for auto spare parts & accessories | $292M | 35 mo ago | Series D | — | 2015 | PHPBaidu MapsNginx+3 | — | — |
| 5 | LiDAR Provider of LiDAR systems that combine laser, GPS, and INS technologies to obtain data and generate accurate… | $46M | 34 mo ago | Series D | Hu Xiaobo Founder & CEO | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | — |
| 6 | Chezhency Online B2B trading platform for second-hand automobiles | $20M | 102 mo ago | Series B | Zhang Lei Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Weicheche Mobile app for finding gas stations nearby | $15M | 115 mo ago | Series B | Ao Tang Co-Founder & CTO | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Youcku High-end used cars trading platform | $11M | 69 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Shenzhen Mizar Electronics Manufacturer of automotive electronic chips and GPS system | $3M | 257 mo ago | Series A | — | 2000 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Auto companies in Shenzhen
#1
BYD 🦄Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 1994 · 1074 employees$6.8Braised▾
Manufacturer of electric cars, sedans, SUVs, batteries, and rail transit. It focuses on providing comprehensive energy solutions. The company designs and produces electric automobiles, buses, and trucks. It also manufactures batteries used in electric storage and renewable energy applications.
- Mar 2025Post IPO$5.6B
- Oct 2021Post IPO—
- Feb 2021Post IPO$200M
- Jun 2020Post IPO$112.9M
#2
Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2011 · 760 employees$500Mraised▾
Online B2C used car auction platform. Buyers can explore the cars, view their specifications, select a car & place a bid via the platform.
- Apr 2025Post IPO$7.5M
- Mar 2025Post IPO$27M
- Jun 2021Post IPO$315M
- Oct 2020Post IPO—
#3
Series D · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015 · 2000 employees$291.8Mraised▾
Casstime is an online B2B marketplace for auto spare parts & accessories. The local auto repair shops can request quotes from various automobile spare suppliers & get competitive prices. It offers a SaaS-driven platform to both repair shops & auto parts dealers to manage their inventory.
- Sep 2023Series D$27.5M
- May 2022Series D—
- Dec 2020Series C$35M
- Jun 2020Series C$50M
#4
Series D · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015$46.1Mraised▾
LSLiDAR is a leading provider of LiDAR technology solutions. Their products combine laser, GPS, and INS technologies to generate accurate digital elevation models. They offer high-end LiDAR security systems and customization capabilities.
- Oct 2023Series D—
- Jul 2021Series C$46.1M
- 2016Seed—
#5
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2017 · 1200 employees$294.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of automotive multi-layer ceramic chip capacitor
- Aug 2022Series B$294.6M
#6
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015 · 49 employees$10.6Mraised▾
Youcku is an online platform for second-hand high-end cars. It deals in BMW, Mercedes Benz and Audi brands as of May, 2016. It provides features like German TUV standard test for vehicle testing, checking maintenance and insurance records, transfer of ownership, vehicle insurance facilities, after sales warranty etc.
- Nov 2020Series B—
- Apr 2019Series A$7.4M
- Mar 2018Seed$3.2M
#7
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015$19.5Mraised▾
Chezhency is an online B2B platform to trade used cars. It allows small dealers to sell their cars to high volume trading dealers and vice versa. The platform also offers services for parallel imports of new premium cars, used car search, and third-party inspections.
- Feb 2018Series B$15M
- Aug 2016Series A$4.5M
#8
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2014$14.5Mraised▾
Mobile app for finding gas stations nearby. Users can pay online for fuel bill through its mobile app by providing location, user details, payment details, and more.
- Jan 2017Series B$14.5M
- Sep 2015Series A—
- Jun 2014Seed—
#9
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2000 · 200 employees$3Mraised▾
Developer of integrated circuit and chip products disigned for automotives. The company's main products include car multimedia information terminal, car instrument main control chip series, car image processing chip series, and satellite navigation chip series, enabling vehicle makers to have various semiconductors for specific purposes.
- Mar 2005Series A$3M
#10
Seed · Shenzhen, Guangdong · founded 2015—raised▾
Gecko Motors is a new energy commercial vehicle company that focuses on advanced digital chassis technology to improve user value. They offer modular, digital, and ecological strategic platform technology for OEMs and automotive operators worldwide.
- Jan 2024Seed—
#11
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015—raised▾
Guancar provides automotive financial services to the consumers. The company offers its financial services for consumer's automotive needs such as purchasing a car, leasing a car, etc. As of July 2017, the company claims to have developed three branches and more than hundred partners.
- Jun 2017Angel—
#12
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2013—raised▾
Eweidai is a Shenzhen-based online P2P lending platform which provides auto loans for the consumers and small & medium enterprises. The platform was officially launched in March 2014.
- Nov 2014Series A—
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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How research on Autonomous Vehicles in Shenzhen is moving
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles in Shenzhen — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 153 papers.
- Shenzhen University54
- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology32
- Shenzhen Technology University24
- HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute11
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen10
- Computer vision1→12
- Robustness (evolution)1→6
- Trajectory8
- Computer vision7
- Transport engineering5
- Human–computer interaction5
- Reinforcement learning4
- Transport engineering3
- Computer security1
- Automotive industry1
- Automation1
- Risk analysis (engineering)1
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