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Best Cybersecurity Companies in Shanghai, China

The 33 best Cybersecurity companies in Shanghai, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Paraview Software.

33companies tracked
$152.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
20have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CYBERSECURITY × SHANGHAI

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.

174companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
20unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in Shanghai

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderEmployeesFoundedRecent signals
1BizConf Telecom
Cloud based platform offering conferencing solutions to enterprises
——Public—6792006—
2coolpo
Coolpo develops a video conferencing and panoramic camera technology.
——Private—122016—
3CS2C
Secure operating system
——UnfundedJ Hailey
Owner
—2003—
4Facialcloud
Provider of AI-based face recognition technology services
——DeadpooledWu Yang
CEO
202017—
5Guangdong Weide Information Technology
Data encryption solutions provider
——Funding Raised—2552012—
6Jinshida Weining Software Technology
Provider of insurance product development and financial management solutions
——Funding Raised—22012—
7NVSMART
Provider of bio-metric-based bike chain locks
——UnfundedJack Zhao
Co-Founder
—2019—
8oxi technology
OXi Technology is a bio-sensor research and development company.
——Private—1002014—

Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in Shanghai

#1
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2008 · 185 employees
$53.2Mraised
▾

Paraview Software is an MFA and account management based solutions, provider. It provides multi-factor authentication (MFA) based unified identity management and security certification solutions for both government and business entities. The products include an identity management platform, a user account management software.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Series D—
  • Sep 2020Series C$44.2M
  • Mar 2019Series B$9M
Investors
Oriental Fortune Capital, Shengwan Investment-SOVA CAPITAL, Chenhui Ventures, Hillhouse, Yonghua Capital, Shanghai Zhangjiang
#2
Series A · Xuhui, Shanghai · founded 2017
$10.8Mraised
▾

Provider of intelligent product recognition systems for offline retailers. Its IoT platform can identify brands, sub-brands, and product SKUs. It can be integrated with smart freezers, smart shelves, and other retail systems. It offers intelligently product check, and automatically generate in-store audit reports through the photo upload operation. The system supports SKU recognition, price tag recognition, price recognition, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Series A$10.8M
  • 2019Seed—
  • Apr 2018Angel—
Founders & team
Fan LingyunCEO
Investors
Hua Capital, Meridian Capital, svmuu.com
#3
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2009 · 230 employees
$16.1Mraised
▾

Provider of cloud-based video surveillance network solutions for shopping malls. Its features include passenger flow analysis, motion detection systems, storage, and support on all platforms. It caters to the logistics industry, education, and government.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2018Series C—
  • Jan 2018Series C$12.1M
  • 2015Series B—
  • 2013Series A$4M
Founders & team
Shen XiupingCEO
Investors
Oriental Fortune Capital, Uf Capital, China Merchants Capital, Tencent, Kleiner Perkins, CCV Capital
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnBaidu Analytics (百度统计)Core-JsElement UiGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#4
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2007 · 500 employees
$51.8Mraised
▾

Workchat earlier (Imoffice.com) is an enterprise-class instant messaging Internet platform for enterprises, Offers a suite of enterprise communication applications for chinese enterprises.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2015Series D$21.8M
  • Dec 2014Series C$30M
  • Dec 2011Series B—
Investors
GSR Ventures, United Microelectronics, UMC Capital
#5
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014
$14.9Mraised
▾

VulBox is a crowdsourced vulnerability processing platform. It claims to have about 5000 of white hat security testers on the platform who help enterprises secure their network systems and applications. It also has a media platform "FREEBUF" security and also provides training in the field of security through an open online platform.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Series B$10.1M
  • Aug 2015Series A$4.8M
  • Sep 2014Seed—
Founders & team
Yuan JinsongCEO
Investors
Linear Venture, Ginkgo Valley Capital, GP Capital
Tech stack
Core-JsNginxVue.JsWebpack
#6
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014
$5.9Mraised
▾

Vibeac provides ibeacon near field sensing technology based marketing solution to retailers. Along with beacons, also provides an app platform for merchants to produce tailor-made promotions. Using the solution, merchants can push promotions to consumers, engage with consumers, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2017Series A$3.6M
  • Jan 2016Series A$2.3M
Founders & team
Li ZiyangChairman & CEO
Investors
Shenzhen Capital Group
#7
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2017
—raised
▾

Provider of automotive information security solutions and semiconductor chips for vehicles. It offers comprehensive automotive-grade chip products and application solutions. The companys products cover automotive electronic fields such as chassis control and body electronics. It has a SoC chip research and development center with an experienced core team.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Series A—
Founders & team
Liu GongzheCEO
Investors
SAIC Capital, Koal Software, Volcanics Venture
#8
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 80 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of cloud-based IoT solutions for thermal power plants. Its offerings include IoT sensors and a cloud-based data platform for real-time plant condition monitoring for energy industries. Its features include ruggedised devices for harsh environment operation capability, fluctuations and operations monitoring, real-time alerts, AI-enabled analytics, temperature and pressure sensors for furnace control and condition monitoring and predictive maintenance insights.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Series B—
  • Mar 2020Series A—
  • Nov 2019Series A—
  • Aug 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Xia JiantaoFounder & Chairman
Investors
Broad Vision Funds, Future Capital, Linear Venture, Yuanwang Group, Hillhouse, Green Pine Capital Partners
#9
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013
—raised
▾

Cloud-based video conferencing solutions provider. It offers products like huawan cloud video, huawan live, huawan cloud classroom, and cloud communication smart hardware. Provides solutions such as private cloud, hybrid cloud, system integrations, Zoom Rooms, and HD video conferencing.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Jiang JingkeCEO
#10
Seed · Minhang, Shanghai · founded 2018
—raised
▾

Aitos provides solutions for identity authentication and data privacy protection. The product uses blockchain technology for the protection of IoT. The features of the product include device reputation tracking, risk prevention, data privacy, cross-vendor transactions. It provides solutions to industries such as government, health care, energy, smart city, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Leo LinCeo & Founder
Investors
Longwin Capital, Wanxiang
#11
Seed · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2017 · 30 employees
—raised
▾

Surexing provides AI-enabled financial data monitoring solutions. It provides financial institutions with corporate financial data fraud and risk analysis solutions. It performs internal auditing sessions on the data. It uses machine learning for transitioning passive supervision to active supervision.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Seed—
#12
Series A · Yangpu, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 60 employees
—raised
▾

Mingwork is a video conference tools provider. It offers features such as smart access control, visitor management, authority management, conference room management, unified control, temperature check, air test, and data security. It also provides interior lighting management, photovoltaic management, conference system, printing system, and park management.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Series A—
  • 2016Seed—
Investors
Addor Capital, Alibaba Group

Funding & investor landscape

$152.8Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
11disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Chenhui Ventures2 rounds
Hillhouse2 rounds
Linear Venture2 rounds
Oriental Fortune Capital2 rounds
SPSP Venture Capital2 rounds
Addor Capital1 rounds
Alibaba Group1 rounds
Apple Capital1 rounds
Atom Ventures1 rounds
Broad Vision Funds1 rounds

Notable founders

Fan Lingyun
CEO · Shanghai Lingmo Intelligent Technology
Shen Xiuping
CEO · Ulucu
Yuan Jinsong
CEO · VulBox
Li Ziyang
Chairman & CEO · VIbeac
Liu Gongzhe
CEO · Shanghai Xintai Information Technology
Xia Jiantao
Founder & Chairman · Allsense
Jiang Jingke
CEO · Huawan Communications
Leo Lin
Ceo & Founder · aitos.io
He Dongmei
CEO · Duan Yu Technology
Gong Yazhuo
Founder · Irisian
Zhao Jinglei
Co-Founder & CEO · ReadSense
Leon Ding
Co-Founder & Chief Research Officer · ReadSense
Prism market signals · China · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,741,508 docs

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

RESEARCH IN SHANGHAI · Networking & Security

How research on Cybersecurity in Shanghai is moving

A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity in Shanghai — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 321 papers.

321 papers · stance +0.51 · 33% breakthrough · 14% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University83
  • Shanghai Electric62
  • Shanghai University of Electric Power19
  • Shanghai University17
  • University of Shanghai for Science and Technology16
leading researchers
Jianhua Li · Li, Daoming · Wang, Lun · Jun Wu · Chen, Qiang · Shenghong Li
prism intelligence · tone & topics
84% positive · 7% critical tone
NetworkingBusinessArtificial IntelligenceComputer ScienceEducationSoftware
▲ Breakthroughs97 · 30%
▲ 18%→40% share
▲2.2× share momentum0 median citations72% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (18%→40% of field), led by Intrusion detection system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Intrusion detection system4→22
  • Key (lock)1→13
  • Anomaly detection1→12
  • Graph1→8
  • Network security13→17
Newly emergingRobustness (evolution) 0→8 · Scalability 0→6 · Software deployment 0→6
Landmark A Security Assessment Mechanism for Software-Defined Networking-Based Mobile Networks · 21 cites
◆ Advancements153 · 48%
▲ 46%→49% share
▲1.1× share momentum1 median citations56% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (46%→49% of field), led by Network security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Network security32→43
  • Artificial neural network1→9
  • Data mining7→14
  • Information security1→6
  • Intrusion detection system10→15
Newly emergingNode (physics) 0→7 · Cloud computing security 0→6 · Cloud computing 0→5
Landmark Survey of Attack Graph Analysis Methods from the Perspective of Data and Knowledge Processing · 62 cites
▼ Concerns42 · 13%
▼ 22%→7% share
▼0.3× share momentum0 median citations29% since 2021mostly position pieces
Concerns are cooling (22%→7% of field), led by Information security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Information security2→3
Newly emergingResilience (materials science) 0→3 · Cloud computing 0→3
Landmark Security in Wireless Mesh Networks: Challenges and Solutions · 27 cites

Common questions

How many Cybersecurity companies are there in Shanghai, China?
Radar tracks 33 indexable Cybersecurity companies headquartered in Shanghai, China that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cybersecurity companies in Shanghai, China?
The Cybersecurity companies in Shanghai, China on this list have raised a combined $152.8M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Shanghai, China?
Paraview Software is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Shanghai, China, with $53.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cybersecurity companies in Shanghai, China are funded?
6 of the 33 Cybersecurity companies in Shanghai, China on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cybersecurity unicorns are there in Shanghai, China?
None of the Cybersecurity companies in Shanghai, China on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Shanghai, China Cybersecurity companies?
The most active investors in Shanghai, China Cybersecurity companies on this list include Chenhui Ventures, Hillhouse, Linear Venture, Oriental Fortune Capital, SPSP Venture Capital.
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