Best Energy Tech Companies in Guangdong, China
The 31 best Energy Tech companies in Guangdong, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Xiaopeng.
Our analysis of 50 Energy Tech companies
$52.2b in tracked funding; 38% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.
Ranked: Best Energy Tech companies in Guangdong
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiaopeng Manufacturer of electric vehicles, AI technology, AI automotive, and AI robots 64Funding top 22%Tech top 27%Product top 28%Patents top 29% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Techtop 27% Producttop 28% Patentstop 29% Moattop 32% Markettop 35% Innovationtop 36% Globalbottom 45% Growthbottom 34% Newsbottom 22% Funding: Raised $2.6B across 11 rounds · 11 rounds over 10 yrs (1.1/yr) Tech: 44 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $2.6B | 67 mo ago | Public | — | 2014 | DrupalApple iCloud MailJava+25 | 68 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 2 | XPENG 🦄 Platform offering electric cars 82Innovation top 14%Product top 18%Market top 22%Funding top 24% All 10 signals ▾Innovationtop 14% Producttop 18% Markettop 22% Fundingtop 24% Newstop 31% Partnerstop 36% Talenttop 38% Moattop 47% Globalbottom 46% Growthbottom 43% Innovation: 12 new-product events in 24 mo · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware Product: 7 product launch events in 12 mo, 5 the year before · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $824M | 39 mo ago | Public | Eric Zhao Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 3 | BYD Manufacturer of passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, rail transit, batteries, and electronics | $266M | 77 mo ago | Series D | — | 1995 | JavaBootstrapOracle WebLogic Server+9 | 16,000 patents Battery chemistries, lithium extraction, power electronics, motor control, and EV drivetrain systems | — |
| 4 | Ehang Developer of autonomous aerial vehicles and related command and control systems 60Funding top 31%Tech top 37%Growth top 42%Market top 46% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 31% Techtop 37% Growthtop 42% Markettop 46% Newstop 46% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 46% Funding: Raised $52.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) Tech: 35 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Akamai, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $52M | 23 mo ago | Public | Yifang Xiong Co-Founder | 2014 | DrupalPHPZURB Foundation+21 | — | — |
| 5 | Guangzhou Boyt Technology Provider of tech-based manufacturing solutions for multiple industries | $15M | 68 mo ago | Series A | Li Jigeng CEO | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 6 | E LITE Online platform offering electric car rental services | $3M | 100 mo ago | Seed | Xu Wei CEO | 2017 | — | 3,328 patents Input device hardware and LED lighting package technologies for consumer electronics | — |
| 7 | Guangzhou Juwan Technology 🦄 Developer of extreme fast charging batteries and energy storage systems | — | 54 mo ago | Series A | Feng Pei CEO | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Guangzhou Weijing Technology Management platform for EV charging station operators | — | 59 mo ago | Series A | Huang Juanying CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
Top 9 Energy Tech companies in Guangdong
#1
Public · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2014 · 367 employees$52Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous aerial vehicles and related command and control systems. It focuses on providing solutions for aerial transportation and related applications. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and operates these systems. It also offers services related to the operation and maintenance of its products.
- Nov 2024Post IPO$22M
- Jul 2023Post IPO$23M
- Jan 2021Post IPO$40M
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$804.2K
#2
XPENG 🦄Public · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2014 · 13550 employees$823.6Mraised▾
Platform offering electric cars. It designs and develop electric car models like P7, P5, G3i, G9, and more. The cars include features like advanced driving assistance systems, smart OS, OTA technology, and more.
- Jul 2023Post IPO$723.6M
- Jul 2022Post IPO$100M
- 2022Post IPO—
#3
Public · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2014 · 13550 employees$2.6Braised▾
Manufacturer of electric vehicles, AI technology, AI automotive, and AI robots. The company focuses on developing and producing electric vehicles with integrated AI technologies. It offers various models, including sedans and SUVs, with features such as charging services and after-sales support. The company also explores AI applications in automotive and robotics.
- Mar 2021Post IPO$76.8M
- Nov 2020Post IPO—
- Sep 2020Post IPO$586.1M
- Jul 2020Series C$400M
#4
Series D · Pingshan, Guangdong · founded 1995 · 570060 employees$266.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, rail transit, batteries, and electronics. The company provides solutions for commercial vehicles, including city bus electrification. It also offers rail transit options like SkyRail and SkyShuttle. Furthermore, the business provides batteries and electronics solutions.
- Jun 2020Series D$266.4M
#5
Series A · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2014 · 100 employees$15.5Mraised▾
Provider of tech-based manufacturing solutions for multiple industries. Product offerings include enterprise energy management center, enterprise manufacturing execution system, preventive maintenance asset management system, production best practices, and enterprise power consumption characteristics.
- Feb 2021Series A$15.5M
- Feb 2019Seed—
#6
Seed · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2017$2.9Mraised▾
Online platform offering electric car rental services. The platform enables users to find and locate nearby available rental stations, and reserve a car by paying a deposit. The company has also set up a network of free parking lots & charging stations for its users.
- 2018Angel$2.9M
#7
Series A · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2020 · 200 employees—raised▾
Developer of extreme fast charging batteries and energy storage systems. The company focuses on research, production, sales, and service of its products. It provides fast charging battery solutions for electric vehicles. The company's products are applied to passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and eVTOL aircraft. It also promotes construction of a nationwide charging network.
- Apr 2022Series A—
- Jul 2021Seed—
#8
Series A · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2017—raised▾
Management platform for EV charging station operators. Provides operators with complete autonomous operation solutions, helps pile manufacturer establish brand operation alliance system, helps promote government regulation programs of constructing new energy applications in different places and provides other solutions to improve the management system & improve the operational capacity. Also offers a car trading ecosystem that can integrate all commercial resources and provide internet finance.
- Dec 2021Series A—
#9
Series A · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2001 · 9960 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of lithium batteries and energy storage systems. The platform provides lithium batteries and energy storage systems for electronic gadgets, data centres, e-vehicles, and commercial buildings. Products portfolio includes lithium, nickel metal hydride, and zinc air batteries and power banks, 50-100 Ah lithium batteries for telecom centers, 2.9-11.5 kiloWatt-hour energy storage systems to domestic buildings, portable power storage systems, 76.8-576 Volt, 16.3-302 kilowatt-hour e-vehicle batteries.
- 2010Series A—
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- Guangdong University of Technology197
- Guangdong Hydropower Planning & Design Institute20
- Guangdong Academy of Sciences11
- Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing11
- Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University10
- Anode38
- Electrolyte32
- Electrochemistry28
- Cathode25
- Chemical engineering17
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- Sulfur1→3
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- Electrolyte1→6
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