# Top 40 Film Startup Investors in China in May 2026

## NewMargin Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet

NewMargin Ventures is a Chinese venture capital management company that supports emerging entrepreneurs.Founded in July 1999, NewMargin Ventures offers a unique and compelling combination of strong local and national government support within an organizational culture defined by independent decision-making, professionalism, and teamwork.NewMargin currently has about $520 million under management.

## Tengxun Touzi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Education

Tengxun Touzi is a investment firm.

## CDH Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care

CDH Investments is an international alternative asset fund manager with over $27 billion of assets under management. CDH Investments was established in 2002 by the former private equity group of China International Capital Corporation and is managed by an experienced team of senior private equity professionals who have worked together for manyyears focusing all their professional time on investing in China. CDH has consistently delivered superior returns relative to industry peers and is well positioned to continue to generate superior returns due to the team's proven investment experience and expertise investing in China.

## Meridian Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Software, Information Technology

Meridian Capital is the leading TMT field of venture capital institution in China. They have a wide range of investment layout in the mobile Internet and media entertainment field and they have a vibrant and experienced investment team.Meridian Capital’s investment area is relatively concentrated, and its investment can be regarded as investmentwithin the industry. They have a wide range of layout-oriented investments in the core areas of industry such as culture and entertainment, consumption upgrades, Internet finance, and enterprise services, with the flow of inputs and realization methods. It has a clear view of development in the industry and sub-industries. Social, online-business, education, health care, real-estate, car business, digital reading, digital marketing, music, film and television, games, entertainment community and etc, industrial cluster effect is obvious.Since its inception in 2008, Meridian Capital is committed to focusing on investment in culture new media fields, currently it is mainly concerned with culture entertainment, consumption upgrading, Internet finance, and corporate service fields, it has issued 5 RMB funds, and 2 Singapore currency funds, whose total management size topped RMB 5 billion yuan, more than 100 Internet startup enterprises are its beneficiaries. Meridian Capital’s concern for culture new media field is consistently prominent.

## Shangmo Investment Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Film, TV Production, Media and Entertainment

Shangmo Investment Management is engaged in investment management and investment consulting

## Qicheng Ziben
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Film

Qicheng Ziben is a venture capital, asset management, and investment consulting firm.

## Shenzhenshi Qianhai Derun Fujiang Touzi Guanli Co., Ltd.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Film, TV Production, Film Production

Shenzhenshi Qianhai Derun Fujiang Touzi Guanli Co., Ltd is an investment management firm.

## China Literature
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1

China Literature is a pioneer of the online literature market and operates a leading online literature platform in China. The Company’s shares were listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 0772 on November 8, 2017.China Literature is a market leader as measured by the scale and quality of writers, readers andliterary content offerings. As of December 31, 2018, the Company had 7.7 million writers and 11.2 million online literary works, covering over 200 genres and reaching millions of readers. During 2018, the Company had on average 213.5 million monthly active users on its platform and its self-operated channels on partner distribution platforms.The Company owns nine major branded products, among which QQ Reading serves as a flagship product and is a unified mobile content aggregation and distribution platform, while the other products focus more specifically on individual genres and their respective fan bases. China Literature’s blue-chip shareholder and strategic partner, Tencent, provides the Company with exclusive content distribution access via its suite of leading mobile and Internet products, including Mobile QQ, QQ Browser, Tencent News, Weixin Reading and Tencent Video. The Company also licenses the content to third-party partners such as Baidu, Sogou, JD.com and Xiaomi Duokan for distribution, thus further broadening its user reach.

## Tsing-Yuan Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, E-Commerce

Tsing-Yuan Capital is a Chinese venture capital firm specialized in early, middle, and mature stage investments.

## Fengye Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Film, TV Production, Media and Entertainment

Fengye Capital is engaged in the capital operation and investment mergers and acquisitions of listed companies in A shares.

## ChineseAll Digital Publishing
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Learning, Education, Mobile

Chinese Online (中文在线) is a company focused on digital publishing. It provides digital reading products to mobile phones, hand-held terminals, and the internet as well as other media. Chinese Online takes copyright organizations and authors as the genuine digital content source, and collaborates with them to manage the content.It also offersvalue-added services of digital content such as copyright derivatives and more.As a leading enterprise of digital publishing domestically, Chinese Online has established a complete media publishing model of unique content, variety in media and synchronized publishing.

## Dahe Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Apps, E-Learning

Dahe Ventures is an investment management company focused on private equity investment.

## Albatross Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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## DT Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software

DT Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to early and expansion stage companies. They invest in dynamic businesses that have high growth potential, strong management teams, and demonstrated revenue models in both technology-based and traditional industries. DT Capital Partners currently manages overUSD$500 Million in capital across multiple US dollar and RMB funds, and also has a close affiliation with Madrone Capital in the US, the investment entity for members of the Walton family.In addition to funds, the invested company also benefits from their extensive experience in operating capital markets across the country, close relationships with local governments and companies, and synergies with other investment companies.DT Capital Partners was awarded the “Top 10 China's Best Return Venture Capital Institution” in 2016, and the founding partners of Detong Capital, Shao Jun and Tian Lixin. DT Capital Partner was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, China.

## Muniu Touzi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Film, TV Production, Film Production

Muniu Touzi is a private equity fund of funds management company.

## Guotou Chuangying
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Film, Automotive, Manufacturing

Guotou Chuangying is a private equity fund management company.

## Fortune Focus
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Futian, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Film, Travel, Internet

Fortune Focus is a professional institution engages in private equity investment.

## China Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, Education

ChinaEquity is China's private merchant bank engaging in VC, PE, Direct investments as well as investment management. It provides one-stop cross-border VC PE and direct investments to high-tech enterprises throughout the Greater-China Region.The company uniquely positions itself to the booming Chinese technology, media, telecommunications,biotechnology and environmental technology, sports, medicine and the natural resource industries, and aims to equilibrate the demand and the supply in the capital market and provide total solutions to all parties on the capital flow chain.Clear development strategy and innovative business model has helped ChinaEquity to achieve outstanding performances. Its resources and networks extend all over the Silicon Valley, Wall Street, Europe and Greater China. International strategic alliance and partnerships allow the company to be able to cover all stages of investment and financing. Since inception, ChinaEquity has achieved a promising portfolio of investments and has established a high-quality customer base.ChinaEquity fully understands the political, economic and cultural environment in Greater-China, is well experienced in international capital market operations, and familiar with development trend. The company maintains long-term and favorable communications with Chinese governmental bodies, international financial institutions and high-tech enterprises.ChinaEquity was founded in 1999 by Mr. Chao Y. Wang, formerly the Vice President and Beijing Chief Representative of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. The senior partners and executives joined ChinaEquity from international and domestic renowned financial institutions and high-tech enterprises.

## Bona Film Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1

Bona Film Group Limited is a film distributor in China, with an integrated business model encompassing film distribution, production, exhibition and talent representation. Bona distributes films to Greater China, Korea, Southeast Asia, the United States and Europe, invests in and produces movies in a variety of genres, owns and operates twentymovie theaters and manages a range of talented and popular Chinese artists.

## Guosen H&S Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Futian, Fujian, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Internet, Animation, Information Services

Guoxin Hongsheng Venture Capital Co., Ltd. ("Guoxin Hongsheng") was established on August 8, 2008 with a registered capital of 4.05 billion yuan. It is a wholly-owned private equity investment fund of Guosen Securities Co., Ltd. ("Guoxin Securities"). Manage subsidiaries. As an important platform for Guosen Securities'comprehensive financial services, Guoxin Hongsheng is engaged in equity investment, equity investment fund management, equity investment advisory, etc. through the establishment and management of investment funds, and is committed to creating value for investors and enterprises. win. As of December 31, 2017, Guoxin Hongsheng wholly owned or controlled 11 fund management subsidiaries, with 10 investment funds and an asset management scale of over RMB 10 billion.

## Huace Film & TV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Film, Big Data, Internet

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## Addor Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Medical, Electronics

Addor Capital offers investment services by financing early stage ventures and holding securities of other companies.

## iResearch Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Film, 3D Technology, Media and Entertainment

iResearch is a financial investment platform under the iResearch Group. iResearch integrates 16 years of accumulated insights and data experience in the new economic field, integrates industry network resources, provides capital, talents, and market insight services for innovative entrepreneurs with a sense of social responsibility, and drivessocial progress together with outstanding entrepreneurs.

## 36Kr
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Sports, Enterprise

36Kr was founded in July 2011 as a company dedicated to serve entrepreneurs. Over six years, it has grown into a comprehensive service provider aimed at serving innovative tech companies while being the largest and strongest ecosystem-based platform that boasts comprehensive coverage over a myriad of sectors with a game-changing vision. So far,36Kr consists of three major business segments: 36Kr media, Venture Capital and Kr Space, through which they strive to offer Chinese entrepreneurs and SMEs with one-stop service encompassing providing of information, matchmaking of financing and direct access to funding, not to mention office solutions and relevant incubating services. They aspire to become the platform that provides entrepreneurs and SMEs with ambient services that can help them grow, nothing short of utilities. 36Kr has served over 20,000 startups and helped to secure next round financing for 4,000 firms with free-of-charge services throughout the entire process, supporting startups to embark on their very first steps. Currently, over 90,000 startup projects are being proceeded on the 36Kr on-line platform where 80% of premium projects are hosted. Meanwhile, they have established an investment alliance of top 15 Chinese institutional investors with the mission of offering the best financing support to the most promising bunch of entrepreneurs.Out of recognition of their vision, China’s fintech giant Ant Financial has made a strategic investment in 36Kr so as to better SMEs’ financing needs. In addition, 36Kr is also favored by globally-renowned Matrix Partners China and traditional securities giant China Securities, with both as its shareholders. Another strategic investor – China Merchants Group’s VC was introduced in 2016.

## Zhongtai Securities
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jinan, Shandong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Post-IPO Equity, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Education, Software

Zhongtai Securities Co., Ltd. mainly provides financial services such as high net worth asset allocation, investment liquidation, and other investment services across 28 provinces in China. The company also provides credit services to individual and corporate investors. 

## Joint Fortune Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series E
- Focus: Film, TV Production, Film Production

Joint Fortune Capital is an asset management, equity and securities investment firm.

## Bilibili
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, Animation, Gaming

Bilibili provides high-quality content and an immersive entertainment experience, and have built their platform based on the strong emotional connections of their users to their content and communities. They started as a content community inspired by ACG, and have evolved into a full-spectrum online entertainment world covering a wide array ofgenres and media formats, including videos, live broadcasting, and mobile games. They have a young and culturally aspirational user base willing to invest in a high-quality entertainment experience.Bilibili uses an Adobe Flash or HTML5 player, which can be manually switched, to play user-submitted videos hosted by either itself or third-party sources, while featuring a real-time overlaying subtitle system for interactive playback experience.

## Glory Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing

Glory Ventures is a cross-border venture capital fund established by a new generation of investors with a global perspective. Already achieving excellent performance, the investment team has plentiful experience in both China and Israel's high-tech and venture capital industries. The unique advantages by which Glory Ventures distinguishesitself from other domestic venture capitalists lie in the fact that it is a research-driven VC that realizes the value of an entire industrial value chain. They integrate industrial resources from the private equity markets and public-listed companies to build strategic synergy. They deliberate exits by both M&A and IPO, taking into consideration both opportunities. Thus, they strive to build an ecosystem across various industries through investment in specific value-chains and providing value-added services that lead to synergetic exits. With a clear multi-industrial positioning backed by their professional and outstanding investment team, Glory Ventures has been highly recognized by Chinese first-class investors and has won the strategic investments of famous organization such as Banyan Capital, major shareholders from various A-share listed companies, founding team of Dianping.com, and many others, making it a top-tier investment ecosystem combining early-stage venture capital investment and the integration of high-end entrepreneurs and industrial resources. Currently, Glory Ventures invests actively in Israel and China, but their global vision encompasses much more. In Israel, Glory Ventures invests in customer-proved, disruptive innovative companies which are synergistic with China’s enormous consumer market, including companies in the field of intelligent hardware, IoT, AI, computer vision. In China, Glory Ventures invests in subsectors such as B2B enterprise service, consumption upgrade, and IoT. Their portfolio includes 20+ stellar companies in the fields of AI, IoT, Fintech and consumption upgrade, over half of which have won the follow-up investment from the industrial capital and famous funds like HTC, Quanta Computer, Alibaba, Shanda Networks, Wind, Crystal Optoelectronics, Join-In Group, and Fortune Capital.

## SINA Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1

SINA is an online media company and MVAS provider in the People’s Republic of China and for the global Chinese communities. With a branded network of localized websites targeting Greater China and overseas Chinese, the Company provides services mainly through SINA.com (online news and content), Weibo.com (microblog) and SINA Mobile (MVAS). Throughthese businesses and properties and other business lines, SINA offers an array of services including region-focused online portals, MVAS, microblog, blog, video, and music streaming, photo sharing, online games, email, search, classified listings, fee-based services, e-commerce and enterprise e-solutions. The Company generates the majority of its revenues from online advertising and MVAS offerings and, to a lesser extent, from fee-based services.SINA offers distinct and targeted content on each of its region-specific websites and a range of complementary offerings designed to broaden its user base and increase user traffic. The Company aims to become the media platform of choice for Internet users to research and retrieve information, share opinions and build social networks and for businesses to market and promote their products and services. SINA offers a range of complementary offerings, all centered on its core online media business, that are intended to enhance the attractiveness of its portal and microblogging properties and strengthen its reach in the Chinese online community.

## Shanda Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Medical

Shanda Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. specializing in start ups, early and mid-stage investments. The firm does not invest in online game developers and operators. It seeks to invest in the mobile internet, TMT (technology, media, and telecommunication), and culture sector. and alsofocuses on new media as well as applications based on the Android operating system of Google Inc. Shanda Capital was founded on February 17, 2011 and is based in China

## PreIPO
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Advertising, Health Care

PreIPO is a private equity fund that provides investors with access to pre-IPO companies.

## In Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce

In Capital is a value-oriented, research-driven, independent-thinking venture capital firm.

## Innoangel Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Electronics

Innoangel Fund is an investment firm that invests in early stage companies.

## Ant Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Internet

Ant Group aims to create the infrastructure and platform to support the digital transformation of the service industry. They strive to enable all consumers and small businesses to have equal access to financial and other services that are inclusive, green, and sustainable.Formally established in October 2014, Ant Group’s origins date to 2004 whenAlipay was created in the nascent days of e-commerce to solve the trust issue between buyers and sellers in online transactions. Their innovative payment solution bridged the trust gap, facilitated online transactions, and underpinned the development of e-commerce in China. Having pioneered digital payments in China, Ant Group has since expanded its service offerings through technology and innovation to enable digital finance for consumers and businesses.Their technology enables participants in commercial activities, including consumers, businesses, and partners, to build and strengthen trust among each other. They believe their new technologies, including their blockchain solution that they call AntChain, will continue to strengthen the foundation of trust in this digital era.

## UnityVC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Software

Unity Ventures began in Beijing in 2011 led by Shaw Wang who was one of the 7 founders of Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU). As one of the leading local early-stage venture capital firms, they have invested in more than 200 startups, focusing on industrial upgrades, emerging technology, enterprise services, consumption internet and entertainment. They believe“Do valuable things, commercial value will follow". They are committed to adding value in the investment cycle and look forward to long-term cooperation with outstanding entrepreneurs.

## Liu Xianmin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: TV, Film, Digital Entertainment

Liu Xianmin - Partner @ Meridian Capital

## SZHTI Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Electronics, Health Care

SZHTI Group is a company that provides asset management and financing services.

## Share Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Angel
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology

Share Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, early, middle, growth capital, and Pre-IPO investments. it primarily invests in big living, medical healthcare, and internet innovation. In medical healthcare, it seeks to invests in pharmaceuticals, innovative equipment, biotechnology, diagnostic testing equipment andreagents, anti-infectives, drug discovery, medical health service, mobile medical services, and informatization.

## Fangyang Touzi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Film, TV Production, Film Production

Fangyang Touzi is an investment management firm.

## Yong An Capital Corporation Ltd
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Film, TV Production, Film Production

Yong An Capital Corporation Ltd is a wealth investment fund management firm.

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