BlueRun Ventures won multiple awards including No. 2 Best Early-Stage Investment Firm and Top 10 Best Returns
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On May 19, 2023, ChinaVenture unveiled its annual rankings for 2022 — the "ChinaVenture Awards" — honoring China's top venture capital and private equity firms.
BlueRun Ventures earned multiple honors for its standout performance in early-stage tech investing, securing the following placements for 2022:
- No. 2 Best Early-Stage VC Firm in China
- Top 10 Best-Returning Early-Stage VC Firm in China
- Top 10 Best VC Firm in Internet / Industrial Internet
- Top 20 Best VC Firm in Enterprise Services
Two BlueRun portfolio companies — Nuclei System Technology and YTMicro — were also recognized among the Top 10 Best Investment Deals in China's Semiconductor and Integrated Circuit Industry for their sector-leading capabilities.
ChinaVenture has published these rankings as an independent third party for 17 consecutive years. The list draws on CVSource data, with standardized processing by ChinaVenture Research Institute, ranking firms by aggregate scores across more than 1,000 active private equity institutions.
To date, BlueRun Ventures has backed over 150 startups across technology, consumer, and healthcare. For the past fifteen years, BlueRun has remained ready to ride out cycles and embrace change. We hope to join more founders in the historic wave of technology innovation — redefining the future of tech and life from zero to one.
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Founded in Silicon Valley, BlueRun Ventures was established in 2005 as a venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups.
Today, BlueRun 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 domestically. The firm invests primarily at Pre-A and Series A across hard tech and novel interaction, enterprise technology, new consumer, and healthcare. Its portfolio of 150+ companies includes Li Auto, Waterdrop, QingCloud, Guazi Used Car, Qudian, Songguo Mobility, Ganji.com, Energy Monster, YTMicro, Machenike, CloudShen Intelligence, Anxin Network Shield, and BioMap.
BlueRun Ventures has previously ranked No. 1 on Zero2IPO's "Top 30 Early-Stage Investment Institutions in China," No. 1 on ChinaVenture's "Top 30 Best Early-Stage VC Firms in China," and Top 10 among global VC fund managers for sustained high returns by Preqin.
The firm has also received consecutive honors from Forbes China, 36Kr, Cyzone, Caixin Media, CBNweekly, Jiemian, and other outlets, including "China's Best Early-Stage Firm of the Year," "China's Top-Tier VC Firm," "Most Founder-Friendly Early-Stage Firm of the Year," and "Most Influential Early-Stage Firm of the Year."