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Best Energy Tech Companies in Shenzhen, China

The 211 best Energy Tech companies in Shenzhen, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BYD.

211companies tracked
$9Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
31have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENERGY TECH × SHENZHEN

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.

50companies analysed
38%cloud-native stacks
2022funding peak (by rounds)
11unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Energy Tech companies in Shenzhen

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingStageFounderTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1A&Y Fuel Cell Systems
PEM Fuel Cell system developers
DeadpooledLouise L
Co-Founder
2Afax Power
Manufacturer of EV chargers
UnfundedTerry Law
Co-Founder
Wix eCommerceWixSentry+17Top 10M
3Allvision
Designs, manufactures and markets passive matrix OLED displays
UnfundedAlan Zeng
CEO & Director
4Anari
Developer of EV chargers
UnfundedKerry Chu
Founder & CEO
5Ants Electronics
Provider of LED lights for industrial use
UnfundedWu Langqing
Founder & CEO
6AOVO STORE
Developer of multi-cateory electric vehicles
UnfundedWi Tem
Founder
Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+15Top 5M
7Atop Hort
Provider of cloud-based LED lighting products for horticultural use
UnfundedYouTubeBootstrapFancyBox+10Top 10M
8ATSmart
Smart WiFi based intelligent home automation solution
Deadpooled

Top 12 Energy Tech 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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 95how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 7%
Innovation
top 15%
Funding
top 16%
Market
top 18%
Tech
top 18%
Global
top 22%
Patents: 16,258 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 6570 filings since 2022 vs 3098 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 16,258 patents (top 2% of patent-holders) · 6570 filings since 2022 vs 3098 in 2017-21 · 12 new-product events in 24 mo
Funding: Raised $6.8B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 18 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Mar 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 37k LinkedIn followers — 62.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Ahlan_Khaleeji 27) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Post IPO$5.6B
  • Oct 2021Post IPO
  • Feb 2021Post IPO$200M
  • Jun 2020Post IPO$112.9M
Founders & team
Lu XiangyangCo-FounderBlack RockOwnerXia ZuoquanOwner
Investors
Samsung, Hillhouse, MidAmerican Energy, SDIC Innovation, Himalaya Capital, CICC
Tech stack
Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Client Data LayerAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAnt Design
#2
Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2021
$30Mraised

Provider of charging networks and energy storage systems for electric vehicles. The company develops direct current fast charging stations integrated with energy storage. It is also advancing a smart energy cloud platform project. This platform aims to enable interaction between charging facilities and power grid systems using IoT technology. The company is also initiating research and development testing for digital payment solutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 34%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 25%
Funding: Raised $30.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Oct 2025)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Global: Single-market focus (China)
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Post IPO$30M
Founders & team
Li TaoCEO
#3
Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 1997 · 105 employees
$1.5Braised

Manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, energy storage systems, and related hardware. The company provides batteries for consumer products, electric vehicles, and energy storage. It offers energy services and develops smart hardware. The business also focuses on sustainable development practices throughout its operations.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 23%
Growth
top 34%
Fin. health
top 35%
News
top 37%
Market
top 45%
Moat
top 48%
Funding: Raised $1.5B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Jun 2023)
Growth: Revenue +16% YoY
Fin. health: Revenue ~$561M · Revenue +16% YoY · Publicly listed (IPO 2011)
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Post IPO$228.5M
  • Aug 2022Post IPO$886M
  • Feb 2022Post IPO$384.9M
Investors
Shenzhen Capital Group, China Life Investment, CCB Financial Assets Investment, Broad Vision Funds, Source Code Capital, National Green Development Fund
Tech stack
BootstrapHeadjsHstsHttp/3JqueryJquery Migrate
#4
Late Stage · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 1996
$356.5Mraised

Provider of electric metering devices. Products and solutions provided include single and three-phase smart meters, concentrators, prepaid meters, and electric meters alongside solutions to enable AMI architecture. AMI solutions include a smart home system with integrated energy management.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2019PE$250M
  • Dec 2018PE$106.5M
Founders & team
FrankCEO
Investors
SK, China Venture Capital, Mirae Asset, QC Investment
Tech stack
Animate.CssNginxSwiperJquery
#5
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2001 · 3993 employees
$64.9Mraised

Provider of electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. It is a manufacturer that devotes to producing positive and negative electrode materials for lithium-ion secondary batteries and the application of nanometer materials. They offer basic research, development, production and sales of products and all solutions for lithium-ion secondary batteries.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2022Series B$64.9M
Founders & team
Jian-Guo RenCEO
Investors
SK On, Qiming Venture Partners, Jun Sheng Investment, BMC, Cowin Capital, Glory Capital
Tech stack
Animate.CssAnt DesignBabelCore-JsCrypto-JsDay.Js
#6
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2012
$73.9Mraised

Shenzhen Yun Ying Valley conducts research and development and provides IP licencing for display driver chips and circuit boards. Provides IP in sub-pixel rendering, high PPI OLED products, and AMOLED mass production process. Products include display driver chips for timing control, AMOLED driver, silicon-based OLED, and circuit board cards for FHD TV, 4K TV, 8K TV, and customisation FPGA image processing board. The company's application focus is on mobile phones, laptops, TVs, AR/VR devices, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Series D$45.6M
  • Apr 2020Series C$28.2M
  • Oct 2019Series C
  • Jan 2018Series B
Founders & team
Gu JingFounder
Investors
Qiming Venture Partners, Xiaomi, NLVC, Qualcomm, AVIC International Capital, China Fortune-Tech Capital
#7
Series C · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2016 · 50 employees
$83Mraised

PonyCar offers self-drive electric vehicle rental services. Rents out its vehicles on a time-sharing model viz. per minute basis. Bookings can be made via the PonyCar app or the WeChat public account. Through the app, users can locate a nearby available rental station, reserve a car, and make payments for their trip. Apps are available for both Android & iOS devices. Has partnered with parking service provider ETCP to ensure availability of cars through their parking lots.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2017Series C$37.8M
  • Jun 2017Series B$22.1M
  • Mar 2017Series A$7.3M
Founders & team
Liu YixunFounder
Investors
Cosco Shipping, OPPO
#8
Series C · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015 · 300 employees
$10Mraised

Shenzhen Encore Technology (EN+ Technology) is focused on providing electric vehicle charging solutions for both personal & commercial purposes. Its product portfolio includes portable charging box, AC charging stations, DC charging piles, charging gateway, EV charging app, and a management system for charging stations. The company designs and develops a range of AC/DC charging terminals with features such as IP65 protection, advertising screens, standby power consumption of 3W, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Series C$10M
Founders & team
Dai GuofengFounderTony JinCEO
Investors
Eaton
#9
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2012 · 300 employees
$3.6Mraised

Provider of lithium battery drying technology solutions and equipment manufacturing. The company specializes in drying and sterilization equipment, along with the development of new equipment. It offers automated drying systems, including contact-type preheating furnaces and high-vacuum ovens. The company also provides customized automation equipment services for lithium battery production lines.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Series A$3.6M
#10
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2018 · 5 employees
$16.9Mraised

Jhnyh provides a platform for oilfield marketplace. It allows buyers and sellers to do business related to oil on the platform. Customers can buy gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum products. It also provides oil market and industry news on the platform.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2020Series A
  • May 2020Series A$14M
  • Dec 2019Seed$2.9M
Founders & team
Wang LeiFounder & CEO
Investors
China Merchants, 51Zhaoyou
#11
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2016 · 1 employees
$6.3Mraised

Manufacturer of smart electric skateboards. The company develops skateboard model "Exway X1" which is powered by dual hub motor, 120Wh battery pack, Bluetooth remote controller, and FOC electronic speed controller. Also, the board can offer a range of 16 km with a top speed of 40 km/h. The company also offers an app that can be paired with skateboards via the Bluetooth in order to monitor and control the skateboard.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Series A$6.3M
Founders & team
Chao ZengCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Sequoia Capital China
#12
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2013
$20Mraised

Provider of the mobile phone charging network. The company offers two types of storage boxes containing 12 chargers and 40 chargers respectively. Focuses on larger public spaces such as train stations, airports, tourist attractions and hospitals, unlike its competitors who target shopping malls and restaurants. Customers can rent the chargers by scanning a QR code on the equipment and pay by Wechat Pay, Union Pay or Apple Pay.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2017Series A$20M
Founders & team
Yun HuangCo-FounderYuan BingsongCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
SIG China, Redpoint Ventures, Unity Ventures, Redpoint China Ventures

Funding & investor landscape

$9Btotal disclosed funding
17companies funded
29disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Shenzhen Capital Group4 rounds
Cowin Capital3 rounds
Qiming Venture Partners3 rounds
Broad Vision Funds2 rounds
Green Pine Capital Partners2 rounds
IDG Capital2 rounds
NLVC2 rounds
Oriental Fortune Capital2 rounds
QC Investment2 rounds
Qualcomm2 rounds

Notable founders

Lu Xiangyang
Co-Founder · BYD
Black Rock
Owner · BYD
Li Tao
CEO · Jiuzi New Energy
Frank
CEO · Londian Electrics
Jian-Guo Ren
CEO · BTR
Gu Jing
Founder · Yunyinggu Technology
Liu Yixun
Founder · Ponycar
Dai Guofeng
Founder · Shenzhen Encore Technology
Tony Jin
CEO · Shenzhen Encore Technology
Wang Lei
Founder & CEO · Shenzhen Jinhang Energy Technology
Chao Zeng
Co-Founder & CEO · Exway
Yun Huang
Co-Founder · Laidian
Prism market signals · China · country-scoped Prism corpus, 381,589 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Energy Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN SHENZHEN · Energy

How research on Energy Storage in Shenzhen is moving

A read on the academic research around Energy Storage in Shenzhen — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 577 papers.

Shenzhen University and allied institutes dominate optimistic battery-materials and supercapacitor research, with breakthroughs far outnumbering concerns in a surge of post-2020 output.

577 papers · stance +0.60 · 52% breakthrough · 11% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Shenzhen University167
  • Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute95
  • Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology88
  • Shenzhen Technology University65
  • City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute48
leading researchers
Yongbing Tang · Hongfei Li · Fan Zhang · Guojin Liang · Zhuoxin Liu · Funian Mo
prism intelligence · tone & topics
98% positive · 1% critical tone
Materials ScienceBusinessEnvironmentElectronicsTransportationSustainability
Breakthroughs281 · 49%
▼ 60%→49% share
▼0.8× share momentum3 median citations86% since 2021mostly methods-led
Electrolyte research is surging — papers grew from 4 to 74, dominating the breakthroughs segment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Electrolyte4→74
  • Electrochemistry3→61
  • Cathode2→54
  • Anode5→54
  • Battery (electricity)5→45
Newly emergingChemical engineering 0→19 · Catalysis 0→18 · Aqueous solution 0→18
Landmark Conductive porous vanadium nitride/graphene composite as chemical anchor of polysulfides for lithium-sulfur batteries · 1,115 cites
Advancements197 · 34%
▲ 16%→36% share
▲2.2× share momentum2 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Supercapacitor advancement research intensified sharply — electrode and redox sub-topics each rose from 1 to 17, 11, and 8 respectively.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Supercapacitor1→17
  • Electrode1→11
  • Redox1→8
  • Polymer1→6
  • Dielectric1→5
Newly emergingBattery (electricity) 0→33 · Nanotechnology 0→21 · Anode 0→21
Landmark Advanced Architectures and Relatives of Air Electrodes in Zn–Air Batteries · 829 cites
Concerns62 · 11%
▼ 16%→10% share
▼0.6× share momentum19 median citations79% since 2021mostly reviews
Anode-related concerns are rising fast — papers grew from 2 to 17, with cathode concerns newly emerging at 18 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Anode2→17
  • Battery (electricity)3→16
  • Nanotechnology1→13
  • Electrochemistry1→7
  • Energy density1→7
Newly emergingCathode 0→18 · Electrolyte 0→15 · Renewable energy 0→5
Landmark More Reliable Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries: Status, Solutions and Prospects · 1,736 cites

Common questions

How many Energy Tech companies are there in Shenzhen, China?
Radar tracks 211 indexable Energy Tech companies headquartered in Shenzhen, China that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Energy Tech companies in Shenzhen, China?
The Energy Tech companies in Shenzhen, China on this list have raised a combined $9B in disclosed equity funding across 17 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Energy Tech company in Shenzhen, China?
BYD is the highest-funded Energy Tech company in Shenzhen, China, with $6.8B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Energy Tech companies in Shenzhen, China are funded?
17 of the 211 Energy Tech companies in Shenzhen, China on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Energy Tech unicorns are there in Shenzhen, China?
1 Energy Tech company in Shenzhen, China on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Shenzhen, China Energy Tech companies?
The most active investors in Shenzhen, China Energy Tech companies on this list include Shenzhen Capital Group, Cowin Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, Broad Vision Funds, Green Pine Capital Partners.
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