Best Sustainability Tech Companies in Zhejiang, China
The 43 best Sustainability Tech companies in Zhejiang, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ascletis.
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$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 Zhejiang
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 6 mo ago | Series B | Jinzi Wu Founder & CEO | 2011 | PHPJW PlayerBootstrap+6 | — | — |
| 2 | RecBio Developer of vaccines to prevent infectious disease | $172M | 68 mo ago | Public | Yong Liu Founder & CEO | 2012 | BootstrapjQuerySwiper+4 | — | — |
| 3 | Ustar Biotechnologies Isothermal amplification kits for pathogen detection and genotyping of infectious diseases | $62M | 56 mo ago | Series E | — | 2005 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 31 patents Integrated microfluidic CRISPR-based nucleic acid detection and sample‑processing cartridges | — |
| 4 | Microquanta Developers of perovskite solar cells | $56M | 46 mo ago | Series D | Buyi Yan Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Zheda Energy Provider of smart power carbon asset management solutions for businesses | $14M | 46 mo ago | Series A | Jiang Xuedong Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 6 | 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 | 5 mo ago | Series C | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 7 | KAT VR Provider of a VR-based omnidirectional treadmill | $7M | 59 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+28 | — | — |
| 8 | Fox ESS 🦄 Manufacturer of inverters, chargers, batteries, and energy storage system components | $55K | 38 mo ago | Series D | Justin Claxton Co-Founder & Vice President | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — | 1 launch |
Top 12 Sustainability Tech companies in Zhejiang
#1
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
#2
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
#3
Public · Taizhou, Zhejiang · founded 2012$171.8Mraised▾
Developer of vaccines to prevent infectious disease. The company's products include recombinant COVID-19 vaccine, coronary pneumonia vaccine (CHO cell) ReCOV, Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (Nine/Bivalent) to prevent HPV-induced infections, and recombinant shingles vaccine to prevent the infraction caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV).
- Dec 2020Series B$100M
- 2019Series A$71.8M
#4
Series D · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2015$55.7Mraised▾
Microquanta is a developer of thin film perovskite solar cells and aims to commercialize the technology. The company claims to have the built the first set of perovskite solar cell production equipment in their lab and can produce 6x6 sq. cm. scale perovskite solar cells with a conversion rate of 16%.
- Oct 2022Series D—
- Jan 2021Series C$55.7M
#5
Series E · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2005 · 65 employees$61.8Mraised▾
Isothermal amplification kits for pathogen detection and genotyping of infectious diseases. Its proprietary technologies include instrument-free nucleic acid extraction, isothermal amplification, and rapid DNA amplicon detection device which form two nucleic acid testing platforms for microbe detection and SNP/Mutation detection. It developed a series of isothermal amplification testing kits based on these two platforms for pathogen detection and genotyping for tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and HBV genotyping.
- Nov 2021Series E$47M
- Feb 2021Series E—
- Aug 2014Series B$11.3M
- 2012Series B—
#6
Series A · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2017$13.9Mraised▾
Provider of smart power carbon asset management solutions for businesses. It focuses on the intelligent transformation and low carbon evolution of electric power energy.
- Oct 2022Series A$13.9M
#7
Series A · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2013 · 60 employees$7Mraised▾
Provider of a VR-based omnidirectional treadmill. Claims that it allows for multi-degrees of human motion creating infinite movement area in VR on minimum physical space in reality. Offers a VR-based walking solution for gamers and is suitable for home use.
- Sep 2021Series A—
- Aug 2020Series A$1.7M
- Feb 2017Series A$4.4M
- Feb 2016Angel$1M
#8
Fox ESS 🦄Series D · Wenzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2019$55Kraised▾
Manufacturer of inverters, chargers, batteries, and energy storage system components. The company provides single-phase and three-phase PV inverters, hybrid inverters, and all-in-one storage solutions. Product offerings include lithium batteries, EQ batteries, EP batteries, EV chargers, and heat pumps. The company focuses on research and development to create advanced products.
- Jun 2023Series D$141M
#9
Series A · Jinhua, Zhejiang · founded 2017—raised▾
Smart machines for the food and beverage industry. Its products include AI-integrated trash bins, automatic food delivery robots, and sanitation products
- Apr 2024Series A—
#10
Series C · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2019—raised▾
Jieyi Biotechnology is a developer of sequencing-based microorganism diagnostic technology and platform. The company has developed PDC-Seq (potential diagnostic clue) that is used for high-throughput sequencing of nucleic acids of patient samples. The data is analyzed using a microbial genome database, clinical data, and software tools for predicting the pathogenic microorganisms and resistance genes in the patient.
- Feb 2024Series C—
- Sep 2021Series B—
- Jan 2021Series B—
- Aug 2020Series A—
#11
Series A · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2012 · 8 employees—raised▾
Provider of smart metering and water management solutions. This company develops and provides comprehensive solutions for smart water meters and related software. Their offerings include prepaid and postpaid AMR/AMI systems, DMA zone management solutions, and a suite of supporting apps. The company manufactures a range of smart water meters utilizing various communication technologies, such as NB-IoT, GPRS, and LoRa. They also offer complete system integration and support services.
- Feb 2023Series A—
- Feb 2023Conventional Debt—
#12
Series A · Yongkang, Zhejiang · founded 2015—raised▾
Provider of microinverter solutions, monitoring devices, energy storage, and accessories. The company specializes in module-level solar microinverters and communication gateways. It also offers hybrid inverters with battery capabilities. The company provides product order tracking and feedback.
- Oct 2022Series A—
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