Best SaaS Companies in China
The 198 best SaaS companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: weibo.
China's SaaS sector is moving fast enough that tracking 198 companies and $646M in disclosed funding still feels like a snapshot, not a settled picture. This directory ranks the best SaaS companies in China by equity funding raised and recent funding momentum, and the numbers tell a story worth sitting with. Weibo leads the pack at $586M, followed by Yoyi Digital at $60M, with the rest of the field largely unfunded on record. Zero unicorns. That gap between the top two and everyone else is the defining structural fact here.
The global SaaS market was valued at roughly $143.8B in 2021 and is forecast to hit $172.0B in 2022, growing at a 25.89% CAGR, and China's vendors are chasing that curve under real pressure. Data security concerns and compliance requirements are reshaping product roadmaps right now, which explains why the hottest themes across our tracked companies are cloud firewall, cloud-native firewalls, and SaaS security policies. As shown in 2011 research, cloud grid security constraints were already a ceiling on adoption well before this cycle. So if you're evaluating vendors here, security posture isn't a checkbox, it's the differentiator. And consolidation signals elsewhere, like Chargebee's recent acquisition move, suggest the broader SaaS market is tightening around players with defensible infrastructure.
Our analysis of 450 SaaS companies
$16.8b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best SaaS companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weibo Weibo is a social network company that provides microblogging platform. | $586M | 58 mo ago | Public | — | 2009 | DrupalPHPAmazon Web Services+18 | — |
| 2 | yoyi digital Yoyi Digital is a multi-screen programmatic buying platform for targeted online advertising and marketing… | $60M | 46 mo ago | Series D | — | 2007 | — | — |
| 3 | 100doc.cn 100doc.cn is a live streaming video platform | — | — | Private | — | 2016 | — | — |
| 4 | 21brains 21Brains is an integrated suite of apps that enables purchasing and procurement professionals to create and… | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 5 | 2345.com 2345.com is software that helps users find websites faster, without having to remember complex web addresses. | — | — | Private | Pang Shengdong Founder | 2005 | SentryNode.jsVue.js+9 | — |
| 6 | 365airpalm 365AirPalm is a mobile internet company that offers sales automation and channel distribution services. | — | — | Private | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 7 | 51 gongjijin guanjia 51 Gongjijin Guanjia provides an intelligent online workplace. | — | — | Private | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 8 | 91XiangKe Developer of software designed to provide management service for educational institutions. | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2017 | — | — |
Top 2 SaaS companies in China
#1
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2007 · 400 employees$60Mraised▾
Developer and provider of intelligence digital marketing solutions. Based on technologies in data collection, user analysis and global marketing applications, the company's solutions include a Client Data Platform (CDP), Marketing Automation Platform and a Smart Advertising Platform, providing corporates users with integrated marketing services that drives business growth.
#2
Public · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2009 · 5935 employees$586Mraised▾
Weibo Corp is a China-based company mainly engaged in the social media advertising business for people to create, discover and distribute content. The Company's activities include Advertising and Marketing, which mainly provides a full range of advertising customization and marketing solutions. The Value-added Services mainly provide services such as membership services on social platforms, online games, live broadcasts, social e-commerce, and others. The Company's main product is the social platform Weibo.
Funding & investor landscape
How research on Cloud Computing is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Cloud Computing — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 7,052 China-affiliated papers.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences262
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications237
- Tsinghua University203
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University191
- Xidian University178
- Point cloud1→817
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution3→360
- Scheduling (production processes)8→356
- Point (geometry)1→315
- Scalability20→324
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution7→152
- Operating system5→148
- Key (lock)3→122
- Edge computing17→134
- Scheduling (production processes)21→122
- Key (lock)9→47
- Big data6→33
- Operating system2→25
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution2→23
- Edge computing3→22
Where cloud computing 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 cloud computing patents in China
China cloud computing patent filing is accelerating — 993 filings from 559 assignees (2016–2025), led by Huawei TECH, ZTE, Huawei Cloud Computing TECH; annual filings 97→98.
- Huawei TECH553
- ZTE116
- Huawei Cloud Computing TECH81
- Intel52
- IBM29
- Infortrend Technology22
- TIAN KUN22
- DONG Yaozu19
Common questions
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