Daye Capital

Daye Capital focuses on venture-stage and early-growth equity, providing direct funding to startups that are moving from lab-scale or pilot production into initial commercial manufacturing. The firm's proximity to Shandong's factory infrastructure means it frequently backs companies at the point where they need capital for production-line scale-up rather than pure R&D.

The firm concentrates on energy transition technologies, new materials science, and industrial automation. These sectors align with Shandong's provincial policy directives favoring cleantech manufacturing, hydrogen infrastructure, and advanced materials production. The portfolio is hardware-intensive and supply-chain-linked, not software-dominant.

Daye Capital sources deals through deep integration with Qingdao's and Shandong's industrial ecosystem, including factory networks, municipal industrial-policy bodies, and regional supply-chain relationships. This embedded sourcing model gives the firm early visibility into hardware and cleantech startups that originate within China's northeastern manufacturing corridors.

Daye Capital structures direct equity investments and occasionally creates special-purpose vehicles for larger industrial deals that require syndication with co-investors. The firm has not publicly disclosed participation as a limited partner in third-party-managed venture or private equity funds.

Daye Capital is headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong province, and invests primarily in companies operating within China's northeastern industrial base. The firm uses its Qingdao location as both a sourcing advantage and a value-creation lever, connecting portfolio companies to the region's dense manufacturing and logistics infrastructure.