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Best Environment Companies in Guangdong Province, China

The 79 best Environment companies in Guangdong Province, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Gokin Solar.

79companies tracked
$743Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × GUANGDONG PROVINCE

Our analysis of 309 Environment companies

$75.8b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

309companies analysed
79%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Environment companies in Guangdong Province

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Gokin Solar
Company that focuses on R&D and manufacturing of high-efficiency large-size photovoltaic silicon wafers
72Funding top 28%Growth top 30%Patents top 33%Innovation top 37%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 28%
Growthtop 30%
Patentstop 33%
Innovationtop 37%
Markettop 38%
Talenttop 38%
Moatbottom 49%
Globalbottom 36%
Newsbottom 32%
Techbottom 28%
Funding: Raised $616M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$616M46 mo agoSeries BAllen Xu
Co-Founder
2019PHPLayuiAnimate.css+619 patents
Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes
1 partnership
2Shenzhen Hengchuang Ruineng Environmental Protection Technology
Provider of waste recycling services
$59M45 mo agoSeries BChen Zhipeng
CEO
2017———
3Guangjing Energy Technology
Manufacturer of solar cell modules
48Funding top 44%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 36%
All 3 signals ▾
Fundingtop 44%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 36%
Funding: Raised $26.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$26M35 mo agoSeries AFuzhi Huang
CEO & Chairman
2022———
4Satcon
Solar and fuel cell inverters
$16M177 mo agoAcquiredAlain Corcos
CEO & President
1985———
5Shenzhen Flashback Technology
Platform for the recovery of electronic products
$16M62 mo agoSeries C—2016Node.jsVue.jsNuxt.js+5——
6Yueng
Manufacturer of recycling bin and other hardwares
$7M71 mo agoSeries ALuo Huijun
CEO
2017———
7Aibo Green
E-waste recycling company
$3M84 mo agoSeedTang Baitong
CEO
2016———
8Zhongke Huizhi Equipment Technology
Provider of gas purification products
—36 mo agoSeedLiu Yingshu
Founder
2021———

Top 11 Environment companies in Guangdong Province

#1
Series A · Foshan, Guangdong Province · founded 2022
$26.4Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of solar cell modules

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 44%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 36%
Funding: Raised $26.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Jul 2023)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond China
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Series A$22.2M
  • Nov 2022Angel$4.2M
Founders & team
Fuzhi HuangCEO & Chairman
Investors
Qiming Venture Partners, Zhengxuan Investment, Innovation Works, Ding Xiang Capital
#2
Series B · Zhuhai, Guangdong Province · founded 2019 · 6436 employees
$615.9Mraised
▾

Gokin Solar is a new energy company that focuses on R&D and manufacturing of high-efficiency large-size photovoltaic silicon wafers. They own multiple core technologies and use digital and smart manufacturing platforms to provide their customers with various high-efficiency products. They are planning to apply for IPO on Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%
Growth
top 30%
Patents
top 33%
Innovation
top 37%
Market
top 38%
Talent
top 38%
Funding: Raised $616M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Aug 2022)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY
Patents: 19 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 19 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Keno) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Series B$372.9M
  • Apr 2022Series A$251.3M
Founders & team
Allen XuCo-Founder Zhiqun XuCEO
Investors
Goldstone Investment, Haitong Kaiyuan Investment, Yueke Financial Group, Walden International, IDG Capital, Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology
Tech stack
Animate.CssBaidu Analytics (百度统计)Google AnalyticsJqueryLayuiNginx
#3
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2017
$58.8Mraised
▾

Provider of waste recycling services

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Series B$14.3M
  • Aug 2022Series B$44.5M
Founders & team
Chen ZhipengCEO
Investors
Hua Ventures, Legend Capital, China Guangfa Bank, Hanhui Investment Management, GF Capital Management & Advisors, Hidden Hill Capital
#4
Series C · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2016 · 21 employees
$15.8Mraised
▾

Shenzhen Flashback Technology Co., Ltd. provides a platform for the recovery of electronic products, recycling of second-hand mobile phones and testing. People can sell their mobiles on its platform. Offers free shipping solutions and 24 hours receipt services. Partners include China mobile, China unicom, China telecom and more.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Series C—
  • Oct 2019Series B—
  • Feb 2018Series A$15.8M
Investors
Cowin Capital, Shenzhen SME Credit Financing Guarantee Group, Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital
Tech stack
Core-JsExpressHstsNode.JsNuxt.JsSwiper
#5
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2017
$7.2Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of recycling bin and other hardwares

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2020Series A$7.2M
  • Mar 2020Seed—
  • 2019Seed—
Founders & team
Luo HuijunCEO
Investors
VenturesLab, Shenzhen Capital Group, China Merchants Capital
#6
Acquired · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 1985 · 244 employees
$16Mraised
▾

Satcon manufactures solar and fuel cell inverters and offers different models in inverters like 'PowerGate Plus' 'Equinox' and 'ContainerPlus' with 12 power ratings, ranging from 30kW-1MW. In 2013 the company was acquired by Great Wall Energy.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2011Grant (prize money)$1.4M
  • Jul 2011Series B$16M
  • Jul 2009Grant (prize money)$398.3K
Founders & team
Alain CorcosCEO & President
Investors
OSTI, NGP Energy Technology Partners
#7
Seed · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2016 · 100 employees
$2.9Mraised
▾

Developer of a one-stop waste recycling service platform designed to simplify the process of recycling. The company's services focus on direct selling model, providing upstream recyclers with direct transaction services to the recycle dissembling enterprises and providing direct-purchasing supply integration services for downstream companies, creating a better supply chain and channel system for enterprises in the recycling industry.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2019Seed$2.9M
Founders & team
Tang BaitongCEO
#8
Seed · Dongguan, Guangdong Province · founded 2021
—raised
▾

Developer and researcher of modern gas molecular identification technology and engineering application. The company specializes in the separation and purification of VOCs, O2, N2, CO2, CO, NOx and other gases, providing core materials and proprietary components such as pellets, honeycomb bodies, rotors and cartridges for gas separation and purification, as well as oxygen production and supply solutions and advanced equipment for personal, household, industrial, special environment and other application scenarios.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Angel—
Founders & team
Liu YingshuFounder
Investors
Zhongke Chuangxing
#9
Series B · Tianhe, Guangdong Province · founded 2017
—raised
▾

Provider of waste paper recycling services

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Series B—
Founders & team
Liu WenboFounder
Investors
Aplus Capital, Qingsong Fund
#10
Funding Raised · Guangdong Province · founded 1995 · 471 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of environmental protection services

Funding rounds
  • May 2021Unattributed—
Investors
SK Chemicals, Tianxing Capital
#11
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2003
—raised
▾

SC New Energy Technology is a Solar PV and other green energy equipment manufacturer. Apart from providing manufacturing machines, the company also provides turnkey project solutions and as well as automation solution for the whole photovoltaic solar cell production line. They have two large manufacturing units, a 30,000 square meter factory in Shenzhen Guangdong Province, and a 50,000 square meter factory in Changzhou Jiangsu Province.

Funding rounds
  • 2011Series A—
Founders & team
Li ShijunPresident & CEO
Investors
Green Pine Capital Partners, Bridge Capital, Overture Wealth
Tech stack
NginxHsts

Funding & investor landscape

$743Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
12disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
ASB Ventures2 rounds
Addor Capital2 rounds
China Venture Capital2 rounds
Cowin Capital2 rounds
Goldstone Investment 2 rounds
Govtor2 rounds
IDG Capital2 rounds
Shenzhen Guozhong Venture Capital Management2 rounds
Aplus Capital1 rounds
BHR1 rounds

Notable founders

Fuzhi Huang
CEO & Chairman · Guangjing Energy Technology
Allen Xu
Co-Founder · Gokin Solar
Zhiqun Xu
CEO · Gokin Solar
Chen Zhipeng
CEO · Shenzhen Hengchuang Ruineng Environmental Protection Technology
Luo Huijun
CEO · Yueng
Alain Corcos
CEO & President · Satcon
Tang Baitong
CEO · Aibo Green
Liu Yingshu
Founder · Zhongke Huizhi Equipment Technology
Liu Wenbo
Founder · Thousand Birds
Li Shijun
President & CEO · SC New Energy Technology
Prism market signals · China · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,732,551 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Environment coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · China

How research on Environmental Monitoring is moving in China

A read on the academic research around Environmental Monitoring — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2,590 China-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 34% → 46% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences190
  • Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring Center76
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences63
  • Ministry of Ecology and Environment51
  • China National Environmental Monitoring Center50
leading researchers
毛德华 · Yang Liu · Wei Wang · Lei Zhang · Bo Chang · Wei Li · Jie Li · Chao Wang
▲ Breakthroughs461 · 18%
▲ 12%→23% share
▲1.9× share momentum0 median citations65% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (12%→23% of field), led by Pollution.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Pollution4→32
  • Pollutant7→29
  • Air quality index1→19
  • Contamination1→17
  • Air pollution1→15
Newly emergingHuman health 0→12 · Identification (biology) 0→11 · Detection limit 0→9
Landmark Cointegration: a novel approach for the removal of environmental trends in structural health monitoring data · 231 cites
◆ Advancements990 · 38%
▼ 41%→34% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations45% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (41%→34% of field), led by Pollutant.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Pollutant13→42
  • Air quality index11→32
  • Pollution35→56
  • Ecosystem2→22
  • Air pollution11→25
Newly emergingEnvironmental DNA 0→15 · Human health 0→11 · Habitat 0→10
Landmark A distributed network of low-cost continuous reading sensors to measure spatiotemporal variations of PM2.5 in Xi'an, Chi · 360 cites
▼ Concerns498 · 19%
▼ 21%→19% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations50% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (21%→19% of field), led by Human health.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Human health4→45
  • Pollution29→60
  • Risk assessment4→30
  • Ecosystem3→20
  • Contamination7→24
Newly emergingMicroplastics 0→20 · Bioaccumulation 0→9 · Plastic pollution 0→9
Landmark Recent advances in nanomaterials for water protection and monitoring · 538 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · China

Where environmental monitoring 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.

Beijing431 · +0.32
Hot · PollutionAdvancing · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · ApportionmentConcern · Microplastics
Nanjing128 · +0.36
Hot · Algal bloomAdvancing · HumidityOpportunity · ParticulatesConcern · Biodiversity
Shanghai121 · +0.26
Hot · Port (circuit theory)Advancing · BuoyOpportunity · MicroplasticsConcern · Sewage treatment
Wuhan94 · +0.44
Hot · Remote sensingAdvancing · Change detectionOpportunity · Cloud computingConcern · Environmental engineering
Guangzhou/Shenzhen90 · +0.40
Hot · Component (thermodynamics)Advancing · HabitatOpportunity · Risk assessmentConcern · Aquatic ecosystem
Hangzhou66 · +0.40
Hot · Wireless sensor networkAdvancing · Node (physics)Opportunity · Air pollutionConcern · Pollutant
Harbin24 · +0.38
Hot · Embedded systemAdvancing · Geographic information systemOpportunity · Workflow
Hefei23 · +0.59
Hot · Water qualityAdvancing · MicrocontrollerOpportunity · Water pollution
PATENT SIGNAL · China

Who's filing environmental monitoring patents in China

China environmental monitoring patent filing is accelerating — 71 filings from 70 assignees (2016–2025), led by Multidimension Technology, Goertek, UNIV China Mining; annual filings 1→11.

71 filings70 assigneespeak 13/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Multidimension Technology11
  • Goertek9
  • UNIV China Mining5
  • Zhejiang Hengda Instr3
  • INST Oceanology Chinese ACAD3
  • Chengdu Qinchuan IOT TECH2
  • UNIV Dalian TECH2
  • LAW Sui-chun2

Common questions

How many Environment companies are there in Guangdong Province, China?
Radar tracks 79 indexable Environment companies headquartered in Guangdong Province, China that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in Guangdong Province, China?
The Environment companies in Guangdong Province, China on this list have raised a combined $743M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in Guangdong Province, China?
Gokin Solar is the highest-funded Environment company in Guangdong Province, China, with $615.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in Guangdong Province, China are funded?
7 of the 79 Environment companies in Guangdong Province, China on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in Guangdong Province, China?
None of the Environment companies in Guangdong Province, China on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Guangdong Province, China Environment companies?
The most active investors in Guangdong Province, China Environment companies on this list include ASB Ventures, Addor Capital, China Venture Capital, Cowin Capital, Goldstone Investment .
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