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About Ginkgo Valley Capital
Ginkgo Valley Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of Hangzhou, China. As of Sep 2026, Ginkgo Valley Capital is an active investor, having invested in 102 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in China based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Leinao AI Overall, Ginkgo Valley Capital portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, 5 IPOs and 5 acquisitions including key companies like Zhiyuan Robot, Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology and Dt Dream. A lot of funds co-invest with Ginkgo Valley Capital, with names like Frees Fund sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Ginkgo Valley Capital has team of 12 people including 8 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 3 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Ginkgo Valley Capital's List of Top Investments
Ginkgo Valley Capital has a portfolio of 102 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Lingdi Digital Technology and Shangyue Network Technology.Their portfolio spans across China, Japan, Taiwan and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 24 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Ginkgo Valley Capital:1. Chasing
Manufacturer of remotely operated underwater vehicles and related accessories. These vehicles support various applications, including aquaculture, hull inspection, emergency rescue, and scientific exploration. The company provides support through forums, news, and user stories. It also offers opportunities to become a dealer and provides related policies.
Key facts about Chasing
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Shenzhen (China)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $17.5M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Shenzhen Capital Group, Shenzhen Geek Angel Fund Management and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Mar 11, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developer of general-purpose humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and related accessories. The company offers robots for various applications, including flexible manufacturing, interactive services, education, research, and logistics. It provides software platforms, data solutions, and components to support robot development and deployment. The company also offers accessories such as robotic hands and remote operation kits.
Key facts about Zhiyuan Robot
3. DeepRobotics
Develops quadruped robots for industrial applications. It has the ability to walk, run, jump, and climb down and can adapt to unstructured terrains such as steps, slopes, obstacles, stone roads, grasslands, and more with autonomous perception and movement capabilities. The offerings include Jueying Mini, Jie Ying, and Zingying Pro. The application sectors include education, security inspection, logistics transportation, and more.
Key facts about DeepRobotics
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Hangzhou (China)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $140M
- Employee Count: 50 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Qianhai Ark Asset Management, CMB International Capital and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 09, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Cloud City of Science and Technology offers cloud computing products such as IaaS management and PaaS. Its cloud platform management software can be used to build cloud infrastructure platform, enabling computing, storage, networking, security and other automated resource allocation and deployment. The product can also be used for elational database services, distributed file systems and services, distributed database system services and an integrated platform for reporting.
Key facts about Citycloud International
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Hangzhou (China)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $274M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Guangzhou Yuexiu Industrial Investment Fund Management, Cisco Investments and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jul 07, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Key facts about Shangyue Network Technology
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Haidian (China)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $101M
- Investors: Qiming Venture Partners, Vision Plus Capital and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 07, 2021, $*****
Ginkgo Valley Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Ginkgo Valley Capital has invested in 102 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Leinao AI and most recent follow-on round was in Passion.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2021 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2020 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
2019 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
2018 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Ginkgo Valley Capital's Investments by Stage
Ginkgo Valley Capital has made 22 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $18.2M, 18 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.71M, 15 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $13.4M, 4 investments in Angel stage with an average round size of $5.75M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $76M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 22 |
Seed | 18 |
Series B | 15 |
Angel | 4 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ginkgo Valley Capital's Investments by Sector
Ginkgo Valley Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Business Services, Industrial Goods and Manufacturing and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 60 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 59 Tech companies, 36 Software companies and at least 18 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 26 |
High Tech | 13 |
Business Services | 9 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 9 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 7 |
Others | 54 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ginkgo Valley Capital's Investments by Geography
Ginkgo Valley Capital has made most investments in China (57), followed by Japan where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
China | 57 |
Japan | 1 |
Taiwan | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ginkgo Valley Capital's recent investments
Ginkgo Valley Capital has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Leinao AI and PrimalVerse.Here are the most recent investments by Ginkgo Valley Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 07, 2026 | Japan | Series B | 7871 | [+2] | |
Jul 23, 2026 | - | Seed | 2948 | [+3] | |
Sep 29, 2025 | China | Series A | 3492 | ||
May 20, 2024 | China | Seed | 2012 | ||
Dec 14, 2023 | China | Series A | 7603 | [+9] |
Unicorns in Ginkgo Valley Capital's Portfolio
Ginkgo Valley Capital has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Zhiyuan Robot and Dt Dream. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Zhiyuan Robot. It became a unicorn in 2025, 1 years after Ginkgo Valley Capital first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Ginkgo Valley Capital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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59 | Developer of general-purpose humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and related accessories | 2023 | Pudong | Series B | oiclvor | ||
44 | Cloud based big data infra solution provider | 2015 | Hangzhou | Series B | tcuxo{j |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Ginkgo Valley Capital's Portfolio
5 of Ginkgo Valley Capital's portfolio companies have become public. Jiangsu Beiren Robot System got listed on the China OTC Market (NEEQ), in Aug 2016 and Zhejiang Founder Motor got listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).Here are Ginkgo Valley Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Aug 06, 2016 | - | - | 7917 | |
Jun 20, 2014 | - | - | 5450 | |
Jan 23, 2014 | - | - | 2237 | |
Nov 20, 2007 | - | - | 9171 | |
Aug 10, 2007 | - | - | 8359 |
Acquired companies in Ginkgo Valley Capital's Portfolio
5 companies from Ginkgo Valley Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was DeepDraw in Jan 2021 by Hangzhou Guangyun Technology for $*****.Here are Ginkgo Valley Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Jan 14, 2021 | Jul 15, 2019 | Series B | 4953 | |
May 29, 2020 | Dec 07, 2017 | Series A | 5646 | |
May 27, 2016 | - | - | 8343 | |
Jan 08, 2015 | Dec 19, 2016 | Series B | 4194 | |
May 09, 2013 | - | - | 1520 |
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Team profile of Ginkgo Valley Capital
Ginkgo Valley Capital has a team of 12 members including 8 Partners located in China. Ginkgo Valley Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Ginkgo Valley Capital:
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Co-investors of Ginkgo Valley Capital
Over the past 12 years, 223 investors have co-invested in Ginkgo Valley Capital's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Ginkgo Valley Capital: Linear Venture, Hyperchain and 33 others have invested in rounds before Ginkgo Valley Capital. There are 2 companies where Linear Venture has invested before Ginkgo Valley Capital and 1 company where Hyperchain has invested before Ginkgo Valley Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Ginkgo Valley Capital: 95 investors entered a company along with Ginkgo Valley Capital. These include investors like Frees Fund (2 companies).
- Invested after Ginkgo Valley Capital: A total of 93 investors have invested in Ginkgo Valley Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Sequoia Capital China (3 companies), Yuanhe Holdings (3 companies) and Sequoia Capital (2 companies).
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