Multiple founders from the BlueRun Ventures portfolio have been named to 36Kr's 36 Under 36 list.

Recently, 36Kr released its 2023 36Under36 list.

After initial screening and final review of over 500 applicants, 36Kr selected 120 entrepreneurs for this year's 36Under36. The honorees span more than ten sectors, including frontier technology, advanced manufacturing, smart hardware, new energy, industrial upgrading, enterprise services, healthcare, and local lifestyle.

Multiple founders from the BlueRun Ventures portfolio were named to the list:

• Qian Yongqiang, Founder and CEO, Muyi Robotics
• Zhong Shaochen, Co-founder and CEO, Asimovo
• Liu Quan, Founding Team Member and CTO, WAYZ
• Zhang Haixi, Founder and CEO, OptFuture
• Zhou Pingzhang, Co-founder and CTO, OptFuture
• Chu Zhengyu, Founder and CEO, Shengke Energy
• Sun Yue, Co-founder and Executive Vice President, Shengke Energy
• Guo Dongxu, Co-founder and CTO, Shengke Energy
• Peng Shen, Founder and CEO, Waterdrop

As an early-stage technology investment firm, BlueRun Ventures firmly believes in the power of technological innovation and remains committed to providing founders with critical market-facing support. The firm aims to help propel China's new economy into an era of hardcore technology, working alongside entrepreneurs to identify and address needs earlier and more precisely at the 0-to-1 stage, and to back companies still on the cusp of commercialization through a longer-term lens.

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Founded in Silicon Valley, BlueRun Ventures was established in 2005 as a venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups.

The firm currently manages multiple USD and RMB dual-currency funds in China, with assets under management exceeding RMB 15 billion, making it one of the largest early-stage funds in the country. It invests primarily at the Pre-A and Series A stages, with coverage across hard technology and innovative interaction, enterprise technology, new consumer, and healthcare. BlueRun has made over 150 investments, including Li Auto, Waterdrop, QingCloud, Guazi.com, Qudian, Songguo Chuxing, Ganji.com, Energy Monster, Yuntu Semiconductor, Machenike, CloudSaints, Anxin Wangdun, and BioMap.

BlueRun Ventures has been ranked first on Zero2IPO's "Top 30 Early-Stage Investment Institutions in China" and ChinaVenture's "Top 30 Best Early-Stage VC Firms in China," and was named to Preqin's Global Top 10 VC Fund Managers for Sustained High Returns.

The firm has also received consecutive honors from Forbes China, 36Kr, Cyzone, Caixin Media, CBNweekly, Jiemian, and other media organizations, including "China's Best Early-Stage Firm of the Year," "China's Top Venture Capital Firm," "Most Founder-Friendly Early-Stage Firm of the Year," and "Most Influential Early-Stage Firm of the Year."