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Group companyZhejiang Big Trade Data
Trade intelligence · Zhejiang · 2018
Regional platform serving the Yangtze River Delta's export manufacturers with BTD data products and local go-to-market teams.
The venture arm of Big Trade Data
Backing the companies that move global trade forward.
We invest in early-stage founders building the data, software and infrastructure for cross-border commerce, with twenty years of trade data and BTD's customer network behind them.
2004
Group founded in Beijing
230+
Countries & regions of trade data
80M+
Importers & exporters tracked
9
Group data products in market
What we back
Four places where trade is being rebuilt in software.
Global trade runs on relationships, paperwork and guesswork. We back the teams replacing each with data and product.
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Trade intelligence & AI
Models and products that turn customs, shipping and company data into decisions: sourcing, pricing, compliance, risk and demand forecasting.
Agentic sourcingTrade compliance copilotsCounterparty risk
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Cross-border fintech
Payments, FX, trade finance and credit rails for SMEs that sell across borders and are under-served by banks.
Embedded trade financeSME credit scoringMulti-currency treasury
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Logistics & supply chain
Software and asset-light networks that make freight, customs and fulfilment visible, bookable and reliable.
Digital freightCustoms automationSupply-chain visibility
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Software for exporters
Go-to-market, CRM, marketing and operations tools built for the way manufacturers and traders actually sell overseas.
Export CRMB2B marketplacesDigital marketing for trade
Why BTD Ventures
More than a cheque: the data and distribution of a 20-year trade platform.
Big Trade Data was founded in Beijing in 2004 by overseas returnees and pioneered the use of big data in international trade. Our portfolio gets what took the group two decades to build.
Proprietary data
Portfolio companies get structured access to BTD's global trade database: 230+ markets, 80 million trading companies, and two decades of customs, bill and statistical records.
Distribution on day one
BTD serves exporters, importers, logistics firms, banks and research institutions. We open those customer relationships to the companies we back.
Operators, not tourists
Our team has built and shipped seven generations of the BTD platform. We know what it takes to sell data and software to trading businesses in China and abroad.
Patient, aligned capital
We invest from the group's balance sheet. No fund clock, no forced exits: we can hold through cycles and follow on when it matters.
Portfolio
Companies built on trade data.
From regional data platforms to marketing SaaS and logistics, the group has backed and incubated companies since 2010.
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ActiveYMaoBao Technology
Software for exporters · Beijing · 2016
Active digital-marketing SaaS (YMB) that uses trade data to target buyers and run outbound campaigns for exporters.
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Group companyWuhan BTD
Trade intelligence · Wuhan · 2016
Central-China hub incubated in the Wuhan International Students Pioneer Park, focused on data operations and enterprise sales.
Insights
What we are seeing in the data.
Perspective · 14 Oct 2026
Why trade data is the moat for the next generation of cross-border companies
Every company selling across borders eventually needs to answer the same question: who is actually buying, from whom, and at what price? Few can answer it.
Read →Report · 2 Jul 2026
What the shift of manufacturing to Southeast Asia means for trade software
Supply chains are not leaving China; they are getting longer. That creates a new layer of coordination problems that software has yet to solve.
Read →News · 18 Mar 2026
Big Trade Data launches BTD Ventures
After more than a decade of investing from the group balance sheet, BTD formalises its venture activity under a dedicated team.
Read →Founders
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