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About Jifu Venture Capital
Jifu Venture Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. It is primarily based out of Tianhe, China. As of Feb 2026, Jifu Venture Capital is an active investor, having invested in 46 companies, with 1 new investment 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 Life Sciences and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Robo Overall, Jifu Venture Capital portfolio has seen 5 IPOs including key companies like WeRide, Rani Therapeutics and BioThera Solutions. A lot of funds co-invest with Jifu Venture Capital, with names like CCB International sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 3 more
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Jifu Venture Capital's List of Top Investments
Jifu Venture Capital has a portfolio of 46 companies. Their most notable investments are in Canzhou Four-star Glass Co and Hunan Jinxin Electronic Technology.Their portfolio spans across China, United States, Germany and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, High Tech and 17 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Jifu Venture Capital:1. WeRide
AI-driven autonomous vehicle technologies. It provides solutions for autonomous vehicles that are enabled by both software and hardware. Real-time localization, mapping, sensor-fused perception, AI-algorithm-enabled planning, simulation test data for autonomous vehicles, and more are among the mobility solutions it provides. By combining OEM and mobility service platforms, it provides robo-taxi mobility solutions.
Key facts about WeRide
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $1.09B
- Employee Count: 490 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Deep Learning, Nvidia and 42 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 15, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Developer of technology for the oral delivery of large drug molecules. The company has a proprietary platform is capable of delivering a wide range of biologics for the treatment of various chronic diseases. The company develops RaniPill capsule has broad applications for the treatment of acromegaly, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, growth hormone deficiency, osteoporosis, Crohn’s disease, hemophilia, diabetes, among other diseases.
Key facts about Rani Therapeutics
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1M - $10M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $226M
- Employee Count: 99 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Google Ventures, Alpha Square Group and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Oct 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
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3. CanSemi
CanSemi manufactures 300 mm wafer fab using manufacturing processes from 0.18-micron down to 0.13-micron. It offers chips for IoT applications in the automotive industry with product line in MCUs, PMICs, analog ICs, and power discrete. Additionally, it offers 12-inch wafers for microprocessors, power management chips, analog chips, power discrete devices to cater to the needs of Internet of Things, automotive electronics, artificial intelligence, 5G Analog chip, and other applications.
Key facts about CanSemi
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Guangzhou (China)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $671M
- Employee Count: 79 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Shanghai Industrial Holdings, China Merchants Bank and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 30, 2022, $*****
4. SmarterMicro
IC chip designer and developer. Its offerings include RF analog integrated circuit chips, gain blocks, wi-fi power amplifiers, MMMB power amplifiers, mixers, CATV doubler, and frequency switching devices. The company also provides IP portfolio on RF, Analog, and SOC design. It claims that its products provide high performance, high integration, low cost, and small PCB RF PA and RF FEM.
Key facts about SmarterMicro
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Guangzhou (China)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $14M
- Investors: Rencent Capital, Vertex Growth and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 30, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Key facts about Hozon New Energy Automobile
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Shanghai (China)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $3.54B
- Employee Count: 124 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: CCB International, Qihoo 360 Technology and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Aug 31, 2023, $*****
Jifu Venture Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Jifu Venture Capital has invested in 46 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. As of Feb 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Robo.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jifu Venture Capital's Investments by Stage
Jifu Venture Capital has made 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.4M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $46.4M, 1 investment in Seed stage, 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $626M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Series A | 4 |
Series B | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Unattributed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Jifu Venture Capital's Investments by Sector
Jifu Venture Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Healthcare, High Tech, Auto, Business Services and Energy Tech. Notably, it has invested in 23 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 19 Tech companies, 10 Tech hardware companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Healthcare | 3 |
High Tech | 2 |
Auto | 1 |
Business Services | 1 |
Energy Tech | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Jifu Venture Capital's Investments by Geography
Jifu Venture Capital has made most investments in China (7), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
China | 7 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Jifu Venture Capital's recent investments
Jifu Venture Capital has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Robo.Here are the most recent investments by Jifu Venture Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Feb 15, 2026 | United Kingdom | Seed | 6679 | [+1] | |
Dec 27, 2023 | - | Series A | 5379 | [+3] | |
Jun 21, 2022 | China | Series A | 7820 | ||
Oct 28, 2021 | China | Series D | 9682 | [+3] | |
Jun 16, 2021 | China | Unattributed | 3965 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Jifu Venture Capital's Portfolio
5 of Jifu Venture Capital's portfolio companies have become public. WeRide got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Oct 2024 at marketcap of $120M and Frontop got listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) at marketcap of $364M.Here are Jifu Venture Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Oct 25, 2024 | - | - | 5729 | |
Sep 30, 2022 | - | - | 7559 | |
Jul 30, 2021 | - | - | 5617 | |
May 28, 2021 | - | - | 7424 | |
Feb 21, 2020 | - | - | 3714 |
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Co-investors of Jifu Venture Capital
Over the past 8 years, 53 investors have co-invested in Jifu Venture Capital's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Jifu Venture Capital: Qihoo 360 Technology, CITIC Bank and 9 others have invested in rounds before Jifu Venture Capital. There is 1 company where Qihoo 360 Technology has invested before Jifu Venture Capital and 1 company where CITIC Bank has invested before Jifu Venture Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Jifu Venture Capital: 22 investors entered a company along with Jifu Venture Capital. These include investors like CCB International (1 company).
- Invested after Jifu Venture Capital: A total of 20 investors have invested in Jifu Venture Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Shenzhen Capital Group (2 companies), Qianhai Ark Asset Management (2 companies) and Dayone Capital (1 company).
Recent News related to Jifu Venture Capital
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"Nezha Automobile" completes 4 billion yuan D1 round of financing36Kr•Oct 27, 2021•Hozon New Energy Automobile, The 360 Group, CCB International, CITIC Securities and 3 others
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Sailing, GF lead $77m round for Chinese cognitive AI specialistAsian Venture Capital Journal•Feb 01, 2021•DMAI, OpenValue, Jifu Venture Capital
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Inspur Cloud announces completion of Series C financingPencilNews•Mar 18, 2020•Inspur, Jifu Venture Capital
