Best Cybersecurity Companies in China
The 353 best Cybersecurity companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Cloudwalk.
China's Cybersecurity sector is bigger than most people realize, and this directory ranks the best companies operating in it, ordered by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum. We're tracking 353 firms with a combined $4.1 billion in disclosed capital, three unicorns among them. Cloudwalk leads the pack at $504 million raised, Changyang Technology sits well back at $95 million, and the rest of the field clusters far below those two. The global cybersecurity market was valued at roughly $72.5 billion in 2023 and is forecast to keep compounding at around 10.99% annually, driven by tightening government regulations and expanding digital interfaces between businesses and their customers.
So what's actually moving the needle right now? The hot themes aren't traditional enterprise firewall plays. Drone warfare, anti-satellite threats, and computer fraud statutes are reshaping where investment attention lands, and the geopolitical angle is sharpening fast. The UK's investigation into whether China can remotely disable its electric buses signals exactly how anxious governments have become about hardware-level vulnerabilities. Backers like IDG Capital, Tencent, and Fortune Capital are the ones writing the checks here. If you're mapping this space, the funding distribution tells you where conviction actually sits.
- Cybersecurity market grows 16% despite deteriorating economic conditio
- AI and ML threats drive security investment shift, ISG study finds
Our analysis of 174 Cybersecurity companies
$16.2b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloudwalk 🦄 Provider of AI platform, IoT devices, and related industry solutions 48Funding top 27%AI top 30%Moat top 31%Market top 44% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% AItop 30% Moattop 31% Markettop 44% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 22% Techbottom 15% Funding: Raised $504M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 11 yrs (0.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $504M | 73 mo ago | Public | 85 | 2013 | William Xiaoqing Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 2 | Tongdun Technology 🦄 Provider of AI-powered decision intelligence platform for risk and security management | $246M | 83 mo ago | Series D | 435 | 2013 | Bryan Zhang Co-Founder | — | — |
| 3 | Shumei Anti fraud software for enterprises | $218M | 61 mo ago | Series D | — | 2015 | Tang Huijun Co-Founder & CEO | 7 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 4 | Yuntongxun Cloud communication services provider in China | $214M | 67 mo ago | Public | 1,194 | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Qi'anxin Provider of security analytics solutions | $210M | 80 mo ago | Public | 9,957 | 2014 | Qi Xiangdong CEO | 5 patents Advanced wireless base‑station and relay technologies for MIMO, resource allocation, and transmit diversity | — |
| 6 | Qingteng Adaptive cloud security platform | $210M | 60 mo ago | Series C | 50 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Qihoo 360 Technology 🦄 Provider of managed security services and antivirus | $180M | 90 mo ago | Acquired | 6,481 | 2005 | Zhou Hongyi Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | PayEgis Big data security solutions and tools | $165M | 121 mo ago | Series B | — | 2000 | Dejia Wang Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 9 | Datacloak Data security and privacy protection solution | $96M | 57 mo ago | Series B | 120 | 2004 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Moan Technology Cloud based security solution to protect cloud infrastructure | $95M | 50 mo ago | Series D | — | 2016 | Wang Lihui Co-Founder | — | — |
| 11 | Changyang Technology Provider of Industrial security solutions | $95M | 41 mo ago | Series F | 200 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Elextec Enterprise vulnerability assessment solutions provider | $82M | 66 mo ago | Series D | 31 | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Beijing Zhisai Yi Technology Mobile device management and mobile office security solution | $82M | 74 mo ago | Deadpooled | 200 | 2013 | Wang Wei CEO | — | — |
| 14 | XYLink Video conference solution for enterprises | $79M | 55 mo ago | Series D | 15 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Trusfort Cloud-based MFA and SSO for IAM | $76M | 68 mo ago | Series C | 80 | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 16 | China Chengxin Credit Credit assessment solution for banks and financial institutions | $71M | 96 mo ago | Series A | — | 2005 | MAO Zhenhua Founder | — | — |
| 17 | UCPaas Communication service provider cloud platform | $63M | 106 mo ago | Series B | 600 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Paraview Software MFA and account management based solutions provider | $53M | 55 mo ago | Series D | 185 | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Nanjing Suning Information Technology Cyber range and network security solutions provider | $52M | 55 mo ago | Series C | 200 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Beijing Liufangyun Technology Provider of industrial cybersecurity solution | $51M | 43 mo ago | Series C | — | 2018 | Li Jiangli CEO | — | — |
| 21 | AgotoZ Network acceleration & WAN connectivity solutions | $50M | 56 mo ago | Series C | — | 2017 | Li Wei Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 22 | Zego SDK to enable voice and video services to app developers | $50M | 67 mo ago | Series B | 400 | 2015 | Lin Youyi LYY Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 23 | DBSec Database security products and service provider | $47M | 65 mo ago | Series D | 165 | 2009 | Liu Xiaotong Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 24 | Moqi Technology Provider of AI based fingerprint identification system | $39M | 60 mo ago | Series B | — | 2017 | E Weinan Co-Founder | 3 patents Fingerprint biometric authentication systems and related image processing algorithms. | — |
| 25 | Reconova Face and gesture recognition technology solution | $38M | 46 mo ago | Series D | — | 2012 | Jhan Dennis Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 26 | EaseMob Messaging and calling API & SDK provider | $36M | 95 mo ago | Acquired | 270 | 2014 | Ma Xiaoyu Co-Founder | — | — |
| 27 | Huian Jinke Technology Provider of artificial intelligence and big data analytics services | $30M | 63 mo ago | Series B | 62 | — | Yellow Bell Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 28 | Data Zoo Provider of KYC and AML solutions 29Tech top 32%Funding top 46%Product bottom 45%Market bottom 37% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 32% Fundingtop 46% Productbottom 45% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Growthbottom 35% Newsbottom 27% Tech: 45 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud Funding: Raised $23.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $23M | 25 mo ago | Series A | 75 | 2003 | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 29 | Xiaoyou Technology Container security solutions provider | $22M | 47 mo ago | Deadpooled | 4 | 2017 | — | 6 patents Rotating engine designs and e‑commerce transaction systems for climate‑friendly applications. | — |
| 30 | DiluSense Developer of kernels for facial recognition using computer vision and deep learning technologies | $21M | 29 mo ago | Series B | 120 | 2015 | Lu Lei CEO | — | — |
| 31 | Ai Linking Provider of AI and cloud-based industrial visual inspection solutions | $21M | 28 mo ago | Series A | — | 2020 | Yingzhe Ding Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — |
| 32 | Chekk Provides a solution to securely authenticate the identity | $17M | 45 mo ago | Series A | 17 | 2012 | Pascal Nizri Co-founder & CEO | — | 1 partnership |
| 33 | Beijing Future Zhian Technology Provider of threat detection solutions | $16M | 51 mo ago | Series A | 30 | 2020 | Tang Jiajia Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 34 | Deep Vision Technology Provider of machine vision systems and intelligent industrial inspection solutions | $16M | 50 mo ago | Series A | — | 2017 | shuailin Wang Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 35 | Fosafer Multi factor identity authentication system | $16M | 50 mo ago | Series B | 50 | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 36 | Beijing Huayunan Information Technolog AI based vulnerability intelligence and management platform | $16M | 41 mo ago | Series B | 100 | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 37 | SecZone Provider of software systems for network security | $15M | 57 mo ago | Series B | — | 2013 | Rip W Owner | — | — |
| 38 | Beijing Huashun Xinan Technology Network security solution | $15M | 50 mo ago | Series C | — | 2018 | Zhao Wu Founder | — | — |
| 39 | Zhongrui Provider of suite of cyber security solution for enterprises | $15M | 57 mo ago | Series C | 200 | 2013 | Liu Qinglin CEO | — | — |
| 40 | Galaxy Water Drop Technology Provider of AI-powered multi-modal biometric systems | $14M | 55 mo ago | Series B | — | 2016 | Zhenan Sun Co-Founder | — | — |
| 41 | EnSDP Offering cyber security suite solutions | $14M | 50 mo ago | Series B | 140 | 2005 | — | — | — |
| 42 | Zhongzhiwei Technology Provides AI driven cyber security solutions | $14M | 18 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | Sun Jie Founder | — | — |
| 43 | TianJi Partners Threat intelligence solutions provider | $14M | 42 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | Yang Dalu Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 44 | Airgram Cloud-based platform for meeting recording | $10M | 46 mo ago | Series A | 53 | 2018 | Ryan Zhang Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 45 | Yongan Online Cloud based platform offering anti fraud solutions | $10M | 44 mo ago | Series A | 50 | 2005 | Bi Yu Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 46 | Beijing Lianshi Networks Technology Platform offering data security solutions | $9M | 40 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | Xiaoyong Bai CEO | — | — |
| 47 | zCloak Network Cloud-based confidential computing platform provider | $7M | 48 mo ago | Seed | 14 | 2021 | Xiao Zhang Founder | — | — |
| 48 | Koala Provider of face recognition technologies | $4M | 40 mo ago | Series A | 80 | 2015 | Shen Fumin Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 49 | ArkSec Platform offering cloud container security solutions | $3M | 40 mo ago | Seed | 17 | 2020 | Apex Gao Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 50 | Beijing Yunke Anxin Technology External attack surface management platform | $1M | 36 mo ago | Series A | — | 2018 | Fei Jin Founder | — | — |
Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in China
#1
Series B · Nanjing, Jiangsu · founded 2015$14Mraised▾
Provides AI driven cyber security solutions. Products they offer are RedOps, AOD, MSS and OPENX Labs these are used for red whale security collaborative response platform, blue whale security attack and defense operation platform, Chongming security hosting service platform and Zhongzhiwei Security Lab respectively.
- Dec 2024Series B—
- Oct 2023Series A—
- Aug 2023Series A$14M
- Sep 2022Seed—
#2
Series A · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2003 · 75 employees$23.1Mraised▾
Provider of KYC and AML solutions. It provides identity verification solutions, enterprise-grade KYC, PEPs and sanctions, electronic verification, and blockchain verification services. It provides an API-based verification for cryptocurrency wallet addresses to identify criminal and legal activities. It provides a safety score and multiple account flags to wallet addresses.
- May 2024Series A$23.1M
#3
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2020$21Mraised▾
Provider of AI and cloud-based industrial visual inspection solutions. Its offerings include a 5G cloud service, mobile edge computing platforms, base stations, and AI-based vision inspection solutions for AGVs and logistic robots. It caters to factories, highways, light poles, communities, and hospitals.
- Feb 2024Series A$21M
- Oct 2022Series A—
- Jul 2021Seed—
#4
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2015 · 120 employees$21.1Mraised▾
Developer of kernels for facial recognition using computer vision and deep learning technologies. Offerings include 3D face tracking in real-time, 3D face recognition, 2D face recognition, and virtual reality solutions. The offerings have application in finance and education industry.
- Jan 2024Series B$21.1M
- Jun 2020Series A—
- Jun 2018Series A—
#5
Series F · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2017 · 200 employees$94.8Mraised▾
Provider of Industrial security solutions. The company offers solutions for situational awareness platform for OT systems, log analysis, industrial equipments security testings, etc. Changyang Technology has branch offices in multiple cities in China including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi’an, Taiyuan, Chongqing, etc
- Dec 2022Series F—
- Jun 2022Series E—
- Jul 2021Series E$15.4M
- May 2021Series E$27M
#6
Public · China · founded 2013 · 85 employees$504.3Mraised▾
Provider of AI platform, IoT devices, and related industry solutions. The company offers an AI-powered operating system designed for human-machine collaboration. Its products include edge computing devices, AI-enabled terminals, and data management platforms. The company provides solutions for sectors including finance, energy, manufacturing, governance, and transportation. It delivers AI capabilities such as image understanding, reading comprehension, and multi-turn dialogue.
- May 2020Series C$253.9M
- Oct 2018Series B$145.6M
- Nov 2017Series B$75.4M
- 2017Grant (prize money)$294.7M
#7
Series C · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2014 · 50 employees$209.8Mraised▾
Qingteng cloud security provides an adaptive security platform that can protect data on various cloud systems. Product comprises of ivy, a visual security monitoring and management solution and WYSIWYG management for notification response. Solution automatically process most enterprise security issues in spite of changes, build a safe mode for enterprise business, analyze internal and external abnormal behaviors, and detect and block unknown hacking activities. Its technology can forecast, defend and adapt to fend off new threats. Raised series A round of funding from Broadband Capital CBC and Redpoint Ventures. Founded by Zhang Fu.
- Jun 2021Series C$93.8M
- Jan 2020Series B$43.5M
- Feb 2018Series B$32M
- Oct 2017Series B$30.2M
#8
Series D · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2016$95.2Mraised▾
Cloud based security solution to protect cloud infrastructure. The products offered by the company are Sentinal cloud and Magic Array. Sentinal cloud provides intelligent asset security management services for enterprises, automates operation and maintenance assets, automatically discovers related assets, and continuously monitors security risks such as application vulnerabilities, high risk services, operation and maintenance risks, and external threat intelligence analysis.
- Mar 2022Series D$47.1M
- Mar 2021Series C$15.3M
- Dec 2019Series B$28.4M
- Mar 2019Series A—
#9
Series C · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2018$50.8Mraised▾
Provider of industrial cybersecurity solutions. The company offers a wide range of products for security. Its core offering includes products for cloud security, network security, big data security, and industrial safety. The company also offers a firewall, intrusion detection system, and intrusion prevention system.
- Nov 2022Series C$27.7M
- Apr 2021Series C$23.1M
- Jul 2020Series B—
- Apr 2020Series B—
#10
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2015$218Mraised▾
Anti fraud software for enterprises. It uses artificial intelligence and big data to help clients identify and deal with fraud. Its products include fraudulent spam content and picture detection, fingerprint recognition, and mobile phone number identification.
- Apr 2021Series D$135M
- Jan 2020Series C$73M
- Mar 2017Series A$10M
#11
Public · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2009 · 1194 employees$214Mraised▾
Yuntongxun develops communications capabilities into an API and SDK for developers and enterprises in communications services. Specializes in helping companies incorporate SMS verification, voice messages, video calls and other services into their existing technology infrastructure to allow more efficient communication. It claims to have served over 50,000 companies which includes major Chinese Internet companies such as Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, Tencent Holding Ltd, Baidu Inc, and JD.com Inc.
- Nov 2020Series F$125M
- Oct 2019Series D—
- Jul 2016Series C$70M
- Jan 2015Series B$15M
#12
Series D · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2013 · 435 employees$246.4Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered decision intelligence platform for risk and security management. The platform focuses on financial risk, security risk, and government governance risk. It offers solutions for industries including finance, internet, and transportation. The company provides data processing and standardized indicator systems.
- Jun 2019Series D—
- Apr 2019Series D$100M
- Oct 2017Series C$72.8M
- Apr 2016Series B$32M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Cybersecurity coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Cybersecurity is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 7,909 China-affiliated papers.
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications222
- National University of Defense Technology172
- Chinese Academy of Sciences151
- State Grid Corporation of China151
- Tsinghua University126
- Intrusion detection system179→314
- Anomaly detection38→118
- Artificial neural network11→86
- Key (lock)43→116
- Robustness (evolution)9→80
- Artificial neural network66→145
- Big data6→52
- Cloud computing24→57
- Reinforcement learning2→34
- Internet of Things1→33
- Cyberspace2→14
- Cloud computing4→15
- Big data5→16
- Data security3→13
- Internet of Things3→11
Where cybersecurity 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 cybersecurity patents in China
China cybersecurity patent filing is accelerating — 43,206 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Huawei TECH, Tencent TECH Shenzhen, ZTE; annual filings 2338→5209.
- Huawei TECH11209
- Tencent TECH Shenzhen2967
- ZTE2731
- Alipay Hangzhou INF TECH1532
- Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommun1444
- Alibaba Group Holding1043
- Xiaomi657
- China Unionpay648
Common questions
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