Funded startups in Shanghai number 74 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Shanghai, along with the 74 most recently funded startups there.
The median disclosed round is $37M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $15M and $70M. Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Robotics hold the most companies by sector. Startups in Shanghai closed 74 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 65 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.7B in disclosed capital.
Seed stages dominate these entries. CDH Investments and Baidu Ventures lead the funding activity. Heavy concentration in industrial automation and biotech creates a specific profile for this region. Filtering by sub-sector reveals a lean toward hardware and deep tech. These categories define the local appetite for risk and determine which types of firms find traction here.
Shanghai funded startup statistics
Funded startups in Shanghai
74
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
65
74 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$1.7B
33 of 74 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$37M
middle half $15M to $70M
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026.
Investors appearing most often across Shanghai funding rounds: Hillhouse Capital, HSG, CDH Investments, CICC Capital, Gaorong Capital.
74 most recently funded startups in Shanghai
74 shown
Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its
location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed
amount.
Startups in Shanghai closed 74 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 65 of them in the last 12, adding up to $1.7B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $37M, with the middle half running from $15M to $70M. 33 of 74 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Robotics hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 20. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Hillhouse Capital, HSG and CDH Investments appear most often across funded startups in Shanghai on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Shanghai
Sector counts across all 74 tracked companies in Shanghai. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
The investors named most often across funded startups in Shanghai.
Investor
Companies backed
Hillhouse Capital
5
HSG
4
CDH Investments
3
CICC Capital
3
Gaorong Capital
3
GF Xinde Investment Management
3
Huagai Capital
3
K2VC
3
Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group (LCIG)
3
Matrix Partners China
3
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in Shanghai
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Shanghai break down by stage.
A further 13 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Shanghai startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding
date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and
new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round
reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 74 funded startups in Shanghai currently tracked.
Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months.
Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (41 of 74 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Shanghai is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 74 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories,
investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Shanghai?
FundedIQ tracks 74 funded startups in Shanghai. This page lists the 74 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Shanghai raised?
Startups in Shanghai tracked by FundedIQ have raised $1.7B in disclosed capital across 74 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 65 rounds in the last 12 months. 33 of those 74 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Shanghai?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 20 companies, followed by Biotechnology (19), Robotics (10) and Manufacturing (9). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which investors back the most startups in Shanghai?
Hillhouse Capital, HSG, CDH Investments, CICC Capital and Gaorong Capital appear most often across funded startups in Shanghai in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Shanghai?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $37M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $15M and $70M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Shanghai?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 25 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series B (14) and Series A (13). A further 13 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Shanghai startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Shanghai is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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