21st Century Venture Capital Research Institute

The 21st Century Venture Capital Research Institute is a research arm of the *21st Century Business Herald* that produces sector-specific investment competitiveness studies and rankings of Chinese venture capital firms. Per a 2022 report, it collaborated with its parent publication to release the *2021-2022 Technology and Manufacturing Investment Competitiveness Research Report*, which ranked early-stage tech investors like BlueRun Ventures based on fundraising, deal activity, exits, and follow-on financing performance . The institute has also conducted similar studies in healthcare and consumer services, drawing on fund-reported data, third-party databases such as CVSource, and expert panel assessments of ESG criteria . elsewhere's corpus does not cover its founding date, team, or organizational structure beyond this research function.