Best Sustainability Tech Companies in China
The 527 best Sustainability Tech companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Abogen Biosciences.
China's Sustainability Tech sector is moving fast, and if you want to know where the money's actually going, you're looking at 527 companies tracked here, ranked by disclosed equity funding and the momentum behind recent raises. Total disclosed funding across the directory hits $5.8B, with two unicorns already in the mix and a global market forecast to scale from $16.2B (2022) to $122.7B by 2032, a 23.8% CAGR according to MarketsandMarkets. That's not a slow build. EV battery technology, next-generation EV platforms, and drive system innovations are the themes pulling capital right now, and the investor roster reflects it: Hillhouse, Qiming Venture Partners, and Shenzhen Capital Group are among the most active backers in this directory.
The funding distribution is uneven, which I think is the real story. Jiuzi New Energy sits at $30M while JBD has pulled $140M, and those gaps tell you something about where conviction is concentrating. The broader sector faces a structural drag too: the lack of clear green technology regulations keeps some capital on the sideline, a tension flagged recently around sustainability tech layoffs as companies recalibrate. But the demand drivers, low-carbon transition pressure, smart grid adoption, green tech scaling, aren't going anywhere. So the companies in this directory that have locked in institutional backing are positioned ahead of a market still finding its regulatory footing.
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
Our analysis of 293 Sustainability Tech companies
$38.4b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Sustainability Tech companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abogen Biosciences 🦄 Developer of mRNA-based therapeutics for cancer and infectious diseases 55Moat top 14%Patents top 17%Innovation top 22%Funding top 27% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 14% Patentstop 17% Innovationtop 22% Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 38% Marketbottom 44% Globalbottom 43% Techbottom 24% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 157 patents Patents: 157 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 154 filings since 2022 vs 3 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $1.1B | 49 mo ago | Series C | — | 2019 | Dr InBev Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 157 patents mRNA and circular RNA therapeutics with lipid nanoparticle delivery systems | — |
| 2 | Clover Biopharma Developer of drugs to treat autoimmune, cancer and infectious diseases 67Funding top 13%Market top 25%Global top 44%Moat top 48% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% Markettop 25% Globaltop 44% Moattop 48% Newsbottom 32% Techbottom 24% Funding: Raised $400M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 14 yrs (0.6/yr) Market: 681 employees (top 2% of Life Sciences) · Serving 4 countries incl. United States, China, United Kingdom rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $400M | 2 mo ago | Public | 681 | 2007 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Londian Electrics Provider of electric metering devices | $356M | 86 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 1996 | Frank CEO | — | — |
| 4 | Chongho Bridge Rural financial services provider empowering communities in remote areas | $299M | 59 mo ago | Series D | 6,000 | 1996 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Hualan Bioengineering Chinese vaccine and blood products manufacturer | $293M | 69 mo ago | Public | 3,243 | 1992 | Jingsong Wang Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 6 | Ascletis Developer of small molecules for the treatment of multiple diseases 42Funding top 19%Product top 30%Moat top 31%Innovation top 34% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Producttop 30% Moattop 31% Innovationtop 34% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 42% Growthbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 30% Newsbottom 24% Funding: Raised $255M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 15 yrs (0.3/yr) Product: 6 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $255M | 3 mo ago | Series B | 41 | 2011 | Jinzi Wu Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 7 | Beijing Mabworks Biotech Developer of anticancer therapies | $214M | 74 mo ago | Series C | 285 | 2003 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Zhonglai Manufacturer of solar cells and solar PV panels | $210M | 101 mo ago | Public | 3,918 | 2008 | — | 3 patents Low‑pressure solar thermal power generation and wolfberry‑based food flavoring technologies | 2 partnerships · 3 awards |
| 9 | Souzhou Ribo Life Science Developer of nucleic acid drugs based on RNA interference (RNAi) technology | $201M | 46 mo ago | Public | 228 | 2007 | Zicai Liang Founder | — | — |
| 10 | RecBio Developer of vaccines to prevent infectious disease | $172M | 66 mo ago | Public | — | 2012 | Yong Liu Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 11 | JBD Manufacturer of micro-LED displays 48Funding top 27%Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Moat top 42% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Moattop 42% Marketbottom 36% Techbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $140M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 5 yrs (0.2/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $140M | 7 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | Lei Zhang Co-Founder | — | 1 launch |
| 12 | Inspur Provider of cloud computing, data center, and enterprise software solutions | $109M | 69 mo ago | Public | 3,054 | 1983 | Sun Pishu Co-Founder & CEO | 14 patents Patents concentrated in its core technology | — |
| 13 | EcoCeres Provider of renewable fuels including sustainable aviation fuel and cellulosic ethanol 7Talent top 38%Funding top 42%Global bottom 36%Market bottom 29% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 42% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 29% Newsbottom 28% Techbottom 16% Growthbottom 10% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $108M · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100 | $108M | 41 mo ago | Unfunded | — | 2021 | Philip Siu Co-Founder | — | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 14 | CanSino Biologics Developer of vaccines for the treatment of infectious diseases | $107M | 31 mo ago | Public | 2,291 | 2009 | Helen Mao Co-Founder | 115 patents Adenoviral vector vaccines and inhalable nucleic‑acid lipid nanoparticle delivery systems | — |
| 15 | Beijing Huanuotai Biomedical Technology Developer of vaccines for the treatment of infectious diseases | $104M | 26 mo ago | Series B | — | 2019 | Wang Hailong CEO | — | — |
| 16 | Argo Biopharma Developer of oligonucleotide therapeutics for various diseases | $104M | 31 mo ago | Series A | — | 2021 | Shiwei Xia Co-Founder | — | — |
| 17 | Evopoint Developer of therapeutics for multiple diseases | $97M | 27 mo ago | Series E | — | 2017 | Nianfeng Ju Co-Founder | — | — |
| 18 | MAXVAX Biotechnology Developer of vaccines for infectious diseases 57Funding top 22%Market top 40%Moat top 42%Talent bottom 49% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Markettop 40% Moattop 42% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $84.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) Market: 100 employees (top 20% of Life Sciences) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $85M | 6 mo ago | Series D | 100 | 2016 | Dexiang Chen Founder | — | — |
| 19 | Clobotics Provides drone data management solutions | $84M | 63 mo ago | Series A | 11 | 2016 | Mads Rasmussen Managing director | — | — |
| 20 | Drug Farm Developer of a novel treatment for metabolic diseases | $83M | 37 mo ago | Series C | 118 | 2015 | Tong Li Co-Founder & CSO | — | — |
| 21 | Yunyinggu Technology Display drivers and IP licencing for display driver chips and circuit boards | $74M | 66 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2012 | Gu Jing Founder | — | — |
| 22 | Luzhu Biotech Developer of human vaccines and biological drugs for multiple diseases | $73M | 47 mo ago | Public | 129 | 2001 | Jian Kong CEO | — | — |
| 23 | Walvax Chinese vaccine manufacturer specializing in vaccines for meningitis and influenza | $73M | 142 mo ago | Public | 2,249 | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 24 | Ustar Biotechnologies Isothermal amplification kits for pathogen detection and genotyping of infectious diseases | $62M | 54 mo ago | Series E | 65 | 2005 | — | 31 patents Integrated microfluidic nucleic acid detection platforms for rapid CRISPR‑based diagnostics | — |
| 25 | Thermona Developer of RNA technology-based drugs to address various diseases | $60M | 47 mo ago | Series A | — | 2021 | Wei Wensheng Founder | — | — |
| 26 | Hope Medicine Developer of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of multiple diseases | $56M | 28 mo ago | Series B | — | 2018 | Rui Xiao Co-Founder | — | — |
| 27 | Microquanta Developers of perovskite solar cells | $56M | 44 mo ago | Series D | — | 2015 | Buyi Yan Co-Founder | — | — |
| 28 | Zhimeng Biopharma Developer of drugs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and related liver diseases | $49M | 67 mo ago | Series A | — | 2017 | Zhijun Zhang Co-Founder | 127 patents Small-molecule potassium channel modulators for epilepsy and neuroprotection | — |
| 29 | Zhongshu Guoneng Technology Provider of energy storage services | $48M | 48 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Yeelight Provider of app-based internet-connected smart bulbs | $47M | 53 mo ago | Series E | — | 2012 | Eric Jiang Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 31 | yeelight Yeelight offers a series of smart and wireless LED lightning products. | $47M | 53 mo ago | Series E | 500 | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 32 | Frontier Biotechnologies Clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing AIDS treatment drug | $43M | 113 mo ago | Series C | 392 | 2002 | — | 31 patents RNAi therapeutics targeting specific disease-related genes for medical treatment | — |
| 33 | Beikang Medical Developer of NGS-based diagnostic solutions for neonatal | $37M | 73 mo ago | Public | 488 | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jinko Solar Manufacturer of solar modules 80Patents top 10%Fin. health top 11%Innovation top 22%Market top 24% All 13 signals ▾Patentstop 10% Fin. healthtop 11% Innovationtop 22% Markettop 24% Techtop 34% Talenttop 39% Partnerstop 40% Producttop 42% Fundingtop 43% Moattop 44% Newstop 49% Globalbottom 47% Growthbottom 36% Patents: 1,575 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 1521 filings since 2022 vs 54 in 2017-21 Fin. health: Revenue ~$12.8B · Revenue 366.7x total funding rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $35M | 67 mo ago | Acquired | 46,511 | 2006 | Kangping Chen CEO | 1,575 patents Advanced silicon solar cell designs, back-contact modules, and manufacturing processes | 1 award |
| 35 | Jiuzi New Energy Provider of charging networks and energy storage systems for electric vehicles 29Funding top 34%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 34% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $30.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $30M | 8 mo ago | Public | — | 2021 | Li Tao CEO | — | — |
| 36 | Carbon Block Carbon management software and consulting solutions | $23M | 46 mo ago | Series B | — | 2011 | Luhui Yan Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 37 | Starna Therapeutics Developer of RNA-based drugs for multiple diseases 29Funding top 34%Moat top 38%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 34% Moattop 38% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $22.1M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $22M | 7 mo ago | Series B | — | 2021 | Rongkuan Hu Founder | — | — |
| 38 | Chengdu Wiskin Biomedical Technology Developer of drugs for the treatment of EBV-related tumors | $21M | 42 mo ago | Series A | — | 2021 | Yuquan Wei Co-Founder | — | — |
| 39 | Xiangji Technology Big data platform to analyze and process data | $18M | 26 mo ago | Series C | 20 | 2014 | Lin Zhong Co-Founder | 5 patents Flexible 3D forming equipment for shaping workpieces and ping‑pong training devices | — |
| 40 | Healrna Developer of nucleic acid drugs to treat various diseases | $15M | 39 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | Zhong Tianyi Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 41 | Kemi Biopharmaceutical Developer of immunotherapeutics for oncology and infectious disease | $14M | 44 mo ago | Series A | — | — | Shi Yuenian Founder | — | — |
| 42 | YolTech Developer of gene editing and LNP delivery platforms for therapeutics 27Funding top 37%Moat top 42%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 40% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 37% Moattop 42% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $14.1M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $14M | 9 mo ago | Series B | — | 2021 | Yuxuan Wu Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 43 | Sunpure Provider of robotic solutions for cleaning and installing photovoltaic modules 27Growth top 45%Moat top 45%Funding top 50%Product bottom 45% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 45% Moattop 45% Fundingtop 50% Productbottom 45% Marketbottom 41% Innovationbottom 38% Techbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Patentsbottom 29% Newsbottom 24% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 2 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $14M | 28 mo ago | Series A | 100 | 2019 | — | 2 patents PV array connection bridge inspection and monitoring technology | 1 award |
| 44 | Guangzhou Langsheng Pharmaceutical Developer of therapeutics for reproductive health | $14M | 36 mo ago | Series C | 600 | 2003 | — | — | — |
| 45 | Zheda Energy Provider of smart power carbon asset management solutions for businesses | $14M | 43 mo ago | Series A | — | 2017 | Jiang Xuedong Co-Founder | — | — |
| 46 | I2Cool Developer of electricity-free passive radiative cooling technologies. 22Talent top 28%Growth top 45%Funding bottom 42%Tech bottom 35% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 42% Techbottom 35% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 23% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $14M | 25 mo ago | Series A | 20 | — | Christopher Chao Co-Founder | — | — |
| 47 | Small EEL Provider of SaaS-based energy management platform | $11M | 40 mo ago | Series A | — | 2020 | Zhu Yueyang Founder | — | — |
| 48 | Weifulai Technology Provider of smart waste management solutions 55Market top 31%Funding top 47%Global bottom 29% All 3 signals ▾Markettop 31% Fundingtop 47% Globalbottom 29% Market: 300 employees (top 7% of High Tech) Funding: Raised $8.4M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $8M | 3 mo ago | Series C | 300 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 49 | CoClean Developer of a smart portable air purifier | $6M | 36 mo ago | Series B | 68 | 2015 | Fei Zhao Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 50 | Starpower Provider of decentralized energy storage system 29Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Funding bottom 42%Tech bottom 39% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 42% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 34% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $4M | 17 mo ago | Seed | — | 2023 | Laser Ding CEO & Co-founder | — | — |
Top 12 Sustainability Tech companies in China
#1
Public · Chengdu, Sichuan Sheng · founded 2007 · 681 employees$400Mraised▾
Developer of drugs to treat autoimmune, cancer, and infectious diseases. The company has developed its proprietary Trimer-Tag technology to develop novel, trimerized fusion-protein therapies. The trimerized fusion proteins have been shown to have a much better binding and therapeutic response. The company's drug pipeline include SCB-808, in a ready-for-injection prefilled syringe formulation and SCB-313 for Oncology.
- Mar 2026Post IPO$3.6M
- Apr 2024Post IPO$320.7K
- May 2023Post IPO$48.9M
- Dec 2022Post IPO$64.4M
#2
Series B · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2011 · 41 employees$255Mraised▾
Developer of small molecules for the treatment of multiple diseases. It offers pipeline of drug candidates which include Ritonavir for Covid, Ravidasvir for HCV, ASC22 for HIV, ASC40 for NASH, acne, solid tumor, breast cancer, and others.
- Feb 2026Post IPO$107.9M
- Jan 2017Series B$100M
- Dec 2015Series B$20M
- Sep 2015Series B$35M
#3
Series D · Lanzhou, Gansu · founded 2016 · 100 employees$84.8Mraised▾
Developer of vaccines for infectious diseases. It offers an adjuvant platform, recombinant protein expression platform, and mRNA platform for developing preventive and therapeutic vaccines for influenza vaccine, rabies vaccine, rotavirus vaccine, and herpes zoster vaccine.
- Dec 2025Series D—
- Jul 2024Series C$41.3M
- Feb 2024Series C$41.9M
- Jul 2022Series B—
#4
Series B · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2015$140.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of micro-LED displays. It develops active-matrix inorganic microLED display chips and panels, which have wavelengths ranging from UV to IR. It also offers control circuit boards to drive those display chips. It also offers custom displays with custom wavelengths, resolution, pixel pitch, and brightness.
- Oct 2025Series B$140.4M
- Jun 2024Series A—
- Jun 2023Series A—
- Aug 2022Series A—
#5
Series C · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2013 · 300 employees$8.4Mraised▾
Provider of smart waste management solutions. Its offerings include a cloud-based waste sorting machine and AI and blockchain-powered data analytics software. Its solution covers the entire waste management life cycle from classification, cearing, transportation, recycling, reduction treatment, and operations mangement. It alo offers smart access control locks, QR-code based samrt cabinets, sensor embedded sanitizer dispensers, and waste recycling plants.
- Mar 2026Series C—
- Jun 2023Series B$8.4M
#6
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.
- Oct 2025Post IPO$30M
#7
Series B · Suzhou, Jiangsu · founded 2021$22.1Mraised▾
Developer of RNA-based drugs for multiple diseases. The company focuses on the development of innovative drugs and vaccines with RNA as the core for infectious diseases, tumor immunology, and metabolic diseases.
- Oct 2025Series B$44M
- May 2022Series A$22.1M
- Dec 2021Angel—
#8
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2021$14.1Mraised▾
Developer of gene editing and LNP delivery platforms for therapeutics. It focuses on creating novel tools for genome editing using metagenomics data. It develops in vivo gene-editing medicines for genetic, metabolic, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. It is researching treatments for diseases such as familial hypercholesterolemia and hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.
- Sep 2025Series B$45M
- Nov 2023Series A$14.1M
- Feb 2022Angel—
- Series A—
#9
Series C · Suzhou, Jiangsu · founded 2019$1.1Braised▾
Developer of mRNA-based therapeutics for cancer and infectious diseases. The company has developed proprietary technology platforms in mRNA design, in vitro synthesis, and LNP-based delivery systems to develop targeted therapies for infectious and immuno-oncology indications.
- May 2022Series C—
- Nov 2021Series C$300M
- Aug 2021Series C$720M
- Apr 2021Series B$91.6M
#10
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2019$104.4Mraised▾
Developer of vaccines for the treatment of infectious diseases. The company specializes in the development and industrialization of human vaccine products and innovative adjuvants for COVID-19, influenza, malaria and herpes zoster.
- Mar 2024Series B$84M
- Mar 2021Series A$20.4M
#11
Series E · Suzhou, Jiangsu · founded 2017$97.3Mraised▾
Developer of therapeutics for multiple diseases. It offers a drug pipeline that includes BLI inhibitors, EZH2 inhibitors, hURAT1 inhibitors, and antibody-drug conjugates for the treatment of cancer, infectious disease, and metabolic disease.
- Feb 2024Series E$97.3M
#12
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2023$4.5Mraised▾
Provider of decentralized energy storage system. They specialize in designing advance energy network stability and sustainability through virtual power plant solutions. They offer a network connecting distributed energy devices through IoT,blockchain and AI.
- Jan 2025Seed$2.5M
- Jun 2024Seed$2M
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