Tsing Capital

Since 2001, Tsing Capital is the first cleantech venture capital management firm in China. Its vision is to pioneer the advent of cleantech investment, believing that the time was right to take a new lead in economically viable environmental awareness. It began with a paradigm shift in Chinese venture capital, now it is perceived as the forerunners of this field.

With USD 350 million under management through its China Environment Fund (USD denominated) and Yiyun Cleantech Fund (RMB denominated) series, Tsing Capital works intimately with its portfolio companies across China in areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency, environment protection, new materials, sustainable transportation, smart grids, sustainable agriculture and cleaner production?

Tsing Capital’s management team is comprised of seasoned investment professionals with superb track record and rich international experience. Led by Mr. Don Ye, the team has built a deep domain expertise in many sectors in cleantech, established a distinguished brand and strong reputation, in China and in financial and technology centers around the world.

Tsing Capital’s distinguished track record in cleantech investment is recognized via a series of awards, including the 2005 Pioneer Award and the 2008 Cleantech Leadership Award, both by the Cleantech Group, the 2008 China VC/PE Green Investment Leadership Award by the China Environment Investment Network and the 2008 Top 20 VC/PEs in China by Zero2IPO. Tsing Capital champions the “Triple Bottom Line” investment practice and its own “Doing Well by Doing Good ©” investment philosophy in China, which has won itself the 2008 Corporate Citizenship Award by the 21st Century News Group and the 2009 China’s Outstanding Corporate Citizen by the China Committee of Corporate Citizenship and Ministry of Civil Affairs, the first of its kind awarded to the VC/PE community. Founder and Managing Partner Mr. Don Ye was also named by BusinessWeek as one of 40 “China’s Most Powerful People 2009” and one of 25 “Stars of China”, and by Forbes in the “2009 China’s Best Venture Capitalist” Top 50 ranking. These awards from leading Chinese and international organizations are an undisputed recognition and validation of the leadership of Tsing Capital in China cleantech investment and of its strong culture in social and environmental focus and corporate citizenship.

Since becoming a world factory, China has also become a major polluter. Together with its rapid economic growth placing unprecedented levels of energy resources demand, China has become a pivotal player in global climate change and carbon reduction. In this climate of growing environmental concerns, Tsing Capital is building a growing and unique legacy of success. We invest with a vision: being socially and environmentally responsible is good for business. This is reinforced by our slogan “Doing Well by Doing Good©”.